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Delhi Bar Council orders big 4 audit firms to refrain from practicing law
The Bar Council of Delhi, in an interim order on Friday, directed four big accounting firms -- E&Y, Deloitte India, Price Water House Cooper's and KPMG -- to refrain from practicing law until further orders from the lawyers' body.
Haryana Judicial Services exam: SC appoints ex-judge A K Sikri to look into evaluation process
The Supreme Court Friday appointed former apex court judge Justice A K Sikri to look into the evaluation process of the main exam for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in Haryana, in which only nine people were shortlisted out of more than 1,100 candidates. The exam was conducted to fill 107 vacancies. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that more than 1,100 candidates appeared for the main exam and only nine have qualified. The bench said Justice (retd) Sikri will look into whether the evaluation was acceptable or not and will submit the report to the apex court. The bench, also comprising Justice Deepak Gupta, directed the Punjab and Haryana High Court to submit answer sheets to Justice Sikri. The top court's order came on a plea filed by 92 aspirants to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in Haryana, seeking quashing of the result of its Main (Written) Examination which was declared on April 11. The apex court had on April 29 directed the Punjab and ...
Court acquits four persons in MCOCA case
A special court in the district has acquitted four persons charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), saying the prosecution failed to prove the case against them. Special MCOCA court judge V Y Jadhav, in his order passed earlier this week, acquitted Vikram Mhatre (31), Atish Mhatre (26), Ritesh Vilas Mali (23), and Priyesh Prakash Mhatre (25), all from Kalwar village in Bhiwandi in Thane district in a 2016 case. The complainant in the case, Ganesh Mhatre, had alleged that the four accused wanted to develop his land in the village. However, he refused to hand over the land to them and gave development rights to somebody else. In his complaint, he said that in the early hours on June 11, 2016, some two wheelers parked within the compound of his house were set on fire and when he rushed outside, he spotted the four accused standing nearby. He lodged a complaint against them and a case under IPC sections 425 (whoever with intent to cause, or knowing that he is .
Haryana Judicial Services issue: SC appoints former judge A K Sikri to look into evaluation process
The Supreme Court Friday appointed former apex court judge Justice A K Sikri to look into the evaluation process adopted for the mains exam for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in Haryana, in which only nine people were shortlisted out of more than 1100 candidates. The exam was conducted to fill 107 vacancies. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said that more than 1100 candidates appeared for the mains exam and only nine have qualified. The bench said Justice (retd) Sikri will look into whether the evaluation was acceptable or not and will submit the report to the apex court. The bench also comprising Justice Deepak Gupta directed the Punjab and Haryana High Court to also submit answer sheets to Justice (retd) Sikri. The top court's order came on a plea filed by 92 aspirants to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in Haryana, seeking quashing of the result of its Main (Written) Examination which was declared on April 11. The apex court had on April 29 directed .
Meth accidentally shipped to elderly Australian couple
An elderly Australian couple signed for a package containing 20 kg of methamphetamine worth $7 million, which had accidentally been shipped to their house, police said on Friday.
SC to hear Karti Chidambaram's plea to travel abroad
The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's son Karti's petition to travel abroad, next week.
Flatmate arrested for doctor's killing: Police
The police on Friday arrested a flatmate of Garima Mishra, a medical practitioner who was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her rented accommodation in central Delhi's Ranjit Nagar area recently. Chandra Prakash Verma, a resident of Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested from Roorkee, a senior police officer said, adding that the accused, also a medical practitioner, was being brought to Delhi. Mishra (25), a native of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, was found dead with her throat slit on Tuesday night. Verma, a former colleague of the deceased, had been missing since then. CCTV footage obtained from the area showed him leaving the apartment at 8.45 pm with a backpack. The deceased used to stay in a room on a third-floor apartment and the accused used to stay in the adjacent room with another medical practitioner, Rakesh. The two rooms had a common kitchen and the rent was shared among the three, the police said. Raids were conducted by the central district police and the ...
Order reserved on ED plea seeking NBW against Saudi man
A Delhi Court on Friday reserved its order on the Enforcement Directorate's plea seeking issue of an open-ended non-bailable warrant (NBW) against a Saudi-based businessman in connection with the AgustaWestland deal case.
Defamation complaint filed against Kejriwal
A BJP member Rajesh Kumar has filed a defamation complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for tweeting objectional comments against his party men.
Blake Lively pregnant with third child
Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds and wife Blake Lively are expecting their third child together. Lively, 31, revealed her pregnancy when she appeared on the red carpet of New York City premiere of "Pokemon Detective Pikachu" with Reynolds. The couple, who tied the knot two years ago, are already parents to daughters four-year-old, Inez and James, two. Reynolds, 42, has not made any formal announcement on social media.
US man executed for double murder
A man convicted of murdering two people was executed on Thursday in the US state of Georgia. Scotty Morrow, 52, was put to death by lethal injection at 9:38 pm (0138 GMT) at a prison in Jackson, the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement. Shortly after Christmas 1994, Morrow broke into his ex-girlfriend's house, where she was with two friends and her children. Morrow shot the three women, killing two of them, including his former girlfriend, in front of her five-year-old son. He was convicted of the double murder and sentenced to death in 1999, but the decision was overturned in 2011 on the grounds that his trial defense was poor because his lawyers had failed to note he had been abused and raped as a child. The Georgia Supreme Court then reversed that decision, confirming the original verdict from 1999. On Wednesday, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles dismissed a clemency request from supporters, who claimed he had become a model prisoner who was sorry for
AgustaWestland case: Judicial custody of Sushen Gupta extended till May 9
A special CBI court on Friday extended till May 9 the judicial custody of alleged defence agent Sushen Mohan Gupta in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case.He was produced by Tihar Jail authorities before Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar who passed the order.Gupta was arrested on March 26 by the Enforcement Directorate on charges of money laundering.On April 20, the special court had dismissed his bail plea.
Second accused in Kim Jong-nam murder freed
A Vietnamese woman, who was the second accused in the 2017 assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was freed from a Malaysian prison on Friday.
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Vietnamese woman in Kim Jong Nam murder case freed
A Vietnamese woman who stood trial for the assassination of the North Korean leader's half-brother was freed from prison Friday, bringing down the final legal curtain on a dramatic and often bizarre two-year murder mystery. Kim Jong Nam, the estranged relative of Kim Jong Un and once seen as heir apparent to the North's leadership, died in agony after having his face smeared with a banned nerve agent as he waited at Kuala Lumpur airport in February, 2017. The sensational killing made headlines around the world, and sparked a furious diplomatic row as Seoul accused Pyongyang of an elaborate plot to murder a figure who had spent years in exile and been critical of his family's rule. Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and Indonesian Siti Aisyah were arrested after being spotted on CCTV approaching Kim but always denied murder. The women insisted they were tricked into carrying out the hit by North Korean agents who said it was a reality TV show prank and fled Malaysia after the killing. They ...
Man arrested after members of a marriage party clash
A man was arrested after a clash broke out between members of a marriage party in Chhacharpur village here, police said Friday. The clash occurred over dance during a wedding function, they said, adding two persons sustained injuries in the scuffle. A police team rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control, police said. One person, identified as Monti, was arrested, they said.
SC to hear review petition by opposition on 50% VVPAT
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a review petition by 21 opposition parties for verification of 50 per cent Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) using voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips, next week.
Australian taxi drivers sue Uber in class action
Thousands of taxi drivers on Friday filed a class action lawsuit against ride-sharing app Uber "for destroying their livelihoods".
SC reserves order on plea for ex-Kolkata top cop's arrest
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea seeking to arrest former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for questioning in the Saradha scam.
HC seeks responses of Delhi govt, LG on plea challenging new jail manual
The Delhi High Court has sought the responses of the AAP government in the national capital and the Lieutenant Governor on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the new jail manual and alleging that the LG was not kept in the loop. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani issued notice to the authorities and listed the matter for further hearing on September 2. The court was hearing a petition filed by social activist and advocate Amit Sahni, who said the Delhi government had not sought the approval of the LG before giving effect to the Delhi Prison Rules (DPR), 2018, which made those "unconstitutional" and liable to be set aside. "Unlike previous rules, neither the beginning lines of DPR, 2018 mention about any approval sought from the LG nor do they refer to anything that the rules shall become operative after notifications to be issued by the LG, in future, in this regard," the plea claimed. It said by virtue of the DPR, 2018, the Delhi ...