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SC takes umbrage at lawyer's remarks against AG, warns he will be thrown out of court
The Supreme Court warned a lawyer on Wednesday that he will be "thrown out of the court" after taking umbrage at his remarks that Attorney General K K Venugopal was "personally targeting" him during the hearing on his claims of fixing and manipulation in the top judiciary. A special three-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra told advocate Utsav Singh Bains, who has filed an affidavit alleging "larger conspiracy" to frame Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, that Venugopal is one of the most respected members of the bar and he should also must respect him. "You (Bains) must know that we learn from him (Venugopal). You must respect him," the bench, also comprising Justices R F Nariman and Deepak Gupta, told Bains. When Bains reiterated that Venugopal was attacking him personally, an irked Justice Nariman said, "You must not have even an iota of doubt on him. He never attacks anyone personally. He is the most respected member of the bar. We also learn from him." "...otherwise we ...
Gang that targeted IT offices in Noida busted, 3 held
With the arrest of three persons, Noida police Wednesday claimed to have busted a gang that stole laptop computers and other electronic items from IT companies and sold them off in open markets in Delhi. During the day, the gang members would operate Ola cabs and by night target IT offices, especially those in isolated areas, a senior police officer said, adding the trio had recently struck at two firms during the intervening nights of April 15 and 16, and April 21 and 22. "Their arrest has led to a recovery of 25 laptops of various brands, six stolen mobile phones, a sedan vehicle used by them for crime and equipment used by them for breaking into offices," said Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna. He said Mohd Sarfaraz, Satish Lal and Vineet Dayal were arrested by a team of Sector 20 police station and more suspects linked to them have been identified and will be nabbed soon. "The accused were tracked down on basis of a tip-off by informers, and ...
Pragya says NIA order on her candidature 'victory of truth'
Bhopal BJP candidate and Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur on Wednesday termed NIA court's decision to turn down a plea seeking to bar her from contesting poll as the victory of "truth and virtues"."This is our victory. Truth and dharma (virtue) always win. I already knew it (about the court's decision). I have done no wrong," Pragya told reporters here.She said that the case against her was a result of a conspiracy by Congress.Earlier in the day, a special NIA court turned down the application filed by Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, the father of a victim of the 2008 Malegaon terror blast, seeking to bar Thakur from contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.Special NIA Judge Vinod Padalkar while negating the plea, said, "In present ongoing elections, this court does not have any legal powers to prohibit anyone from contesting elections. It is the job of the electoral officers to decide. This court can't stop the accused from contesting elections. This application is negated by ..
HC sets aside order to start afresh process of appointing Hindu College principal
The Delhi High Court Wednesday set aside a single judge's order which had quashed the process of appointing the principal of Delhi University's Hindu College. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and I S Mehta said it was of the view that there was no basis on which the single judge could have come to a conclusion as regards mala fides, either in law or in fact. The division bench's judgment came on a plea filed by Hindu College challenging the single judge's Nov 27 last year which had allowed the petition of a professor and had asked the screening committee of the college to undertake a fresh exercise to appoint the principal. The single judge's order had come on the plea of professor Ratan Lal whose candidature was discarded, on the ground that he was found ineligible, and whose RTI application seeking to know the selection process was repeatedly rebuffed by the college authorities. The division bench did not agree with the single judge's direction that since the candidate (Lal) ...
Court to hear on May 23 police plea to cancel bail of ex-SC staffer in cheating case
A Delhi court Wednesday said it will hear on May 23 the police plea to cancel the bail of a former Supreme Court employee, who has accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment, in a cheating and criminal intimidation case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Khurana adjourned the matter after noting that the complainant in the case, Naveen Kumar, has not been served a copy of the police plea. "The instant application seeking cancellation of bail of the accused has been moved by the crime branch on the basis of complaint given to the police...The complainant was ordered to be summoned but he remained unserved. In the interest of justice, let the complainant be served," the judge said. Advocate V K Ohri, appearing for the former Supreme Court employee, moved an application seeking the release of her mobile phone, CPU and CCTV recorder which are with the Delhi Police. The plea was however withdrawn with the liberty that it would be moved at an appropriate stage. The .
UN rights chief condemns 'shocking' Saudi mass executions
The U.N.'s human rights chief is calling Saudi Arabia's mass execution of 37 men, including three who were sentenced as minors, "shocking" and "abhorrent." Michelle Bachelet's office said Wednesday the beheadings in six cities across Saudi Arabia were carried out Tuesday despite repeated warnings from rights officials about lack of due process. The men mostly belonged to the minority Shiite branch of Islam and had been convicted of terrorism-related crimes. The body and severed head of a convicted Sunni extremist were pinned to a pole as a public warning. Bachelet said it was "particularly abhorrent that at least three of those killed were minors at the time of their sentencing." She urged Saudi Arabia to review its counterterror legislation, expressly prohibit the death penalty for minors and halt pending executions.
Five cops suspended for death of theft case suspect
Five police personnel have been suspended in connection with the death a 22-year-old Dalit man who was a suspect in a theft case, a senior Madhya Pradesh police officer said Wednesday. Family members of the deceased Sanju Tipaniya have alleged that he died due to thrashing by the police personnel at Gandhi Nagar police station. Superintendent of Police, West, Suraj Verma said Tipaniya was brought to the police station Tuesday in connection with a theft case. Explaining the sequence of events, he said Tipaniya fell uneasiness during questionning, following which a doctor was summoned. "The doctor detected low blood pressure as the cause behind Tipaniya losing his consciousness," he said. The SP said Tipaniya was then taken to a nearby hospital and later to state-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital, but he could not be saved. He said Gandhi Nagar police station in-charge Neeta Deyarwal and four constables have been suspended. Meanwhile, family members of the deceased staged a
Noida admin orders probe into death of two workers at pvt builder's construction site
The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration Wednesday ordered a magisterial probe into the death of two construction workers at an upcoming housing society in Greater Noida reportedly due to the lack of safety gear. Ajay Malik (32) and Kishore Kumar (23) died Tuesday after falling off a 13th floor-level scaffolding of the housing society by ATS group in Sector 150, while others, including an engineer at the site, were injured, police said. District Magistrate Brajesh Narain Singh Wednesday ordered the formation of a four-member committee for an instant probe into the incident and cited a media report stating that the workers killed did not have adequate safety equipment. "This is a very serious incident. On October 29, 2018 also, two workers died at an under-construction site of the ATS group in Sector 132 under similar conditions. With the incident occurring again, it appears that the ATS builders are not following the guidelines properly and being negligent," he said in a letter. The ...
Supreme Court's 'exemplary' direction has reaffirmed my faith in judiciary: Bilkis Bano
Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots Wednesday said the Supreme Court's "exemplary" direction to the state government to provide Rs 50 lakh compensation has reaffirmed her faith in judiciary and will give hope to other victims of rape and communal violence. Bano however lamented that her family did not get any support from the state government during their 17-year-long fight for justice. The Supreme Court Tuesday directed the Gujarat government to give Rs 50 lakh compensation, a job and an accommodation to Bano. The top court also directed the state government to pay the compensation to Bano within two weeks. Seven of Bano's family members were also killed during the riots. "The Supreme Court's direction to Gujarat government has reaffirmed by faith in judiciary and the Constitution," she said. Expressing gratitude to the judiciary for "acknowledging her suffering and struggle," Bano said she will create a fund in the memory of her first child Saleha so that ..
55-yr-old man 'rapes' class 6 girl in Rajasthan's Bundi
A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her father's friend in Rajasthan's Bundi district Wednesday, police said. The girl, a student of class 6, was allegedly raped five days ago at an isolated place in Old Grain Mandi premises under Bundi city police station limits but approached police with her uncle only Wednesday, they said. The accused, Jagdish Khateek, is a resident of Shiv Colony, Undaliya ki Dungeri, Bundi, SHO, Bundi city police station, Ghanshyam Meena said. The minor in her complaint stated that the accused is her father's friend and frequently visited her home and alleged that he lured her with sweet edibles and took her to an isolated place where he raped her, the SHO said. The matter is being probed and the procedure to lodge a rape case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, is underway, Sub-Inspector of Bundi Mahila police station Mukeshi Meena said.
Confession of sharing drinks with female relative becomes cause of Rohit Shekhar's death
Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, son of Congress stalwart ND Tiwari got killed after he confessed to his wife Apoorva Shukla that he was sharing the glass with a female relative whom she hated, the police said on Wednesday."When Apoorva video called Rohit, she saw him drinking while he was on his way back to Delhi after casting his vote in Uttarakhand. After he came back, as he was drunk he told her that he drank with a woman relative in the same glass," a senior police official familiar with the case told ANI."As she hated the relative and could not notice her during the video call, a scuffle broke out between the couple in the bedroom. When she couldn't control her anger, she allegedly suffocated him to death," he added.Apoorva, the wife of Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, son of Congress stalwart, was arrested in the murder case of her husband on Wednesday morning and was sent to two days police custody by the Saket Court. "She has been arrested after the circumstantial evidence pointed towards her ...
Man gets 20 years' RI for raping minor
A local court Wednesday sentenced a man to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) for raping a girl in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha four years ago. Additional district and sessions judge of Baripada, Dr V Sujata, passed the verdict after finding Bailochan Mohanta guilty of raping the girl. Mohanta's two associates, Purusattam Mohanta and Bailochan Behera, were awarded three years' RI by the judge. The three had forced the victim to accompany them to a forest on September 11, 2015 where Bailochan Mohanta raped her.
Charge against CJI: SC asks lawyer to submit affidavit by tomorrow
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked lawyer Utsav Bains to submit an affidavit by tomorrow to corroborate his claim that former apex court employees came together to frame sexual harassment charge against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi with the help of some powerful lobbyists.A special three-judge bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Rohinton Fali Nariman and Deepak Gupta while posting the matter to tomorrow, directed the advocate to file his affidavit by 10:30 a.m. when the court will assemble for the hearing.During the second session of today's proceedings, the court said as per Bains' affidavit, there was a fixing game involving dismissed employees who had ganged up and registry officials, going on for favourable benches."It is a matter of grave concern, fixing has no role to play in this system. In case Bains has named one person, we have to go to the root of the matter. Who are those fixers? They have to be booked and they have no role in the country. That's the serious ...
ED summons daughter of Shabir Shah in PMLA case of 2005 when she was 5-year-old
The 19-year-old daughter of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah has been summoned twice by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case of 2005. Sama Shabir, who is studying law in Manchester in the United Kingdom, was issued summons at her home in Srinagar. The first date for her to appear before the agency was on April 18 and the second on Wednesday. Shah was arrested on July 25, 2017 in the 2005 case related to money laundering and alleged financing of terror groups. The ED had registered a case in 2007 based on the investigation by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in the August 2005 case, wherein the police had arrested Mohammed Aslam Wani, an alleged hawala dealer, who had claimed that he passed on Rs 2.25 crore to Shah. Sama's mother, 48-year-old Bilquies Shah, a doctor by profession, has been moving from pillar to post informing the Enforcement Directorate units here, Jammu as well as its headquarters in New Delhi that her daughter is pursuing her ..
Rohit Shekhar Tiwari murder: Delhi court sends his wife Apoorva to 2 day police custody
Rohit Shekhar Tiwari's lawyer wife Apoorva Shukla, arrested in connection with his murder, was sent to two-day police custody by a Delhi court on Wednesday. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat allowed interrogation of Shukla after the police sought her 3-day custody. The judge also directed that the accused will be medically examined as per rules and allowed her lawyer to be present with her during interrogation and serve a copy of FIR. The police told the court that they want to find out more clues related to this case and ruled out the possibility of any other suspect. The lawyer appearing for Shukla opposed the plea for custody saying that she has cooperated throughout the investigation. Earlier in the day, police had arrested her on charges of his Tiwari's murder, citing a "turbulent and unhappy" marriage as the motive. Rohit Shekhar, the son of the late veteran politician N D Tiwari, was smothered to death on the intervening night of April 15 and 16, an autopsy report ..
Man who killed wife, three children arrested
A man who sedated and then stabbed to death his wife and their three children here after being jobless for three months has been arrested in Karnataka, police said on Wednesday.
Two grievously hurt in gas cylinder explosion
A woman and her minor son suffered serious injuries in a gas cylinder explosion at Kandhla town of Shamli district on Wednesday, officials said. The injured were identified as Sadiya, 30, and her five-year-old son Kunver, they said. SHO D K Tyagi said the cylinder exploded after a leakage in it. The injured are being treated at a local hospital, he said.
SC to hear plea alleging conspiracy to target CJI
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it would examine the allegation that former sacked employees of the apex court have ganged up to target the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi by framing him in a false case of sexual harassment.
Plea to cancel ex-SC staffer's bail adjourned
A Delhi court on Wednesday adjourned Delhi Police's plea seeking cancellation of bail to a former Supreme Court staffer who has accused Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment.
Granite mining scam: ED attaches Rs 40cr-worth properties of Alagiri's son
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday provisionally attached properties worth Rs 40.34 crores of M/S Olympus Granite Private Limited and its stakeholder Alagiri Dayanidhi, son of former Chemicals and Fertilizer Minister MK Alagiri in the illegal granite mining case.Both movable and immovable properties consisting of lands, building in Madurai, Chennai and fixed deposits totalling to over Rs 40 crore was attached by the ED.ED attached the properties under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 (PMLA) after conducting investigations on the basis of an FIR and charge sheet filed by Tamil Nadu Police against the said company for "criminally conspiring and indulging in illegal granite mining activities leading to losses to the government and wrongful gain to themselves," a statement from the ED said.The charge sheet mentioned various offences under the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Explosive Substances Act, 1908 amongst others committed by the accused in the illegal granite mining .