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Rahul did not intend to attribute 'chowkidar chor hai' to SC, will use slogan in future: Cong
The Congress on Tuesday said its president Rahul Gandhi in his "explanation" to the Supreme Court has asserted that it was never his intention to attribute the "chowkidar chor hai" slogan to the apex court, but the party will continue to use the expression in the future. The party's assertion came hours after the Supreme Court issued criminal contempt notice to the Congress president for his "chowkidar chor hai" remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi while referring to the Rafale judgment, which the apex court said was "incorrectly attributed" to it. The top court said it will hear on April 30 the criminal contempt petition filed by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi against Gandhi along with the pending review petition against the December 14, 2018 verdict in the Rafale fighter jet deal. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress spokesperson and senior advocate who appeared on behalf of Gandhi, said last week the Supreme Court had asked Gandhi to provide explanation to it in the matter. He said in the ...
Farmer found dead with throat slit
A 60-year-old farmer was found murdered in his fields at Daryapur village under the Kakroli police station in the district on Monday night, police said. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ram Mohan Sharma said the victim, Brijpal, was found with his throat slit. He had gone to irrigate his fields but did not return home, after which his family informed the police. Police have registered a case of murder against unidentified persons. The body has been sent for post-mortem.
Special court for MPs to hear complaint against Rahul on April 26
The District and Sessions Judge on Tuesday transferred hearing of a complaint against Congress president Rahul Gandhi to a special court for MPs and MLAs in Rouse Avenue.The Patiala House Court was hearing a complaint against Rahul for allegedly making a derogatory statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.On Monday, Metropolitan Magistrate Preeti Prewa sent the complaint file to District and Sessions Judge for further direction and consideration.The complaint has been filed in the Patiala House Court by Joginder Tuli, an advocate practising in the Supreme Court, saying that Rahul had accused the Prime Minister of 'hiding behind the blood of soldiers and doing dalali on their (soldiers') sacrifice'.Tuli has sought the direction to the police to file an FIR against Rahul and charge him under sedition case.As Rahul is a sitting MP, there is special designated court looking after cases related to MPs and MLAs.The matter will be heard on April 26.
SC awards Rs 50 lakh to Godhra rape survivor Bilkis
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Gujarat government to rehablitate and pay Rs 50 lakh in compensation to Bilkis Yakub Rasool, who was gang raped at the age of 21 in 2002 during the post-Godhra riots. Her three-year-old daughter was also killed.
Delhi: Fake visa racket busted, 2 held
The Delhi Police on Tuesday busted a syndicate supplying fake UAE visas and arrested two agents.The arrested persons have been identified as Javed Ali and Manoj Kumar Sharma. The accused were involved in 17 cases."During the course of investigation all pax/passengers were interrogated and they all disclosed that alleged 17 Visa were provided to them by one agent Javed for a consideration amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- from each of the 17 pax/passengers," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), IGI Airport, Sanjay Bhatia."Bank account details were obtained and eventually accused Manoj Kumar Sharma has also been arrested," Bhatia added.Efforts are underway to nab co-accused Prince Yadav. "Investigation revealed accused Prince was the one who prepared/printed the fake Visa in these cases," the senior police official said.
Indonesia 'shocked' by Malaysian's acquittal in maid's death
Indonesia's government says it was shocked by Malaysia's acquittal of a woman charged with the death of her Indonesian maid, in a case that has sparked public outrage over alleged abuse. Adelina Lisao was rescued in February 2018 from a house in northern Malaysia where she was made to sleep on the porch with the family dog. Police said she had bruises and infected wounds on her body and later died of multiple organ failure. Her employer, S. Ambika, was charged with murder. She was acquitted by the High Court last week after prosecutors abruptly dropped the charge without explanation. Indonesia's foreign ministry said in a statement that it was "shocked" and would continue to seek justice for Lisao. Malaysian households employ more than 200,000 Indonesian maids.
Prominent activists seek independent probe into allegations against CJI
Prominent activists, including Prashant Bhushan and Aruna Roy, have sought an independent inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, saying public confidence in the judiciary will be "severely eroded" if the apex court is unable to "credibly" deal with the challenge. Last week, a junior court assistant had sent written complaints to 22 judges, alleging she was sexually harassed by Chief Justice Gogoi in October 2018. The case was heard by a new bench of Justices Arun Mishra, Rohinton Fali Nariman and Deepak Gupta. It was initiated suo moto after a special bench, including Gogoi himself, conducted proceedings on April 20 in the chief justice's court. A group of activists and writers have come out with a statement seeking an independent inquiry into allegations of "sexual harassment and victimisation" against Gogoi. "This is a moment of grave crisis for the judiciary. If the court is unable to credibly deal with this challenge, public confidence in
HC issues notice to Delhi govt, DG Prisons over plea seeking appointment of law officers in jails
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Delhi government and Director General, Prisons, over a plea seeking appointment of law officers in every jail in the national capital.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani after pursuing the arguments sought response from the Delhi government and DG Prisons and posted the matter for further consideration on August 29.The petition filed by advocate Amit Sahni seeks compliance of Section 6 of Delhi Prison Act, 2000 which mandates that there shall be a Law Officer for every jail.He also mentioned that the compliance is done by the respondents in all respect except appointing law officer for every jail. "From August 2016 to February 2019, there was no Law Officer in Prison Headquarter and that the legal affairs used to be dealt by an officer equivalent to the rank of Dy. Superintendent," the petition stated.Sahni through his petition also states that appointment of law officers is ...
Chopper case: Rajeev Saxena moves Delhi court seeking permission to travel abroad
Rajeev Saxena, a middleman -turned-approver in the money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland chopper scam, moved a Delhi court Monday seeking permission to travel abroad. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on his plea to travel to Europe, UK and Dubai in May. The court has posted the matter for hearing on April 29. Saxena has sought permission to travel abroad on the ground of some medical ailments. The court had earlier allowed Saxena to turn approver and his plea for grant of pardon on the condition that he will fully disclose all information in the case. He was earlier granted bail by the court on medical grounds after perusal of reports submitted by AIIMS. Saxena, director at two Dubai-based firms -- UHY Saxena and Matrix Holdings -- is one of the accused named in the charge sheet filed by ED in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland scam.
Bilkis Bano case: SC directs Gujarat govt to give her Rs 50 lakh compensation, job, accommodation
The Supreme Tuesday directed the Gujarat government to give Rs 50 lakh compensation, a job and accommodation to Bilkis Bano who was gang raped during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice Rajan Gogoi was informed by the Gujarat government that action has been taken against the erring police officials in the case. The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, was informed by the state's counsel that pension benefits of the erring officials have been stopped and the IPS officer who was convicted by the Bombay High Court in the case has been demoted by two ranks. Bano had earlier refused to accept the offer of Rs 5 lakh and had sought exemplary compensation from the state government in a plea before the top court. The top court had on March 29 asked the state government to take disciplinary action within two weeks against all the erring police officials. Advocate Shobha Gupta, appearing for Bano, told the apex court earlier that no action had .
SC issues contempt notice to Rahul Gandhi for remark on Rafale case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued contempt notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi for wrongly attributing the 'chowkidar chor hai' remark to the court's April 10 order in the Rafale deal case.A three-judge bench headed by Chief justice Ranjan Gogoi directed that the contempt petition filed by BJP leader Meenakshi Lekhi against Gandhi be listed for hearing on April 30, along with petitions seeking review of the court's December 14 verdict on the fighter jet deal.The bench also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Deepak Gupta, said that after hearing the Congress president's lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the court deemed it fit to issue notice to Gandhi.Appearing for Lekhi, senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi submitted that Gandhi, in his response to the contempt plea, had on Monday admitted having made a wrong statement while talking to the media in Amethi on April 10.The Congress president had in his affidavit also disclosed that he had not read the order while making the remark, ...
SC notice to advocate alleging conspiracy against CJI (2nd Lead)
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to advocate Utsav Bains, who has alleged that there is a conspiracy to frame Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in a false sexual harassment case.
Bilkis Bano case: SC directs Gujarat govt to give Rs 50 lakh compensation, job, accommodation
The Supreme Tuesday directed the Gujarat government to give Rs 50 lakh compensation, a job and accommodation to Bilkis Bano who was gang raped during the 2002 riots in the state. A bench headed by Chief Justice Rajan Gogoi was informed by the Gujarat government that action has been taken against the erring police officials in the case. The bench, also comprising Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, was informed by the state's counsel that pension benefits of the erring officials have been stopped and the IPS officer who was convicted by the Bombay High Court in the case has been demoted by two ranks. Bano had earlier refused to accept the offer of Rs 5 lakh and had sought exemplary compensation from the state government in a plea before the top court. The top court had earlier asked the Gujarat government to take disciplinary action in two weeks against the erring police officials, including an IPS officer, convicted by the Bombay High Court in the case. A special court had on 21 .
Special court for MPs to hear on Apr 26 complaint against Rahul Gandhi for remarks against PM Modi
A Delhi court Tuesday transferred a complaint filed against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly seditious remarks he made in 2016 against Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a special court designated to try lawmakers. District Judge Poonam A Bamba transferred the case to Addititional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal who will take up the matter on April 26. The complaint has sought direction to the police to register an FIR against Gandhi for making allegedly seditious remarks in 2016 against PM Modi, accusing him of hiding behind the blood of soldiers and cashing in on their sacrifice. The complaint referred to Gandhi's speech at a public meeting here where he made these remarks. On October 6, 2016, addressing the meeting after completion of his 'Kisan Yatra' in Uttar Pradesh, Gandhi had said: "You (Modi) are hiding behind the blood of soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir and those who carried out the surgical strikes for India. You are exploiting their sacrifices, which is .
SC asks Gujarat govt to pay Rs 50 lakh compensation to Bilkis Bano
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Gujarat government to pay a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to 2002 Gujarat gang-rape victim, Bilkis Bano.Bano had also sought exemplary compensation from the State government, refusing to accept its offer of Rs5 lakh.A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and also comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Deepak Gupta, passed the interim direction and asked the Gujarat government to pay the compensation to Bano.The top court also directed the state government to provide Bilkis Bano a government job and accommodation as per rules.In March 2002, Bano was gang-raped and left to die alongside 14 members of her family, including her 3-year-old daughter, during the Gujarat riots. She was five months pregnant, when rioters attacked her in Vadodara.
Pragya Singh Thakur dubs plea seeking to bar her from contesting elections as 'frivolous', 'politically motivated'
BJP's candidate from the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, Pragya Singh Thakur on Tuesday filed her response to the plea by the father of a deceased victim in the 2008 Malegaon terror blast seeking to bar her from contesting the ongoing elections and dubbed the petition as "frivolous"Thakur, a key accused in the case said that the plea was filed with a "political agenda" and was "publicity stunt"."It is submitted that it is beyond the competence of the Intervener to file application with prayers of the nature filed, more particularly when the same is without an affidavit in the support. The Intervener having knowledge of the same has still deliberately preferred to file this misconceived application, for extraneous objectives and for want of publicity," Thakur said in her response to the application filed by Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal.In her reply filed before the NIA court, Pragya also said, "There is no provision in the Representation of Peoples Act 1951, which disqualifies the candidate from ...
SC criminal contempt notice to Rahul Gandhi will make him personally appear before it: Rohatgi
Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Tuesday said issuance of notice by the Supreme Court to Congress President Rahul Gandhi in a criminal contempt petition would make him personally appear to give explanation about his statement which he had wrongly attributed to the apex court on the Rafale verdict. Rohatgi, appearing for BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi who has filed the criminal contempt petition, said Gandhi has to appear in person before the apex court. "He needs to appear in person and give an explanation on the averments made in the criminal contempt petition," Rohtagi told reporters after the apex court issued notice to Gandhi. The criminal contempt notice was issued to Gandhi for his "chowkidar chor hai" remark while attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Rafale judgment, which the apex court said were "incorrectly attributed" to it.
Pragya Thakur seeks dismissal of plea seeking to bar her from contesting poll
BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, on Tuesday dubbed the application seeking to bar her from contesting the Lok Sabha election as "frivolous" and moved with a "political agenda", and sought its dismissal by the special NIA court here. The father of one of the blast victims moved the court Thursday, urging it to bar Thakur, the prime accused in the case, from contesting the election from Bhopal. Thakur responded to the plea on Tuesday through her lawyer before special judge for National Investigation Agency cases V S Padalkar. She said, "The applicant has deliberately chosen this court to ventilate misconceived and frivolous application for want of publicity and for extraneous reasons with political agenda," she said. The applicant has not only wasted the precious time of this court, but also attempted to consequentially drag, demean and/or lower the dignity and reputation of the court, Thakur said in her response. She prayed the court to ...
SC hears after affidavit alleges conspiracy against CJI
The Supreme Court began hearing on Tuesday after issuing notice to advocate Utsav Bains who alleged a conspiracy to frame Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi in a sexual harassment case.
HC seeks govt reply on PIL to appoint law officers for 16 jails in Delhi
The Delhi High Court Tuesday sought response of the AAP government and the director general (DG) of Tihar Jail on a PIL seeking directions to appoint one law officer each in 16 jails of the national capital in a time-bound manner. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani issued notice to the state government and DG (prisons) on the petition and listed the matter for further hearing on August 29. The petition, filed by advocate Amit Sahni, alleged that despite the Delhi Prisons Act, 2000 mandating that there shall be a law officer in every prison, at present there is only one law officer for all 16 jails of the state who is stationed at prison headquarters at Tihar here. It also claimed that from August 2016 to February 2019, no law officer was appointed at the prison headquarters and the legal affairs were dealt with by an officer equivalent to the rank of a deputy superintendent. There are 16 jails in the state -- nine at the Tihar prison complex, one at the