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Bihar teenager resists rape, attacked with acid
In a horror of an incident a teenager in Bihar's Bhagalpur district was attacked with acid after she resisted an attempt of gang rape by a group of four youths, police said on Saturday.
'Common thread' in communications sent to my office by news portals: CJI
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Saturday said there was a "common thread" in the communications sent to him by four news portals that carried stories on allegation of sexual harassment against him, and suggested a "bigger force" could be behind the controversy to "deactivate" the office of the CJI. The CJI, who was part of a hurriedly convened special bench, also comprising Justices Arun Mishra and Sanjiv Khanna, said the four news portals -- Scroll, The leaflet, Caravan and the Wire -- have carried the stories on the allegations. "There is a common thread in the communications, and the questions I was asked to answer are common," he said, adding, "they (news portals) gave less than five hours notice to the CJI to respond". "This is unbelievable. I do not think I should stoop too low even to deny these allegations. But that comes after 20 years of selfless service as a judge," he said. He also said if such allegations were levelled against the judges then no sane person will come .
Rajput community members protest over bride's abduction in Rajasthan
Members of the Rajput community continued their protest for the third day on Saturday for their demand to arrest people involved in abduction of a bride, police said. The protesters gathered outside the Sikar district collectorate demanding strict action against the culprits, they said. "A group has been protesting and demanding the arrest of the suspects. The search for the bride and the prime suspect is on. As a preventive measure, internet services have been suspended in the area till 6 pm today," Additional SP Devendra Kumar Sharma said. Five people have been detained in connection with the incident whereas prime accused Ankit Sevda is still on the run, he said. On Wednesday, bride Hansa Kanwar was abducted by a group of armed men at gun point here when she and her husband were on the way to their home. Hansa and her elder sister Sonu got married Tuesday to two brothers from Nagwa village. After the wedding, when they were returning in a car from Nagwa village, the accused ...
Nearly 16% of Guj contestants facing criminal cases: ADR
As many as 58 out of total 370 candidates in the fray from all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat have various criminal cases registered against them, as per Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysis. Among them, 34 nominees are facing serious offences including the charges of murder and attempt to murder under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). In terms of proportion, 16 per cent of the total candidates have criminal cases against them while 9 per cent are facing serious cases, the ADR stated. Voting in all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in the state will be held in a single phase on April 23. At 19, Independent candidates lead the pack of the 34 nominees facing serious cases, followed by the Congress (nine contestants) and the BJP (five candidates). As per the analysis, BJP chief Amit Shah, the party candidate from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, is facing charges including criminal intimidation, mischief by fire, promoting enmity between members of different ...
Academy responds to Roman Polanski's lawsuit
Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences has replied to the lawsuit filed by director Roman Polanski after he was deposed from the organisation last May."The procedures taken to expel Mr. Polanski were fair and reasonable. The Academy stands behind its decision as appropriate," Variety learned from a spokesperson.Director Roman Polanski and actor Bill Cosby were expelled from the Academy, following allegations of sexual harassment on them, in last May. Later, Roman Polanski filed a lawsuit stating that his removal was unfair.The lawsuit, filed in the state of California, states that proper protocol wasn't followed in dismissing the director. However, the Academy at that time said that this was done "in accordance with the organisation's Standards of Conduct".Moreover, the suit filed by Polanski says that the decision of removing him wasn't based on findings and the Academy's findings aren't backed by any evidence.Polanski's attorney Harland Braun told Variety on Friday, "We are ...
AgustaWestland: Court rejects Sushen Gupta's bail
A Delhi court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Sushen Mohan Gupta, an alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.
Police plea to cancel bail of ex-SC staffer to be heard on Apr 24
A Delhi court Saturday said it would hear on April 24, a police plea to cancel the bail of a former woman Supreme Court employee, who has accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual misconduct, in a cheating and criminal intimidation case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Khurana listed the matter for Wednesday as the accused woman was not served with the copy of the police's plea. The police sought cancellation of the bail granted to the woman on March 12, after the complainant claimed that he was being threatened by the former Supreme Court staffer and her associates. An FIR for the alleged offences of cheating, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy was lodged against the woman on March 3, after a complaint was filed by Naveen Kumar, a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana, at the Tilak Marg Police Station here. Kumar has alleged that the former apex court employee had defrauded him of Rs 50,000, which he claimed she took as part of a bribe, promising him a job at the
Reputation is the only thing which a judge has: CJI Gogoi
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Saturday said that "reputation" is the only thing which a judge has and if it will be attacked on baseless allegations of sexual harassment, no "sane person" will come forward to take up judgeship. "If such things will happen then no judge is going to decide matters. He (judge) will say why should I decide. Then I will come (in the court) and simply adjourn the cases. Why will any sane person want to become a judge? Reputation is the only thing which a judge has," the CJI said. Justice Gogoi was speaking during a specially convened hearing on Saturday in the Supreme Court where he heard the matter along with Justices Arun Mishra and Sanjiv Khanna. The CJI said that after being a judge for around two decades, he had a bank balance of Rs 6.80 lakh. "I have a bank balance of Rs 6.80 lakh. There is Rs 21.80 lakh in my bank account out of which Rs 15 lakh has been given by my daughter for the repair of my house at Guwahati. I have around Rs 40 lakh in ...
AgustaWestland case: CBI court rejects accused Sushen Mohan Gupta's bail plea
The Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of alleged arms dealer and businessman Sushen Mohan Gupta in connection with AgustaWestland money laundering case.Gupta had filed an application for a bail plea on April 6. On April 15, after hearing his plea, the court reserved the order on the bail application for today.Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told a special CBI court that Gupta tried "his best, but could not destroy the evidence".During the course of the hearing, ED's Special Public Prosecutors DP Singh and Naveen Kumar Matta had accused Gupta of 'influencing' Rajiv Saxena after the latter was allowed to turn "approver" in the case by the court. "When one of our witnesses wanted to be an approver, Gupta went to Dubai to desist him. He had started calling him when there was a buzz on diaries," had added the counsels.The ED had previously said that two diaries in the form of a pen drive were recovered from the possession of Saxena, ...
Justice Gogoi refutes allegations, SC says "bigger force" wants to deactivate CJI's office
Describing the allegations of sexual harassment against him as "unbelievable", Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi convened an extraordinary hearing at the Supreme Court on Saturday said that a larger conspiracy was behind it and he would not stoop too low even to deny these allegations. In the hurriedly called hearing after the allegations cropped up, the apex court left it to the "wisdom of media" to show restraint and act responsibly so that independence of judiciary is not affected. The apex court, which held the hearing for around 30 minutes, said independence of judiciary was under "very serious threat" and "unscrupulous allegations" of sexual harassment have been levelled against the Chief Justice of India as some "bigger force" wanted to "deactivate" the office of the CJI. The "unusual and extraordinary" hearing on a Saturday was held after stories were published on some news portals on the allegations made by an ex-employee of the apex court against the CJI. The court, which .
Cheating case: Court adjourns matter till April 24
The Patiala House Court on Saturday adjourned till April 24 hearing in the bail matter of a woman who was arrested for cheating a man hailing from Haryana's Jhajjar district of Rs 50,000 in lieu of getting him a job at the Supreme Court.The matter is being investigated by the Crime Branch.In view of the matter, the Investigating Officer Mukesh Antil on April 11 wrote to the Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Khurana to "cancel" the bail granted to the accused in the "interest of justice".It came after the complainant Naveen Kumar contended that he was being threatened by the accused and her associates.Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Manish Khurana adjourned the matter as the application was not served to the accused.On March 3 this year, Naveen Kumar lodged a complaint at Tilak Nagar police station against a woman for cheating.In the First Information Report, Kumar had alleged that the woman in 2017 demanded Rs 10 lakhs from him in lieu of getting him a job of a process server or ...
Bar bodies condemn 'cooked up' allegations against CJI
The Bar Council of India Saturday condemned the "false and cooked-up" sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and said the entire bar was standing with the CJI, and against this "attempt to malign the institution". "These are all false and cooked-up allegations and we condemn these kinds of acts. These kind of allegations and actions should not be encouraged. This is an attempt to malign the institution. Entire bar is standing in solidarity with the Chief Justice of India," Manan Kumar Mishra, BCI chairperson, told PTI. He said an emergency meeting of the top bar body would be convened on Sunday and a resolution be passed in this regard. "We will pass the resolution and then try to meet the CJI to make him aware of the (BCI's) decision," Mishra said. The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president and senior advocate Rakesh Khanna, who was present during the extraordinary hearing in the matter on Saturday, however, refused to comment. "We are not ..
VVIP Chopper deal case: Court dismisses alleged defence agent's bail plea
A Delhi court Saturday dismissed the bail plea of Sushen Mohan Gupta, an alleged defence agent arrested in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar refused to grant the relief to Gupta whose judicial custody expires on Saturday and an order is yet to be passed on it. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The probe agency had said Gupta's role in the case came to light on the basis of disclosures made by Rajiv Saxena, who has turned approver in the case after he was deported from the UAE and arrested by the agency here.
Court to hear on Apr 24, police plea to cancel bail of ex-SC staffer in cheating case
A Delhi court Saturday said it will hear on April 24 a police plea to cancel bail of a former Supreme Court employee, who accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment, in a cheating and criminal intimidation case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Khurana listed the matter for the next date as the accused was not served with a copy of the police's plea. The police sought cancellation of bail granted to the woman on March 12, after the complainant claimed that he was being threatened by the woman and her associates. An FIR for the alleged offences of cheating, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy was lodged against the woman on March 3, after a complaint was received at Tilak Marg Police Station here by Naveen Kumar, a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana. Kumar has alleged that the former apex court employee had defrauded him of Rs 50,000, which he claimed she took as part of a bribe, promising him a job at the court in exchange.
Justice Gogoi refutes allegations, SC says "bigger force" want to deactivate CJI's office
Describing the allegations of sexual harassment against him as "unbelievable", Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi convened an extraordinary hearing at the Supreme Court on Saturday said that a larger conspiracy was behind it and he would not stoop too low even to deny these allegations. In the hurriedly called hearing after the allegations cropped up, the apex court left it to the "wisdom of media" to show restraint and act responsibly so that independence of judiciary is not affected. The apex court, which held the hearing for around 30 minutes, said independence of judiciary was under "very serious threat" and "unscrupulous allegations" of sexual harassment have been levelled against the Chief Justice of India as some "bigger force" wanted to "deactivate" the office of the CJI. The "unusual and extraordinary" hearing on a Saturday was held after stories were published on some news portals on the allegations made by an ex-employee of the apex court against the CJI. The court, which .
"Larger conspiracy" to destabilise the judiciary: SC on sexual harrasment allegations against CJI
The Special Bench of the Supreme Court on Saturday met for a special sitting to discuss online media reports of sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, saying that independence of judiciary is under "very serious threat" and there is a "larger conspiracy" to destabilise the judiciary."The independence of the judiciary is under very serious threat and there is a larger conspiracy to destabilise the judiciary," the Bench said.A Bench consisting Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Arun Mishra and Sanjiv Khanna did not pass any judicial order and left it to the wisdom of the media to decide on the publication of reports in order to protect the independence of the judiciary."Having considered the matter, we refrain from passing any judicial order at this moment leaving it to the wisdom of the media to show restraint, act responsibly as is expected from them and accordingly decide what should or should not be published as wild and scandalous ...
Academy responds to lawsuit from Roman Polanski
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has responded to a lawsuit from director Roman Polanski that claimed he was unfairly expelled from the organisation behind the Oscars.
Five held for gang-raping girl in Chhattisgarh
Five men have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl at her house in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, police said Saturday. The incident took place on Wednesday night in a village under Gharghoda police station area when the victim was alone at her house, Raigarh Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Arawal said Saturday. The girl's parents had gone to their farm to keep a watch on crops, he said. On finding the girl alone, the accused identified as Gocharan Rathiya (26), Sanjay Rathiya (19), Madhav Rathiya (21), Sugan Rathiya (21) and Nutan Rathiya (19) barged into her house and raped her, he said. The victim's elder sister managed to flee from the house by jumping through a window and informed her parents about the incident, he said. Based on the complaint of the victim on Thursday night, all five accused were booked under section 376 D (gang rape) of IPC and provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act and were arrested, ...
WannaCry 'hero' pleads guilty to malware charges
Marcus Hutchins, the security researcher who helped temporarily stop the WannaCry ransomware bug, has now pleaded guilty to federal charges of creating and distributing malware used to break into online bank accounts.
CJI rubbished sexual harassment charges, says independence of judiciary under threat (2nd Lead)
Rubbishing allegations of sexual harassment against him, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Saturday said the independence of the judiciary is under threat and there was a "larger conspiracy" to destabilise it.