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Egypt executes 9 for A-G killing
Egyptian authorities on Wednesday executed nine prisoners for their involvement in the killing of an Attorney-General four years ago, officials said.
Asees Chadha denied bail, moves sessions court
Asees Singh Chadha, a 19-year-old nephew of the late Ponty Chadha of the Wave Group, who allegedly killed a 51-year-old woman from Turkmenistan here on Monday, failed to get bail on Wednesday from a city court which rejected his application.
SC asks Bengaluru court to decide ZACL plea on Rs 20 cr loan to UB group firm
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked a Bengaluru trial court to decide on the plea of Zuari Agro Chemicals Ltd (ZACL), which had advanced Rs 20 crore as inter-corporate deposit (ICD) in 2012 to a United Breweries (UB) group firm in which fugitive Vijay Mallya has stake. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices L N Rao and Sanjiv Khanna, which asked the trial court to commence the hearing within a week from today, took on record the undertaking of Mcdowell Holdings Ltd (MHL), a UB group firm, that it will not alienate or create any third party rights of shares held by it in Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (MCFL), as ZACL has petitioned. "Having considered the matter, we are of the view that the just and proper order at this stage would be to direct the trial judge to hear the prayer for injunction made in the suit within a week from today," the bench said, adding that the trial Judge shall also consider the contentions of MHL with regard to maintainability of the ...
Hubby gave me triple talaq via WhatsApp, claims MP woman
A 21-year-old woman from Madhya Pradesh has said her husband gave her triple talaq over the WhatsApp messaging service for not getting an autorickshaw in dowry. Asenior police officer said they received a complaint from the woman during the weekly public hearing on Tuesday. The woman, Afreen Bi, a resident of Sirpur Kankad area of Indore, told PTI Wednesday that she will fight a legal battle against this "injustice". "Angry over not getting an auto rickshaw in dowry, my husband Shahrukh Ansari gave me (triple) talaq by sending an audio message on WhatsApp. I was also told that he is going to marry again," she said. The Union Cabinet Tuesday gave its nod to re-issue the contentious Triple Talaq ordinance that makes the practice of instant triple talaq by Muslim men a penal offence. Afreen said her parents were extending financial help to her family. "However, my in-laws were saying that they should either buy an autorickshaw for my husband or make him a 'ghar jamai' (the .
Kerala CPI-M leader sent to police custody in murder case
A Kerala court on Wednesday sent CPI-M leader A. Peethamabaran, accused in the murder of two Youth Congress workers in the Kasargode district on Sunday, to 7-day police custody.
HC asks Delhi Police about steps taken to trace missing woman
The Delhi High Court asked the police on Wednesday about the steps taken to trace a recently-married woman, who went missing from her matrimonial home last month. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Prateek Jalan asked the deputy commissioner of police (north-east) to give a status report indicating what measures were taken by the Delhi Police after it received a complaint from the woman's father, alleging that his daughter was being harassed over dowry and he had had no contact with her since January 19. According to the habeas corpus plea moved by the woman's father Ajmeri Khan, seeking whereabouts of his daughter Ishrat, the woman got married in November last year. The petition, filed through advocate Amarjit Singh Bedi, has contended that on January 19, Khan received a call from his son-in-law, who said Ishrat was sick and ended the call abruptly. The petitioner's son-in-law called him again after some time and told him that the woman was not at her matrimonial home and her ..
Malegaon case: HC stays NIA court order allowing photocopies as evidence
The Bombay High Court Wednesday stayed a 2017 order of a special court that permitted the use of photocopied statements of witnesses and confessions of accused as secondary evidence in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. In an interim order, a bench of justices A S Oka and A S Gadkari said the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court should not have passed the order and it was bad in law. The bench also noted that it was the duty of the NIA, the prosecuting agency in the case, to point out the mistake to the court in permitting the use of unverified photocopies as secondary evidence. The bench was hearing an appeal filed by Sameer Kulkarni, a co-accused in the case, challenging the 2017 order of the special court that permitted the use of photocopies of statements of witnesses and confessions of accused, as secondary evidence in the case. According to NIA counsel Sandesh Patil, the high court will now hear the NIA on March 4 on its objection to Kulkarni's petition. "We have told ...
Why no action against noise pollution: HC asks Mumbai top cop
The Bombay High Court Wednesday directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to file an affidavit explaining the reasons for the inaction over rampant noise norms violations in the city. A bench of Justices A S Oka and A S Gadkari also directed the commissioner to explain in the affidavit the action that he proposes to take against those officers, who failed to act against the violators in the past, despite an existing HC order mandating that prompt action be taken against such people. The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Awaaz Foundation about the violation of noise rules. The police had filed two affidavits in compliance with a previous HC order over noise violations at Girgaum Chowpatty during the immersion of Ganesh idols in September last year, and in Khar during Eid celebrations in November last year. The affidavit, filed by IPS officer Manjunath Shinge, informed the bench that while in Girgaum, the local police had received 22 complaints, it had taken action ..
Crores of Indians want Ayodhya verdict 'sooner than later': BJP
Crores of Indians believe the judiciary should appreciate their urgency for a quicker verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, Bharatiya Janata Party national Vice President Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said on Wednesday.
Accused surrenders before district court
Manoj Sami, one of the 10 accused in the 2017 Kodanad heist murder and heist case, surrendered before the District Court here Wednesday. District court judge P Vadamalai had on February 18 issued an arrest warrant against Sami for not appearing before him in connection with the case on that day. Even as police was searching for him, Sami surrendered before the judge who remanded him to judicial custody till March 4.
2.9 lakh cases pending in Assam lower courts
Assam government Wednesday informed the state Assembly that over 2.9 lakh cases are pending in lower courts across the state and it is mulling to set up 33 fast track courts to try heinous crimes. Giving a written reply to a query by AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam, Law and Justice Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya said the number of pending cases in lower courts have gone up from 2,76,520 in 2017 to 2,91,960 the next year. A total of 3,26,931 new cases were registered last year and 3,11,150 cases were disposed of, he said. "The government is considering to set up 33 fast track courts to handle cases of rape as well as murder of women and children," Bhattacharya said. He also informed the Assembly that a total of 70 posts of judges in various lower courts are lying vacant at this moment. Bhattacharya said, out of the sanctioned posts of 24 judges in the high court, four are vacant.
2 absconders arrested in J&K's Rajouri
Two persons, evading arrest for several years, were Wednesday held in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, the police said. Maneer Hussain was involved in a case of criminal breach of trust by a public servant in 2014 and was arrested in a raid, they said. He was evading his arrest since 2014, they added. The second absconder, Shahid Parvez, was wanted in case of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, the police said. A resident of Badhoon, he was evading arrest since 2011, they said.
French court ruling due in UBS $6 billion tax case
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court will rule on Wednesday whether UBS, Switzerland's largest bank, helped wealthy French clients evade taxes between 2004 and 2012 and launder the proceeds.
Absconding Congress MLA arrested in assault case
Congress MLA J N Ganesh was arrested on Wednesday, weeks after he was declared absconding for allegedly assaulting another lawmaker from his party during a brawl at a resort. Ganesh was at large after the alleged assault on Anand Singh, both from Ballari district, on January 20 at the Eagleton Resort on the city outskirts, where the Congress had sequestered its MLAs to prevent a poaching bid by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). "Yes, we have arrested him (Ganesh)," Inspector General of Police of the Central range B Dayananda told PTI, replying to a query. Police sources, however, did not confirm from where was the Congress MLA arrested. They said prior to his arrest, a team of about 18 officers had carried out searches in Mumbai, Goa, Ballari and Hyderabad. Ganesh had allegedly attacked Singh with his fists and a flowerpot, hit him near his eye and kicked him on his chest, according to the complaint filed with the police. In his complaint, Singh stated that Ganesh was upset as he ...
Delhi: Ponty Chadha's nephew's bail plea rejected in car accident case
Patiala House Court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of Asees Singh Chadha who was arrested in connection with a car accident case on February 18.A case has been registered against Chadha for allegedly ramming a speeding Bentley SUV into an auto-rickshaw at Vinay Marg area in which one person lost her life, said the police.Asees, who is 19 years old, is the son of Rajender Singh Chadha who is apparently late liquor baron Ponty Chadha's brother.The police informed that a case has been registered under section 304 A of the Indian Penal Code.The deceased, who succumbed to her injuries at a hospital, has been identified as a 51-year-old woman Gulshat Alijanova. Three others, who are critically injured, include the auto driver who has been identified as Raghubir Singh and two Turkmenistan nationals namely Alma Gul Atayeba and Gulia Yyam.According to reports, the luxury car was being escorted by a Punjab Police vehicle.
Transport of coal: Arbitral tribunal passes over 2,000 cr award in favour of Jindal ITF Ltd
An arbitral tribunal has passed an award amounting to over Rs 2,000 crore in favour of Jindal ITF Ltd in a case pertaining to transport of coal to Farakka thermal power plant of the state-run power producer NTPC. The final award was pronounced by a bench comprising Justice Vikramajit Sen (retired), Justice B P Singh (retired) and Justice Anil Kumar (retired). The NTPC had signed a tripartite agreement in 2011 with Inland Water Authority of India (IWAI) and Jindal ITF for transportation of coal to its 2,100-MW power plant located at Farakka, West Bengal, through inland waterways. It had assured Jindal ITF that a minimum of 3 million metric tonnes (MMT) of coal would be transported per year through the latter and that if NTPC fails to do so, it would pay Jindal ITF transportation fee for 90 per cent of 3MMT of coal. After taking note of the pleadings of the parties and materials on record including the evidence, the tribunal said that it was of the view that the NTPC was more ...
Advisory Council discusses measures to improve ranking in 'Doing Business' report
Focus of discussion was on issues which can help in reduction of pending cases in courts
SC to hear Ayodhya's Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute matter on Feb 26
The Supreme Court Wednesday decided to hear on February 26 the politically sensitive Ayodhya's Ram-Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid land dispute matter. It will be heard by a five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde, D Y Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and S A Nazeer. The apex court on January 27 had cancelled the scheduled hearing for January 29 as Justice Bobde was not available that day. The fresh notice issued by the apex court registry said all the petitions in Ayodhya land dispute will come up for hearing on February 26. Fourteen appeals have been filed in the apex court against the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment, delivered in four civil suits, that the 2.77-acre land in Ayodhya be partitioned equally among the three parties -- the Sunni Waqf Board, the Nirmohi Akhara and Ram Lalla. The five-judge bench was re-constituted on January 25 as Justice U U Lalit, who was a member of the original bench, had recused himself from hearing the ...
Soldier, injured during encounter at J-K's Pulwama, dies
A soldier, who was injured during an encounter last week at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, has succumbed to injuries, a defence official said Wednesday. Naik Sandeep Kumar, who was injured in an anti-militancy operation on February 12 in Pulwama, succumbed at 92 Base Hospital here on Tuesday, the official said. A local militant was killed and another soldier died in the encounter. Army paid tributes to Naik Kumar at a solemn ceremony at Badamibagh here on Wednesday. The mortal remains of the soldier were then sent to his native place in Haryana's Faridabad, where his final rites will be performed, the official said.
AAP MLA Jarwal convicted in 2013 rioting case
A Delhi Court has convicted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Prakash Jarwal and two others in a 2013 rioting and unlawful assembly case.