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SC refuses to entertain sacked cop Sanjiv Bhatt's plea for security to his family
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by sacked Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking security for his family after his wife met with an accident recently. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer asked Bhatt to approach the Gujarat High Court with his plea for the necessary relief. The bench said that it is not expressing any opinion on the merit of the case. Bhatt has sought security for his family after his wife Shweta Bhatt, who was travelling with their son, met with an accident on January 7. The two had sustained minor injuries in the incident in which their car was also damaged but they refused to lodge FIR. On October 4 last year, the apex court had dismissed Shweta's plea challenging the police probe and his judicial custody in a 22-year-old case of alleged planting of drugs to arrest an advocate, and said he could approach an "appropriate forum" for relief. The apex court had held it was not appropriate for it to interfere in the ongoing ...
SC admits Delhi Police appeal against acquittal of Suhaib Ilyasi in murder case
The Supreme Court Friday admitted the appeal filed by Delhi Police against a high court order that acquitted former TV anchor and producer Suhaib Ilyasi of the charge of killing his wife 19 years ago. Ilyasi, who had shot into limelight after hosting TV crime show, India's Most Wanted, was acquitted of the murder charges by the Delhi High Court on October 5, last year saying that the prosecution's case was not established. A Delhi court had on December 20, 2017 sentenced Ilyasi to life term for stabbing his wife to death, saying he "committed murder and gave it a colour of suicide". A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M R Shah said they have already admitted a similar appeal filed by complainant Rukma Singh, mother of the victim Anju Singh. "Leave granted," the bench said in its order and tagged it along with Rukma's plea, admitted for hearing on January 28. The high court held that there was nothing to suggest that 52-year old Ilyasi deliberately delayed medical assistance for ...
Fish trader sent to 14 years jail for raping minor
A court here Friday sentenced a fish trader to 14 years imprisonment for repeatedly raping a 15-year-old girl two years ago on the pretext of marrying her. Chinnadurai, 34, was also fined Rs 15,000. According to the prosecution, the accused, already married, had taken the girl living in the same area to a field where he gave her juice laced with drug and raped her in March 2017. He promised the girl he would marry her as he had no children for the past eight years after his marriage. Later, he repeatedly raped her by blackmailing her, and when he came to know she was pregnant, he gave her medicines to abort the foetus, and she suffered abortion, the prosecution said. The girl's father came to know about this and lodged a complaint at the all-women police station at Vriddhachalam where a case was registered. Mahila court judge Lingeswaran sentenced the accused to 14 years imprisonment.
UN expert: Saudis held another hearing in Khashoggi probe
Saudi Arabia quietly held a second court hearing for 11 people facing charges over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an independent UN human rights expert said, criticising the kingdom for its lack of transparency in the proceedings over the grisly slaying. Agnes Callamard, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said she learned of the hearing during her first visit to Turkey last week to investigate the murder. Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who wrote critically about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed and dismembered inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last October. His remains have not been found. The brutal killing described by Turkish and US officials as an elaborate plot has drawn an international outcry about press freedom and Saudi government tactics to quell criticism. Turkey, which is carrying out its own investigation into Khashoggi's murder, has been frustrated by what Ankara says is a lack of ...
HC grants exemption to TV journalist from appearing before court in criminal defamation complaint
The Delhi High Court Friday granted exemption to TV journalist Arnab Goswami from personal appearance before a trial court till March 15 in a criminal libel complaint filed by an advocate for allegedly making defamatory remarks on a news channel. Justice R K Gauba, before whom the matter was listed, also transferred it to a coordinate bench before whom other pleas connected to the incident are pending. The court was hearing the scribe's plea challenging the summons issued to him by a magistrate in the defamation complaint in which advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan had claimed that he was deliberately and wilfully defamed by Goswami and others on a TV channel. The alleged remarks were made during the broadcast of a programme relating to the violence that took place at the Patiala House court, following the 2016 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) incident where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised. The connected matters are listed for hearing before the coordinate bench on March 15, in ..
Indian gets 10 months jail, canning for attacking cook over payment of food
An Indian-origin man in Singapore was on Friday sentenced to 10 months of jail, along with six strokes of the cane and a fine of 3,000 dollars for attacking a cook at a stall here last year after being asked to pay for the food he ordered, according to a media report. At the court, Murugan Joseph, 45, pleaded guilty to five charges, including voluntarily causing hurt with a weapon, possessing a weapon, using insulting words, mischief and theft. The incident happened last year when jobless Murugan and two of his Indian friends went to a food stall and ordered rotis (chapatis), Channel News Asia reported. Murugan has also been fined of 3,000 Singapore dollars. Once the food was ready the three were asked to pay by the stall assistant, but he was informed that they did not have any money to pay for the order they placed. Infuriated that the assistant did not give them any food, Murugan and his friends confronted him for more than 10 minutes, the report quoted the Deputy Public Prosecutor
American Airlines pilot arrested, suspected of being drunk
Police say an American Airlines pilot has been arrested at Britain's Manchester Airport on suspicion of being drunk. The Greater Manchester Police force said Friday that police "received a report that an airline pilot may have been under the influence of alcohol" at the airport in northwestern England on Thursday morning. Officers arrested a 62-year-old man on suspicion of performing an aviation function while over the prescribed alcohol limit. Police say the man, whose name was not released, has been bailed pending further inquiries. American Airlines confirmed that a member of its air crew was detained at the airport Thursday. It says the flight, AA735 to Philadelphia, was cancelled and passengers rebooked on other flights. The airline says it is "fully cooperating with local law enforcement" over the incident.
Guj HC grants anticipatory bail to Setalvad, husband
The Gujarat High Court Friday granted anticipatory bail to social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand in the Rs 1.4 crore alleged fund embezzlement case related to their NGO Sabrang Trust. While allowing their anticipatory bail plea, Justice J B Pardiwala directed Setalvad and Anand to cooperate with the probe and appear before the investigating agency, the city crime branch, on February 15. In a word of caution, the judge said the state government can approach the court to get their bail cancelled if the couple does not cooperate in the investigation. The activist couple had moved the high court in May last year after a lower court rejected their anticipatory bail plea in the alleged fund embezzlement case. The duo had moved the lower court following an FIR lodged against them on March 30 last year by the complainant Raees Khan Pathan, a former aide of Setalvad. Pathan had lodged a complaint against the duo and some unidentified officials of the HRD Ministry, ...
Gautam Khaitan sent to judicial custody till Feb 20
A Delhi court on Friday sent lawyer Gautam Khaitan, accused of money laundering in connection with a black money case, to judicial custody till February 20.
SC to hear plea for fresh probe in Haren Pandya murder case on Feb 11
The Supreme Court Friday fixed February 11 for hearing a plea filed by an NGO seeking re-investigation into the murder of former Gujarat minister Haren Pandya on the ground that some new facts have surfaced after the trial. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer said that an appeal arising out of this case has been already heard by a different bench. "It will be appropriate if the same bench hears this petition," the bench said and posted the matter for hearing on February 11. The bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra had on January 31 reserved its verdict in the appeal by CBI against Gujarat High Court's acquittal of all the accused. Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner NGO CPIL said that four new facts have surfaced after the trial and re-investigation needs to be ordered. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre questioned the locus of the petition in the case. The NGO had moved the apex court last month seeking a court-monitored ...
NCLT closes insolvency proceedings against Parsvnath Landmark
The National Company Law Tribunal has closed the insolvency resolution process against a Parsvnath Developers' subsidiary after homebuyers 'amicably settled' their dispute with the realty firm. Parsvnath Developers' arm Parsvnath Landmark is constructing a housing project, comprising 500 units, at Civil Lines in the national capital. In its order dated January 11, the NCLT had allowed insolvency proceedings against Parsvnath Landmark after three home buyers approached the tribunal complaining about delay in completion of the project. However, a two-member bench of the NCLT stopped the insolvency proceeding in an order dated February 1, after the financial creditors of the company (homebuyers) informed about the settlement with Parsvnath Landmark. The three flat buyers along with the company filed their affidavits before the tribunal informing the decision. "As a sequel to the above discussion, the order dated January 11, 2019 initiating Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process against .
Maoist arrested in killings of 2 TDP leaders
A Maoist by the name of Damburu Khila has been arrested by Odisha police in connection with the killings of TDP leaders Kidari Sarveswara Rao and Siveri Soma.The two leaders were murdered in September last year.Khila is being handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Hyderabad, which is investigating the killing of the two leaders.In October last year, the Andhra Pradesh police had arrested four people in connection with the murder case of the TDP leaders.Rao and Soma were shot dead by Naxals in Dumbriguda Mandal of Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district on September 23 while they were on their way to participate in Gramadarsini program.
Maha: Rs 1 crore in cash, gold robbed from Kolhapur bank
Cash and gold totalling over Rs 1 crore was stolen from a cooperative bank in the early hours of Friday in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, police said. The incident happened in the Kale village branch of Yashvant Cooperative Bank in the district's Panhala taluka, a police official said. "The robbers used gas-cutters to remove iron bars of a window. They then disconnected the CCTV camera network and took away cash and gold which preliminary estimates suggest is cumulatively Rs 1 crore. It possibly happened between midnight and 2am on Friday," he said. Sniffer dogs were deployed at the crime scene and several police teams have been formed to apprehend the bank robbers, he added.
Pakistan to present strong case against Jadhav: Qureshi
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that his country will present a strong case against alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at a hearing scheduled for later this month.
Maldives seeks foreign aid to find cash linked to ousted leader
The Maldives government is seeking international help to find millions of dollars allegedly siphoned off by former president Abdulla Yameen who faces embezzlement and money laundering charges, officials said Friday. Maldivian diplomats said authorities in the Indian Ocean archipelago were in talks with foreign experts as part of a police investigation against the leader who lost power last September. "Police have now completed their investigations. The Prosecutor General can now formally charge the former president," Aslam Shakir, spokesman for the Maldives embassy in Colombo, told AFP. He said police investigations had found evidence linking Yameen and his justice minister Azima Shakoor to the theft of state funds and money laundering. In December, courts in the tourist paradise froze some $6.5 million in accounts allegedly linked to Yameen who suffered a shock defeat to Mohamed Ibrahim Solih in elections in September. Shakir said millions of dollars could be stashed abroad and talks
Now, NSA against two men in Madhya Pradesh for 'illegally' transporting cows
Authorities in Agar Malwa district of Madhya Pradesh have booked two men under the National Security Act (NSA) for alleged illegal transportation of cattle and disruption of public peace, a police official said on Friday. The incident comes close on the heels of the Kamal Nath-led government invoking the stringent NSA against three persons accused of cow slaughter in Khandwa district. "The two accused -- Mehboob Khan, a resident of Lambikheda in Ujjain district, and Rodumal Malviya of Agar Malwa, were arrested on Thursday under the NSA for transporting cows illegally and disrupting public peace," Kotwali police station in-charge Ajit Tiwari said. After their arrest, a court sent the duo to the central jail in Ujjain, he added. According to police, Agar Malwa town had witnessed tension on January 29 in the bus stand area when the two accused were carrying cows in their vehicles. People had protested against them, after which the market was shut. The duo was later booked by the ...
15 killed in New Year knife rampage and arson attack in China
Fifteen people were killed in China on the night of the Lunar New Year in two family tragedies, after one man started a fire and another went on a knife rampage. As people celebrated to welcome in the Year of the Pig Monday night, a man surnamed Lu set fire to the home of his brother in the northern province of Shaanxi, killing seven, according to police in the town of Baoji. The brother, his wife, their fathers and their three children died in the blaze, police said on the Twitter-like Weibo platform. A few hours after the incident police arrested the suspect, who had just tried to kill himself. During the same night, a man surnamed Guo, who suspected his wife of adultery, stabbed eight people to death and injured seven in a village in the northwest province of Gansu, according to police in the commune of Baiyin. The man, aged 49, has been arrested. The identities of the victims have not been released. Knife attacks are common in China, where the carrying of firearms is strictly ...
Christian Michel moves bail plea in Delhi court
British national Christian Michel, the middleman accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, on Friday moved his bail plea in a Delhi court.
Delhi court sends Gautam Khaitan to judicial custody till Feb 20 in money laundering case
A Delhi court Friday sent lawyer Gautam Khaitan, an accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam, to judicial custody till February 20 in connection with a fresh case of alleged possession and laundering of black money. Khaitan was produced before Special Judge Arvind Kumar and the Enforcement Directorate requested that he be sent to judicial custody. He then moved bail application saying he was not required for further probe. The court has sought ED's reply by February 15 on this. The court had earlier extended by six days the custody of Khaitan to ED, which had arrested him on January 25 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Khaitan is already being prosecuted in a case related to AgustaWestland in which he was granted bail.
Nine Indians arrested in Sri Lanka for staying without visa
Nine Indians have been arrested in Sri Lanka's Uva province for allegedly staying in the country without a visa, according to a media report. The accused, who are mostly in the their late 20s, were arrested after the police received information of their illegal stay in the island nation, the Daily News reported. The suspects will be produced before the Nuwara Eliya Magistrate's Court today, the report said quoting a police official. In another incident, an Indian national was arrested from the national capital's Bandaranaike International Airport with1 kg of cocaine worth Rs15 million in the international market, the Colombo Gazette reported.