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SC squashes FIR against ex-BCCI chief Thakur
In a relief to former BCCI chief Anurag Thakur, the Supreme Court on Friday quashed a First Information Report (FIR) filed against him and his father Prem Kumar Dhumal in a case of alleged irregularities in granting land for the construction of the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala.
No advance notice to defaulters: SC on sealing drive
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that no advance notice would be given to defaulters before sealing residential premises in the national capital.The apex court also fixed a time limit of 48 hours to seal such premises.Earlier on Thursday, a bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur pulled up the Centre for failing to provide a report of the survey conducted of houses in South Delhi's Amar Colony to ascertain illegal constructions."You (government) take months to finalise the date, months to analyse it, months to issue show cause notice, months to adjudicate. By then Delhi will collapse and then you will say the petition is infructuous," the court had said while hearing the plea related to sealing of unauthorised and illegal construction in the national capital.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manoj Tiwari is facing contempt proceedings for allegedly breaking the lock of a house situated in an unauthorised colony in North East Delhi's Gokulpur area his constituency that was sealed by
Man sentenced to 10 years in jail for raping minor in Maharashtra
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment by a special POCSO court here for kidnapping and raping a minor tribal girl in Maharashtra's Palghar district. Special POCSO and district judge P P Jadhav also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on Aashif Akbar Kotwal, a driver, on Thursday. Additional Public Prosecutor Vivek Kadu said Kotwal had ferried the 16-year-old victim's family in his vehicle to a marriage function in Bhevardachapada in Jawhar tehsil on May 30, 2015. After the family returned from the function and got off at Apatale village, Kotwal forcibly drove off with the victim and raped her at an isolated spot in Kalsheti village, he said. Kotwal was later nabbed by the victim's family the next morning and handed over to the police, Kadu said. A case under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code was registered in this connection.
3 youth accused of bid to sexually assault girl; 2 held
: Two youth have been arrested for allegedly misbehaving with a girl in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh while search is on for another in connection with the incident, police said here Friday. The arrest was made on Thursday night. The three on a motorcycle intercepted the girl on the way home from a coaching centre on the night of October 30 and tried to sexually assault her, the victim said in a complaint to the police. Upon seeing motorists approaching, the youth sped away on their vehicle, the complainant said. Based on the registration number of the bike given by the victim, the police traced two of the youth and are searching for the other.
CJI in awe as Centre clears names of 4 judges for elevation to SC in 48 hours
The Centre's clearing of names of four chief justices of high courts for elevation as Supreme Court judges within 48 hours of the recommendation has left Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi awe-struck. The apex court collegium, headed by the CJI and comprising its four-senior most judges, had on October 30 recommended to the Centre the names of the four judges for the elevation, and they took oath of office on Friday. "We sent the recommendations at about 11 o'clock on Wednesday and on Wednesday evening, when I was informed that the medical (test of the judges to be elevated) has been done, I myself was very shocked. I couldn't believe it. I said what you are saying. I am as much in awe as you are," the CJI said in an informal chat with journalists covering the apex court. When a senior journalist asked Justice Gogoi that he has created history as he was the first person from the north-east zone to become the CJI and he got cleared the names of judges from the Centre within 48 hours, .
Ram temple issue is 'election drama': Rajbhar
Om Prakash Rajbhar, a BJP ally and member of the Yogi Adityanath cabinet, Friday termed the Ram temple debate an "election drama" played every time the polls are near. Amid a push from Hindutva groups for legislation which allows the building of a Ram temple on the disputed Ram Janmabhoombi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, Rajbhar's remarks seemed to challenge Adityanath. "Whenever elections are near, the issue of the Ram temple crops up, said the Syheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief. "Whenever the elections are near, the issue of Ram temple crops up. When there are no elections, no one remembers Lord Ram... this is election drama, Rajbhar told reporters on the sidelines of an event here. He questioned if anyone could construct a temple at the disputed site when the matters is before the Supreme Court. "Either both the parties sit together to resolve the issue or wait for the court verdict, he said. All this is being done only to tell people not to lose patience," he said, apparently ...
SC to hear plea on govt delays over appointment of judges in higher judiciary after 8 weeks
The Supreme Court Friday said it would hear after eight weeks a plea which has alleged that the Centre has been "indefinitely sitting" on the names recommended by the apex court collegium for appointment of judges in the higher judiciary. The plea, stating that the government cannot "frustrate" the process of appointment of judges in the apex court and high courts in "an oblique way" by sitting on collegium's recommendations and not responding to names reiterated by it, came up for hearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. Senior lawyer Dushyant Dave and advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), told the bench that the Centre has been sitting on several names for appointment as judges in the higher judiciary. The bench, also comprising Justices K M Joseph and Hemant Gupta, asked Dave whether he knew the number of names which the collegium has reiterated to the Centre. Dave said, "As far as I know, there are
Undertrial dies in Mandi jail, inquiry initiated
An undertrial was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a sub-jail here Friday, police said. An inquiry by a Judicial Magistrate has been initiated in this regard as the matter is related to custodial death, they said. Dharam Pal was lodged in the Mandi jail Wednesday after his arrest Tuesday in connection with a case registered under Section 20 (Cannabis) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. The jail administration has apprised higher authorities regarding the incident. It is yet to be ascertained whether it was a natural death or he died on account of any violence or injury or due to negligence of jail staff, Mandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Gurdev Sharma said. However, Pal's family members alleged negligence on the part of jail authorities for his death and demanded high-level inquiry into his death. Appropriate action will be taken after the submission of inquiry report of the Judicial Magistrate, Sharma said, adding that the body of the deceased
FSL to get new vehicle examination site: Officials
More than 20 vehicles can be examined for evidence daily once the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) gets a separate site here for the purpose, officials said Friday. FSL in Rohini is currently able to examine only three-four vehicles a day due to lack of space. Once the new site, which is being developed by the Public Works Department, opens, forensic examination of vehicles would be faster, they added. The site in Rohini Sector-21-23, spread over 4,000 square metre, would be commissioned by this year-end. "The laboratory will have multidisciplinary facilities. All required experts, including photo experts, will be available at the new site and it will ease pressure and help avoid unnecessary rush to crime scenes," said FSL Director Deepa Verma. Delhi saw 35,938 cases of vehicle theft this year till October 15. According to FSL officials, Delhi Police usually recovers stolen vehicles in bulk but due to space constraints, the laboratory now asks them to get only three-four vehicles at .
2 police aspirants run over by speeding car in Maha's Parbhani
Two persons training for a police recruitment drive in Maharashtra's Parbhani district were Friday killed after being knocked down by a speeding car, an official said. The mishap occurred early hours Friday at Mategaon Shivar in Parbhani's Purna town, around 500 kilometres from here, when Santosh Sable (18) and Nathuram Sable (23) were practicing running, he said. The duo were hit by a speeding car and were declared dead on arrival by hospital authorities, he said, adding two others sustained minor injuries in the incident. The car driver, who fled from the scene, was nabbed later and placed under arrest, the police official said.
Enquiry required before registering rape FIR on complaint: Law experts
The Police has to do a preliminary enquiry before registering a First Information Report (FIR) against former minister M.J. Akbar, who has been accused of rape by his former colleague in her article written in a US based newspaper.
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan appointed Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan, who served as the senior-most judge of the Hyderabad High Court, on Friday was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Uttrakhand High Court.Later, Chief Justice Ranganathan administered the oath to Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya, 62, at a brief ceremony in Raj Bhavan, Dehradun.The Supreme Court collegium earlier had recommended his name to the central government. The seat fell vacant after his predecessor Justice KM Joseph was elevated to the top court.Justice Ranganathan was born in Delhi on July 28, 1958. He graduated in 1977 and completed his post graduation in Commerce in the year 1981.He obtained Law Degree from Bangalore University and enrolled as an Advocate in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in November 1985. He was a Government Pleader from 1996 to 2000, and the Additional Advocate General from July 2000 to May 2004.He was elevated as an Additional Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on May 26, 2005 and as a Permanent Judge of the Andhra ...
Court grants bail to BSP leader's son who wielded pistol
A local court on Friday granted bail to former BSP MP's son who threatened a man with a pistol at a luxury hotel last month.
Panchayat head arrested on charge of religious conversion
A panchayat head was Friday arrested in connection with religious conversion through allurement and pressure, the police said here. The Todai Panchayat Mukhia (head), Emmanuel Murmu, was arrested at Hiranpur in Pakur district, they said. The arrest came following an FIR by one Pramila Marandi of Todai Panchayat, accusing Murmu and two of his associates of exerting pressure and allurement to convert her to christianity, Police Inspector Virendra Pandey said. He said that the FIR was lodged under Jharkhand Freedom of Religion Act, 2017. The other two accused will be arrested soon, he said.
Justice Ramesh Ranganathan appointed Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
The Supreme Court collegium had earlier recommended Ranganathan's name to the central government for the Uttarakhand High Court
SC gets 4 new judges within 48 hours
Four Chief Justices of different High Courts were appointed as Supreme Court judges on Friday following an approval by President Ram Nath Kovind last night.The judges who took oath today included Justice Hemant Gupta, Justice R Subhash Reddy, Justice MR Shah and Justice Ajay Rastogi. With their appointment, the working strength of the apex court is now 28 against sanctioned strength of 31 judges.The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi recommended the names on Wednesday. Hemant Gupta was the Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court; R. Subhash Reddy was the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court, MR Shah was the Chief Justice Patna High Court and Ajay Rastogi was the Chief Justice Tripura High Court."I am in the awe with the historic speed of the central government of clearing the way of the swearing-in ceremony of four judges to the apex court within 48 hours after the SC Collegium sent their names," CJI Gogoi said while addressing the ...
Malegaon blasts case: Trial begins at special NIA court
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) submitted nearly 216 documents before the Special NIA Court in Mumbai as the trial in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case commenced on Friday.Six people were killed and a dozen others were injured when a bomb placed on a motorcycle exploded in Maharashtra's Malegaon on September 29, 2008.Lieutenant Colonel Shrikant Purohit, Pragya Singh Thakur are among the seven accused facing trial in the case.The terror investigation agency also submitted a list of 286 witnesses. The court fixed November 12 as the next date of hearing in the case.On October 30, the court had framed charges against Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Major Ramesh Upadhyay, Sameer Kulkarni, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi and Sudhakar Chaturvedi, accusing them of terror conspiracy, murder and other related offences.The NIA court on October 20 rejected Purohit's plea to not be prosecuted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. All the seven accused ..
Sabarimala row: BJP shutdown in Kerala over alleged police atrocity
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for a 12-hour shutdown on Friday in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala alleging police of atrocities on Sabarimala devotees.The party took the decision after the body of a 60-year-old Ayyappa devotee, Sivadasan, was found in the forest area of Laha.The BJP alleged that the man died during the police action in Nilakkal on October 16 and 17.However, the police have denied the allegations, saying that Sivadasan had contacted his family on October 19.The Sabarimala Temple and surrounding areas witnessed a string of protests last month over the Supreme Court's decision to quash restrictions on the entry of women between the ages of 10 and 50 into the holy shrine.As many as 3505 protestors have been arrested so far in connection with the violence that broke out in the state, while around 529 cases have been registered across the state.According to reports, the Kerala High Court has also directed the state government to report on police action ..
CoA to SC: Take action against 2013 IPL fixers
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has suggested the Supreme Court to take stern action against those named in Justice Mudgal panel dossier, currently in a sealed envelope with the apex court.The CoA, comprising Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji, also sought to bring all the matches played under the aegis of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to be brought within the jurisdiction of Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of the cricket board.The CoA report is a reply to the writ petition filed by Atul Kumar which alleges rampant match-fixing, spot-fixing and betting in the Indian cricket."The CoA suggests that necessary action (after further investigation, if required) should be taken against the remaining nine persons named by the Justice Mudgal Committee in the aforementioned report. For this purpose, the Honorable Supreme Court may consider handing over the remaining portion of the said report (which is kept in a sealed cover with the Honorable Supreme Court) to the ACU ...
Bofors case: SC rejects CBI appeal, says agency can raise grounds in already admitted plea
The Supreme Court Friday dismissed the CBI appeal against the Delhi High Court's 2005 verdict discharging all the accused, including the Hinduja brothers, in the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case. The apex court rejected the CBI plea seeking condonation of the 13 year delay in filing the appeal against the May 31, 2005 judgement of the high court saying it is not convinced with the grounds furnished by the agency. "We are not convinced with the grounds furnished by the petitioner for the inordinate delay of 4,522 days in filing the present Special Leave Petitions," said a bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. The apex court said the CBI can raise all grounds in the appeal against the high court verdict filed by advocate Ajay Agrawal, who has also challenged the judgement. The top court has already admitted the petition filed by Agrawal, the BJP leader, who had contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election against the then Congress president Sonia Gandhi from Rae ...