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Black Money case: HC extends relief to Chidambaram's kin till Nov 2
The Madras High Court Friday extended an interim order dispensing with the appearance of former Union minister P Chidambaram's family members before a special court here till November 2 in a case of 'non-disclosure' of foreign assets filed against them by the I-T department. A division bench of Justices S Manikumar and Subramonium Prasad, has already reserved its order on the main appeals moved by Chidambaram's wife, son and daughter-in-law, challenging the prosecution initiated against them by the Income Tax department under the Black Money Act. On September 14, the court in an interim order dispensed with the appearance of Chidambaram's wife Nalini, his son, Karti and daughter-in-law Srinidhi before the special court for economic offences cases, Egmore till October 12. With the interim order coming to an end Friday, it was extended up to November 2. The issue pertains to alleged non-disclosure of overseas assets and bank accounts held by the trio. According to the I-T department, ...
Man gets three years RI for abetting wife's suicide
A court at Thane in Maharashtra has sentenced a 40-year-old businessman to three years of rigorous imprisonment for abetting the suicide of his wife in 2012. In his order passed on Wednesday, district judge R V Tamhanekar convicted Pravin Shetty, a resident of Kharigaon-Kalwa, and awarded the sentence. The court, however, acquitted three others, including Shetty's brother and sister, from the case. Prosecutor Rekha Hiwrale said the accused, who married Kirti in May 2012, used to come home drunk and torture her physically and mentally. Kirti (30) used to complain to her parents about the frequent harassment by her husband. However, her parents would tell her to adjust as they were newly married. They would also ask Shetty not to harass her, the prosecutor said. On July 29 (2012), she told her parents that it was impossible for her to live with her husband as he continued to harass her under the influence of liquor and suspected her character. On the same day, her parents .
MP Court granted 6 weeks to respond to ex-judge's plea
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the registrar general of the Madhya Pradesh High Court while hearing a plea filed by a former woman district court judge.A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan sought a response from the high court within a period of six weeks on a plea seeking her reinstatement.The court agreed to hear the woman's plea who urged the apex court to treat her resignation as "constructive termination" as it was "neither voluntary nor conscious".Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for the former judicial officer, contended before the bench that her resignation was "actuated by her illegal mid-term transfer which was unjustified, arbitrary and actuated by bias/mala fides" amounting to constructive dismissal.She alleged that the judge, who was her supervisor at the time, had sexually harassed her from December 2013 till after her resignation on July 17, 2014.The former judicial officer was transferred from Gwalior to Sidhi, and she later .
Floyd Mayweather Sr. sued for assault
Former American professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Sr. has been sued by a woman for assault following a match between Kazakhstani professional boxer Gennady Golovkin and Mexican professional boxer Canelo Alvarez, last year.The woman claimed that she got into a verbal altercation with the former boxer which turned physical, TMZ Sports reported.She further stated that Mayweather Sr. dragged her out of his car and repeatedly punched her, thereby causing serious injuries.Floyd was charged with assault in January this year. However, he was later acquitted of the charges.
FBI personnel recalled from Asia in prostitution probe
Several FBI employees have been recalled from cities across Asia in recent months while the Justice Department's inspector general examines allegations related to parties and interactions with prostitutes, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Tamil magazine employees move Madras HC for anticipatory bail
Thirty-five employees, including journalists, of a Tamil weekly have moved the Madras High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a case filed against them and the magazine's editor over articles that allegedly disparaged Governor Banwarilal Purohit. The employees of the vernacular 'Nakkheeran' have been named as accused in the FIR registered over which the editor R Gopal was arrested by police and subsequently released by a city court. On October 9, Gopal was picked up by a police team from the airport here, when he was on his way to Pune. The weekly's website claimed that Gopal was arrested following a complaint from Raj Bhavan over publication of a series of articles in Nakkheeran related to an assistant professor of a private college who allegedly asked girl students to extend sexual favours to university officials in return for marks and money. Assistant professor Nirmala Devi, who taught at the college in Aruppukottai affiliated to the Madurai Kamaraj University, ...
Germany to extradite suspect in Bulgarian journalist killing 'soon'
A German court said Friday that a man suspected of the rape and murder of Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova would be extradited to Bulgaria in the coming days. "The extradition of the accused can be expected soon," the superior regional court in Celle said in a statement. It added that the 20-year-old suspect, who was arrested on Tuesday on a European warrant, had said during questioning "that he did not want to kill the victim and denied raping her". "The arrested man admitted to the court that he had a verbal argument with the victim on October 6, 2018," it said. "He was under the strong influence of alcohol and drugs and punched the woman in the face, at which point she fell down. He then picked her up and threw her in a bush but said he then left the scene." Under an expedited procedure requested by prosecutors and agreed to by the accused, he must be extradited within 10 days of the court's ruling, made on Thursday. Bulgarian prosecutors have said that the killing
Man shot dead in Mumbai's Dadar area, shooter flees
A 35-year-old man was Friday shot at in Dadar in central Mumbai and he succumbed to injuries after being rushed to hospital, police said. Manoj Mourya was shot from behind by an unidentified person on Senapati Bapat Road in Dadar West Friday morning. He was rushed to KEM Hospital in Parel where he died of bullet wounds, the official added. The shooter managed to escape from the scene of incident and a hunt was on to nab him, he said. CCTV footage from the busy area was being scoured by police teams, the official said. A case of murder has been registered under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and further probe was underway, the official informed.
SC refuses to stay WB decision to grant Rs 28 cr to Durga puja committees
The Supreme Court Friday refused to stay the decision of the West Bengal government to grant Rs 28 crore to 28,000 Durga puja committees across the state. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta, however, issued notice to the state government on a plea challenging the decision to grant Rs 10,000 each to 28,000 Durga Puja committees, and sought its reply within six weeks. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the state government, said the money has not been directly paid to puja committees and has been given through the state police. The top court was hearing a petition filed by advocate Sourav Dutta, challenging the Mamata Banerjee government's decision to dole out Rs 28 crore to puja committees in the state for Durga Puja celebrations. On September 10, Banerjee had declared that Rs 10,000 would be given to each of the 28,000 puja committees across the state --3,000 in the city and 25,000 in the districts, costing the government Rs 28 crore. The Calcutta High Court ...
Mumbai bank loses Rs 143 cr in cyber fraud
The State Bank of Mauritius' (SBM) Mumbai branch has been gypped of nearly Rs 143 crore after unknown fraudsters hacked into its accounts here, an official said on Friday.
Goa: Nigerian national arrested for illegally staying in India
The Calangute Police has arrested a Nigerian national for illegally staying in India.The Nigerian national identified as Ehijene Kenneth, who hailed from Abuja, Nigeria was illegally staying in the country.Police Inspector Jivba Dalvi informed that he along with staff were on Motor vehicle checking in the jurisdiction when they noticed a foreign national riding a scooter. The team of police asked the man to stop, but he tried to flee from the spot. However, the police chased and apprehended him.During investigation, Kenneth was not able to produce passport, visa or any travel document, following which he was booked under section 3(2)(a) and 6(a) of Passport Entry into India Amendment Rules, section 6(a) of Passport Act, section 7(3)(iii) of Foreigners Order Act 1946 R/w Section 14 of Foreigners Act 1948.The police also detained the owner of the scooter, which the Nigerian national was riding.A case has also been registered against the scooter owner under Section 336 of the Indian ...
Telangana: Missing girl reunites with family after 2 years
The Cyberabad Police's 'Operation Smile' teams reunited an 11-year-old girl with her family after two years.The girl went missing when she was nine-year-old at a temple.In a telephonic conference to ANI, Anuradha, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of SHE Teams, said that from past few days, they were studying government-run shelter homes. It was during this time that the team visited a shelter home and found the girl named Sandhya."The girl said that she went missing from at Venkateswara Temple, Kukatpally two years ago. Later she was brought to shelter home from there," the police said."The girl said that she can identify the address of her residence if taken to the place from where she went missing," she added.The team later took the girl to her residence, only to found out that her parents left the place a few months ago. The house owners gave the number of the girl's family, following which they were contacted and asked to come down to the shelter home.
Chandigarh: Sikh women exempted from wearing helmets
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has advised Chandigarh administration to exempt Sikh women from wearing helmet while driving two-wheelers in Chandigarh.The decision came after Sikh bodies made a representation to Home Minister Rajnath Singh.The MHA on Thursday stated that it has directed the Chandigarh administration to implement an amendment to the Motor Vehicle Act that was carried out by the Delhi government. That amendment had exempted Sikh women from wearing helmets while riding two-wheelers.The Department of Transport, Delhi Government, vide its notification issued on June 4, 1999, carried out the amendment in Rule 115 of Delhi Motor Vehicle Act 1993, making it optional for women "whether riding on pillion or driving motorcycle to wear a protective headgear."The Rule was further amended, vide a notification dated August 28, 2014, as " in the Delhi Motor Vehicle Rule 1993, in Sub-Rule 115 for the word "Women" the word "Sikh Women" shall be submitted.
S. Korea ex-president Lee appeals 15-year jail term
Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will appeal a court verdict that last week sentenced him to 15 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer said Friday. Lee was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement charges -- becoming the latest of the country's former leaders to be jailed after leaving office. The conservative politician, who helmed Hyundai Construction before his election to the presidency, was separately ordered to pay a fine of 13 billion won (USD 11.5 million) by the Seoul Central District Court. The court found that Lee, 76, was the de-facto owner of DAS -- a controversial auto parts company which he claimed belonged to his brother -- which he used to create a slush fund worth around 24 billion won. He was also found guilty of accepting nearly six billion won from Samsung Electronics in return for a presidential pardon for its chairman, who had received a suspended jail term for tax evasion. "Lee decided to appeal all the convictions announced in the first round of
17-yr-old girl gang raped, killed in UP
A 17-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped and killed by three persons when she was alone at her house in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district, police said Friday. Based on a complaint by a family member of the girl, a case was registered against Sanoj Kumar, Jaivir and Sonu Thursday, Additional Superintendent of Police Ajay Pertap said. The girl's body was found hanging from a ceiling fan in the house, the officer said. She was alone in the house as her parents had gone to Panipat, he said. The matter is being investigated and a search was launched to nab the accused, Pertap said.
UP man commits suicide after video showing him being thrashed surfaces online
A 20-year-old man allegedly committed suicide after a video of him being beaten up for harassing a girl here surfaced online, police said Friday. Kapil's body was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his house Thursday, Station House Officer (SHO) Harsharan Sharma said. He was thrashed for allegedly harassing a girl and the video of him being beaten up was uploaded online by someone, Sharma said. His family members have claimed that he was innocent and worried about the video, the SHO said. The matter is being investigated and a case registered at the New Mandi police station, he said.
SC rejects Congress plea on electoral rolls in text mode
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Congress leader Kamal Nath's plea seeking electoral rolls in text mode for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections in November to avoid any foul play.
Ponzi scheme suspect paid USD 720K for prayers amid SEC probe
An investment adviser charged with orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme spent nearly three-quarters of a million dollars on prayers by Hindu priests in India to ward off a federal investigation and save her failing business, according to testimony at her trial this week. Using investors' money, Dawn Bennett paid a man in Washington state approximately USD 720,000 between 2015 and 2017 to arrange for the priests to perform religious ceremonies meant to ease her troubles, said a Justice Department prosecutor and the man Bennett paid. For one of these "yagya" rituals, Bennett spent USD 7,250 for five priests to pray for her across 29 consecutive days. "I am in a very very tough fight going against my enemies and I need all the help I can get," Bennett wrote in an email to Puja.net website operator Benjamin Collins. Six-figure payments for prayers didn't spare Bennett from a 17-count indictment on fraud charges. Neither did the "hoodoo" spells that investigators suspected her .
Illegal call centre busted in Maha, one held
A call centre operating illegally in Mumbra township in Thane district of Maharashtra and providing services to two US-based pharma companies, was busted and its owner was arrested, police said Friday. The accused, identified as Abdul Vashid Kadir Chowdhary (23), was arrested following a raid on the call centre located at Amrut Nagar locality in Mumbra on Thursday morning, police said. Senior inspector of Mumbra police station Kishore Pasalkar said the police had received a tip-off that the call centre was being run without permission. Based on the tip-off, Thane Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar directed the Mumbra police to act and the raid was carried out around 6 am on Thursday, he said. During the raid, Chowdhary was found directing and guiding three persons, who were making calls. "It was found that the calls were being made through Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a technology that allows a person to make voice calls using an Internet connection instead of .
U.S. Justice official says lawyer vowed 'personal attacks' over AT&T deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department's top antitrust lawyer said Time Warner's general counsel threatened to "employ personal attacks" if the agency tried to block the company's $85.4 billion merger with AT&T Inc, according to a court filing made public on Thursday.