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RI for driver involved CHANDIGARH, Dec 6: A court at Roopnagar, near here, has sentenced the truck driver involved in the accident leading to the death of former President ..more
SC dismisses application NEW DELHI, Dec 6: The Supreme Court today dismissed an application filed by former Union Law Minister Jethmalani seeking recall of an order directing....more Bihar for according SC PATNA, Dec 6: Bihar Government has decided to recommend to the Centre inclusion of Dalit Muslims in the list of scheduled castes in the state. ....more Justice Desai takes oath NAINITAL, Dec 6: Justice Ashok Abhaiendra Desai today took oath as the first Chief Justice of Uttaranchal High Court. .......more |
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Nayanar justifies call THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Dec 6: Senior Congress leader K Karunakaran today said not a single minister in Kerala should be allowed to enter the ......more Babri anniversary: AYODHYA, Dec 6: Peace prevailed in twin cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad and the rest of Uttar Pradesh today with security forces maintaining extra ....more Ayodhya issue rocks NEW DELHI, Dec 6: Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned today without transacting any business over the Ayodhya issue with a vociferous.....more Court reserves order NEW DELHI, Dec 6: A Special Court today reserved its order on the applications of the three....more |
2 yrs’ RI for driver involved in Zail Singh’s accident CHANDIGARH, Dec 6: A court at Roopnagar, near here, has sentenced the truck driver involved in the accident leading to the death of former President Zail Singh on December 25, 1994, to Rigorous Imprisonment for two years. Roopnagar District Chief Judicial Magistrate Balbeer Singh delivered the verdict convicting the driver, Tarsem Lal, of offences relating to rash driving, causing grievous injury and death by negligence. The former President’s car collided with the truck driven by Tarsem Lal on November 29, 1994. Complainant ASI Ramkishan, who was then in-charge of Bharatgarh Police Post and was deputed on VIP duty on November 29, 1994, said at about three in the afternoon, the accused despite indication from the pilot brought his truck to the wrong side of the road and struck Ambassador car (PB-12-0601) damaging the car and injuring its occupants including the former President. The accident occurred on the Bunga Sahib- Kiratpur Sahib Road in Mianpur village. Zail Singh received injuries on his right arm and different parts of his body which resulted in his death after almost a month-long treatment on December 25, 1994. (PTI) |
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SC dismisses application filed by Jethmalani NEW DELHI, Dec 6: The Supreme Court today dismissed an application filed by former Union Law Minister Jethmalani seeking recall of an order directing CBI to probe the genuineness of the document, annexed to his new book which raised a controversy over Chief Justice of India A S Anand’s age. A division bench comprising Justice K T Thomas and Justice R P Sethi while dismissing the application said the court while ordering CBI probe on November 27 "had not made any reference to Jethmalani or his book." The court had initiated suo-motu contempt proceeding against Chennai-based advocate S K Sundaram on the basis of his telegraphic threat to the Chief Justice of India. "We do not find any good reason for Jethmalani’s intervention in the proceedings," the court said while dismissing the application. The court had also referred to a constitution bench the writ petition filed by Jethmalani questioning court’s order for CBI probe into the document given by General Council of Bar in England which showed the year of birth of Justice Anand, who did his doctorate in law from inner temple, as 1934. Appearing for Jethmalani, Senior Advocate Shanti Bhushan had submitted before the bench that there was no doubt about the genuineness of the document as the Chairman of the General Council Jonathan Hirst said that the record with them showed the year of birth of CJI as 1934. He said the CJI’s year of birth may be 1936 but the document annexed to the book was genuine as the mistake might have been committed by the General Council. The suo-motu contempt proceedings were intiated by a division bench on the basis of "intemperate and threatening" language used by Sundaram in his telegram to CJI asking him to step down or face criminal proceedings. The bench on November 27 had said "on a perusal of the documents produced by Solicitor General Harish Salve, we feel, prima facie, that the document purported to have been sent by the General Council of Bar, London, on September 4, 2000 to Sohul & Co is not a genuine document as it speaks only about the year of birth of CJI." Following direction from the Supreme Court, the CBI formally began probe into a case of alleged forgery registered by Delhi Police, concerning a document which showed the year of birth of Chief Justice of India A S Anand as 1934 as against Government documents recording the same as 1936. On the transfer of the case from police to CBI as per a Supreme Court direction, the CBI re-registered the case under Sections 465 (forgery) and 469 (forging to harm reputation) November 29. (PTI) |
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Bihar for according SC status to Dalit Muslims PATNA, Dec 6: Bihar Government has decided to recommend to the Centre inclusion of Dalit Muslims in the list of scheduled castes in the state. State’s Cabinet Secretary Girish Shanker told reporters today that a decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the cabinet late last evening. Shanker, however, said Muslims would be able to get the benefit of reservation in Government jobs only after the Centre’s concurrence. The Government had earlier supported a non-official resolution in the last session of the Assembly and said it was prepared to accord the status of scheduled caste to Dalit Muslims. (PTI) |
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Justice Desai takes oath as
first Chief Justice NAINITAL, Dec 6: Justice Ashok Abhaiendra Desai today took oath as the first Chief Justice of Uttaranchal High Court. State Governor S S Barnala administered the oath to Justice Desai at a brief ceremony in the High Court premises here. Justice Desai, who began his career as an advocate in High Court in 1970, was named the acting Chief Justice of High Court at Nainital on November nine last, in the newly formed state of Uttaranchal. An active member of the New Delhi-based Indian Law Institute’s Governing Council, Desai has three books to his credit. Judges of the High Court, Administrative Officers, advocates and eminent citizens were among those present at the ceremony. (PTI) |
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Court reserves order on Hindujas’ plea in Bofors case NEW DELHI, Dec 6: A Special Court today reserved its order on the applications of the three Hinduja brothers seeking permission to address the court on the question of cognizance of the chargesheet filed against them in the Rs 64 crore Bofors case by CBI. Special judge Ajit Bharihoke after hearing arguments from the Hindujas and CBI, which questioned their locus standi to address the court at this stage, reserved judgement till December 12. The three brothers — G P Hinduja, S P Hinduja and P P Hinduja — had filed separate applications seeking an opportunity to raise certain objections to the charges levelled against them in the supplementary chargesheet filed in October this year. The Hindujas through their counsel told the court that no harm would be caused if they were granted an opportunity to address it on certain "dark areas" of the probe rather it would help the court to decide the matter in a fair manner. However, CBI counsel N Natarajan opposed their plea saying this was not permitted under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and at this stage the court had only to see if the material in the chargesheet prima facie disclosed commission of an offence by the accused. In its 11-page supplementary chargesheet, CBI accused the Hindujas of receiving 81 million Swedish Kroners from Swedish arms manufacturer A B Bofors, which had supplied 155 mm Howitzer field guns to India. As per the code, an accused gets the opportunity to address the court only at the stage of framing of charges and later at the time of trial and not before taking of cognizance by the court, Natarajan said. He said giving hearing to the accused before any decision on the question of cognizance would defeat the very purpose of CrPC. He, however, said taking cognizance of a chargesheet was purely "a matter of subjective satisfaction of the court" and asked where was the question of locus standi of the accused to raise any objection to the chargesheet? If Hindujas have any objections to the CBI chargesheet, they would get ample opportunity to raise the same at the appropriate time, Natrajan said. Three lawyers representing the Hinduja brothers said that they wanted to address the court before any decision on cognizance because "it will have disasterous effect on our global business."(PTI) |
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