29 December, 2010

कोर्ट ने मुन्नी बदनाम हुई को अश्लील माना

दमोह। मध्य प्रदेश की एक स्थानीय अदालत ने फिल्म 'दबंग' के विवादास्पद गीत 'मुन्नी बदनाम हुई' को अश्लील करार दिया है। दमोह की अदालत ने यह गाना गाकर एक दलित युवती से छेड़खानी करने वाले तीन आरोपियों की अग्रिम जमानत अर्जी खारिज कर दी।

विशेष न्यायाधीश एस.बी. भार्गव ने मंगलवार को अपने फैसले में कहा कि इस गाने से मुन्नी नाम की महिलाओं के लिए अच्छा संदेश नहीं जाता। अभियोजन के अनुसार दमोह के कंजई गांव में रहने वाली ममता उर्फ मुन्नी को गांव के तीन दबंग ओंकार, मिथुन और पप्पू राय मुन्नी बदनाम हुई गाना गाकर परेशान करते थे।

ममता ने जब एक दिन इसका विरोध किया तो उन्होंने उसके साथ छेड़छाड़ शुरू कर दी। ममता की शिकायत पर पुलिस ने उनके खिलाफ मामला दर्ज कर लिया। पुलिस में शिकायत पहुंचने के बाद से तीनों फरार हैं। अपनी गिरफ्तारी की संभावना को देखते हुए उन्होंने अग्रिम जमानत की अर्जी लगाई थी।

Source:- Dec 29, 01:29 am
http://in.jagran.yahoo.com/news/national/general/5_1_7101620.html

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Supreme Court of Inida woman judge lists daughters as ‘liabilities’

It is a line that even Bollywood has banished for a while now. But while declaring her assets and liabilities, sitting Supreme Court judge Gyan Sudha Mishra, the only woman judge in the SC at present, has listed the marriage of her two daughters in the "liabilities" column, apparently without considering anything to be much amiss.

The SC's official website in its assets of sitting judges column gives Justice Mishra's declaration where she lists "two daughters to be married" against the liabilities column. While this might be a sentiment still shared by a section of the middle class, it could be regarded as being very politically incorrect, especially on the part of the country's seniormost woman judge.

Other entries in the liabilities column are "guarantor for education loan of my daughter" and residential house to be built post-retirement. The view that daughters are a "liability" (often because of the high cost of their marriage), or a burden of some sort, is a notion that the government is fighting to eradicate through many campaigns.

The declaration is likely to attract comment as it is does not seem in sync with the SC's otherwise progressive image on social issues in general and women's rights in particular. It could be seen to be betraying a thinking on which the SC is often called to deliberate on while handling sensitive gender parity cases.

The assets Justice Mishra, who formerly headed the Chhattisgarh high court, has declared are not out of the ordinary. "Stridhan" of one gold set and "few gold rings and a pair of bangles" are listed under jewellery. There are no shares or mutual funds and fixed deposits total just Rs 5 lakh.

Justice Mishra has a PPF of Rs 3 lakh and has listed her VIth pay commission arrears as well. Her landed property includes an original allottee of one flat in a society for judges and lawyers in Mayur Vihar in Delhi and a residential plot in Faridabad. The flat and plot cost Rs 5 and Rs 6 lakh at purchase though their value would be much higher now.

She has shown nothing to declare under the vehicle column while her spouse owns just one Maruti 800. He also has an office space in Rani Bagh purchased in 1999 for Rs 4 lakh and one unregistered residential plot in Fraidabad. He is also claimant to a share in joint family property in Dhanbad.

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26 December, 2010

HC orders pension to freedom fighter’s widow

The Madras High Court bench here has ordered the Madurai North Treasury officer to pay Rs 5,000 towards cost to 82-year-old widow of a freedom fighter for “deliberately delaying” the payment of her family pension.
In his order Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar said the though the Central government had issued order to pay pension for the widow, treasury officer had delayed the payment after her husband died On September 3, 2005.
The treasury officer had made an aged woman come to the court unnecessarily, the Judge said and ordered him to pay the widow Rs 5,000 towards cost and also settle pension arrears and pension from 2005 within two weeks.
The petitioner Rajalakshmi submitted that her husband Solamalai was a freedom fighter and he was in prison during freedom struggle between 1940 and 1943. He was given pension by both Central and State governments.
Her husband died in 2005 and she had applied for payment of family pension to her. While the state pension for widow had been paid the pension by the Central government for widow had not been paid. “I gave several representations but there was no response” she said and prayed for an order to the authorities to settle the pension.
Source:- December 25, 2010

HC orders pension to freedom fighter’s widow

The Madras High Court bench here has ordered the Madurai North Treasury officer to pay Rs 5,000 towards cost to 82-year-old widow of a freedom fighter for “deliberately delaying” the payment of her family pension.
In his order Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar said the though the Central government had issued order to pay pension for the widow, treasury officer had delayed the payment after her husband died On September 3, 2005.
The treasury officer had made an aged woman come to the court unnecessarily, the Judge said and ordered him to pay the widow Rs 5,000 towards cost and also settle pension arrears and pension from 2005 within two weeks.
The petitioner Rajalakshmi submitted that her husband Solamalai was a freedom fighter and he was in prison during freedom struggle between 1940 and 1943. He was given pension by both Central and State governments.
Her husband died in 2005 and she had applied for payment of family pension to her. While the state pension for widow had been paid the pension by the Central government for widow had not been paid. “I gave several representations but there was no response” she said and prayed for an order to the authorities to settle the pension.
Source:- December 25, 2010

Petition seeks to declare National Green Tribunal Act unconstitutional

A student of the School of Excellence in Law has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court seeking to declare the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act 2010 as unconstitutional.
In his public interest litigation petition, M. Naveen Kumar, studying B.A., B.L. (Hons) course here, said that the Act received Presidential assent on June 2 this year. The legislation provided for constitution of the Tribunal for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection, conservation of forests and other natural resources and giving relief and compensation for damage. By virtue of this law, the National Environmental Tribunal Act and the National Environment Appellate Authority Act were repealed. The cases pending before the two forums stood transferred to the NGT. The petitioner said in cases where substantial questions relating to environment was involved, the High Courts were exercising their writ jurisdiction to provide remedy to the affected people. The blanket ban imposed under the new Act on the jurisdiction of civil courts expressly and the High Courts impliedly would be impermissible in law. Right to judicial review before the High Court had been recognised as part of the basic structure of the Constitution.
The constitution of NGT and by excluding all environmental matters from the jurisdiction of the High Court and Civil Courts would severely affect the right of access to justice to the poor and the needy. Also, the Act provided for constitution of the tribunal at the national level and circuit benches. The court has ordered notice on the petition.
Source:- December 26, 2010
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article979505.ece

From trial to jail, it takes just 3 months in China

Gavel in judge's hand is itself a deterrent against wrongdoing

In China it takes a maximum of three months for getting an accused tried for an offence, convicted and sent to jail. Civil or commercial disputes are either settled or decided within six months.
The entire judiciary, from the lower court to the highest court, is well connected through a computer network with each judge having every information in front of him/her. The court hall looks like a corporate office with state-of-the-art technology put in place in its day-to-day functioning. A mere look at the court hall gives an impression that the gavel in the judge's hand will act as a deterrent against wrongdoing.
The case management system with well-knit archives is so scientific that every information is displayed on the screen for the benefit of litigants and judges, the moment a case is taken up for hearing.
In a criminal case, information on the accused, including the thumb impression, weapons seized from the scene of occurrence, and witness depositions and statements can be obtained on the computer screen during the hearing/trial for ready reference by defence counsel, the prosecution and the judge.
This is what a delegation of the International Council of Jurists (ICJ) came to know from Justice Jing Hanchao, vice-president of the Supreme People's Court of China (SPCC), during a visit there.
The delegation, led by Justice V.S. Sirpurkar of the Supreme Court and including ICJ president Adish Aggarwala; Director S. Prabhakaran, Mizoram MP C.L. Ruala, advocate L.D. Rajendra Prasad, got first-hand information on the functioning of the Chinese judicial system. Members M. Antony Selvaraj and Yatin Reddy; Justice Ali Hameed Mohamed of the Supreme Court of Maldives; and Justice P.R. Walagama of the High Court of Colombo, Sri Lanka, were present.
The crime rate is very low in China with criminal cases accounting for only six per cent of the total. With China's economic and trade relations with other countries growing by leaps and bounds, civil or commercial cases account for 68 per cent. As a result, it has been mandated in the civil procedural law that every attempt be made by the court for settling a commercial dispute through mediation/arbitration by a committee of mediators. The mediators' report is final and the court incorporates it as a final decree for acceptance by both parties.
Justice Jing said 10 million cases were being handled by the various courts in China, the SPCC alone accounting for about 10,000 cases. Once final arguments started, the case would be completed in a day or two. In certain important cases, arguments could stretch for about 10 days. The written judgments would be not more than four-five pages and the final decision would be incorporated in one page. Asked whether the SPCC came across corruption cases against civil servants, Justice Jing said “not many,” “only very few cases,” and they would be decided within three months.
Justice Sirpurkar lauded the mediation system in China and suggested frequent exchange programmes which would enable Indian mediators to understand the Chinese model and vice versa. When Mr. Aggarwala invited a Chinese team to visit India in the context of growing economic and trade relations, Justice Jing said he had visited the country in 2007 and expressed a desire to come to India again, as it would help in a better understanding of the Indian legal system.
Mr. Prabhakaran felt that the stringent mechanism for implementation of court orders was worthy of emulation in India, where more often than not orders were breached with impunity, necessitating the courts invoking contempt provisions.
Earlier, the delegation visited the Beijing High People's Court and interacted with Justice Herong, vice-president, HPC, and other judges. It also exchanged ideas with All-China Lawyers Association president Yu Ning.
Source:- December 26, 2010
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Govt: Prosecution of errant babus must be completed in a year

Having been embarrassed over the appointment of P J Thomas as central vigilance commissioner while a sanction for prosecution was pending against him for 10 years, the Centre is looking to streamline disciplinary action to ensure the process does not take more than a year.
Apart from the most obvious hurdle to Thomas’s candidature in the form of a chargesheet in the palmolein case, the Centre tripped over the prosecution file lying in the DoPT on which no view was taken. While the sanction for prosecution deals with cases that will be tried in court, the government is considering whether it can complete disciplinary proceedings where it decides penalties within a fixed timeframe. The issue of prosecution sanctions should need less than a year.
While in the palmolein case Thomas has argued he has not been able to plead his case in the trial court because of repeated stays obtained by the late K Karunakaran, it has been often found that by the time DoPT takes a view on a prosecution request or a disciplinary matter, the officer has retired. At other times he or she is simply untraceable.
The DoPT is looking to speed up its proposals on assessing sanctions and may also consider the need for a “speaking order” when a request is rejected. As of now no explanation is called for denying sanction. Detailing reasons would be a step towards a more transparent regime in a situation where the bureaucracy is judging its own brethren. When contacted, cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar said the government wanted to ensure requests for sanction or disciplinary action are dealt with thoroughly and promptly.

Source:- The Times of India 26 December 2010 Delhi Page No.11
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Mediation cell at consumer commission

Delhi state consumer commission is reeling under the pressure of mounting backlog of pending cases due to growing awareness among consumers about their rights and mounting appeals. To deal with this problem, the commission has now come up with a new way of resolving disputes.
With the launch of its own mediation centre, consumer courts have facilitated litigants to avoid going through a protracted litigation and instead take their complaint to the mediation centre where they can resolve their disputes without the hassle of court hearings. Celebrating the National Consumer Day on Friday, officials said that the move is proving beneficial as there are cases that have been pending for as long as eight years.
According to the official data, around 600 appeals, which come from 10 different district consumer forums, and around 700 other cases are pending before Delhi state consumer commission. “Despite having a good disposal record, cases keep coming and hence a backlog is created making it difficult to deal with them,’’ said a Delhi state consumer commission official.
The official added that the mediation centre is now helping the court in settling the disputes amicably between the parties and, hence, it becomes a favourable option among litigants as they do not have to hire a lawyer to fight their cases.
Though the Consumer Protection Act provides the consumer with an option of presenting their appeal before the court without engaging a lawyer, very few exercise this option. “The mediation centre is an inexpensive way to settle disputes,’’ official said.
Nand Kumar, a consumer who had come to the district consumer forum with his complaint against a hospital, jumped at the idea of the mediation centre and said he plans to approach it as that will save him from the hassle of hiring a lawyer and coming for court hearings.

Source:- The Times of India 26 December 2010 Delhi Page No.7
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25 December, 2010

आरटीआई के तहत सूचना देने से इनकार पर राज्यपाल को समन

गोवा के सूचना आयोग ने राज्यपाल भवन द्वारा एक सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता को सूचना के अधिकार (आरटीआई) के तहत जानकारी मुहैया नहीं कराने जाने पर राज्यपाल डॉ. एस. एस. सिद्धू को समन जारी किया है। पणजी से आई खबरों के मुताबिक सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता आइरिस रोड्रिग्स ने राज्य सूचना आयोग में शिकायत दर्ज कराई थी कि राज्यपाल ने उन्हें महाधिवक्ता सुबोध कंटक से संबंधित जानकारी देने से इंकार कर दिया।
सूचना आयुक्त मोतीलाल केनी के हस्ताक्षरित नोटिस में राज्यपाल को आयोग के सामने उपस्थित होने के लिए कहा गया है और आगाह किया गया है कि अगर उन्होंने समन की अवहेलना की, तो उनकी मौजूदगी के बिना ही शिकायत पर फैसला कर लिया जाएगा। गत 29 नवंबर को रोड्रिग्स ने राजभवन से गोवा के महाधिवक्ता के खिलाफ दर्ज उनकी शिकायत पर की गई कार्रवाई की जानकारी मांगी थी। रोड्रिग्स ने नोटिस की प्रतिकृति और उनकी शिकायत पर की जा रही प्रक्रिया की भी जानकारी की मांग की थी। राज्यपाल के विशेष सचिव डॉ. एन. राधाकृष्णन ने जानकारी देने से इंकार करते हुए कहा कि गोवा का राज्यपाल लोक अधिकारी नहीं है, इसलिए आरटीआई कानून राज्यपाल पर लागू नहीं हो सकता।

Source:- 25 Dec 2010, 0400 hrs IST http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/mumbaiarticleshow/7158185.cms

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19 December, 2010

Delhi High Court stays eviction of disabled kiosk owner

An attempt by the Delhi high court administration to evict a mentally challenged person manning a kiosk in court premises has led two of its judges to demand an explanation. A division bench has stayed the eviction of Lalit Nautiyal from his kiosk by the HC administration and also directed that his kiosk, situated in Karkardooma court complex, not be auctioned.

Nautiyal had moved court alleging the HC administration acted unlawfully by asking him to vacate the kiosk from where he runs a photostat shop.

Nautiyal told HC that he was given the original allotment in 2001 under the handicapped quota on sympathetic grounds. Over the years, even while the lease executed in his favor expired, the court administration neither renewed his lease nor cancelled it. But in 2009, the committee in charge of maintenance of the court complex decided to auction all the kiosks and award licence for a period of three years. An alarmed Nautiyal then approached the administration, praying his allotment be continued as handing the kiosk to the highest bidder would mean robbing a handicapped person of his only source of livelihood, especially when his parents were dependent on him. His plea however was ignored and he was slapped with an eviction notice.

Source:- The Times of India Abhinav Garg, TNN, Dec 19, 2010, 05.06am IST http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/HC-stays-eviction-of-disabled-kiosk-owner/articleshow/7125895.cms

4 wives, 28 kids reform Mumbai criminal

Here's a man really committed to family life! A total of 28 children from four wives, all of whom finally got fed up with man's criminal ways and convinced him surrender to the cops in the hope it will mitigate his sentence.
Atique Shaikh (36) had been on the run for the last two years and his four wives along with the children, who live in the same Mumbai neighbourhood, put their heads together and decided to convince Shaikh to surrender.
Shaikh fell in love with all four women at different times and got married to them. They all stay in Govandi in separate houses. While his eldest son, a 17-year-old, is graduating in Arts, his 10 other children are studying in various schools in Govandi. His wives work as domestic helps and run their respective families.
According to police, it were his kids who implored him to quit crime. His children pleaded that if he continued, it would become difficult for them in school and during their weddings. "It really had an impact on his mind and he decided to heed them,'' said a police officer.
"I want a chance to get rid of my criminal identity. I want to spend life with dignity,'' Shaikh told the court on Wednesday after surrendering.
A resident of Baiganwadi in Shivaji Nagar, Shaikh has as many as 19 cases against him since 1991 and cops from at least six police stations were hunting for him. His crimes include eight cases of extortion, two of attempt to murder and nine of assault and robbery.
Assistant police inspector, Bhimrao Valatkar, who is probing the case, said, Shaikh, a habitual offender, stepped into crime in 1991. Though he has been arrested in most of the cases and trial is on, he was on the run and could not be arrested in two previous cases.
At the Kurla court, Shaikh pleaded that he wanted to spend his remaining life with dignity. He also told the court that he was worried about the future of his four wives and 28 kids, said an officer. The court remanded him to police custody till December 20. Currently, he is lodged at the Ghatkopar Central lock up.
Source:- The Times of India Mateen Hafeez, TNN, Dec 19, 2010, 04.05am IST http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/4-wives-28-kids-reform-Mumbai-criminal/articleshow/7125763.cms

12 December, 2010

RTI queries not beyond 250 words

In what is seen to be another attempt to tame the Right to Information Act, the government has in a recent notification recommended RTI applicants keep their application to just one subject and also limit the query to only 250 words.
Citizens asking for information under RTI may also have to pay charges that the public authority has incurred if it needs to hire equipment used in gathering and providing information.
The proposed rules have been drafted by the department of personnel and training and public comments are invited till December 27. The rules have been drafted after a Delhi HC order rejected the Central Information Commission’s powers to draft rules on RTI. The DoPT move has worried activists who feel the rules limit the empowering RTI legislation. “These are a major policy shift and not pro-RTI. They restrict citizens’ fundamental right to freedom of information and can be misused by public information officers as they place enormous discretion in the hands of the PIO to decide what constitutes one subject matter and what doesn’t,” CHRI’s Venkatesh Nayak said.
In its draft rules, DoPT has also allowed that a public authority can accept fees by cash, demand draft, bankers cheque and electronic transfers or any other means as well.
Activists feel this rule is loosely worded and can allow RTI recipients to pick means of payment and in effect block queries. Activists fear the provision calling for an appellant to be represented through an “authorized representative” may be misused. “The earlier provision said that the authorised representative other than a lawyer could be present. This has been removed to include only authorized representative, which may be interpreted by public authorities to depute lawyers to argue cases,” Nayak said. RTI activist S C Agrawal, who has been instrumental in making assets of Cabinet ministers public, said, “It is definitely an obstruction in implementation of the RTI Act.”
Source:- Source:- The Times of India 12 December 2010 Delhi Page 13
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1300 power dispute cases settled in a day

Over 1000 cases of electricity dispute were settled on Saturday by the Delhi high court at the Weekend Lok Adalat. The special Lok Adalat, held to dispose of cases at the pre-litigative stage, saw a tremendous response when litigants flocked the high court to get their dispute settled without much hassle.
Three judges of Delhi high court efficiently disposed of 1300 cases pertaining to electricity agencies BYPL, BRPL and NDPL and also managed to settle 42 writ petitions, civil suits and criminal appeals that have been pending before the HC.
Justicees P K Bhasin, Ajit Bharihoke and A K Pathak presided over the Lok Adalat along with lawyer members and helped disputing parties reach settlement in writ, criminal and civil disputes while 20 more benches presided over by the district court judges were constituted for taking up the electricity matters at pre-litigative stage.
To ensure the smooth functioning of the Weekend Lok Adalat, Chief Justice of Delhi high court Justice Dipak Misra, who is also the Patron-in-Chief, Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee, along with Justice A K Sikri personally saw the proceedings of the Lok Adalat. The momentum of work of the benches in the court increased by afternoon with people coming in huge numbers and the HC was jampacked by evening. The huge response led to Lok Adalats working till 6pm.
With the response of Saturday’s Lok Adalat, the HC will now extend the benefit to the litigants by holding a special electricity Lok Adalat on Sunday. ‘‘It is going to be a walk-in dispute settlement option at Lok Adalats on Sunday. We expect about 1500 cases to come up before the HC and the judges will strive to settle maximum cases possible. This is the best way to sort out disputes,’’ said Gautam Manan, project officer, Delhi Legal Services Authority.

Source:- The Times of India 12 December 2010 Delhi Page 5

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Court tells man not to subject mother to ‘legal armtwisting’

The attempt of a man to get a criminal complaint registered against his own mother has boomeranged with a trial court saying that the court cannot permit a ‘‘disgruntled son to subject his old widow mother to legal armtwisting to secure a material interest for himself’’.
‘‘The revisionist before this court is a disgruntled son who has invoked the provisions of penal legislations against his old widow mother in respect of a property, in which his mother is residing, and in respect of which civil disputes are pending before the competent courts,’’ additional sessions judge Kamini Lau said while dismissing the revision plea of the man seeking relief under Section 156(3). The son had moved the sessions court against the order of the trial court which had dismissed his prayer seeking orders to police to take action against his mother as he feared for life. As per the case, the man and his mother are fighting over a house in Hari Nagar. He alleged that he feared harm from his mother.
He said that the trial court failed to appreciate that his mother was accused of having committed serious offences of criminal intimidation, house breaking, criminal trespass, hurt, criminal conspiracy and causing mental and physical cruelty to him.

Source:- The Times of India 12 December 2010 Delhi Page 5

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09 December, 2010

पति को नपुंसक कहा, देगी 2 लाख का हर्जाना

मध्य प्रदेश में हरदा की एक अदालत ने हज्बंड पर नपुंसकता(इम्पोटेंसी )का झूठा आरोप लगाने वाली महि ला पर दो लाख का जुर्माना लगाया है। उसे यह रकम अपने एक्स हज्बंड को देनी होगी।

एक्स हबी हेमंत छलोतरे ने एक्स वाइफ वंदना गुर्जर के खिलाफ मानहानि का मुकदमा दायर किया था। सुनवाई के बाद डिस्ट्रिक्ट एंड सेशन जज जगदीश प्रसाद पराशर ने यह फैसला सुनाया।

हेमंत और वंदना की शादी करीब नौ साल पहले हुई थी, लेकिन तीन महीने बाद ही दोनों अलग हो गए थे। वंदना ने इसके बाद भोपाल के एक थाने में हेमंत और उसके परिवार के खिलाफ दहेज के लिए सताए जाने की शिकायत भी दर्ज कराई थी। इसके आधार पर चले मुकदमे में हालांकि हेमंत और उसके परिवार को अदालत ने बरी कर दिया था।

इसके बाद वंदना ने पति के नपुंसक होने का दावा किया और तलाक की अर्जी दाखिल कर दी। अदालत ने उसकी अर्जी स्वीकार करते हुए तलाक का आदेश दे दिया। झूठे आरोप के आधार पर बेइज्जत किए जाने के बाद 2006 में हेमंत ने मानहानि का मुकदमा दायर किया था।

Source:-28 Jul 2010, 1314 hrs IST,सांध्य टाइम्स
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6227238.cms

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हरियाणा से बाहर होगी मिर्चपुर कांड की सुनवाई

हरियाणा की भूपेंद्र सिंह हुड्डा सरकार को झटका देते हुए सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने बुधवार को दलितों पर हमले के आरोपियों की सुनवाई हरियाणा से नई दिल्ली स्थानांतरित किया।

न्यायाधीश जी. एस. सिंघवी और ए. के. गांगुली की पीठ ने कहा कि स्वंतत्र एवं निष्पक्ष सुनवाई के लिए स्थानांतरण आवश्यक है।

कोर्ट ने मंगलवार को संकेत दिया था कि मिर्चपुर कांड मामले की सुनवाई हरियाणा के बाहर की जा सकती है। मिर्चपुर गांव के प्रभावशाली जाति के लोगों द्वारा दलितों पर हमला करने का आरोप है।

गौरतलब है कि गांव में गत 21 अप्रैल को वाल्मीकि समुदाय के घरों पर हमला करने के बाद उन्हें जला दिया गया था। इस हमले में तारा चंद (70) और उनकी विकलांग पुत्री सुमन की मौत हो गई।

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने मंगलवार को कहा कि हिसार के अतिरिक्त सत्र न्यायाधीश से मिली रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक मामले में गवाहों को मुकरने के लिए बाध्य किया जा रहा है और पीडि़त पक्ष के वकील भी असुरक्षित हैं।

Source:-9 Dec 2010, 0300 hrs IST,आईएएनएस
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/7067967.cms

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08 December, 2010

HC stays termination of Kings XI's IPL agreement

In a relief for Kings XI Punjab, Bombay High Court on Wednesday stayed the termination of the IPL franchise's agreement by the Cricket Board.
Justice SJ Vazifdar remarked that going by the documents, Kings XI had "made out a strong case".
The dispute will now again go before a new arbitrator - earlier arbitrator Justice BN Srikrishna having recused himself - but as of now Kings XI will be able to participate in the players auction in January.
Kings XI will have to, however, furnish bank guarantees for making up the losses that BCCI, as well as the its own players might suffer in case the arbitrator's award goes against Kings XI.
The judge also said that Kings XI will have to clear the dues of players for the previous IPL season. "It is a question of national prestige," he said.
Interestingly, Justice Srikrishna, who was arbitrator in dispute between BCCI and Rajasthan Royals, too had observed that prima facie termination of Royals' agreement was illegal.
The court also recorded a statement made by Kings XI's lawyer Darius Khambata that present share-holding pattern of owners - which includes actor Preity Zinta and industrialist Ness Wadia - will not change, and shares will not be sold without court's or arbitrator's permission.
BCCI's defence for terminating the agreement is that Kings XI's ownership pattern changed, without cricket body's consent, which was breach of a vital term in the agreement.
Court directed Kings XI to furnish bank guarantee of $18 million for the players which it might pick up in the auction, and of $3.5 million for BCCI within one month.
BCCI wanted this guarantee, as it fears potential loss of revenue by not conducting a new auction to replace Kings XI as franchisee.
Kings XI also wanted extension of Wednesday's deadline for signing up the marquee players, but court refused to entertain the plea.
Source:- The Times of India Dec 8, 2010, 06.08pm IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/iplarticleshow/7066047.cms

06 December, 2010

A Delhi-based yoga guru has been sent to jail for failing to pay maintenance to his former wife

A Delhi-based yoga guru, whose clientele includes political bigwigs to fashionistas, has been sent to jail for failing to pay maintenance to his former wife.
His former wife accused him of not paying maintenance after divorce He has not paid a single penny to his wife even after the court orders.
According to a metropolitan magistrate court order in April 2010, Laviral (name changed) was required to pay R35,000 per month in maintenance to his former wife. However, he failed to pay a “single penny all these months“.
The yoga guru got married to Sheila (name changed), daughter of a former vice-chief of the Indian Air Force, in 2004.
Soon after her marriage, Sheila accused her husband of trying to grab her parents' properties in Defence Colony. She sought a divorce from him in 2008. The couple has a three-year-old son from their marriage.
In April 2010, the court had found him adulterous by nature and imposed a maintenance of R35,000 per month.
In October 2010, Sheila, through her counsel Prabhjit Jauhar, filed a complainant in the court, accusing the yoga guru of non-payment of maintenance.
“He has not paid a single penny to his wife and son even after the court orders of April 2010. He even failed to pay the arrears from the date of the divorce case filed in 2008,“ Jauhar told the court. Earlier, the court had restrained Laviral from visiting his child, saying his “treacherous behaviour could influence the child“.
However, the counsel for Laviral argued that in the previous order, the court had not considered all aspects of the case and wrongly imposed the maintenance cost.
In the latest order, metropolitan magistrate Priya Mahendra observed that circumstances have remained unchanged for Sheila despite court orders giving her relief. The court, therefore, ordered civil imprisonment to Laviral for a month for failing to pay the maintenance amount since October 2009. “As per law, he could go to jail every month for delay in payment from October 2009 till date,“ Jauhar told the Hindustan Times.
Source:- Hindustan Times 6-12-2010 P.6 Metro Delhi Edition
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05 December, 2010

Legal Alert of the Day::Demand for dowry can’t be a proof for conviction: HC सजा के लिए दहेज की मांग ही पर्याप्त सुबूत नहीं: कोर्ट

Demand for dowry on the part of husband and inlaws is itself not sufficient evidence to convict them for the unnatural death of a woman, the Delhi high court has said.
The court said it is essential to prove that the victim was being harassed in order to convict aperson for dowry death.
“Mere making of demand is not the only pre-requisite for proving an offence under Section 304B IPC. The prosecution was thus, supposed to prove that demand made by accused was coupled with harassment or cruelty in connection with the demand,” Justice S N Dhingra said.
The bench acquitted a man after cops failed to provide credible evidence to substantiate that he or any of his family members were harassing his wife for dowry. The witness had only said the family members were demanding dowry from the victim’s family.
“Unnatural death can be called a dowry death only if, after making a demand of dowry, the accused perpetuates cruelty on the victim so that his demand gets fulfilled. If the alleged demand of dowry is not coupled with cruelty, harassment or any other such act, the case of dowry death would not be made out,” the bench said.
The bench acquitted the man after none of the three brothers of the victim, who had alleged that dowry was being demanded, stated that their sister was harassed by her in-laws.
The court set aside the trial court verdict which had convicted the man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for killing his wife for dowry. “Every suicide after marriage cannot be presumed to be a suicide due to dowry demand,” the court said.

दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट का कहना है कि पति और सास-ससुर अगर दहेज की मांग करते हैं और पत्नी या बहू की अस्वाभाविक मौत हो जाती है, तो आरोपियों को सजा देने के लिए दहेज की मांग पर्याप्त सुबूत नहीं है।
कोर्ट ने कहा कि यह साबित किया जाना जरूरी है कि पीड़ित को प्रताड़ित किया गया,तभी किसी व्यक्ति को दहेज के मामले में सजा दी जा सकती है।
न्यायाधीश एस. एन. धींगरा ने कहा कि सिर्फ दहेज की मांग किसी को आईपीसी की धारा 304 बी के तहत सजा देने के लिए काफी नहीं है। पीड़ित को यह साबित करना होगा कि दहेज की मांग के साथ प्रताड़ित भी किया गया।
कोर्ट ने एक ऐसे ही मामले में एक आरोपी को बरी कर दिया जिसे दोषी साबित करने के लिए पुलिस ठोस सुबूत पेश नहीं कर पाई। पुलिस यह साबित नहीं कर पाई कि आरोपी या उसके परिवार के किसी सदस्य ने दहेज के लिए पत्नी को प्रताड़ित किया। इस मामले में गवाह ने केवल इतना कहा कि पीड़ित के परिवार से दहेज की मांग की जा रही थी।
कोर्ट ने कहा कि अप्राकृतिक रूप से हुई मौत को दहेज के मामले में हुई मौत तब तक नहीं बताया जा सकता जब तक कि यह साबित नहीं होता कि पत्नी या बहू को प्रताड़ित किया गया। दहेज की कथित मांग के साथ प्रताड़ना या बर्बरता का मामला नहीं है,तो दहेज की वजह से हुई मौत का मामला नहीं बनता।

Source:-http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/delhiarticleshow/7046361.cms Date:-5 Dec 2010, 0935 hrs

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Legal Tip of the Day::Insisting Husband to Stay in In-Laws House amounts Cruelty to Husband

In one case,husband was living with his aged mother as his father died in his childhood, it was not possible for him to leave his mother alone and to live at the house of the parents of the wife as Ghar Jamai. It has been further averred that when he refused to live at her parents house, the wife harassed him, and threatened to involve him and his family members in a false criminal case.
In another case, wife was employed but not accounting for her salary to the husband nor disclosing where she used to spend it staying away with her parents of and on without informing her husband. Refused to live with husband and rather the wife and her mother pressing him to live at the house of her mother as ghar jamai. All these acts amount to cruelty.

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29 November, 2010

सेक्स की सजा 100 कोड़े

संयुक्त अरब अमीरात के शारजाह में एक बांग्लादेशी पुरुष को 100कोड़े और देश निकाला की सजा सुनाई गई है। उसके ऊपर आरोप था कि उसने अपनी महिला मित्र के साथ सेक्स किया है। बिना शादी के सेक्स करना वहां अपराध की श्रेणी में आता है। उसकी महिला मित्र फिलिपीन की रहने वाली है और वहां मेड का काम करती है। वह जिस घर में काम करती थी उसकी मालकिन ने सूचना दी कि उसने दोनों को सेक्स करते देखा है।

महिला का पुरुष मित्र छुपकर घर में घुसा करता था। किसी के घर में चोरी से घुसकर ऐसी हरकत करना भी वहां अपराध की श्रेणी में आता है। दोनों ने कोर्ट के सामने सेक्स की बात मान ली है। दोनों के मुस्लिम होने की वजह से उन्हें कड़ी सजा दी गई है। सूत्रों ने बताया कि उसे एक साल की जेल भी हो सकती है।

Source:-25 Nov 2010, 1249 hrs IST,सांध्य टाइम्स http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6987404.cms

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28 November, 2010

RTI EXPOSES GOLD MEDAL POLICY IN JAMIA UNIVERSITY


Contributed by Abhinav Kaushik *


Award of Gold medal to students – to be decided on merits or to be awarded as a matter of tradition? The matter was put before Delhi High Court vide a petition subsequent to a protracted wrestle with Jamia Milia University. The petitioner Sh. Aishwarya Pathak sought the information from JMI under the RTI Act as to any guidelines regarding selection of candidates for award of Gold medal. However, it was a bolt from the blue to hear from the venerated University that there are no guidelines for conferring gold medals and it is rather a matter of tradition which has been followed for many years. Considering the enormity of the matter Hon’ble High Court decided that the matter was in the nature of a public interest litigation.
The matter has raised a question mark on the entire mechanics of selection of meritorious candidates who toil hard to get ranks but their efforts and results are not accredited in the garb of some “followed procedures”. One school of thought aligns the matter with the right to education, but is it such a momentous issue or has the potential to become one if followed after other RTI applications to confront some time-honoured approaches that have plagued the education system. One amongst us has unearthed these flawed procedures and we are ardently waiting for the matter to be taken up by the Apex Court next month to decide on the question of MERITS Vs TRADITION.

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17 November, 2010

रेप पीड़ित महिलाओं को सरकार देगी मुआवजा

रेप का शिकार होने वाली महिलाओं को जल्द ही अब आर्थिक सहायता भी मिलने लगेगी। महिला और बाल कल्याण मंत्रालय की ओर से तैयार किए गए इस प्रस्ताव को फाइनेंस कमिटी की मंजूरी मिल गई है कि रेप पीड़िताओं को आम तौर पर 1.30 लाख रुपए की और खास मामलों में 3 लाख रुपए तक की सरकारी मदद मिले।
वित्त मंत्रालय की मंजूरी के लिए भेजे गए इस प्रस्ताव के मुताबिक रेप का शिकार होने वाली महिलाओं को 20,000 रुपए की नकद सहायता मिलेगी। इसके अलावा उन्हें लीगल सहायता, आश्रय आदि के रूप में 50,000 रुपए तक की सहायता मिल सकती हैं। जरूरत के मुताबिक कुल सहायता 1.30 लाख रुपए तक की हो सकती है।
प्रस्ताव के मुताबिक अगर पीड़िता शारीरिक तौर पर अपंग,मानसिक रूप से कमजोर या एचआईवी पीड़ित या संक्रामक यौन रोगों से ग्रस्त हो तो कुल सहायता राशि 3 लाख रुपए बढ़ाई जा सकती है।
महिला एवं बाल विकास मंत्री कृष्णा तीरथ ने कहा,'रेप महिलाओं के खिलाफ किया जाने वाला सबसे हिंसक अपराध है जो उन्हें लंबे समय तक सामाजिक, मानसिक और भावनात्मक स्तर पर पीड़ित बनाए रखता है। प्रस्तावित उपायों के जरिए ऐसी महिलाओं को तात्कालिक राहत देने के साथ-साथ दीर्घकालिक समस्याओं से निपटने में भी उनकी सहायता कर सकेंगे।'

Source:-15 Nov 2010, 1327 hrs IST,टाइम्स न्यूज नेटवर्क
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6928922.cms

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अरुंधती और बाकी के खिलाफ मामला क्यों न दर्ज हो: दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट

दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट ने दिल्ली सरकार को नोटिस जारी कर पूछा है कि कथित रूप से भारत के खिलाफ भाषण देने के लिए क्यों न कट्टरपंथी हुर्रियत नेता सैयद अली शाह गिलानी, लेखिका अरुंधती राय और दिल्ली यूनिवर्सिटी के प्रफेसर एस. ए. आर गिलानी के खिलाफ आपराधिक मामला दर्ज किया जाए।
न्यायमूर्ति हीमा कोहली ने एक याचिका पर दिल्ली सरकार से जवाब देने को कहा है। इस याचिका में अरुंधती और बाकी के खिलाफ देशद्रोह और कई अपराधों के आरोप में आपराधिक मुकदमा चलाए जाने की मांग की गई है।

याचिकाकर्ता के वकील सुग्रीव दुबे ने कहा कि सरकार को भारतीय दंड संहिता की धारा 124 ए के तहत कार्रवाई करने का निर्देश दिया जाना चाहिए।
सुग्रीव ने 25 अक्टूबर को अरुंधती और बाकी के भाषण का जिक्र करते हुए कहा कि स्वतंत्रता में कभी भी राष्ट्र हित के खिलाफ विचारों के प्रसार की आजादी शामिल नहीं रही और यह सुनिश्चित करना चाहिए कि निर्दोष लोगों को भड़काने के उद्देश्य से भाषण की इजाजत नहीं दी जाए। वकील के मुताबिक राय ने अपने भाषण में कहा था कि जम्मू कश्मीर भारत का अभिन्न हिस्सा नहीं है और उन्होंने राज्य के युवकों से कश्मीर के लिए बलिदान करने का आह्वान किया था।
सुग्रीव की दलीलें सुनने के बाद अदालत ने मामले की अगली सुनवाई की तारीख 27 जनवरी तय की और दिल्ली सरकार से 27 जनवरी तक अपना जवाब दाखिल करने को कहा।
भारत विरोधी भाषण देने के लिए हुर्रियत नेता और अरुंधती के खिलाफ निचली अदालत में पहले से ही दो शिकायतें दर्ज हैं।
Source:-15 Nov 2010, 1518 hrs IST
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6929095.cms

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15 November, 2010

अमर और जया को सुप्रीम कोर्ट से राहत

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने सोमवार को समाजवादी पार्टी के पूर्व नेता व सांसद अमर सिंह और जयाप्रदा को राहत दे दी। कोर्ट ने आदेश दिया कि पार्टी विप का उल्लंघन करने पर दल बदल विरोधी कानून के तहत दोनों के खिलाफ कार्रवाई नहीं की जा सकती।

जस्टिस अल्तमस कबीर और जस्टिस सी. जोसेफ की बेंच ने यह सवाल बड़ी बेंच को रेफर कर दिया कि क्या पार्टी से निकाल दिए गए किसी सदस्य को पार्टी विप का उल्लंघन करने पर दल बदल विरोधी कानून के तहत अयोग्य ठहराया जा सकता है। अमर और जया को 2 फरवरी को पार्टी से निष्कासित कर दिया गया था। बाद में दोनों को असंबद्ध सांसद घोषित कर दिया गया था।

Source:- 15 Nov 2010, 2102 hrs IST,पीटीआई
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6931246.cms

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CAT says 'OBC quota only for fresh recruits'

Satya Prakash, Hindustan Times
Ruling that the OBC quota policy is applicable only for fresh appointments, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has said the benefit cannot be claimed for posts that are filled by promotion. The ruling came from a CAT bench of chairman VK Bali and vice-chairman LK Joshi on a petition by Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) member Sunil Kumar Yadav, who complained that the government was not following the OBC quota policy for filling the posts of ITAT vice-presidents.
In his petition, Yadav pointed out that, according to a seniority list of ITAT members released on February 2, 2009, for appointments of nine vice-presidents; his name was the 17th. If the OBC quota rule were applied, two of the nine posts would go to OBC candidates, he had contended.
However, rejecting his plea, the CAT said OBC reservation benefits would not apply in filling the key posts, as these were appointments by promotions and not direct recruitments.
According to relevant government rules, reservation will be applicable only for direct recruitment and not in case of promotion, CAT emphasised.
"It is conceded position that, if at all 27% reservation is to be made for candidates belonging to OBC category, it would be applicable only as regards direct recruitment and not promotion," the CAT said.
Explaining what constituted a promotional appointment, the bench said: "If the list of candidates called for selection was only of serving employees and no claim of any outsider was considered, the same is not a direct recruitment but selection and appointment on the basis of promotion."
In his petition, Yadav alleged that the central government prepared the list of candidates for ITAT vice-presidents without complying with the mandate of reservation for OBC citizens envisaged under articles 16(4) of the Constitution.
Yadav had said the post of vice-president is a civil post, and is not classified as, scientific or technical post, which is out of the purview of reservation law.
Source:- Satya Prakash, Hindustan Times New Delhi, November 14, 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/OBC-quota-only-for-fresh-recruits/Article1-626329.aspx
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सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने वोडाफोन को दिया बड़ा झटका

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने वोडाफोन को इनकम टैक्स मामले में 2,500 करोड़ रुपए और 8,500 करोड़ रुपए की
बैंक गारंटी जमा करने का आदेश दिया है।
ब्रिटेन की इस कंपनी पर हचिसन के अधिग्रहण के मामले में 11,000 करोड़ रुपए टैक्स देनदारी का मामला चल रहा है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट के मुख्य न्यायाधीश एस. एच. कपाड़िया ने वोडाफोन को तीन हफ्ते में 2,500 करोड़ रुपए और आठ हफ्ते में 8,500 करोड़ रुपए की बैंक गारंटी जमा कराने का आदेश दिया। सुप्रीम कोर्ट की खंडपीठ में शामिल न्यायमूर्ति के. एस. राधाकृष्णन और न्यायमूर्ति स्वतंत्र कुमार ने कहा कि अगर यह मामला वोडाफोन के पक्ष में जाता है,तो सरकार कंपनी को ब्याज के साथ जमा कराई गई रकम वापस करेगी।

सुप्रीम कोर्ट इस मामले की अंतिम सुनवाई 5 फरवरी 2011 से शुरू करेगी।
कोर्ट ने इंटरनैशनल टैक्स मामलों के महासचिव को भी निर्देश दिया है कि वह अदालत में यह हलफनामा दायर करे कि अगर इसमें वोडाफोन की जीत होती है, तो सरकार कंपनी को ब्याज के साथ सारा पैसा वापस करेगी। उल्लेखनीय है कि वोडाफोन द्वारा टैक्स नोटिस की स्टडी करने के लिए और समय मांगे जाने के बाद सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने 25 अक्टूबर को मामले की सुनवाई टाल दी थी।
सुप्रीम कोर्ट के निर्देशों के बाद इनकम टैक्स डिपार्टमेंट के स्रोत पर कर कटौती (टीडीएस) अधिकारियों ने विदेशी सौदे पर वोडाफोन की देनदारी तय की थी। विभाग ने वोडाफोन को हचिसन के अधिग्रहण मामले में टीडीएस नहीं करने का जिम्मेदार ठहराया था और टैक्स के तौर पर 11,000 करोड़ रुपए का दावा किया था।
Source:- 15 Nov 2010, 1430 hrs IST
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13 November, 2010

आंध्र प्रदेश के पूर्व गवर्नर नारायण दत्त तिवारी पर लगा 75 हजार रुपये हर्जाना

दिल्ली हाई कोर्ट ने आंध्र प्रदेश के पूर्व गवर्नर नारायण दत्त तिवारी की उस अर्जी को खारिज कर दिया जिसमें उन्होंने सिंगल बेंच के फैसले को चुनौती दी थी। सिंगल बेंच ने तिवारी पर 75 हजार रुपये का हर्जाना लगाया था।
हाई कोर्ट की डबल बेंच ने सिंगल बेंच के फैसले को सही ठहराया है। सिंगल बेंच के सामने तिवारी ने याचिकाकर्ता द्वारा दाखिल अर्जी के कुछ पार्ट को हटाने की मांग की थी। सिंगल बेंच ने तिवारी की दलीलों को खारिज करते हुए उन पर 75 हजार रुपये का जुर्माना लगाया था। सिंगल बेंच के फैसले को तिवारी ने डबल बेंच में चुनौती दी थी।
याचिकाकर्ता ने आरोप लगाया है कि तिवारी उनके बॉयोलॉजिकल पिता हैं ऐसे में तिवारी का डीएनए टेस्ट कराया जाना चाहिए। इस याचिका पर सुनवाई के दौरान तिवारी की ओर से कहा गया था कि याचिकाकर्ता ने बाद में कुछ लाइन अर्जी में बढ़ा दी है ऐसे में उसे हटाया जाना चाहिए लेकिन तिवारी की दलीलों को खारिज करते हुए सिंगल बेंच ने तिवारी पर हर्जाना लगा दिया था।
याचिकाकर्ता की उस अर्जी पर अभी फैसला आना बाकी है जिसमें उसने तिवारी का डीएनए टेस्ट कराने की मांग करते हुए दावा किया है कि वह तिवारी के बॉयोलॉजिकल बेटे हैं।
Source:-12 Nov 2010, 2021 hrs IST,नवभारत टाइम्स
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इनकम टैक्स कमिश्नर के खिलाफ वॉरंट जारी

उत्तरप्रदेश के कानपुर में इनकम टैक्स कमिश्नर के खिलाफ धोखाधड़ी के मामले में मुख्य न्यायिक मैजिस्ट्रेट की अदालत ने गैरजमानती वॉरंट जारी किए हैं। कमिश्नर इसके बाद से ही अपने घर से फरार है। गौरतलब है कि आरोपी कमिश्नर यूपी के पूर्व मुख्य सचिव अखंड प्रताप सिंह का दामाद है।

इनकम टैक्स कमिश्नर भारतेंदु प्रताप सिंह पर अपने विभाग की दो महिला अधिकारियों को परेशान करने के लिए कुछ सांसदों और विधायकों के लेटर पैड का गलत इस्तेमाल करने का आरोप लगाया गया है। पुलिस के अनुसार सांसदों ने महिला पुलिस अधिकारियों की शिकायतें करने से इनकार कर दिया है। उन्होंने यहां तक कहा है कि यह लेटरपैड भी उनका नहीं है।

एक विधायक ने दावा किया कि उसने अपने नाम के कुछ लेटरपैड अपने एक सहयोगी को दे दिए थे, जिसे उन्होंने कमिश्नर को देना कबूल किया है। कोर्ट में गवाहों के बयान रेकॉर्ड होने के बाद पिछले साल 4 नवंबर को अदालत ने कमिश्नर की गिरफ्तारी का वॉरंट जारी किया था। यह मामला इतने दिनों तक ठंडे बस्ते में कमिश्नर के प्रभाव के कारण पड़ा गया। कमिश्नर के ससुर अखंड प्रताप सिंह यूपी के मुख्य सचिव रह चुके हैं।

सूत्रों के अनुसार अखंड प्रताप सिंह को धोखाधड़ी और आय से अधिक हजारों करोड़ की संपत्ति अजित करने के आरोप में सीबीआई गिरफ्तार कर जेल भेज चुकी है। उनके खिलाफ चार्जशीट भी दाखिल की जा चुकी है। जब पुलिस से पूछा गया कि इतने दिन बीतने के बाद भी इनकम टैक्स कमिश्नर पर कोई कार्रवाई क्यों नहीं आई। इस पर पुलिस के एक वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ने कहा कि वॉरंट जारी होने के बाद ही इनकम टैक्स कमिश्नर फरार है। इसलिए गिरफ्तारी नहीं हो सकी।

हालांकि सूत्रों का आरोप है कि आरोपी कमिश्नर को मायावती सरकार के एक टॉप ब्यूरोक्रेट का संरक्षण हासिल है। सीबीआई के जांच अधिकारी ने सांसद जफर अली नकवी और धनंजय सिंह के लेटरपैड का दुरुपयोग होने की पुष्टि की। उन्होंने कहा कि इसके अलावा विधायकों सुंदर सिंह और गणेश शंकर पांडेय के लेटरपैड का भी गलत इस्तेमाल हुआ है।

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12 November, 2010

Sections under which a Case filed against Rakhi Sawant

A case has been registered under section 306,504 and 120 of Indian Penal Code against item girl Rakhi Sawant and four others in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi town in connection with the death of a participant allegedly after being humiliated by her at the reality show 'Rakhi Ka Insaaf'.
The FIR was registered at the Premnagar police station in Jhansi on Friday, police sources here said. Rakhi and four others have been charged with provoking to commit suicide besides other sections of the IPC. A youth Luxman had allegedly went into depression and later died after he was humiliated by Rakhi in her reality show last month.
Luxman, who hailed from Raigarh area in Jhansi about 300 km from here, had participated in one of the episodes of “Rakhi Ka Insaaf” last month during which the actress had reportedly called him a “namard” (impotent).
Luxman had some differences with his wife Anita following which the latter had left him to live with her parents a few months ago. “Anita had alleged that a member of Luxman’s family had tried to rape her,” the family members said. The organisers of the show invited Luxman and his wife to take part in the show to resolve their differences. Instead he was called an impotent much to his shock.
Luxman went into depression after the show was aired on a TV channel and was watched by his friends and neighbours. He died on Wednesday. His family members alleged that Luxman’s death was in fact a suicide after being humiliated by the item girl.
Section 504 Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace
Whoever intentionally insults, and thereby gives provocation to any person, intending or knowing it to be likely that such provocation will cause him to break the public peace, or to commit any other offence, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Section 306 Abetment of suicide
If any person commits suicide, whoever abets the commission of such suicide, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section 120 Concealing design to commit offence punishable with imprisonment
Whoever, intending to facilitate or knowing it to be likely that be will thereby facilitate the commission of an offence punishable with imprisonment,
voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design to commit such offence, or makes any representation which he knows to be false respecting such design,
If offence be committed-if offence be not committed- shall, if the offence be committed, be punished with imprisonment of the description provided for the offence, for a term which may extend to one-fourth, and, if the offence be not committed, to one-eighth, of the longest term of such imprisonment, or with such fine as is provided for the offence, or with both.

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09 November, 2010

पति की कम पढ़ाई के चलते तलाक

मास्टर ऑफ कंप्यूटर ऐप्लिकेशन (एमसीए) का कोर्स करने वाली लड़की ने घर वालों द्वारा देखे गए लड़के से शादी तो कर ली, लेकिन उनकी ज्यादा निभ नहीं पाई। लड़का कोई कामधंधा भी नहीं करता था। लड़की को पति की बेरोजगारी और उसकी कम एजुकेशन सालने लगी। इसके चलते पति-पत्नी के बीच मनमुटाव रहने लगा। इस बीच लड़की पति का घर छोड़कर अपने मायके चली गई। लड़की ने पति से तलाक लेने के लिए कोर्ट का दरवाजा खटखटाया। वहीं पति ने उसे वापस लाने के लिए कोर्ट में अर्जी दाखिल कर दी। मध्यस्थता सेंटर में दोनों पक्ष आपसी रजामंदी से तलाक लेने के लिए तैयार हो गए।
नॉर्थ ईस्ट डिस्ट्रिक्ट में रहने वाली रिचा की 8 मार्च 2008 को रोबिन (दोनों बदले हुए नाम) शादी हुई थी। रिचा ने एमसीए की हुई है, जबकि उनके पति सिर्फ बारहवीं क्लास पास है। इतना ही नहीं रोबिन कोई काम धंधा भी नहीं करते थे। वह अपने भाई के साथ उनके बिजनेस में हाथ बंटाते थे। शादी के तीन महीने बाद भाभी ने उनकी ऑफिस में एंट्री बंद कर दी थी। रिचा ने अपनी एमसीए की डिग्री का फायदा उठाते हुए पति के साथ मिलकर सॉफ्टवेयर कंपनी बनाई। कंपनी का काम शुरू होते ही रोबिन ने पत्नी के ऑफिस आने पर रोक लगा दी। लिहाजा रिचा ने किसी कंपनी में जॉब कर ली। बावजूद इसके छोटी-छोटी बातों को लेकर पति-पत्नी के बीच झगड़ा रहने लगा।
परेशान होकर रिचा पति का घर छोड़कर अपने मायके चली गई। इसके बाद रिचा ने नंद नगरी स्थित महिला अपराध शाखा में पति के खिलाफ कंप्लेंट कर दी। यही नहीं रिचा ने सितंबर 2010 में कड़कड़डूमा स्थित अडिशनल डिस्ट्रिक्ट जज पी. के. मट्टू की अदालत में तलाक की अर्जी दाखिल कर दी। वहीं दूसरी तरफ रोबिन ने पत्नी को वापस ले जाने की एप्लिकेशन दायर कर दी।
अडिशनल डिस्ट्रिक्ट जज ने पहली ही सुनवाई पर उनका केस मध्यस्थता सेंटर में रेफर कर दिया। जहां मीडिएटर तिलकराज अरोड़ा ने दोनों पक्षों के मन को टटोलने के लिए उनसे अलग-अलग बातें की। लड़की का कहना था कि उनका पति कम बढ़ा लिखा तो है ही साथ ही वह कोई काम धंधा भी नहीं करता था। उसने पति को कामयाब बनाने के लिए अपनी सॉफ्टवेयर कंपनी बनाई, लेकिन पति ने उसके चरित्र पर शक करना शुरू कर दिया। इसके चलते उसे पति का घर छोड़ना पड़ा।
रिचा ने मीडिएटर से कहा कि अब वह फैसला कर चुकी है कि वह इस इंसान के साथ अपना पूरा जीवन नहीं बिता सकती, इसलिए उसे तलाक चाहिए। वहीं दूसरी तरफ रोबिन ने मीडिएटर से कहा कि झगड़े के कुछ दिन बाद वह अपनी गलती मान लेता था, लेकिन उसकी पत्नी हमेशा पुरानी बातों को कुरेदती रहती थी। इतना ही नहीं वह पूरी तरह से अपनी मां, बहन और जीजा के प्रभाव में रहती थी। रोबिन का कहना था कि वह सैकड़ों लोगों की मौजूदगी में अपनी पत्नी से माफी मांगकर उसे घर ले जाने के लिए तैयार है। उसकी बातें सुनने के बाद न केवल मीडिएटर बल्कि दोनों पक्षों के वकीलों ने लड़की से एक बार फिर अपने फैसले पर पुनर्विचार करने के लिए कहा, लेकिन लड़की अपने फैसले से टस से मस नहीं हुई।
इस तरह से सिर्फ दो तारीखों में मध्यस्थता सेंटर ने पति - पत्नी के बीच तलाक के लिए समझौता करा दिया। समझौते के मुताबिक लड़के को 50 हजार रुपये के साथ - साथ एक महीने के भीतर दहेज का सारा सामान वापस लौटाना हो गा।

Source:- 8 Nov 2010, 0944 hrs IST,नवभारत टाइम्स
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6883938.cms

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01 November, 2010

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21 October, 2010

Legal Alert of the Day::A woman in a live-in relationship is not entitled to maintenance unless she fulfils certain parameters

Today Supreme Court has held that A woman in a live-in relationship is not entitled to maintenance unless she fulfils certain parameters, the Hon’ble also observed that merely spending weekends together or a one night stand would not make it a domestic relationship. Supreme Court lays down conditions for women seeking maintenance in live-in relationships.
A bench comprising Justices Markandey Katju and T S Thakur said that in order to get maintenance, a woman, even if not married, has to fulfil the following four requirements:
(1) The couple must hold themselves out to society as being akin to spouses
(2) They must be of legal age to marry
(3) They must be otherwise qualified to enter into a legal marriage including being unmarried
(4) They must have voluntarily cohabited and held themselves out to the world as being akin to spouses for a significant period of time.
"In our opinion, not all live-in relationships will amount to a relationship in the nature of marriage to get the benefit of the Act of 2005 (Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act). To get such benefits the conditions mentioned by us above must be satisfied and this has to be proved by evidence.
"If a man has a 'keep' whom he maintains financially and uses mainly for sexual purpose and or as a servant, it would not in our opinion be a relationship in the
nature of marriage," the court said.
"No doubt the view we are taking would exclude many women who have had a live-in relationship from the benefit of the 2005 Act (Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act) but then it is not for this court to legislate or amend the law. Parliament has used the expression 'relationship in the nature of marriage' and not 'live-in relationship'. The court in the garb of interpretation cannot change the language of the statute," the bench observed.
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14 October, 2010

जज बनना चाहते हैं? कंप्यूटर भी सीखिए

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने कहा है कि जजों को नियुक्ति के वक्त कंप्यूटर की बुनियादी जानकारी होनी चाहिए और अगर कोई कैंडिडेट इस शर्त को पूरा करने में नाकाम रहता है तो उसे भर्ती से वंचित किया जा सकता है।
जस्टिस मुकुंदकम शर्मा और जस्टिस ए. आर. दवे की बेंच ने यह व्यवस्था सिविल जज बनने की इच्छा रखने वाले उम्मीदवार विजेंद्र कुमार वर्मा की याचिका को खारिज करते हुए दी। वर्मा ने अपनी याचिका में उत्तराखंड सरकार के उस फैसले को चुनौती दी थी,जिसमें उनकी उम्मीदवारी को इस आधार पर खारिज कर दिया गया कि वह कंप्यूटर की बुनियादी जानकारी दिखाने में कामयाब नहीं रहे।
बेंच ने अपने फैसले में कहा कि यह समझा जाना चाहिए कि भारतीय जुडिशरी अदालतों के कारगर प्रबंधन के लिए ई-गवर्नेंस लागू करने के लिए कारगर कदम उठा रही है। निकट भविष्य में देश की सभी अदालतें कंप्यूटरीकृत की जाएंगी। उस संदर्भ में नए नियुक्त होने वाले जजों से उम्मीद की जाती है कि उन्हें कंप्यूटर की बुनियादी जानकारी होगी। बेंच ने कहा कि जज बनने के लिए कंप्यूटर की बुनियादी जानकारी होने की अनिवार्य शर्त की अनदेखी करना अनुचित होगा। इसलिए हमारी राय है कि कंप्यूटर की बुनियादी जानकारी होने की अनिवार्य शर्त को हल्का नहीं किया जाना चाहिए।
वर्मा ने उत्तराखंड जुडिशल सर्विस के नियम आठ के तहत सिविल जजों की सीधी भर्ती के लिए योग्यता मानदंडों को चुनौती दी थी। उसमें लॉ की डिग्री के साथ हिंदी और कंप्यूटर की बुनियादी जानकारी होने की शर्त रखी गई थी।
Source:- 14 Oct 2010, 2047 hrs IST,पीटीआई
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6749600.cms
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10 October, 2010

The Old Age Man has to give maintenance to his old age wife aged about 70 years

The old age woman named Dharma Devi aged 70 years can claim more than Rs 1000 if she file appropriate petition in appropriate act because she has two son who are well settled and her husband has 5 acres land. It is mentioned here that one of his son work in Air Force.
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26 September, 2010

Women labourers to get Rs 3000 as maternity benefit in UP

The Uttar Pradesh government has launched three schemes for construction workers, including a maternity benefit plan under which a woman will get Rs 3000. A compensation of Rs 40,000 will be given to registered construction workers in case of accidents leading to permanent disability or death, according to a statement released by the office of Labour Commissioner recently.
Under this accident aid scheme, registered construction workers or their family will get Rs 20,000 in case of partial disability. This amount will be apart from the aid given under Workers Compensation Act and Workers State Insurance Scheme.
The government has also launched a maternity benefit scheme for women labourers and an infant benefit scheme for the registered labourers, it said. All women labourers registered as beneficiary can avail the benefits of maternity benefit scheme under which Rs 3000 will be given on producing the delivery certificate.
Under the infant benefit scheme, a woman will get Rs 4000 in case of birth of a girl child and Rs 3000 for a boy. The benefits are limited for up to two children and the aid will be given as a one-time amount for two years.
The labourers can apply for these schemes by filling the application forms available in the district labour, block development and tehsil offices. The Labour Commissioner said all construction workers should get themselves registered to benefit from these schemes.
Source:-Fri, Sep 17 05:51 PM Kanpur, Sep 17 (PTI)
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28 August, 2010

How ex-CJI’s sons got prime plot they had never bid for

The two sons of former chief justice of India Y K Sabharwal, who are being probed for their previous business deals, suddenly came to buy a Rs 122 crore property in Lutyens’ Delhi four months ago, thanks to a series of controversial orders passed by the Delhi high court.
Chetan and Nitin Sabharwal, together with their partner Kabul Chawla, chief of real estate company BPTP, turned out to be the ultimate beneficiaries of high court orders passed since 2006 in connection with the auction of the 2.70-acre property at 7 Sikandra Road.
An appeal challenging the April 2010 sale deed revealed that the three partners had not participated in an auction in September 2006 on which a two-judge bench declared Triveni Infrastructure the highest bidder.
Appeal stirs up hornet’s nest
Second Highest Bidder For Sikandra Road House Demands Fresh Auction
An appeal challenging the April 2010 sale deed revealed that the three partners — Chetan and Nitin Sabharwal, together with their partner Kabul Chawla, chief of real estate company BPTP — had not participated in an auction in September 2006 on which a two-judge bench declared Triveni Infrastructure the highest bidder.
Triveni was required to pay 25% of its bid amount, Rs 117 crore, within a week and the balance within three weeks thereafter, subject to the condition of the property being converted from leasehold to freehold.
But Triveni became liable to pay the 75% component only in February 2009 as it had taken so long for the property to be converted to freehold. It was then that a succession of single-judge orders, in breach of the schedule laid down by the larger bench, resulted in the payment being finally made, with a Rs 5 crore penalty, in April 2010, that too by the two Sabharwals and Chawla although they had no formal stake in Triveni.
The appeal being heard by a special bench headed by Justice A K Sikri shed light on the various ways in which the 2006 order had been bypassed, particularly by Justice Manmohan Singh, leading to a windfall for the Sabharwal brothers and Chawla:
When the owners of the property filed a contempt application against Triveni for its failure to pay the balance in February 2009, Justice Manmohan Singh gave more time to the defaulter directing that it would have to pay Rs 3 crore by July-end and Rs 85 crore by October-end. Later, he extended the time further to December-end with a penalty of Rs 5 crore.
The repeated extension of the deadline by Justice Manmohan Singh was contrary to the division bench’s direction that if the highest bidder failed to make the payments on time, the property would have to be sold to the next highest bidder, Prime Commercial.
In June 2009, Justice Manmohan Singh allowed a fourday old company, Angle Infrastructure, to come in place of Triveni for paying the balance and to take over the property. The owners of the property appealed against this order as it had been passed without any notice to them.
A week before the expiry of the December 2009 deadline, Justice Manmohan Singh gave a fresh extension to Angle, this time by five months. He also granted Angle’s request to introduce the condition that it would be required to pay the balance only when the owners were in a position to deliver immediate possession of the property. Most of the owners challenged this order, again because it had been passed without any notice to them.
A month before the expiry of the May 2010 deadline, Triveni and Angle filed a joint application requesting that the balance be allowed to be paid by the Sabharwals and Chawla and that the property be registered in their names. Since the Sabharwal brothers and Chawla appeared in the court with demand drafts of the balance amount, Justice Rajiv Shakdher directed the owners on April 20 to execute the sale deed within two days.
That is how the Sabharwal brothers and Chawla acquired the property from an auction in which they had not participated at all.
The appeal filed subsequently by the second highest bidder, Prime, challenged the manner in which the court had granted undue concessions to Triveni and deprived it (Prime) of its entitlement under the auction terms to buy out the property. Seeking a fresh auction of the Sikandra Road property, Prime offered to pay Rs 150 crore in keeping with the appreciation of the property value in these four years.
The real estate business partnership between the Sabharwal brothers and Chawla has been the subject of income tax probe following allegations that they had unduly benefited from the 2006 sealing drive against commercial properties in residential areas of Delhi launched by the then CJI, Justice Y K Sabharwal.
Source:- The Times of India,25 August 2010 Delhi Page No 1

HC: No sympathy for tenants who regularly default on rent payment

No sympathy should be shown to a tenant who is a habitual defaulter in paying rent, the Delhi high court said recently, while asking a businessman to vacate the premises belonging to NDMC. ‘‘Every licencee or allottee and even an unauthorised occupant is obliged to pay the monthly licence fee so long he is using the premises. No undue sympathy can be shown to those who wilfully and contemptuously commit persistent defaults in paying periodical rents,’’ Justice Kailash Gambhir noted in a recent judgment. HC dismissed a petition filed by one Vijay Kumar who challenged the NDMC’s decision of rejecting his application for regularisation of shop allotment under its 1997 policy. Kumar also challenged the eviction order passed by the estate officer against him.
HC, in its verdict, gave 15 days’ time to Kumar to vacate the premises, UG-40 Palika Place, R K Ashram Marg. It asked the civic agency not to take coercive action against him till then.
HC upheld NDMC’s decision refusing to regularise Kumar’s shop. It rejected his argument that the civic agency adopted a pickand-chose policy while regularising allotment of shops. According to NDMC, Kumar was allotted the shop in 1992 for five years. His application for renewal of his shop’s licence was rejected in 1998 due to non-payment of rents.
The petitioner was in arrears for licence fee/rent to the tune of Rs 1,32,431 as on November 15, 2007, the date on which the estate officer had ordered for eviction of the shop, as per NDMC. Kumar had filed a case before the district judge who dismissed his petition in July 2009 and upheld the estate officer’s decision for eviction.
Source:- The Times of India,24 August 2010 Delhi Page No 5

Judge dismissed for paying 65 less towards taxi fare

22 Yrs On, He Moves SC Fighting For Adequate Pension
The judiciary’s efforts to clamp down on corruption may seem to have slackened with those who allegedly siphoned off crores of rupees from the PF accounts in Ghaziabad district court continuing to enjoy office but in 1988, a Gujarat chief judicial magistrate was dismissed from service for paying Rs 65 less towards taxi fare while on a private visit with family.
The judge, P N Bavishi, has now approached the Supreme Court. A bench comprising Justices J M Panchal and C K Prasad admitted his petition after hearing his counsel Haresh Raichura narrate a nearly two-decade fight by the judicial officer for proper pension, which he claimed the state government had refused to give.
Bavishi, who joined judicial service in 1963, was working as CJM Junagadh in 1981 when he took his family on a private trip to various places and the taxi bill came to Rs 120. But he allegedly paid Rs 55 to the taxi operator, who then complained to the HC.
The HC termed this a grave misconduct on the part of a judicial officer as he allegedly misused his official position to pay less to the taxi operator and ordered Bavishi’s dismissal. He challenged this administrative order on the judicial side.
During the hearing in SC, the government counsel said the HC, on the administrative side, agreed to permit the petitioner to retire voluntarily from service from the date of his removal if he made an application to this effect. Bavishi withdrew the petition and made an application for voluntary retirement as was suggested.
The HC recommended his case. The government accepted the same and cancelled its earlier notification dismissing Bavishi from service. However, it refused Bavishi the benefit of weightage of additional service as was granted to others according to government rules.
Since his voluntary retirement in 1992, Bavishi has been fighting for consideration of weightage of his service while fixing pension. The HC rejected his plea but the SC has now agreed to hear his case.
Bavishi’s main plea was that once the HC accepted his request and recommended his case for voluntary retirement, the state government could not overreach this order.
Source:- The Times of India,25 August 2010 Delhi Page No 19

FIRs against minister for anti-dalit remarks

Kendrapara: Agriculture minister Damodar Rout will be interrogated for the antidalit remarks he allegedly made last week.
‘‘We will soon interrogate the minister after two dalit leaders filed FIRs against him with Kujang (Jagatsinghpur) police. After examining the contents of the FIRs, police filed case against the minister on Monday under Section-3 of SC and ST (Atrocity Prevention) Act, 1989. Police are also examining the videotape of the statement made by the minister at a public meeting,’’ sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Paradip Santun Das said.
Last Wednesday, Rout had allegedly levelled Jagatsinghpur MP and CPI leader Bibhu Prasad Tarei, Jagatsinghpur MLA and former minister Bishnu Das and additional district magistrate Upendra Mallick as ‘‘Harijans’’, who hatched a conspiracy against him.
Source:- The Times of India,25 August 2010 Delhi Page No 13

Actor Asha Parekh booked for forgery in labour dispute case

Police have booked former Bollywood actor Asha Parekh and film producer Sunil Shanbag under on charges of forgery and criminal breach of trust. Tardeo police registered an FIR following a private complaint by art director Krishna S Singh before the metropolitan magistrate. ‘‘We will file a report before the magistrate,’’ said police.
Parekh said she was not aware of the details of the complaint. The case is related to a labour dispute between Singh and her former employer, A Pattanaik, who runs a firm, Designworks, over her claim for Rs 2.05 lakh as dues. According to the complaint, salary certificates paid to Krishna by Parekh’s company Aakruti Productions and Shanbagh’s Chrysalis Films were produced before the assistant labour commissioner by Pattanaik.
Krishna alleged that this was done to negate her claims. Krishna lodged a private complaint under Section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code with the Girgaon magistrate’s court. ‘‘Taking into consideration the serious allegations against the accused, it needs a detailed investigation,’’ said additional chief metropolitan magistrate Shaida Razvi. The matter is scheduled to come up before the magistrate on August 26.
Source:- The Times of India,25 August 2010 Delhi Page No 8

Gzb court sentences two to 5-yr RI for cruelty to animals

In a rare order, a Ghaziabad court on Monday sentenced two persons to 5 years of rigorous imprisonment for violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and some sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The two convicts had been accused of setting on fire a cattle shed in Modinagar. This resulted in the deaths of a cow and a buffalo belonging to one Om Pal of Jagatpuri in the subdivision of Ghaziabad district.
According to the state counsel for the prosecution, Pramod Kumar Tanwar, Om Pal of Jagatpuri had filed a report at the Modinagar police station on July 17, 2007. The report said Jagatpuri residents, Shiv Ram and Lokesh, set his cattle shed on fire while he and his family were asleep at night. The fire spread and engulfed the whole cattleshed, and left Om Pal’s cow and buffalo dead. A case was then registered under Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, and Sections, 428, 429 and 436 of the Indian Penal Code, the last three dealing with mischief resulting in damage to or death of animals.
After a trial, additional district judge R N Singh of fast track court number 7 sentenced the two accused.
Source:- The Times of India,25 August 2010 Delhi Page No 6

Relief for students of Satyawati BEd course

Students pursuing BEd course in Satyawati College, Delhi University, can rest at ease as the Delhi high court has refused to allow derecognition of the course by the National Council For Teacher Education (NCTE). Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw set aside the NCTE’s decision and noted that it ‘‘can’t play with institutions and trivialize the sanctity of the elaborate procedure laid down for grant of recognition.’’
The HC reminded the council that ‘‘considerable effort and expense is entailed in setting up an institution and all of which gets wasted if recognition is refused or withdrawn in such frivolous manner. An institution like wine, matures with years, and if derecognized frequently would never mature.’’
Satyawati College had informed HC that its de-recognition came after DU had listed it as one of the few colleges where BEd courses are available. NCTE had moved to withdraw recognition on the basis of a complaint it received from a lecturer of the college’s history department who claimed that the institution had no infrastructure. TNN
Source:- The Times of India,25 August 2010 Delhi Page No 5

SC okays HI’s women’s hockey team for WC

The Supreme Court will not allow squabbling over managing affairs of hockey to cost Indian women’s team the opportunity to participate in the World Cup in Argentina beginning on August 26. On Tuesday, the M S Gill-headed sports ministry suffered a setback as despite its decision to disqualify Hockey India (HI), the apex court permitted the team selected by HI and Indian Olympic Association to take part in the World Cup.
The interim order came from a Bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and H L Gokhale after HI scored a vital point over sports ministry by producing a letter from the International Hockey Federation (FIH) stating that the latter recognised HI as the sole affiliate. The task of the Bench became easier when it learnt that players selected for the World Cup by HI and IOA were the same as identified and selected by Sports Authority of India (SAI).
The urgency shown by the SC in facilitating sending of the team to Argentina was spurred by the fact that after a gap of eight years, the women’s team had made it to the top 12 and earned the right to participate in the World Cup. HI sprung a surprise on the sports ministry in the court by producing a communication from FIH’s acting director general Webb Roger stating that HI alone could send a team for the World Cup as FIH recognised HI to select Indian team for international events.
The apex court’s interim order came on a petition filed by HI challenging the Centre’s decision to derecognise it for allegedly flouting guidelines relating to age and tenure of officials at the helm of affairs. The ministry had contended that since HI was a ‘private body’, it could not be authorised to select the team to represent India in the World Cup.
HI argued that it would be a national shame if the women’s team was not sent to the international event just because of politics in the sporting arena leading to the Centre disqualifying it. IOA supported HI and informed the SC that it could consider authorising HI to send the team for the World Cup. In its petition, HI has also sought revocation of a letter written by government to FIH about its decision derecognising HI.
Source:- The Times of India, 18th August Page 28 Delhi

Barclays to pay $298m for violating trade law

Barclays has agreed to pay $298 million to settle accusations that the bank facilitated illegal transfers of dollars for countries that were sanctioned by the US, including Iran, Cuba, Libya, Sudan and Myanmar, according to documents filed in federal district court in Washington.
For more than a decade, Barclays would strip information from wire transfers funnelled through US that identified the money as coming from sanctioned countries and entities, according to the court complaint.
Barclays, according to the complaint, would follow instructions from banks in the sanctioned countries not to use the banks names in messages that travelled through US. It also routed the payments to conceal the connection to sanctioned countries, amended messages to remove information that identified sanctioned entities, and used a less transparent method of payment messages.
Barclays funnelled about $500 million in illegal payments from 1995 through 2006, federal and New York State prosecutors said. The bank's actions violated, among other things, the federal Trading With the Enemy Act and New York State laws against falsifying business records. NYT NEWS SERVICE
Source:- The Times of India, 18th August Page 24 Delhi

RNRL-RPower merger: HC notice to Sebi, cos

The Madras High Court has asked market regulator Sebi, RNRL and Reliance Power to reply to allegations that the merger between the two Anil Ambani group firms caused investors a loss of over Rs 800 crore. Issuing notices to the Centre, Sebi, RNRL and Reliance Power, the Madurai bench of the high court asked them to submit their replies to a petition that alleged the loss was caused by an "arbitrarily" fixed share swap ratio for the merger of the two companies.
The Anil Ambani Group on July 4 had announced the merger between RNRL and another group firm, Reliance Power, in an all-stock deal. The arrangement was that Reliance Power would give one of its shares for every four held in RNRL. This share swap ratio of 4:1 led to a loss of Rs 813.77 crore for about 25.05 lakh investors, the petition alleged.
Praying for an investigation by a competent authority into the merger and proposed share swap ratio, an investor, A Kesavan, also an advocate, in his petition sought a court direction to the companies to not pursue the merger between them pending disposal of the writ.
The petitioner submitted that on June 25 this year, RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani and his brother Anil Ambani, the Chairman of RNRL, signed a new Gas Supply Master Agreement, following which RNRL's share price increased by 5% and touched Rs 68.65 per share on BSE.
On expectations that the price would touch Rs 90 per share, on July 2, the petitioner bought 1,000 shares at price of Rs 62.63 a share. RNRL share closed at Rs 63.95, while the closing price of Reliance Power on the same day was Rs 175.30. The petitioner said the ratio of value of the shares of RNRL and Reliance Power at the time of closing on July 2 was 2.7:1.
RNRL had a higher number of shareholders and it was more liquid than Reliance Power, he added. He said RNRL shareholders were disappointed when the merger was announced in the swap ratio of 4:1. He alleged that it was evident that the chairman and board members of Reliance Power and RNRL had "purposefully acted in a manner to manipulate the share price of RNRL to his expected price and swap ratio of 4:1.PTI
Source:- The Times of India, 18th August Page 23 Delhi

SC: Criminal justice system is crumbling

A startling revelation that hundreds of criminal trials in murder, rape, dacoity and kidnapping cases were pending for more than 20 years made the Supreme Court on Tuesday say in exasperation — “the criminal justice system is either crumbling or has crumbled”.
What added to the anguish of a Bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly was the fact that High Courts had stayed trials and, later, forgot all about the cases.
Taking Uttar Pradesh as a test case, solicitor general Gopal Subramaniam reeled out rather sad statistics reflecting poorly on the Allahabad High Court, which is administratively in charge of the subordinate judiciary.
Subramaniam said 10,541 criminal trials were stayed by Allahabad HC. Of these, 9% were pending for more than 20 years and 21% for over a decade. This means, stay of trial in 30% of heinous offences continued for more than 10 years.
The apex court has repeatedly ruled about the fundamental right of an accused to speedy trial and balanced it with judgments which coaxed trial courts to hear the loud cry of society to bring offenders to book. In this backdrop, the Bench observed, “It’s sad that administration of justice has come to such a pass. The HCs stay the trial and forget all about it. This means, we are choking the administration of justice. No one should be denied a fair and speedy trial. But what about the victims? What about society which feels that a wrongdoer should be punished at the earliest. Through these stays, that is being denied.”
When the SG said that chief justices of HCs should play an active role in clearing the mess arising out decade-old stay orders on criminal trials, the Bench said, “The CJs are helpless. They have a tenure ranging from one year to even two months. What can a CJ do in such a brief tenure? They cannot deal with this problem as their brief tenures do not allow them to even understand the dynamics of a particular HC.”
Source:- The Times of India, 18th August Page 11 Delhi

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Haryana government not to declare the results of over 15,000 posts for government school teachers

RAP FOR HARYANA The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Haryana government not to declare the results of over 15,000 posts for government school teachers till it decides on an appeal filed by 11,000 temporary teachers against a Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict. The bench took a dig at the government for appointing “guest lecturers“ and letting them continue for years before making permanent recruitments. “How can the education system function with temporary teachers? One government officer appoints temporary teachers to save money and when his seat is taken over by another, the new one decides to hire permanent teachers. The system cannot function this way,“ the court said.
Source:- Source:- Hindustan Times 17 th August Page No. 9 Delhi

SC SNUBS HC, SAYS LIVING IN AKIN TO MARRIAGE

The Supreme d on Monday Court ruled on Monday that a live-in-relationship, if continued for a long time, cannot be termed as `walk in and walk out' relationship and there is a prebetween the partners.: Days after the Delhi High Court held that a partner could “walk in and walk out“ of a live-in relationship, the Supreme Court has ruled to the contrary.
The bench held: “The live-inrelationship if continued for such a long time, cannot be termed in as “walk in and walk out“relationship and there is a presumption of marriage between them which the appellants failed to rebut.“
The bench dismissed an appeal filed by one Madan Mohan Singh from UP who had sought to reverse the Allahabad High Court judgment permitting the authorities to include the names of four children, born out of the live-in relationship, as legal heirs to the legacy of the petitioners' father.
After perusing the records and concurrent findings by the district authorities, the bench held the petitioners' father, Chandra Deo Singh, lived with his live-in partner, Shakuntala till his death on December 12, 1979. Their relationship, as husband and wife, had been accepted not only by the society but also by the family members.
Singh's children born out of the live-in relationship moved the authorities to include their names as legal heirs. The petitioner claimed there was nothing on record to show that Singh got married with Shakuntala in accordance with law. “At the most she could be Singh's concubine and, therefore, the respondents have no right to inherit any share in the land,“ the petitioner claimed.
Source:- Bhadra Sinha Hindustan Times 17 th August Page No. 9 Delhi

Video-record statements of accused, orders court

SAFE BET Missive after accused threatened witnesses in court

Keeping in view the ...behaviour of the accused, it is important that he's not allowed to be in proximity of the witnesses.
KAMINI LAU Additional Sessions Judge


A city court has ordered recording of evidence of an accused through video conferencing from the Tihar Jail premises, after he threatened two witnesses in the courtroom, in a robbery case, and in the presence of policemen.
In an open court hearing, Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said that in order to protect witnesses in criminal cases, accused should not be brought to the court.
Video conferencing is the safest mode to record statements without any act of violence. According to the prosecution ,Sonu, Mohammed Israj, Sachin and Bijender robbed Rs 2 lakh from Veer Bahadur and Sandeep at the Lawrence Road flyover in March 2006.
Veer Bahadur told the court when he was moving out of the court after his deposition, the accused Sonu sarcastically remarked at him, “ Dedi Gawahi“ (Have you recorded your statement?)
The court noted that both Bahadur and Sandeep are already under security cover, as Sonu had earlier threatened them inside the courtroom.
The judge said, “Keeping in view the repeated recalcitrant behaviour of the accused, it is important that he is not allowed to be in the proximity of the witnesses“.
The court has ordered the rest of the trial to be held via video conferencing.
Legal experts say that despite first-hand availability of video conferencing in all the district courts, funds are wasted in carting violent accused under heavy security cover to the courtroom.
“Video conferencing should become a regular practice in courts, as many acts of violence, including murders, have been committed inside the court complex,“ said K.T.S. Tulsi, senior advocate.
Recently, key accused Ravi Kapoor, named in the Soumya Vishwanathan and Jigisha Ghosh murder case, had attacked the fellow accused with blades inside the courtroom.
Former Delhi High court Judge R.S. Sodhi said, “Courts should make video-conferencing a regular practice during the course of trial.Accused who intimidate witnesses should be avoided inside the courtroom."
Source:- Hindustan Times 17 th August Page No. 6 Delhi