Agartala, May 3 (IANS) A three-tier security arrangement has been put in place ahead of the counting of votes for the April 9 bypoll to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district, scheduled for Monday, officials said.North Tripura District Magistrate & Collector Chandni Chandran, who is the District Election Officer, along with Returning Officer Debjani Choudhury, said that Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Tripura State Rifles, and state Police personnel in adequ…
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New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Delhi Police’s West District unit on Saturday has arrested four proclaimed offenders wanted in multiple cases under the Electricity Act. The arrests were made by a team from Police Post Madipur under Police Station Punjabi Bagh, following a targeted drive to trace absconders. According to officials, the accused had been declared proclaimed offenders by the Electricity Court at Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, for their alleged involvement in electricity-related offences. Act…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested a “desperate” wanted criminal who had been evading arrest for nearly three months in connection with an attempt to murder case registered at Safdarjung Enclave, an official said on Friday.The accused, identified as Nadeem (32), a resident of Jamia Nagar, was wanted in FIR No. 91/2026 dated February 11 under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act. He had been absconding since the day of the in…
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A plea has been moved before the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) alleging large-scale illegal detentions, constitutional violations, and labour rights abuses by Uttar Pradesh Police following the protests by factory workers and migrant labourers in Noida over minimum wage demands earlier this month.Filed by Advocate Subhash Chandran K.R., the complaint has raised serious concerns over the report…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) In a significant ruling on criminal procedure under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the Supreme Court has held that a magistrate must mandatorily follow the procedure prescribed under Section 225 before proceeding against an accused residing outside its territorial jurisdiction. A bench comprising Justices M.M. Sundresh and Prasanna B. Varale made these observations while allowing an appeal by Rajeev Mehta @ Rajiv Kishor Kirtilal Mehta, who had challenged…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) In a significant ruling on bail jurisprudence, the Supreme Court held that courts cannot impose conditions requiring the sale of an accused’s property to settle alleged claims, observing that bail proceedings cannot be transformed into mechanisms for recovery or adjudication of civil disputes. A bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Prasanna B. Varale made these observations while allowing an appeal filed by the accused against a Madras High Court order that ha…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court has enhanced the monthly maintenance payable to a woman from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000, holding that a husband’s financial commitments, such as loan repayments for asset creation, cannot take precedence over his statutory obligation to maintain his spouse. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and AG Masih passed the order while allowing an appeal filed by Deepa Joshi against her estranged husband, Gaurav Joshi, challenging the adequacy of maintenance fixed…
Bhopal, April 16 (IANS) In a move aimed at strengthening safeguards for arrested individuals, the Madhya Pradesh Police have made it mandatory for police personnel to provide written grounds of arrest to every accused person.To implement this reform, the Madhya Pradesh Police Headquarters (PHQ) in Bhopal has issued directives to all Police Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and field units, in compliance with recent guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court, in its Novemb…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) In a setback to businessman Robert Vadra, a court here on Wednesday issued summons to him and eight others after taking cognisance of a prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to a 2008 land deal in Gurugram’s Shikohpur village. The Special Court at Rouse Avenue directed Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and son-in-law of former Congress President Sonia Gandhi, and the other accused to appear…
Guwahati, April 11 (IANS) Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) candidate from Guwahati Central, Kunki Chowdhury, has been summoned by city police in connection with alleged violations of election norms during polling held on April 9, officials said on Saturday. According to police sources, a notice was issued by Panbazar Police Station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), directing Chowdhury to appear before the Officer-in-Charge at 11 a.m. on April 12 for quest…