Ayodhya, July 1 (IANS) Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Seva Samiti general secretary Achyut Shankar Shukla on Wednesday sought the Central government’s intervention in the probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds and donations from the Ram Temple.Referring to the Supreme Court direction to form the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, he said: “Accordingly, the Central government had formed the Trust. So now if the Centre itself conducts an investigation into the matter, then it would no long…
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New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the mere failure of an investigating agency to file additional copies of a charge sheet, as required under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), would not entitle an accused to default bail if the charge sheet itself has been filed within the statutory period.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and NK Singh held that the right to default bail under Section 187(3) of the BNSS arises only when the investigating agency fails t…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday sent 2012-batch Haryana cadre IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat to one day custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with an alleged bribery case. Gahlawat, currently posted on Central deputation with the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) in Delhi, was produced before the Rouse Avenue Courts after being arrested by the CBI earlier in the day.The CBI had sought five days’ custodial interrogation of the accused. However,…
Chandigarh, June 30 (IANS) The CBI arrested Pardeep Kumar, IAS, former Member Secretary of Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), in connection with the misappropriation of Rs 169 crore in government funds from the IDFC First Bank branch in Sector-32 here, an official said on Tuesday. An investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) revealed that the actions of Pardeep Kumar, as Member Secretary, had a direct nexus with the fraud, according to an official statement.Before th…
Vijayawada, June 30 (IANS) Speakers at a round-table conference here on Tuesday expressed concern over the complete collapse of law and order in Andhra Pradesh under the coalition government.The speakers felt that democratic values, constitutional rights and the rule of law were under unprecedented assault. They highlighted rising attacks on women, political violence, false cases against victims, custodial deaths and the shrinking space for democratic dissent.The round table on “Police Functioni…
Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) Twisha Sharma’s father, Navnidhi Sharma, on Tuesday raised doubts over the recent burglary reported at the residence of retired judge Giribala Singh, the house where the actress-model died under suspicious circumstances, alleging that the incident could have been staged and calling for a high-level investigation. Speaking to IANS after attending proceedings in a Bhopal court, Sharma said the alleged burglary had taken place at a property that remains a key crime scene in t…
Jammu, June 30 (IANS) A Special CBI Court in Jammu sentenced a former senior manager of Central Bank of India and another convict to one year imprisonment with a fine of Rs 20,000 each in a housing loan fraud, said an official on Tuesday. Rajinder Koul, Senior Manager, Central Bank of India (now dismissed from service) and private person Sham Sunder Aggarwal were booked by the federal probe agency for irregularities in disbursement of housing loans, the CBI said.Koul was posted at Central Bank o…
Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) A Bhopal court on Tuesday declined to entertain an oral submission by the defence seeking permission for retired judge Giribala Singh to visit her residence in connection with a recent burglary, observing that such a request could only be considered through a formal written application.The submission was made during the hearing in the CBI investigation into the death of actress-model Twisha Sharma.Appearing through video conferencing, Giribala Singh and her son, advocate S…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged ‘fake’ encounter killing of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in Bihar’s Bhojpur district and raising concerns over the growing trend of extra-judicial killings and “half encounters”.A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Sheel Nagu questioned the maintainability of the plea under Article 32 of the Constitution and asked the petitioner to pursue appr…
Jaipur, June 30 (IANS) Family members of slain dacoit Jagan Gurjar staged a sit-in outside the mortuary of JLN Hospital in Ajmer on Tuesday, refusing to accept his body and demanding a CBI probe into his murder inside the high-security Ajmer jail.Jagan’s son, Asaram Gurjar, alleged that his father’s killing was the result of a larger conspiracy and warned of consequences if the family’s demands were ignored.”I am Jagan Gurjar’s flesh and blood. I know how to kill, whether by entering someone’s h…