New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and all states and Union Territories on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to address the growing menace of false complaints, fabricated charges, and false evidence in the criminal justice system.A bench of Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order while hearing a petition filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. As per the computerised case status,…
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New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee again questioned the Election Commission’s neutrality in a social media post on Thursday, accusing it of “summarily and arbitrarily” removing “more than 50 senior officials” ahead of the end‑April Assembly poll. She wrote on her ‘X’ handle that the manner in which the Election Commission had singled out and targeted Bengal was unprecedented and deeply alarming. She said that even before the formal notific…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Union government, on Tuesday, cautioned citizens against a cyber fraud being perpetrated by scamsters using fake notices from “Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)” or “Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)” that warn phone customers about possible SIM card blockage. Issuing a factcheck to declare such notices from “BSNL” and “TRAI” as fake, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) advised citizens to exercise caution and not fall in the trap of scamsters, who migh…
Gandhinagar, March 9 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Monday informed the state Assembly that 196 out of 198 children reported missing in Junagadh and Gir Somnath districts over the past two years have been traced. While responding to a question on missing children and women, Minister of State for Law and Justice, Kaushik Vekariya, said 152 complaints of missing children were registered in Junagadh district and 46 in Gir Somnath during the period.“The police system has traced all 46 chil…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Union government and all states and Union Territories to instal display boards at police stations and public offices, highlighting the penal consequences of filing false complaints, fabricated charges and false evidence. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi passed the order after hearing submissions …
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Thursday a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to the Centre and state authorities to install “display boards” at police stations, court complexes and public offices highlighting the penal provisions and punishment for filing false complaints, false charges and fabricated evidence.As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Intensifying its battle against narcotics drugs, the Delhi government constituted a three-member Advisory Board, led by retired High Court judge Dharmesh Sharma, for better coordination between officials, law enforcers and other stakeholders, an official said on Friday. The Board, which will have an initial term of one year, includes advocates Nalin Kohli and Gajender Kumar, the official said in a statement.The constitution of the Board was ordered by Lieutenant Governor…
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and state authorities to install “display boards” at police stations, court complexes and public offices highlighting the penal provisions and punishment for filing false complaints, false charges and giving fabricated evidence.The plea, filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay through advocate-on-record Ashwani Kumar Dubey, contended that such preventive measures are …
Bhopal/Maihar, Jan 27 (IANS) The opposition Congress on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh after a video went viral on social media showing that school children were served mid-day on papers instead of a plate at a government-run primary school in Maihar district on the Republic Day. Responding to the matter, state Congress president Jitu Patwari said on Tuesday that Maihar’s incident has exposed the tall claim of the BJP government …
Kohima, Jan 26 (IANS) Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday said that the state has remained one of the “most peaceful” states in the country over the past several years, with a stable law and order situation and no major security concerns. Addressing the Republic Day function at the Nagaland Civil Secretariat Plaza, the Chief Minister said that the latest Crime in India 2023 report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) places Nagaland among the safest states in the country, wi…