Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Maya gets Supreme Court notice for Rs 1,000-crore statues
The Supreme Court issued a show-cause notice to Uttar Pradesh government for using public money for installing statues of Chief Minister Mayawati on Monday.
A vacation bench of the Supreme Court took up a public interest litigation (PIL) filed against Mayawati for allegedly misusing public money for installing statues of prominent Dalit leaders like Dr BR Ambedkar, Kanshi Ram besides party symbols.
The PIL seeks a stay on the inauguration of these statues on July 3.
The petitioner has alleged that the multi-crore projects of installing statues are being carried out as a state policy, which is arbitrary and violates Article 14 of the Constitution.
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A vacation bench of the Supreme Court took up a public interest litigation (PIL) filed against Mayawati for allegedly misusing public money for installing statues of prominent Dalit leaders like Dr BR Ambedkar, Kanshi Ram besides party symbols.
The PIL seeks a stay on the inauguration of these statues on July 3.
The petitioner has alleged that the multi-crore projects of installing statues are being carried out as a state policy, which is arbitrary and violates Article 14 of the Constitution.
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Labels: chief minister mayawati, constitution, india, misusing, party symbols, public interest, public money, public places, sc notice, state policy, statues, Supreme Court, up government
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Pakistan court rejects Sarabjit’s death sentence appeal
Pakistan’s Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday an appeal by Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man seeking a review of a death sentence imposed on him for spying and carrying out bombings in the 1990s.
The rejection came as relations between old rivals India and Pakistan inched towards improvement following a meeting last week between their leaders, the first since last year’s militant attack on Mumbai in which 166 people were killed.
Singh was sentenced to death in 1991 for spying and bombings that killed 14 people. His family said he was innocent and had crossed the border into Pakistan accidentally in 1990 while he was drunk. Pakistani officials said Singh was arrested while trying to slip back into India after the bomb blasts
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The rejection came as relations between old rivals India and Pakistan inched towards improvement following a meeting last week between their leaders, the first since last year’s militant attack on Mumbai in which 166 people were killed.
Singh was sentenced to death in 1991 for spying and bombings that killed 14 people. His family said he was innocent and had crossed the border into Pakistan accidentally in 1990 while he was drunk. Pakistani officials said Singh was arrested while trying to slip back into India after the bomb blasts
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Labels: 3 wars, bombing, borders, death sentence, militant attack, pak court, pakistan, pakistan supreme court, rejects, sarabjit singh, sarabjits death, spying, Supreme Court
Friday, March 6, 2009
Sanjay Dutt moves Supreme Court seeking nod to contest polls
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has on Thursday moved to the Supreme Court seeking a stay on his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. A stay by the apex court will allow him to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The petition was necessitated as Dutt has already made his intention clear about contesting election on Samajwadi Party ticket from the prestigious Lucknow Lok Sabha seat.
Dutt in his petition believed to have said that he has done anything wrong and hence he should be allowed to contest the elections.
His petition will come for hearing in the court tomorrow.
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The petition was necessitated as Dutt has already made his intention clear about contesting election on Samajwadi Party ticket from the prestigious Lucknow Lok Sabha seat.
Dutt in his petition believed to have said that he has done anything wrong and hence he should be allowed to contest the elections.
His petition will come for hearing in the court tomorrow.
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Labels: 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, contest polls, Lok Sabha elections, Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Samajwadi Party ticket, Supreme Court
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Supreme Court to hear case against Sridevi and Boney Kapoor
Bollywood actress Sridevi and hubby Boney Kapoor are surely making news but for all the wrong reasons. The couple are due to appear in Supreme Court on Monday in relation to the lawsuit filed against them seeking a trial against them for the alleged fraud involving bouncing of cheques worth over Rs 96.6 million given to a film financier.
Filed by financier Madhu Gupta, who runs Mumbai based Photo Films Industries, the lawsuit is to come up for hearing before a bench consisting of Chief Justice K.G.Balakrishnan, Justice R.V.Raveendran and Justice M.K.Sharma.
Gupta has moved the apex court challenging a Bombay High Court order, which on March 26, 2008 had stalled Sridevi's trial in the case.
In her petition to the apex court, Gupta claimed that the actress and her husband had availed themselves of financial help and credit facility from their business concerns. The couple had issued three cheques, one for Rs 92,50,484, one for Rs 8,41,85,682 and another for Rs 31,62,074 to discharge their legally enforceable liability. However, all the three cheques had bounced.
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Filed by financier Madhu Gupta, who runs Mumbai based Photo Films Industries, the lawsuit is to come up for hearing before a bench consisting of Chief Justice K.G.Balakrishnan, Justice R.V.Raveendran and Justice M.K.Sharma.
Gupta has moved the apex court challenging a Bombay High Court order, which on March 26, 2008 had stalled Sridevi's trial in the case.
In her petition to the apex court, Gupta claimed that the actress and her husband had availed themselves of financial help and credit facility from their business concerns. The couple had issued three cheques, one for Rs 92,50,484, one for Rs 8,41,85,682 and another for Rs 31,62,074 to discharge their legally enforceable liability. However, all the three cheques had bounced.
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Labels: Bollywood actress, Bombay High Court order, Boney Kapoor, bounced, case, cheques, film financier, fraud, Madhu Gupta, Mumbai, petition, Photo Films Industries, Sridevi, Supreme Court
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Supreme Court says no to self-defence groups
In striking contrast to the state government's repeated claims of strengthening the Village Defence Committees (VDCs), Supreme Court of India has questioned the very constitution of these self-defence groups and termed it as "abetting a crime".
Supreme Court has said that constitution of such Defence Committees is abetting a crime if those having guns in their hands kill or indulge in committing excesses on other people. It has strongly said that the police and paramilitary forces should be deployed in adequate numbers to tackle the militants and not common people.
Questioning the anti-militant self defence movement started by the various governments across the country, Supreme Court has called for an independent assessment of the situation arising out of it. The observation has been made by the Supreme Court in a petition filed by Nandini Sundar, Ramachandra Guha and E.A.S. Sarma challenging the setting up of Salwa Judum (Self defence groups) by the government in Chhattisgarh.
Though, advocates of the Supreme Court pleading the case made no mention of Jammu and Kashmir but the observation is being seen as a landmark one and an eyeopener for the state government.
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Supreme Court has said that constitution of such Defence Committees is abetting a crime if those having guns in their hands kill or indulge in committing excesses on other people. It has strongly said that the police and paramilitary forces should be deployed in adequate numbers to tackle the militants and not common people.
Questioning the anti-militant self defence movement started by the various governments across the country, Supreme Court has called for an independent assessment of the situation arising out of it. The observation has been made by the Supreme Court in a petition filed by Nandini Sundar, Ramachandra Guha and E.A.S. Sarma challenging the setting up of Salwa Judum (Self defence groups) by the government in Chhattisgarh.
Though, advocates of the Supreme Court pleading the case made no mention of Jammu and Kashmir but the observation is being seen as a landmark one and an eyeopener for the state government.
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Labels: ammu and Kashmigovernment, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, self-defence groups, Supreme Court, Village Defence Committees
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