CBI examines Ramlal in sting case
New Delhi: CBI on Monday questioned BJP general secretary Ramlal regarding a sting operation related to Tulsi Prajapati encounter case in which party leaders were seen allegedly discussing ways to subvert the trial to save Amit Shah, close aide to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. CBI sources said Ramlal was examined for two hours by the agency.
Talwar’s plea: SC reserves order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved orders on dentist Rajesh Talwar’s petition demanding access to narco test, brain mapping tests and other evidences in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case. With the CBI having dismissed Talwar’s plea as part of delaying tactics aimed to push the trial beyond the retirement of the trial judge hearing the case, the counsel for accused dentist argued that he was well within his right to seek the documents.
Plea on raising SC judges’ retirement age
New Delhi: The Supreme Court was left in an awkward position on Monday when faced with a PIl demanding retirement age of Supreme Court judges to be raised to 68. In view of high life expectancy and mounting pendency of cases, the PIl by advocate RK Kapoor argued that at a time when a Bill in Parliament was considering raising superannuation age of HC judges from 62 to 65, there ought to be a corresponding rise in retirement age of SC judges in maintaining the age gap provided in the Constitution. Thanking the petitioner for raising this cause, the Bench allowed the petitioner to approach the Centre by way of representation and hoped the executive to examine the same.
Roads on Char Dham yatra route in bad shape
Dehradun: Although Char Dham Yatra was recently resumed in the State, but the condition of roads along the Yatra circuit is consistently deteriorating due to inclement weather in higher parts of the State.
Department officials said that extra work force is being placed for ensuring smooth flow of traffic along the route. However, officials also expressed their concern over the inclement weather in the mountainous parts of the State as it is hampering the department efforts for ensuring the smooth flow of vehicular traffic along the Char Dham Yatra route.