SC notice to CBI on IPS officer's bail plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought CBI's response on the bail plea by suspended Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian, who is an accused in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter killing. "We are inclined to consider your bail petition. We are issuing the notice," a bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi said. Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, appeared for Pandian and said that his client already spent nearly seven years in jail. The case was pending trial and is expected to take a long time since there are 300 witnesses and 3000 pages of records to be examined. The court posted the matter for January 13.
Apex court to hear Taslima’s plea today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a petition by noted author Taslima Nasreen challenging the criminal case lodged against her for a tweet where she expressed her views against a Muslim cleric who issued a fatwa against her. The petition filed by Nasrin was mentioned before the bench headed by CJI by senior advocate KK Venugopal. The Court directed the same to be listed for Tuesday. Nasrin had tweeted on the meeting of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal with Deoband's Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan. Following this, FIR was lodged at Kotwali PS at Bareilly, which has been challenged in the petition.
SC: states/UTs attitude towards child ‘callous’
New Delhi: Irked over the "lackadaisical" and "utterly callous attitude" adopted by States and union territories in setting up commissions for protection of child rights, the Supreme Court on Monday asked their chief secretaries to file an affidavit disclosing full details on the issue. A bench headed by Justice SS Nijjar also issued mandatory directions to these States and UTs to ensure that exploitation of children comes to an end at the earliest and asked them to file affidavits within eight weeks giving information on 9 issues.
Rlys bag 22 energy conservation awards
New Delhi: The Indian Railways has bagged 22 out of 112 National Energy Conservation awards, which is the highest by any organisation. Awards are given to 54 category (like different industries-cement/steel sugar etc, power plant, other general categories)mainly on the basis of improvement in specific energy & Energy Conservation initiatives.
parliament adjourned:
pays tribute to Ola
New Delhi: Parliament was adjourned for the day on Monday after paying tributes to Union Minister Sis Ram Ola, who died on Sunday after prolonged illness. As soon as the lok Sabha met, Speaker Meira Kumar made obituary references to Ola and former member Somnath Rath. Ola (86) was a member from Jhunjhunu and various portfolios in the Union Council of Ministers.