Bangalore civic authorities have created a record by awarding contracts worth a whopping Rs.34 billion (3,400 crore) past midnight Tuesday.
They were in a hurry to beat the civic polls code of conduct coming into effect Friday.
Thursday, Jan 14, is a government holiday for Makar Sankranti, a major Hindu festival.
Voting for the 198-seat Bruhat Bangalore [...]
Amrik Singh, who worked in the office of Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmaljit Kaur and complainant in the cash-for-judge scam, failed to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday.
During the last hearing Dec 24, CBI special judge Darshan Singh had summoned Singh after CBI submitted its sealed final report [...]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court will hear Tuesday the anticipatory bail plea of former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore in connection with the fresh cases registered against him.
On Monday, Justice Sabina adjourned to Tuesday the hearing on the anticipatory bail plea of Rathore following the filing of two new First Information Reports (FIRs) Dec [...]
The Supreme Court Thursday suspended the death sentence of Surinder Koli, convicted in February last year of raping and killing 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar in Nithari village near the capital in a case that shocked the nation for its depravity.
The decision will help shift the focus on Koli’s employer Moninder Singh Pandher, a co-accused in the [...]
Additional District and Sessions judge Sanjeev Jindal Thursday reserved his decision on former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore’s anticipatory bail plea on two fresh first information reports (FIRS), which were registered Dec 29.
The argument in the court went on for over two hours.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Chandigarh had [...]
The Supreme Court Thursday stayed the death sentence of Surinder Koli, convicted in February last year of raping and killing 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar in Nithari village in Noida near the national capital.
Haldar was one of the 19 young women and children from Nithari whose body parts were found in a drain behind the bungalow of [...]
The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking that the CBI be directed to produce before the court a Brazilian citizen facing trial here since mid-1990s for allegedly defrauding the Indian exchequer of Rs.13.3 million in a case involving supplying of urea from Turkey to India.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice B.S. [...]
It could be ‘appropriate justice’ at last, said a relieved Aradhana Tuesday as a prolonged legal battle was infused with new energy with former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore being charged with abetting the suicide of her friend Ruchika Girhotra in 1993.
Police in Panchkula filed a fresh case against Rathore Tuesday. He was charged under [...]
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday reserved its order on the agency’s plea for a narco test on Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the parents of 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar who was found murdered in their Noida flat on May 16, 2008.
The court reserved its order after hearing the CBI’s arguments for permission to [...]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday reserved its order on granting permission for a narco test on Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the parents of 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar who was found murdered in their Noida house on May 16, 2008.
The court reserved its order after hearing the arguments of the CBI.
The special investigation team (SIT), set up by the Haryana police to examine criminal charges against former state police chief S.P.S. Rathore who is convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, will take some more time to complete its work, its chief said Monday.
‘We had got this case only last week and we are looking into [...]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (ANI): Former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore, who has been charged for allegedly molesting 14-year-old teenager Ruchika Girhotra, a promising young tennis star in 1990, may be stripped off his police [...]
Kochi, Jan 4 (ANI): A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Monday dismissed the plea of senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan to include Defence Minister A.K. Antony as a witness in the multi crore SNC Lavalin graft case.
Dismissing Vijayan’s [...]
Kochi, Jan 4 (IANS) The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here Monday dismissed the plea of senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan to include Defence Minister A.K. Antony as a witness in the SNC Lavalin graft case.
The CBI in June last year had filed chargesheets against nine accused, including Vijayan, [...]
Chandigarh, Jan 2 (IANS) A special police team tasked to probe fresh charges against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra, will complete its work ‘as early as possible’, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said Saturday.
‘We have full sympathy with the family members of Ruchika. SIT’s (Special Investigation Team) report [...]
Panchkula (Haryana), Jan 1 (ANI): The Panchkula sessions court on Friday granted an interim bail to former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) SPS Rathore and put a stay on his arrest till January 7.
Rathore has been charged for allegedly molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra in 1990
The [...]
Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) Ruchika Girhotra had never been expelled but removed from the rolls for non-payment of fees, the Sacred Heart school here said Friday following reports that it rusticated the girl in 1990 following her molestation by former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore.
‘Ruchika was never victimised and expelled from the school. She did [...]
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday said it will seek from court enhanced punishment to former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, who was given six months in jail after being convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra.
‘It was felt that six months imprisonment and a fine of Rs.1,000 is [...]
Chandigarh, Dec 30 (IANS) The Chandigarh administration Wednesday began a magisterial probe into the reasons behind the Sacred Heart School here expelling teenage molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra in September 1990.
‘Sub-Divisional Magistrate Prerna Puri was in the school today (Wednesday) to conduct an inquiry into this matter. The school authorities cooperated with her and we are [...]
Kochi, Dec 30 (ANI): Kerala CPI (M) Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan was today granted bail by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in connection with the state’s financial fraud controversy- the SNC Lavalin case.
Judge K P Jothindranath granted bail to Vijayan and directed him to furnish a bail bond of two lakh [...]
Kochi, Dec 30 (IANS) Senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan, an accused in the Rs.374 crore scam in a deal with Canadian firm SNC Lavalin, was Wednesday granted bail by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here.
The bail application was moved by the CPI-M state secretary’s counsel M.K. Damodaran and [...]
Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 30 (IANS) With support for teenaged molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra coming from all quarters, her family and friends are now seeking the death penalty for former Haryana top cop S.P.S. Rathore, who molested her and allegedly hounded her till she killed herself.
Ruchika’s father Subhash Chander Girhotra said that Rathore should be hanged [...]
Panchkula (Haryana), Dec 30 (IANS) Sector 6 of Panchkula, an upscale suburban town outside Chandigarh, is not only known for its leafy streets, spacious houses and influential residents – but for infamous high-profile offenders as well.
The most notorious resident of the sector now is the disgraced former Haryana director general of police (DGP) S.P.S. Rathore [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) A Delhi based advocate Tuesday filed an application under the Right to Information Act (RTI) with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking copy of the ‘entire file of the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case’.
Former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore was sentenced by a CBI court Dec 21 to six months [...]
Chandigarh, Dec 29 (IANS) Lawyer Pankaj Bhardwaj, who fought Ruchika Girhotra’s molestation case free of cost for the last 13 years, said he will meet union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi Wednesday and place all the facts and evidence of the case before him.
‘I had got a call from the home minister’s office [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday appealed to the central and Haryana governments to slap serious charges against former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, convicted in the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case. It also assured that civil damages will be filed after legal consultation.
‘We have asked the union home ministry [...]
Chandigarh/Panchkula/New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) As support built up for Ruchika Girhotra’s case on her 16th death anniversary Tuesday and appeals grew for convicted former Haryana top cop S.P.S. Rathore to be slapped with more serious charges, the government said the molestation and suicide of the teenager would be reinvestigated.
Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily said [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The molestation and suicide of teenager Ruchika Girhotra will be re-investigated as a ‘model case’ and the accused should be tried for abetment to suicide of a minor to demonstrate that nobody can ’subvert the rule of law’, Law Minister Veerappa Moily said Tuesday.
‘This could be a model case, where [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) After facing criticism for mishandling the Ruchika Girhotra molestation case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday said it was seeking legal opinion to include charges of abetment to suicide against former Haryana director general of police S.P.S. Rathore.
‘The matter is under examination. All aspects, including the one which has [...]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The molestation and suicide of teenager Ruchika Girhotra will be re-investigated and tried as a ‘model case’ to demonstrate that nobody can ’subvert the rule of law’, Law Minister Veerappa Moily said Tuesday.
‘This could be a model case, where we will have to demonstrate to the entire country that the [...]
