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40% sitting MPs have criminal cases, 25% serious criminal cases: ADR

About 40 per cent of sitting MPs have criminal cases registered against them out of which 25 per cent have declared serious criminal cases under charges of murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and crimes against women, according to poll rights body ADR. The average worth of assets per MP from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is Rs 38.33 crores and 53 (seven per cent) are billionaires, the ADR said. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 763 sitting MPs out of 776 seats of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. This data has been extracted from affidavits filed by the MPs prior to contesting their last elections and any subsequent by-elections. Four seats of Lok Sabha and one seat of Rajya Sabha are vacant and four Rajya Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir are undefined. The affidavits of one Lok Sabha MP and three Rajya Sabha MPs could not be analysed as these documents were not available. Out of the 763 sitting MPs ..

Criminal cases registered against juveniles increased in 2022 in Rajasthan

Rajasthan saw a slight rise in the number of criminal cases registered against juveniles in 2022 as compared to the previous year, according to data released by the state's home department. As per the data, the number of different types of crimes committed by juveniles in Rajasthan in 2021 was 3,701, which increased to 4,257 the following year. These include crimes related to theft, extortion, rape, murder and matters under the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Arms Act. Among the recent incidents of such crimes that made the news in the state are the detention of a juvenile along with the arrest of two others for extorting Rs 30 lakh from a jeweller in Jhunjhunu district, three juveniles being detained for attacking a retired teacher with a knife and a disgruntled student killing a 54-year-old teacher for reprimanding and expelling him from school. Police said campaigns are being run to sensitise juveniles and make them aware. "To sensitise juveniles, police ran

Madurai train fire: Tour agent booked for illegal carriage of gas cylinder

A criminal case has been registered against a tour operator by the Government Railway Police (GRP) for alleged illegal carriage of cooking gas cylinder in connection with the Madurai train fire that left 9 persons dead. "With respect to 'illegal smuggling' of cooking gas cylinder in the tourist coach by the tour operator, a criminal case has been registered by GRP under various sections of IPC and Railways Act," a Southern Railway release said. Southern Railway in association with IRCTC shall also make air travel arrangements for the return of surviving passengers to Lucknow, it said. "Southern Railway has made arrangements for transport of bodies of the deceased by air to Lucknow by duly following all the necessary medical and legal formalities," it added. At least nine pilgrims bound for Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu met with a tragic end on Saturday when a fire broke out inside a stationary train compartment at the railway station here in the small hours of Saturday. The victims ...

Criminal case accused under obligation to stand for test identification: SC

A person accused in a criminal case is under obligation to go for a test identification parade (TIP) during an investigation under the Code of Criminal Procedure and it does not violate any constitutional right, the Supreme Court has held. A bench comprising Justices M M Sundresh and J B Pardiwala made the observation in a judgment by which it dismissed the appeal of a convict in a murder case. The top court said the TIP does not violate the fundamental right of an accused under Article 20(3) of the Constitution which provides that no accused can be compelled to be a witness against himself. The bench said that merely taking part in the TIP does not amount to becoming a witness against himself. "We are of the view that after the introduction of Section 54A in the CrPC referred to above, an accused is under an obligation to stand for identification parade. An accused cannot resist subjecting himself to the TIP on the ground that he cannot be forced or coerced for the same," the benc

Federal judge nixes Donald Trump's bid to move hush-money criminal case

Donald Trump can't make a federal case out of this one. U.S. District Judge Alvin K Hellerstein on Wednesday rejected the former president's bid to move his hush-money criminal case from New York state court to federal court, ruling that Trump's lawyers had failed to meet a high legal bar for changing jurisdiction. Hellerstein found that the allegations pertained to Trump's personal life, not presidential duties that would have merited a move to federal court. The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the matter was a purely a personal item of the President a cover-up of an embarrassing event, Hellerstein wrote in a 25-page ruling. Hush money paid to an adult film star is not related to a President's official acts. It does not reflect in any way the color of the President's official duties. Hellerstein's decision sets the stage for Trump to stand trial in state court in Manhattan as early as next spring, overlapping with the 2024 presidential primary season in what could be a ...

YES Bank-DHFL scam: Court says nation is victim, denies bail to realtor

A special CBI court here has denied bail to Pune-based builder Avinash Bhosale in connection with a case pertaining to the Yes Bank-DHFL scam, saying the nation is the victim of cheating and criminal conspiracy. The court said that prima facie Bhosale's involvement in this serious economic offence is deep-rooted. While Special Judge M G Deshpande denied bail to Bhosale on June 23, the detailed order was available on Tuesday. The court said that Yes Bank's money, which is basically public money and the wealth of the nation, was usurped. The bank was cheated by wisely hatching criminal conspiracy by accused persons. Money of Yes Bank is the wealth of the Nation. Nation is victim of this offence of cheating and criminal conspiracy, the court said, declining to give relief to Bhosale. The special judge said that the way the fraud was committed, granting bail to the applicant (Bhosale) is not safe and there is every possibility of spoiling the case by tampering with the evidence and ..

Judge to weigh whether Donald Trump's case should be moved to federal court

A US judge is set to hear arguments Tuesday over President Donald Trump's attempt to move his criminal case in New York out of the state court, where he was indicted, to a federal court where he could potentially try to get the case dismissed. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein will listen to the afternoon arguments, though he isn't expected to immediately rule. Trump's lawyers sought to move the case to Manhattan federal court soon after Trump pleaded not guilty in April to charges that he falsified his company's business records to hide hush money payouts aimed at burying allegations of extramarital sexual encounters. While requests to move criminal cases from state to federal court are rarely granted, the prosecution of Trump is unprecedented. The Republican's lawyers say the charges, while related to his private company's records, involve things he did while he was president. US law allows criminal prosecutions to be removed from state court if they involve actions taken by federal ...

Donald Trump's valet set for arraignment in classified documents case

A valet for Donald Trump is set to be arraigned Tuesday on charges that he helped the former president hide classified documents that the Justice Department wanted back. Walt Nauta was charged earlier this month alongside Trump in a 38-count indictment filed by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith. Though Trump has already entered a not guilty plea to the charges, a judge postponed the arraignment for Nauta to give him time to find a Florida-based lawyer. The indictment accuses Nauta of conspiring with Trump to conceal records that he had taken with him from the White House to his Florida property, Mar-a-Lago. Prosecutors allege that Nauta, at the former president's direction, moved boxes of documents bearing classification markings so that they would not be found by a Trump lawyer who was tasked with searching the home for classified records to be returned to the government. That, prosecutors said, resulted in a false representation to the Justice Department that a dilige

Conversion via gaming app: Tech-savvy accused changing locations frequently

It is also being suspected that Khan has been frequently changing his address, and making calls to people though Internet, and not the conventional telephonic route

Mukhtar Ansari gets life imprisonment: What is Awadhesh Rai murder case?

The gangster-turned-politician has been convicted for several crimes and is already serving a 10-year sentence for a kidnapping and murder case

Out of 1,001 Karnataka candidates, 345 faced criminal cases: ADR report

According to the report, Manikanta Rathod, who was the BJP candidate from Chittapur assembly constituency, has 45 registered cases and 15 other cases filed are of serious nature

Donald Trump seeking to move criminal case to federal court, says lawyer

Donald Trump's lawyer said Thursday the former president will seek to move his New York criminal case to federal court, a long-shot bid to avoid a trial in the state court where the indictment was brought. Trump's lawyer, Todd Blanche, said at a hearing on an unrelated issue in the case that Trump's defense team plans to file a motion Thursday asking to transfer the historic case from state court to federal court. Such a move, while rare, would have significant advantages for Trump, including a broader, more politically diverse jury pool than in Manhattan, where voters have heavily favored his Democratic rivals. Trump's lawyers face a Thursday deadline to file paperwork listing their grounds for moving the case 30 days after the April 4 state court arraignment where he pleaded not guilty a month ago to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. A federal judge would then have to rule whether the case can be moved. Trump's charges, brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvi

Afzal Ansari disqualified as LS member after being sentenced to 4-yr jail

BSP's Afzal Ansari was disqualified as a member of Lok Sabha on Monday after being convicted and sentenced to four years imprisonment in a kidnapping-and-murder case by a court in Uttar Pradesh. Ansari, the Lok Sabha member from Ghazipur, was sentenced by an MP/MLA court on Saturday, while his brother, criminal-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was also convicted in the same case and sent to 10 years in jail. The brothers were booked under the UP Gangsters Act in connection with the murder of the then BJP MLA from Ghazipur, Krishnanad Rai, on November 29, 2005 and the kidnapping-murder of Varanasi-based trader Nand Kishore Rungta in 1997. "Consequent upon his conviction...Afzal Ansari, Member of Lok Sabha representing the Ghazipur Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh, stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction i.e. 29 April, 2023 in terms of the provisions of Article 102(1)(e) of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 of the .

Supreme Court quashes criminal case against SAD's Parkash Singh Badal

The Supreme Court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch Parkash Singh Badal, who died two days ago, and his son Sukhbir Singh Badal in a forgery case, saying the summons issued by the trial court was "nothing but abuse of process of law". A bench of justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar, which had reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas filed by the Badals and senior Akali leader Daljit Singh Cheema on April 11, quashed the summons issued by the Hoshiarpur trial court in Punjab and upheld by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. "In view of the reasons, and even assuming the complaint's averments to be true, do not make out the ingredients of the offences, for which the trial court has passed the summoning order," the bench said. It said, "Under the circumstances to continue the criminal proceedings against the appellants (Badals and Cheema)- accused arising out of the complaint and to face the trial by the accused as per the summoning order

Trump pleads not guilty to 34 criminal charges in hush-money case

Former US President Donald Trump on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on history-making criminal charges related to paying hush money to a porn star before the 2016 presidential election in exchange for her silence. The 76-year-old former president, who ruled the country for four years till January 2021, was arrested when he arrived to surrender at the Manhattan criminal court. This is for the first time that a former US president has been under arrest and arranged for criminal charges. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records before State Supreme Court Justice Juan M Merchan. He entered the plea during a brief arraignment as prosecutors unsealed a grand jury indictment. The former president earlier arrived at the specially secured Manhattan courthouse in an eight-car motorcade. He was arrested as he arrived at the court. Shortly after Trump was put under ..

Why has Donald Trump been indicted and can he run for 2024 elections?

With his indictment on Friday, Trump has become the first former US president to face criminal charges

Odisha records 65% rise in criminal cases in last five years: Data

Criminal cases in Odisha have risen by more than 65 per cent in a span of five years from 2018 to 2022, the state assembly was informed on Monday. While 1,07,408 criminal cases were registered in 2018, the figure was 1,78,190 in 2022, Minister of State for Home TK Behera said while replying to a question from BJP member Kusum Tete. The minister said that while the number of cases in 2019 was 1,21,525, it increased to 1,34,230 in 2020 and 1,55,420 in 2021. Of the total number of cases in 2022, he said, 1379 were related to murder, 626 dacoity, 2998 robbery, 5467 burglary, 14893 theft, 5352 swindling, 2248 rioting, 3184 rape, 11663 vehicle accident and 1,30,380 miscellaneous. Among these 5 years, the maximum of 1,470 murder cases were filed in 2020 while the maximum of 3,327 rape cases were recorded in 2021. Of the 1,07,408 cases registered in 2018, the numbers of murder, dacoity, robbery, burglary, theft, swindling, rioting, rape, and motor vehicle accident cases were 1378, 558, 21

SC to decide if mere membership of banned group makes someone criminal

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas including those seeking review of some verdicts of 2011 which had held that mere membership of a banned organisation will not make a person criminal unless he resorts to violence or incites people to violence. The top court noted that the Union of India was not heard by its two judges-bench when the 2011 verdict was passed reading down section 3 (5) of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 (now repealed). The top court on February 3, 2011, had acquitted suspected ULFA member Arup Bhuyan, who was held guilty by a TADA court on the basis of his alleged confessional statement before the Superintendent of Police, and said that mere membership of a banned organisation will not make a person a criminal unless he resorts to violence or incites people to violence or creates public disorder by violence or incitement to violence. Similar views were taken by the apex court in two other verdicts of 2011

Tripura elections: 45 candidates crorepatis, 41 have criminal cases

Of the total 259 candidates contesting the February 16 Tripura Assembly election, 45 are crorepatis, according to a report. The ruling BJP has 17 crorepati candidates followed by Tipra Motha with nine and CPI(M) seven, the report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a civil society organisation, said. The Congress has six crorepati candidates, Trinamool Congress four and two Independent candidates are also crorepati, it said. Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma of the BJP who is contesting from the Charilam constituency is the wealthiest candidate with 15.58 crore of movable and immovable assets, the report said. Chief Minister Manik Saha, a doctor, is the second richest candidate with Rs 13.90 crore assets, ADR's state coordinator Biswendu Bhattacharjee told PTI on Wednesday. Saha is contesting from Town Bardowali constituency. The third richest candidate is Abhijit Sarkar of the Tipra Motha with Rs 12.57 crore, Bhattacharjee said. The BJP which has fielded 55 .

Supreme Court grants bail to Vyapam scam 'whistleblower' in criminal case

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to a medical practitioner, who also claimed to be a whistleblower in the sensational Vyapam scam, in a case of alleged violence during a protest in Madhya Pradesh. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha took note of the submissions made by senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Vivek Tankha that accused Anand Rai, an ophthalmologist, is in jail for the last 60 days in connection with a criminal case lodged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. "This man is an ophthalmologist. He says he is also the whistleblower in the Vyapam scam. The allegation is that he was part of a mob which attacked the (district) collector. How long will you keep him in jail?" the bench asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared in the matter on behalf of the Madhya Pradesh government. It also took note of the fact that the chargesheet has not been