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Madhav Menon Committee suggests changes in legal sys, Police
functioning
Pratyush | Aug 1 2007

More than one year back, the UPA government had set up the Madhav
Menon Committee for recommending necessary changes in the legal
system. Now, the Menon committee has recommended some important
changes necessary for better police functioning and changes in the
existing legal system in the country.

According to the report, Menon committee is likely to submit the
report to Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday. NDTV has showed
some of the key recommendations suggested by the Menon report, which
are such as:

# The government should grant compensation for victims of serious and
dreadful crimes.

# There should be more Codes instead of existing codes such as Indian
Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure.

# It suggested to introduce other Codes such as Social Welfare Code,
Correction Offences Code to deal cases of marriage offences,
prohibition offences, vagrancy and campus indiscipline.

# There should be the Economic Offence Code to deal with the threat to
the country’s economic health.

# A Federal agency should be introduced to deal with terror threats
and organized crime in country.

# There should be some Alternative punishments instead of imposition
of fines and imprisonment.

# The committee has suggested introducing the Independent bodies to
correct unethical practices.

# Protection of the witnesses is must to deliver justice and there
should be a separate law to give proper protection to witnesses.

# The government should impose a security cess on large industrial
houses in the country.

# The Security forces should make a fund for Victim Compensation.

The committee would present the report to Home Ministry and the
government would discuss on the recommendations and the matter would
go to parliamentary standing committee for further look on the
suggestions.

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Tags: Madhav Menon Committee, UPA, Legal System, IPC, Code of Criminal
Procedure, Home Ministry, Global, India
Comments

Wendy S | May 8 2010
Those recommendations seem to round up a lot of issues.

http://www.indiadaily.org/entry/madhav-menon-committee-suggests-changes-in-legal-sys-police-functioning/#comment-653967

Why does Goonda'Raj' exist in Mumbai?
Pratyush | Feb 4 2008

“Who is Raj Thackeray? I know Bala Saheb, father-like figure to us and
Uddhav Thackeray only”, said Jaya Bachchan, who is the wife of Amitabh
Bachchan and Rajya Sabha MP from Samajwadi Party. She said it in a
press conference in Mumbai in the reaction of Raj Thackeray’s comment
against Big B that he didn’t do anything for Mumbai when Mumbai has
given him such name, fame, and money.

The major question is – Who is Raj Thackeray? Is he like Kalyan Singh
without Bhartiya Janta Party, Raj Babbar without Samajwadi Party, Uma
Bharti without BJP, Natwar Singh without Congress? I think yes, Raj
Thackeray is now Raj Thackeray without Shiv Sena. And he is
desperately trying to be in media all the time like his ‘Sena’ days.
He has become infamous for doing ’shortcuts’ to get cheap popularity
and this time he has opted the God Sun (Chath Puja), Amitabh Bachchan
and his favorite ‘Biharis’ to polish his politics.

Let me tell you who Raj Thackeray is in detail. Raj Thackeray is a
young Indian politician of Maharashtra and best known as nephew of
Bala saheb Thackeray till date. He started his political career with
Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and it was possible because he has the title
‘Thackeray’. He started dreaming to become the chief minister of
Maharashatra in the initial phase of his political career. He even had
revealed his wish in 2004 but didn’t contest the assembly elections.

He had the status of number three in party but had a dream to become
number one by overtaking Uddhav Thackeray, son of Bala Saheb. Later,
he was sidelined and forced to give way to Uddhav to become Shiv
Sena’s executive President in 2005. Raj, highly ambitious youth,
decided to leave Shiv Sena and float a new party, Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena (MNS) to fulfill his dream. He believes he has wide
support in Maharashtra, particularly in Mumbai. However, he failed
completely in establishing himself in the last assembly election and
the civic body polls in the state. On the other hand, Uddhav managed
everything correctly in Shiv Sena, the party without Narayan Rane,
Chagan Bhujbal and now Raj Thackeray.

Raj has another quality in him; he admires Nazi dictator Hitler for
his organizational skills and strong will power. On his 37th birthday
in 2005, he said:

“‘Leave aside his negative aspects like the barbaric annihilation of
millions of Jews. There are several other things about Hitler, which
any leader would envy. Hitler had everything. The one thing he did not
have was the ambition to conquer the world. You can draw whatever
conclusions you want from my remarks.’

”People are talking about Raj as a desperate youth leader who is ready
to do everything to get a status of full fledged political leader in
the state. He wants to remain in media discussion so he opts to
criticize Chath Puja (famous festival of Bihar and UP) and Amitabh
Bachchan. He knows it better that by targeting ‘Big’ things; he would
automatically arrive in media limelight.

He sends goon to carry attack in media offices, to beat people of
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on streets, to disrupt press conference of
other political parties, to hurl bottles in superstar’s houses, to
beat the jobless examinees, he says Juhu molestation case happened on
the New Year Day because people of Bihar and UP are living in Mumbai,
He says no Maharashtrians can do such acts, he threatens Biharis to
slap on their cheek every time, he admires Hitler and believes in
behaving like Nazi dictator, he can’t win even civic polls but aiming
to become the chief minister of Maharashtra or get the status of Bala
Saheb in the state, he wants to become Hindu leader but abuses Chath
Puja, the festival of Sun; he wants to reconstruct (Navnirman)
Maharashtra but believes highly in regionalism at threatening extent.
He aims to become a mass leader and becoming the leader of ‘goons’.

Migrants laborers are being target of separatists and militants in
Border States in northeastern states, and in Maharashtra now,
Thackeray is targeting them. Does Maharashtra really need this
‘Thackeray’ who believes in Goonda ‘Raj’?176750

Tags: New Delhi, Raj Thackeray, Amitabh Bachchan, Mumbai, Maharashtra,
Bal Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray, Jaya Bachchan, Global, India

Comments

Julie | Feb 7 2008
Raj Thackeray is trying to achieve everything within days what his
uncle Bala Saheb achieved in years. There is no shortcuts in politics
and Raj should understand it.

Yash | Feb 7 2008
Well said, Raj has become a goon who believes in violence and sends
goons to control everything. Isn’t he behaving like kings who sent
army to turning things in their favour. If Raj continues to do so he
will meet his end of his political career soon.

Haris | Feb 7 2008
This is the characteristic of Indian democracy, if one leader starts
talking anti-democratic things, so many people stand up against him
without thinking the consequences. Curtailing such leaders builds
another pillar democracy needs for its survival. We people lack it in
our country.

Sweta | Feb 7 2008
Raj Thackeray had disturbed the whole city and damaged the thread of
harmony among people living in Mumbai. He deserves tight slaps on both
of his cheeks for his anti-nation activities. It was strange to see
him attending Mumbai’s top cop’s daughter wedding even a non-bailable
warrant was issued against him by Mumbai Police. Isn’t this a joke of
law of the land?

Gamini | Feb 15 2008
Is he RAJ TREACHERY?

Shrek Ogre | Nov 9 2008
We all should support Raj Thackeray and take his initiative ahead by
doing more...

1. We should teach our kids that if he is second in class, don’t study
harder.. just beat up the student coming first and throw him out of
the school

2. Parliament should have only Delhiites as it is located in Delhi

3. Prime-minister, president and all other leaders should only be from
Delhi

4. No Hindi movie should be made in Bombay. Only Marathi.

5. At every state border, buses, trains, flights should be stopped and
staff changed to local men

6. All Maharashtrians working abroad or in other states should be sent
back as they are SNATCHING
Employment from Locals

7. Lord Shiv, Ganesha and Parvati should not be worshiped in our state
as they belong to north (Himalayas)

8. Visits to Taj Mahal should be restricted to people from UP only

9. Relief for farmers in Maharashtra should not come from centre
because that is the money collected as Tax from whole of India, so why
should it be given to someone in Maharashtra?

10. Lets support Kashmiri Militants because they are right to killing
and injuring innocent people for benifit of there state and
community......

11. Let’s throw all MNCs out of Maharashtra, why should they earn from
us? We will open our own Maharashtra Microsoft, MH Pepsi and MH
Marutis of the world .

12. Let’s stop using cellphones, emails, TV, foreign Movies and
dramas. James Bond should speak Marathi

13. We should be ready to die hungry or buy food at 10 times higher
price but should not accept imports from other states

14. We should not allow any industry to be setup in Maharashtra
because all machinery comes from outside

15. We should STOP using local trains... Trains are not manufactured
by Marathi manoos and Railway Minister is a Bihari

16. Ensure that all our children are born, grow, live and die without
ever stepping out of Maharashtra, then they will become true Marathi’s

JAI MAHARASHTRA!

OneHumanity Please | Dec 19 2009
Friend, I have been living in Chakan near Pune from quite sometime
working in Volkswagen. (We call it Folkswagen though)

I was very much interested in the issue regarding all this, and why
that BMW went to Tamil Nadu despite the good infrastructure and
excellent support extended by state Govt. as well as from people here.
Most of my colleagues are Marathi and I got a reply to the above chain
mail in my inbox from him. This one single email is enough to
understand the issue I suppose.

I am not an Indian national by the way, I am from Britain. So, please
excuse me from your racist rants (if any) :-)

. We should teach our kids that if he is second in class, don’t study
harder.. just beat up the student coming first and throw him out of
the school.
Reply - We should teach our kids that if someone comes first in class,
don’t bother, we should beat him up hard and ensure no one comes
first. This way, we ensure no one is educated. Basically, why should
we educate ourselves? Ideas of education sprung from the mind of
Mahatma Phule, again a Marathi Manoos. Let them build the Oxford of
the East. Why should we worry about the constitution of India? It was
written by a Marathi Manoos by the name of Ambedkar. After all,
‘Jugaad’ is our birthright. //

2. Parliament should have only Delhiites as it is located in Delhi.
Reply - Henceforth, the wealth of Maharashtra should only be
restricted to Maharashtrians. Maharashtra is the highest tax payer of
all states in India. Why should they give their money to Delhi? To
give it to UP and Bihar under the pretext of ‘underdeveloped states’?

3. Prime Minister, President and all other leaders should only be from
Delhi.
Reply - Chief Minister of Maharashtra, MPs from Maharashtra should
only be from Maharashtra. This already happens. CEOs, COOs, Bollywood
actors should only be from Maharashtra in the companies set up in
Maharashtra.

4. No Hindi movie should be made in Bombay. Only Marathi.
No movie should be made in India at all. We should ban making movies
completely. The first movie was made by N. G. Chitre and Dadasaheb
Torne named ‘Pundalik’ directed by Dadasaheb Phalke and V. Shantaram.
Oh, all four Marathi Manoos, we should never ever ever ever ever let a
movie be produced.

5. At every state border, buses, trains, flights should be stopped and
staff changed to local men
And this is why we should have fewer trains plying from Mumbai to
Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Total number of trains from Mumbai to UP –
Bihar is greater than the number of trains from Mumbai to inside
Maharashtra.

6. All Maharashtrians working abroad or in other states should be sent
back as they are SNATCHING employment from Locals.
All non – Maharashtrian Indians should be sent back from abroad or
other states as they are SNATCHING employment from Locals. //

7. Lord Shiva, Ganesha and Parvati should not be worshiped in our
state as they belong to north (Himalayas)
Chhath Puja is supposed to be performed in river Ganga. It should be
performed in river Ganga only, not in Arabian Sea. Ganesh festival
should not be celebrated as it was started by Lokmanya Tilak, a
Marathi Manoos again.

8. Visits to Taj Mahal should be restricted to people from UP only.
Visits to Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Ajanta and Ellora
Caves should be restricted to people from Maharashtra only.

9. Relief for farmers in Maharashtra should not come from centre
because that is the money collected as Tax from whole of India, so why
should it be given to someone in Maharashtra?
Maharashtra is the number one taxpayer in India. Mumbai alone
constitutes 30% of the tax of the country. The tax money should be
paid back proportionately. Why should that go to some routine states
under the garb of ‘underdeveloped states’?

10. Let’s support Kashmiri Militants because they are right to killing
and injuring innocent people for benefit of their state and community…
Let us support naxalites for the same. Let us support the Assamese
killing Biharis. Let us support Punjabis killing Biharis blowing bomb
in Bhojpuri theatres. (These attacks have happened prior to MNS
attacks). Let us not support law and order in Mumbai and let the
bhaiyya goons do what they want.

11. Let’s throw all MNCs out of Maharashtra, why should they earn from
us? We will open our own Maharashtra Microsoft, MH Pepsi and MH
Marutis of the world.
Why just Maharashtra? Let’s throw MNCs out of India. Don’t MNCs stand
for multi-national corporations? UP and Bihar have next to negligible
MNCs and they are true Indians for this. We should follow their
example. Karnataka, Andhra, Tamilnadu are all traitor states for this
as they don’t even know proper Hindi and also house MNCs.

12. Let’s stop using cellphones, emails, TV, foreign Movies and
dramas. James Bond should speak
Marathi.
Why should Indians use cellphones of a Finnish company (Nokia) or
American company (Motorola) or a south Korean company (Samsung),
Emails, movies (oh, they will banned from now) and dramas of USA and
other countries? Bill Gates should speak Hindi and Nokia, Google
should have a Hindi name first before being used in India. If they do
not give Hindi names, they are anti – nationals.

13. We should be ready to die hungry or buy food at 10 times higher
price but should not accept imports from other states.
We should die hungry or do not buy food at all but should not go for
job to other states. Why should we enrich their tax collection?

14. We should not allow any industry to be setup in Maharashtra
because all machinery comes from outside.
We should not allow any industry to setup in India because all
machinery comes from outside.

15. We should STOP using local trains… Trains are not manufactured by
Marathi manoos and the railway minister is a Bihari
We should stop using trains completely. Trains were invented by the
Britishers. Oh, it were the Britishers who laid railway tracks in
India. We should stop using trains completely. We should use only
bullock carts and do more advanced ’chara ghotalas’ like our patriotic
leaders. It is anti – national to use trains just as non – hindi
speaking people working in MNC are anti - national.

16. Ensure that all our children are born, grow, live and die without
ever stepping out of Maharashtra, then they will become true Marathis
Ensure that all our children born, grow, live and die without ever
stopping out of India, then they will become true Indians, not like
these non – Hindi speaking people working in MNCs.

OneHumanity Please | Dec 19 2009
And oh yeh, those in BMW need to understand the local language Tamil
there! My colleagues are busy getting a hands on knowledge of the
language, at least till learning the level 1. Nothing like that exists
here, everyone around is OK with English! Lucky I am!

Anant Joglekar | Mar 23 2010
When people talk about Marathi vs non marathi issue that is seamering
these days, they seem to miss the main point. It is OK for people to
migrate within a country but it becomes an issue when this migration
is happening on large scale. When such a large number of people
migrate from north to Maharashtra it creates problems for the local
people and their culture. And this issue must be addressed. Violance
that SS or MNS are doing in Mumbai is absolutely wrong but that does
not mean their point is not valid. They do have a very valid point.
The same thing could happen in any other state.

One other point worth noting is that in Maharashtra land reforms were
successful to large extent but in UP/Bihar they were not. That has
created major social inequality in those states. Maharashtra is not
only economically well developed but it is also socially advanced
state. This is mainly due to social reformers like Agharkar, Phule,
Karve, Ambedkar etc. Credit for all this certainly goes to
Maharashtrians.

http://www.indiadaily.org/entry/why-do-goondaraj-exist-in-mumbai/#comment-649655

Asma Jehangir Fears India Under Threat Of Another Communal Riot
Noreen | Mar 24 2008

On her 18 day visit to India as UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of
Religion and Belief, Asma Jehangir, renowned lawyer and human rights
activist of Pakistan, found that India, although a secular country
with sound religious legal framework, lags behind in meting-out
justice to its religious minorities.

Jehangir, who visited Amritsar, Delhi, Jammu, Srinagar, Ahmedabad,
Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhubaneswar and Lucknow, for her study,
hailed India for its democratic values and human rights activism.

She found that although the minorities agreed that there is a sound
legal framework to protect religious freedom, yet they are
dissatisfied with its implementations. There are undue delays in the
investigations where communal riots are concerned. It is spreading
disillusionment and dissent among the religious minorities.

In the past two decades there have been major incidents of religious
violence; like the demolition of Babri Masjid, violence against
Muslims in Gujarat in 2002, atrocities against Christians in Orissa
last year, that have escalated out of proportion because of unheeded
impunity given to the perpetrators and political parties using
religion as a political tool to gain voter bank.

Jehangir warns if the situation is not checked soon, there might be
another major communal violence looming in the near future. She hopes
that active participation from the government and non-state actors can
help to dispel dissatisfaction among the minorities and bring about a
more conducive environment for all.

Source: SPCM204727

Tags: Asma Jehangir, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and
Belief, India, communal riots in India, , Global

Comments

Arsalan | Mar 24 2008
Minorities are always under threat to be killed by Hindu nationalists
in communal riots at any point of time. the state government sometimes
support the Hindu groups to kill minorities. Muslims are living life
in dangerous environment in states like Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Arjun | Mar 24 2008
In the world dominated by Islamophobia, the Muslims prove to be the
easy target of political propaganda. And with economic problems the
need for enemy is also fulfilled by them.

Of course India needs to check the situation and make sure it keeps on
being a pluralist society which has been its strength since its
inception.

Atul | Mar 24 2008
Jehangir may be correct, well for that matter the political parties
have been playing the vote bank card. This problem is even with the
Hindu majority in our country, which have been divided into various
categories e.g. the OBCs, SCs and the STs.

So the main problem does not only concern the minorities, infact the
reality is that the reserved classes representing the Hindu Majority
have a representation right up to the parliament which is not the case
with the minorities.

We must have a certain percentage of minorities’ representation in the
parliament and mandatory provision for reserving seats for them just
like seats are reserved for reserved classes whilst contesting
elections.

As far as the investigations of communal riots are concerned, this
problem is also confronted by other criminal matters i.e. the quantum
of delay is even eminent there. The only remedy in the matters where
the communal riots are involved is that they must be taken up by fast
track courts. If these riots happen to occur at grass root levels then
the mobile courts could be a remedy.

Atul | Mar 24 2008
Woho!!! Arsalan when did you visit Gujarat or Maharashtra...probably
something you saw over a PTV broadcast...and if you know about the
aforesaid states u must have heard off Jamia in New Delhi.

Once our Cab Driver unintentionally hit a Muslim vegetable grocer in
that area and atleast a 100 Muslims were ready to chop us all at one
go. It was not before the cab driver parted away with 3 grands and
rubbed his nose on the grocer’s feet, that we were allowed to go.

Just for your records: I am not a religious stickler and have never
believed that a Muslim or a Hindu breathe differently. It’s just the
colour given to these issues by political parties and nothing more. No
religion preaches to kill. Sensationalist Media propagation is what
made you think all that. We love Muslims just the way we love Hindu’s.

Don’t just write what you feel/think but mention what you personally
experience.

Arsalan | Mar 25 2008
I still remember the face of a Muslim youth begging with his folded
hands not to kill him in Gujarat riots. I can’t forget the expression
of fear on his face. It was your media, not the PTV, sent the images
of that man throughout the world and made us aware what was going on
against Muslims in Gujarat.

Shameem | Mar 25 2008
Asma Jehangir has clearly warned in her report that the situation
needs urgent check otherwise it might cause a communal riot in near
future. She has asked the government to work hard to make minorities
feel that the government is there for them.

Atul | Mar 25 2008
Thousands of Hindus get Killed in Kashmir courtesy of Pakistan
supported terrorism, what do you have to say about those faces !!

Desh | Mar 25 2008
I strongly second your stance, Atul. Communal riots originate from
religious differences and shrewd political moves. Thus, to blame
Hindus or Muslims for that matter would be inappropriate and
senseless. Since Arsalan has initiated a baseless issue with no
insight into the gravity of the topic, you are replying him in his
way. Nothing wrong, he deserves such replies.

Atul | Mar 25 2008
Hopefully that should put him off... Thanks Desh!!!

Arjun | Mar 25 2008
ATUL .

I will love to have soem souce of information about Kashmir proving
that hundreds of Kashmiri Hindus were killed. I would be raelly
grateful.

Atul | Mar 25 2008
You would never find SOEM SOUCE anywhere except McDonalds...Y do u
regret it here...Ole boy couldn’t play the devils advocate...someone
told me.. Alas, the devil subsides!!

Atul | Mar 25 2008
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20060711/388440.html

Wont me spread it a lil more.. probably try google...They dont spare
the muslims in Kashmir, Forget Hindus...

Zafrus Salam | Apr 1 2008
Asma Jahangir may be right in her own perception but I do not find any
reason that cause / or intend to cause riot in my county that is
India.

Zafrus Salam

http://www.indiadaily.org/entry/asma-jehangir-fears-india-under-threat-of-another-communal-riot/

The Rise Of White Collar Crimes In India
Noreen | Mar 21 2008

A recent survey reveals the dark side of the corporate India, the
growing number of white collar crimes committed every year. KPMG
India, an audit and consulting firm associated with its Swiss
Cooperative, KPMG International, has published its recent Fraudster
Survey 2007. The findings were collected from a questionnaire survey
sent out on October 2007 to India’s largest organization in public and
private sectors. The respondents included senior management
officials.

Greed, opportunity and pressures to meet budgets and targets are the
most overriding motivations for white-collar crimes. Surprisingly,
most of the crimes were committed by senior level officials; 86% of
the fraudsters held management positions of which 60% were either at
senior management level or in the board of directors. Of these 68% of
the profilers were acting independently and they were not satisfied
with one time act, but 91% of the fraudsters had repeatedly cheated
their company.

The number of years with the company didn’t have a positive effect
either; about 26% of the employees had been 3-5 years in the company,
29% of them 6-10 years, 22% less than 10 years, while only 1% had been
less than a year employed.

89% of the perpetrators were internal people, while only 20% of them
were externally associated with the company.

The survey highlights the count of crimes since last year has risen
from 39% to 60%. It states lack of effective monitoring and fraud risk
management programs as the driving factors for the rise in white
collar crimes.

Source: Newstrack India203010

Tags: white collar crimes, KPMG, corporate crimes, survey, Global

http://www.indiadaily.org/entry/the-rise-of-white-collar-crimes-in-india/

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NEW DELHI, May 20, 2010 Protest rally against atrocities on Dalits
Staff Reporter

The Hindu Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan addressing a
dalit rally in New Delhi on Thursday against the caste violence in
Mirchpur, Hissar district of Haryana. Photo: V. V. Krishnan
Workers of Lok Janshakti Party, Dalit Sena and Dalit Dasta Virodhi
Andolan staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar here on Thursday
protesting against the rising cases of atrocities on Dalits in the
country.

Addressing the rally, LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan said the policy
of discrimination and disregard adopted by various State governments
leads to such attacks on Dalits. “It is high time the Centre
intervened to protect the rights of Dalits. A special court and a
committee must be set up to look into such matters. The affected
Dalits must be rehabilitated far away from the place where they were
subjected to ill-treatment,” he added.

Mr. Paswan also demanded that the Khap Panchayat in Haryana be
banned.

In a memorandum to the Prime Minister, Mr. Paswan drew his attention
to the attack on Dalit houses at Mirchpur in Haryana on April 21 in
which two people were burnt alive.

“Even after that dreadful incident justice has been denied to the
affected Dalit villagers. The Haryana Government has provided economic
relief to the affected people and also offered jobs to three persons
but such incidents are not new to the State.” Meanwhile, in another
protest organised here on Thursday by Haryana Dalit Bachao Sangharsh
Samiti, Dr. Udit Raj demanded that the Haryana Chief Minister be
dismissed and a judicial probe ordered into the Mirchpur incident.

Keywords: Ram Vilas Paswan, Mirchpur, caste violence

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article434540.ece

Capital Scenes: May 20, 2010

May 20, 2010
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Protesters at a dalit rally against caste violence at Mirchpur, Hissar
district of Haryana. They were addressed by Lok Janshakti party Chief
Ram Vilas Paswan and later courted arrest. Photo: V. V. Krishnan

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article434510.ece

Police arrest Datta Samant's killer and 3 aides
PTI, May 20, 2010, 08.35pm IST

Tags:Mumbai|Murder|Trade Union|Vijay Thopte|Datta Samant

MUMBAI: Vijay Thopte, a convict in trade union leader Datta Samant's
murder case who had jumped parole, and three other members of Guru
Satam gang were today arrested from nearby Navi Mumbai, police said.

Thopte, (36), was carrying a reward of Rs 10,000 on his head, police
said adding he had escaped in 2005. Thopte, a hired killer, was
convicted of gunning down Samant in 1997 following a trade union
rivalry.

Acting on a tip-off, police laid a trap this afternoon at Raghu Leela
Mall near Vashi Railway station where the four arrived for extorting
money from a victim, Deputy Police Commissioner (Crime), Navi Mumbai,
Datta Shinde, said.

A pistol, a revolver and six live cartridges were recovered from them,
he said.

The other three have been identified as Jagannath Jaiswal(39), Sandeep
Tiwarekar (36), Deepak Pednekar (35).

Samant controlled several trade unions in as many as 4000 factories in
and around Mumbai which employed more than a million workers.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Police-arrest-Datta-Samants-killer-and-3-aides-/articleshow/5954900.cms

Naval war room leak case accused Shakaran arrested in London
PTI, May 20, 2010, 08.38pm IST

Tags:Ravi Shankaran|Naval war room leak case

NEW DELHI: In a major breakthrough in the Naval war room leak case,
one of the main accused Ravi Shankaran, a close relative of the then
Naval Chief Admiral Arun Prakash, was arrested in London.

"He has been arrested by the police in London and is at present out on
bail. We have moved papers for his extradition," CBI Director Ashwani
Kumar said.

46-year old Shankaran, against whom an Interpol Red Corner notice was
issued in 2006, is one of the main accused who had allegedly passed on
vital information to certain arms dealers for procurement for Indian
Navy.

He was declared a proclaimed offender in 2006 with the government
revoking his passport and approaching a UK court for his arrest.
However, he had managed to give a slip to London Police and was
believed to have been roaming in countries like France, Italy and
Denmark.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Naval-war-room-leak-case-accused-Shakaran-arrested-in-London/articleshow/5954881.cms

CBI registers DA case against Ketan Desai
PTI, May 20, 2010, 06.29pm IST

Tags:Corruption|Medical Council of India|Ketan Desai

NEW DELHI: The CBI on Thursday registered a disproportionate assets
case against Ketan Desai, the former chief of the now dissolved
Medical Council of India who has been arrested on corruption charges,
and his family members.

The case was filed as part of CBI's probe into the alleged
malpractices within the medical education regulator, which is now in
the 76th year of its existence.

"The CBI has on Thursday registered a disproportionate assets case
against Ketan Desai and his family. As of today, we have found assets
to the tune of Rs 24 crore in his and his family' s name," CBI
Director Ashwani Kumar said.

Agency sources said Desai's wife and mother were also booked in the DA
case.

Kumar said there has been "systemic" corruption in the MCI for the
last one year.

He said the CBI has found "good" evidence in the case for which Desai
was arrested and that an inspector of the MCI who had visited the Gyan
Sagar Medical College, Patiala has been made a witness.

Desai, who was the president of the tainted MCI and two others --
Jitender Pal Singh and another associate Dr Kanwaljit Singh of Gyan
Sagar Medical College in Punjab-- were arrested by CBI on corruption
charges on April 24.

They were arrested for allegedly taking a Rs two crore bribe to grant
recognition to a medical college in Punjab, an offence described as
grave by a court.

Kumar said the agency has so far received 154 complaints against MCI
from the public through its website.

He said the agency was going into the merits of each case and will
then decide on which complaints it has to register a case.

He said the link on the website through which the public can give
complaints against MCI will remain open till May 31.

The agency searches at various premises of Desai allegedly yielded
huge amount of cash, investments and gold--all worth several crores of
rupees.

After the corruption in the medical education regulator was unearthed
by the CBI, the MCI was dissolved.

It was replaced by a six-member panel of eminent doctors, led by
gastroenterologist S K Sarin. An ordinance dissolving MCI was signed
by President Pratibha Patil and notified by the law ministry.

The panel will be in charge till the next one year. The Government has
said it would bring in a new law for the formation of an overarching
body to regulate medical education in the country.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CBI-registers-DA-case-against-Ketan-Desai/articleshow/5954452.cms

Ruchika molestation: Verdict deferred till May 25
IANS, May 20, 2010, 03.37pm IST


Tags:Molestation|verdict|SPS Rathore|Ruchika Girhotra

Ruchika molestation: Verdict deferred till May 25

CHANDIGARH: The district and sessions court here on Thursday deferred
its judgment till May 25 in the molestation case of teenager Ruchika
Girhotra by disgraced former Haryana police chief SPS Rathore.

Additional district and sessions Judge Gurbir Singh, who heard the
arguments continuously on day-to-day basis for eight days, said the
judgment will be pronounced on May 25.

The order of the court came after Rathore, a former director general
of police (DGP) in Haryana, filed a plea January this year challenging
his conviction December last year by a Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) special court here for molesting 15-year-old Ruchika Aug 12,
1990.

Rathore was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment and fined
Rs.1,000 by the CBI special court. However, he was immediately granted
bail.

Ruchika's father SC Girhotra, who was present in the court on
Thursday, said that he was not disappointed at the judgment being
deferred.

"We are not disappointed. It is just a matter of 4-5 days. Justice
will be done. Rathore will be punished. There is nothing wrong in the
judgment delay. Such things happen in courts. Maybe, the judge wanted
more time to write the judgment which should be a long one," he said.

Anand Parkash, main complainant in this case, said: "We are expecting
maximum jail-term for Rathore. He deserves no mercy from any quarter
and we have full belief in Indian judiciary."

Anand Parkash's daughter Aradhana, who has now migrated to Australia,
was the only eyewitness in this case.

The CBI had opposed Rathore's plea and had sought an enhancement of
his sentence from six months to the maximum of two years after his
conviction.

The CBI special court had held Rathore guilty December last year for
molesting Ruchika, a budding tennis player, in Panchkula town nearly
two decades ago.

Ruchika committed suicide three years later in Panchkula town,
adjoining Chandigarh, following her and her family's continuous
harassment by Rathore, a powerful police officer in Haryana.

HC refuses to revive Babri case against Advani
AGENCIES, May 20, 2010, 06.55pm IST

Tags:L K Advani|Ayodhya|MM Joshi|Babri case

LUCKNOW: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and 20
others got a reprieve on Thursday with the Allahabad High Court
rejecting a plea to revive criminal cases against them in the 18-year-
old Babri Mosque demolition case.

The Lucknow bench of the court dismissed a plea of the Central Bureau
of Investigation (CBI) to revive criminal cases against the accused.

In his 44-page judgement, Justice Alok Kumar Singh of the Lucknow
bench of the high court said, "...Nothing is found against the
correctness, legality, propriety or regularity in respect of any of
the findings of the lower court".

"There is no embellishment in the impugned order dated May 4, 2001
neither on factual or legal matrix. Hence there is no occasion for
this court to make any interference in the impugned order," the court
said.

The CBI had sought the high court's intervention to revive criminal
cases against Advani and 20 others, against whom the trial court had
dropped the charge of criminal conspiracy for the demolition of the
16th century mosque by violent Hindu mobs in Uttar Pradesh's ancient
town of Ayodhya Dec 6, 1992.

Besides Advani, those who benefit from by the high court's order
include senior BJP leaders Murli Manohar Joshi and Vinay Katiyar.

Former BJP leaders Kalyan Singh and Uma Bharti and Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal also benefit from the high court
order.

The high court decision implies that trial in criminal cases related
the demolition will now be held against 26 little-known workers of the
BJP and its allies, the VHP and the Bajrang Dal.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/HC-refuses-to-revive-Babri-case-against-Advani/articleshow/5954489.cms


LUCKNOW, May 20, 2010 BJP distances itself from Varun's remark
Special Correspondent

The Bharatiya Janata Party has distanced itself from the Pilibhit MP,
Varun Gandhi's comment that if the party came to power after the 2102
ssembly polls, statues of Lord Rama would replace those of Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati. Mr. Gandhi had made this statement in
Lucknow on Wednesday.

The newly-appointed president of the State unit of the BJP, Surya
Pratap Shahi, said here on Thursday that his party believed in the
rule of law and Constitution. Mr. Shahi said Mr. Gandhi had only made
a suggestion. Referring to Vinay Katiyar's statement that Lord Rama's
statues will not be erected by displacing those of others, Mr. Shahi
said the BJP vice-president has already given his opinion on Mr.
Gandhi's comment.

Mr. Shahi, who took charge of his new appointment on Wednesday, told
reporters here on Thursday that the BJP was committed to taking up the
people's cause and would establish mass contact before the 2012
elections. Outlining the agenda, he said the foremost task before him
was strengthening the party organisation.

Attacking the Mayawati Government, he said that the biggest
achievement in its three-year rule has been the entry of mafia and
criminals in the Ministry. He assailed the BSP Government for spending
about Rs. 10,000 crore on parks and statues and said that nothing had
been for ameliorating the sufferings of the people. Mr. Shahi accused
the BSP and the Samajwadi Party of working in tandem with the Congress
and the UPA Government and blamed them for the problems plaguing the
common man.

He blamed the Congress, BSP and the SP for spreading communalism in
the name of secularism by pursuing vote bank politics. He added that
the Congress-led UPA Government lacked the political will to counter
terrorism and Naxalite activities.

Keywords: BJP, Varun Gandhi, Mayawati

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/article434542.ece

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