Dying declaration was doubtful. This was tutored. This was not voluntary. She (2012 gang rape victim) hasn't named Akshay as the accused who had committed the offence, says AP Singh, lawyer arguing for convict Akshay Kumar Singh
This has happened for the fourth time in succession. Hafiz Saeed and his three aides Hafiz Abdul Salam bin Muhammad, Muhammad Ashraf and Zafar Iqbal could not be produced before Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore due to lawyers' strike.
The prosecution which was to present witnesses against Saeed, who is detained at the Kot Lakhpat jail here, and others failed to bring them to the court as the lawyers have been on a strike for the last three days protesting against the arrest of their colleagues in a case of hooliganism at a hospital in Lahore.
One FIR was registered on Thursday against 200-250 unidentified lawyers on the ac of an official of the hospital, while another was registered on the complaint of police in which 15 lawyers were nominated, reports Geo News.
On Thursday, when senior lawyer Kapil Sibal mentioned a 30-year-old corporate litigation for urgent hearing, the bench headed by the CJI asked him to make a request before the Registrar Judicial of the apex court.
Punjab Health Minister Yasmeen Rashid later told the media that the casualties took place after doctors were unable to provide the patients timely treatment during their bid to avert the assault, Geo News reported.
The police finally extricated him from the melee, and took him inside. Vijayvargiya did not receive any serious injury in the incident. The police produced him before Additional Sessions Judge Sonali Patel who remanded him in judicial custody.
Board secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani said on Tuesday that they will continue to fight the case for the board and will file review petition on behalf of individual litigants.
Senior advocate Rajeev Dhawan, who appeared for Sunni Waqf Board and other Muslim parties in Ayodhya-Babri Masjid land dispute, has been 'sacked' from the case.
Johnny Depp is also fighting a defamation case with his ex-wife Amber Heard.
Supreme Court will hear the plea filed by Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress seeking quashing of the Maharashtra governor's decision to swear-in BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister, at 11:30 am on Sunday.
Jammu chapter of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA), which is spearheading the agitation, on Thursday urged Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu to take back the decision or "it shall be constrained to intensify the agitation".
The probe agency said the investigation was going on in a time-bound manner on a day-to-day basis and as per the court's direction, the CCTV footage were preserved.
Lawyers in all the six district courts in Delhi called off their strike on Friday, which was underway since November 4 after a clash between advocates and police at the Tis Hazari court.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection to two suspended officers of the Delhi Police who were booked for allegedly alleged involvement in clashes with lawyers at the Tis Hazari court complex early this month. A division bench of the High Court presided by Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice C. Harishankar directed that "no coercive action" be taken against Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) Pawan and Kamta Prasad.
Lawyers who appeared on behalf of review petitioners in the Sabarimala case have called the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday to refer the matter to a larger bench as "absolutely right" and said it would open new avenues for the litigants who argued for protection and preservation of customs.
Delhi Police Thursday resumed duty to look after the security at the Tis Hazari court premises after a gap of about two weeks following clashes with lawyers even as advocates continued to boycott work.
Lawyers of all district courts here are likely to march from Patiala House Court to India Gate on Wednesday, Dhir Singh Kasana, general secretary of the coordination committee of the All-District Courts Bar Associations, said
"A case has been registered against him (Khonglah). He has been transferred from Lad Rymbai Out Post and Investigation is going on," Vivekanand Singh, the district police chief told IANS.
The court further directed the Delhi Police Crime Branch, which is probing the cases, to preserve all relevant CCTV footage available of the incident.
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