#DelhiHighCourt to hear Ariz Khan's plea contesting his conviction and sentence after being awarded with the Death Sentence for the murder of the decorated #DelhiPolice Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma in the infamous #2008BatlaHouse encounter case. #BatlaHouse
Counsel gives a brief of the incident.
Justice Siddharth Mridul: It's the #BatlaHouse matter?
Special Public Prosecutor Rajesh Mahajan is submitting his arguments over the plea filed by Co-accused Shahzad Ahmad against his conviction in the case.
SPP Mahajan: There is an animated video of how the incident took place.
Justice Mridul: Let us watch that then why are we wating our time understanding it on papers. A visual is always better.
Adv AP Singh while speeking with @LawBeatInd said, not only online sale, general sale & use of #firecracker has also been banned.
Application stated, CM @ArvindKejriwal, without passing any official resolution announced a ban on the sale and distribution of firecrackers in Delhi
It submits that the prohibition imposed on the purchase and sale of #firecrackers and not licensing firecracker shops in Delhi is not only an attack on our "Religious Tradition of bursting crackers on #Deepawali but also in violation of the Explosives Rules 2008."
#SupremeCourt in an SLP challenging common judgment and order of conviction of Madras HC for the offences u/s 341, 323, 376 of IPC and u/s 3(2)(v) SC/ST Act, states:
‘Oral testimony by victim, supported by husband and mother in law needs no further corroboration’
Court noted that the testimonies stood the test of cross-examination and were very consistent versions.
The appellant had challenged the conviction on the grounds:
-that all the accused were not named in FIR
-only description of height was given
-that there were no injuries on the victim
PIL states that during the lockdown and Corona period, when the entire print media in India was facing heavy losses, the company ‘Prabodhan Prakashan Pvt. Ltd.’, owned by Thackeray family, showed Turnover of 42 Crores and profit of Rs.11.5 Crores.
The petitioner has stated that "It seems it’s a clear case of turning the black money into white one."
The petition alleges that the PIL is filed for the purpose of exposing the huge money laundering and indiscriminate corruption played by the persons holding very high places as public servants.
#SupremeCourt hearing a plea challenging Death Sentence of a man accused of rape and murder of a 4 year old girl.
Modification of order is sought for in the plea.
Court notes:
-Offence was committed in April 2013 -in February 2013 there was an amendment to IPC.
-POCSO comes in effect only in 2019.
-Section 376 IPC requires ‘till last breath’
Counsel requests Imprisonment to life. Conviction under I and M was affirmed by the Court earlier.
During the Hearing, Yesterday, SPP N. K. Matta, filed an additional affidavit on behalf of #ED showing conduct of the three accused namely, #Satyendra Jain, Ankush Jain, and Vaibhav Jain the Jail.
SPP Matta alleged that 3 accused are hampering investigation &that Ankush and Vaibhav are helping Jain. He also contended that Jain is controlling everything from inside.