Citizens for Justice and Peace
SC seeks reply of Centre, cops on plea against lawyers seen boasting about Kanhaiya assault
26-Feb-2016
New Delhi, Feb. 26 (PTI): The Supreme Court Friday asked the the Centre and Delhi Police for their response to a petition seeking a special investigation and contempt action against three lawyers who had assaulted JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a court complex on February 17. A bench of Justices J.…
Women sexually abused during Jat stir can file complaints with judges: HC
26-Feb-2016
Feb 26 2016 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Joel Joseph & Shubhra Pant ChandigarhSonipat TNN A day after it took suo motu cognizance of a newspaper report that said 10 women were allegedly raped by rioters in Sonipat, the Punjab and Haryana HC on Thursday said instead of going to police, victims of the…
I am worshipper of Goddess Durga, says Smriti Irani amid ruckus in House
26-Feb-2016
Feb 26, 2016 | : Age Correspondent | New Delhi No work will be done till Smriti Irani apologises, Opposition tells Government in Rajya Sabha. New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday said she was a “practising Hindu and Goddess Durga worshipper” as Congress demanded her apology in the Rajya Sabha for reading out…
Give complaint to district law officers, Punjab and Haryana HC tells rape victims
26-Feb-2016
On reports of alleged rape of nearly 10 women passengers in Murthal, the court asked Haryana’s Home Secretary and Director General of Police to submit separate detailed reports within three days. By: Express News Service Chandigarh Published:Feb 26, 2016, 2:41 Providing relief to victims of the Jat quota agitation, the Punjab and Haryana High Court…
At Kalayat, Jats identified, targeted non-Jat properties as police looked on
25-Feb-2016
Protests left one dead, 17 injured; 25 FIRs registered, three arrested in Kaithal Written by Sanjeev Verma | Kalayat (kaithal) | Updated: February 25, 2016 10:17 am THE KILLING of a man and the widespread looting of shops and businesses have left this town bitterly opposed to the Jat community, and angry that the police…
I challenge you to tell my caste: Smriti
25-Feb-2016
HRD minister gets emotional in Lok Sabha debate with fiery speech | Oppn demand for discussion on Rohith and JNU issues stirs House Govt says that it has not branded JNU as an anti-national institution and urges all parties to keep aside differences dna correspondent @dna New Delhi: After a face-off with the BSP supremo…
Gujarat HC allows another rape victim to abort foetus
25-Feb-2016
On Wednesday, the report was placed before the court which stated that the victim’s pregnancy can be terminated under MTP Act which “may not pose any injury to the mother or the foetus.” Written by Satish Jha | Ahmedabad | Updated: February 25, 2016 11:58 am Pleading for abortion she has cited the section-3 of…
Dalit women paraded nude in Orissa
25-Feb-2016
Feb 25, 2016 | Age Correspondent| Bhubaneswar Arujnagoda village under Pipili block in Orissa’s Puri district, which was in news in 2012 for the alleged gangrape and murder of a dalit girl, has once again hit the headlines for wrong reasons. Two women belonging to the Scheduled Caste community were recently paraded naked and made…
Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya sent to 3-day remand
25-Feb-2016
The court hearing began at 7.15 pm and the proceedings continued for over an hour. The magistrate and the lawyers were escorted to the police station, where elaborate security arrangements had been made. Written by Alok Singh , Abhishek Angad New Delhi Updated: Feb 25, 2016, 10:17 A designated court, set up at R K…
28 dead, 200 injured during Jat agitation: Haryana DGP
25-Feb-2016
The government has decided that applicants can claim up to 25 per cent of their loss, judged on the basis of self-assessment, as interim relief. By: Express News Service | Chandigarh | Published:February 25, 2016 10:27 am The government has decided that applicants can claim up to 25 per cent of their loss, judged on…