Even though her name is familiar to many newspaper readers familiar with the terrorist violence in the Kashmir Valley in the early 1990s, Dr Rubaiya Sayeed has rarely been seen in public, unlike her father the late Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed or her sister Mehbooba Mufti, another former J&K chief minister.
A special court has released Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, arrested by the CBI in connection with the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed. The court denied the CBI's request for custody, noting his absence in the charge sheet.
The actor, who is out on interim bail granted by the Supreme Court, has to surrender when he is handed a copy of the judgment by the TADA court. He had spent a few weeks in jail prior to being granted bail.
Advocate Ashok Sarogi, while moving the application on behalf of Salem, told the court that for Mumbai police, taking Salem by a train to Delhi, will take more than 24 hours to reach the capital.
A policeman carries out a security check on actor Sanjay Dutt as he arrives at the Terrorist And Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court in Mumbai on Thursday.
In an application, the convicts have cited a judgment of Justice Markandey Katju in which the judge had stated that punishing TADA accused even when the Act has expired could be a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution.
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act has summoned actor Sanjay Dutt and 25 other accused in the 1993 serial bomb blasts to appear on Wednesday.
The families are protesting the 'preferential treatment', which has been given to Dutt. Police have detained 12 women and three men.
A TADA court on Tuesday directed the Thane police commissioner to conduct an inquiry after a media report claimed gangster Abu Salem, an accused in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, had married on a train while being escorted by police to Lucknow for a court hearing.
The CBI arrested Shafat Ahmed Shangloo, an absconder carrying a Rs 10 lakh reward, in connection with the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiyya Sayeed. He is allegedly part of a conspiracy hatched by the banned JKLF.
Properties owned by Tiger Memon and his family, accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, are set to be auctioned. The properties include flats in Al Husseini building where conspiracy meetings were held.
Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who was granted bail by the Supreme Court on Monday in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, will be released from Yerawada jail in Pune only after the jail authorities receive the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court order.
Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told media persons that Judge P D Kode may decide on the quantum of sentence any day after March 13.
In the case of the killing of the IAF personnel in a terror attack in Srinagar in 1990, the court had summoned two witnesses for identification, but they could not appear citing medical reasons, Bhat said, adding that both of them had to come from outside.
If the special TADA court Judge Pramod Kode gives Dutt a copy of the judgment, the actor will have to surrender before the court on the same day.
Dutt has made an application that he be released on bond of assurance of good conduct under Probation of Offenders Act.
Somnath Thapa, who was to be sentenced on Tuesday by the court, failed to appear stating that he was suffering from viral fever while he is already a cancer patient.
Eleven convicts of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, who were out on bail, on Wednesday surrendered before the designated Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court here following the dismissal of their appeals by the Supreme Court.
A special court in Mumbai has ordered the transfer of 14 properties belonging to Tiger Memon, an alleged mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts, and his family to the central government. The properties, which were in the possession of the Bombay High Court's receiver since 1994, were forfeited under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act (SAFEM) after proceedings initiated against Memon in 1993 based on a detention order issued by the Maharashtra government. The properties include a flat in Bandra, an office in Mahim, a plot in Santacruz, and several other properties across Mumbai.
The Special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court in Mumbai has received an intimation from the Supreme Court regarding the bail granted to actor Sanjay Dutt and 16 others, sources said on Wednesday.
Judge P D Kode also heard the last of the applications filed by the convicts seeking review of their conviction order, and Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam's reply.
The prosecutor placed on record Salem's consent to undergo the tests.
The agency officials said they are studying the judgment and an appeal would soon be filed in the Supreme Court.
The warrants have been issued by TADA courts in arms seizure cases registered against Mustaffa in Valsad, Jamnagar, Porbander, Bharuch and Ahmedabad.
The application of Mumbai crime branch, seeking transfer Salem's custody has been filed with the special TADA court, which is hearing the 1993 bomb blast case.
The court's order came after a plea made by Salim Mira Shaikh, an accused in the 1993 blast case, through his lawyer Farhana Shah, claimed that the story was false.
The designated TADA court gave permission to Abu Lais to meet his brother and extradited gangster Abu Salem.
The applicants now want to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the ruling by the court of Judge P D Kode.
Earlier, Dutt's lawyers had been given September 27 as a tentative date for collecting the copy of the order, but later it became clear that copies were not likely to be ready before month-end.
Besides actor Sanjay Dutt, four other convicts in the 1993 bomb blast case on Thursday surrendered before a designated TADA court which took them into custody to serve their remaining sentence.
Even Ajmal Kasab was given a fair trial in our country, the Supreme Court on Thursday remarked and indicated it may set up a courtroom inside Tihar Jail for the trial of J-K separatist leader Yasin Malik in a kidnapping case.
According to the police report, Sirohi and his associates on Monday created a ruckus outside the mosque, claiming it to be illegal. They then recited Hanuman Chalisa (a prayer dedicated to lord Hanuman) near the mosque and allegedly threatened to demolish it, it stated.
This is the first time the two accused are appearing together before authorities making a public appearance.
Yerawada jail authorities Monday moved a designated TADA court in Mumbai against allowing home food to actor Sanjay Dutt citing the prison manual which does not provide for extension of such a facility.
A special TADA court rejected the plea on the grounds that it would hardly serve any public interest or advance course of justice.
Four IAF personnel, including a squadron leader, were killed and 22 injured on January 25, 1990, at Rawalpora on the outskirts of Srinagar.
The cases are related to gunning down of Indian Air Force personnel and the Rubiya Syed kidnapping.
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