Intolerance and dissent from the orthodoxy have been a bane of Indian society, the Bombay high court said, quoting author A G Noorani, while quashing a complaint against singer Kailash Kher for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with a song on Lord Shiva.
A Mumbai resident has filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay high court, seeking directions to Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Nawab Malik to refrain from making any comments against the NCB.
Extradited gangster Abu Salem Tuesday retracted his confessional statement made in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts.
The Bombay high court on Monday deferred till August 16 a petition filed by 1993 serial bomb blast accused Abu Salem challenging a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court's order to separate his trial from other accused.
Salem has been taken to the high security Arthur road jail following his arrival from Delhi.
Salem's counsel Ashok Sarogi told PTI on Thursday that he had formed Rashtriya Samajwadi Party through which his client could contest the UP state elections in 2007.
Gangster Abu Salem is set to contest next year's elections to the Uttar Pradesh assembly from Mubarakpur constituency as an independent and has applied for the inclusion of his name in the state voters' list, his lawyer said on Friday.
Salem's family members will be managing the campaign for the don, who is currently in high-security Arthur Jail in Mumbai.
Abu Salem's lawyer Ashok Sarogi on Tuesday alleged that a man who identified himself as gangster Ravi Pujari has threatened him on phone for representing the underworld don.
Portugal's Ministry of Justice, after considering request of India, had ordered extradition of Salem subject to conditions that he will be tried only in eight cases and that too on specific charges.
'We have suffered grave and irreparable loss, harm and injury which could never be compensated in terms of money.'
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