The Supreme Court has ordered the release of Sukhdev Yadav, convicted in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, citing completion of his 20-year sentence. The court questioned the Sentence Review Board's rejection of his remission plea.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel allocated portfolios following a major cabinet reshuffle, with Harsh Sanghavi becoming Deputy CM and receiving Home and Industries. New ministers, including Rivaba Jadeja, were also assigned responsibilities.
Justice Sameer Jain cancelled the exam 2021 which was the bone of contention for both Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress governments in the state and gave a detailed verdict.
A coaching institute in Jaipur was sealed after several students fainted during a class, prompting calls for action against those responsible and a shift of such institutions to a designated "Coaching Hub". The incident, which saw students experiencing breathing difficulties and headaches, is suspected to have been caused by a gas leak from either a sewer line or the institute's kitchen. The Rajasthan Human Rights Commission has recommended free treatment and compensation for the affected students and an investigation into the matter.
A prime witness in the Nitish Katara murder case has lodged a complaint against Kriparam Sharma, the president of the Congress' Noida unit and a close aide of DP Yadav for allegedly demanding extortion in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad.
Katara's counsel submitted before the court that no money was ever demanded by the lawmaker and it was his secretary Rajinder Kumar Ganpa who had got the alleged fake passport.
Rajendra Singh, who allegedly brokered deals on behalf of Katara, was arrested by a special team of the Crime Branch late on Friday night.
Katara gave a letter to the SP of Ghaziabad city Vijay Bhushan on Wednesday night alleging that the two student leaders poisoned him on the intervening night of July 11-12 here
Katara was later produced in a court, which sent him to judicial custody for 14 days in connection the incident in which Dharmendra Yadav was allegedly kidnapped but subsequently rescued amid high drama outside his house, with his wife and neighbours raising an alarm.
He alleged the investigators have deliberately invoked a new penal section of the Indian Penal Code against him, which empowers them to keep him in judicial custody for 90 days instead of the normal 60 days.
While dismissing prime accused Vikas Yadav's plea seeking to re-examine key witness Ajay Katara and others in the light of a CD revealing alleged nexus between the witness and complainant and mother of the deceased Neelam Katara, Additional Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur reserved her judgement in the case.
Refusing to comment on the Katara incident, Canadian High Commission said 'individuals' are issued visas on the basis of the information available with the visa officer at the time of issuance.
The Delhi team was assisted by the local police. Outcome of the searches and seizure of documents, if any, were not provided by the police.
The court convicted Manu Sharma for the murder of Jessica at Tamarind Court restaurant in the capital, also holding co-accused Vikas Yadav and Amarjeet Singh Gill alias Tony guilty of conspiracy and destruction of evidence.
The SC also sentenced Sukhdev Pehalwan to 20 years.
The plea had said that the courts are not permitted under the statute to specify the time limit of the imprisonment and put a condition that the jail term will operate without any grant of remission.
Vikas Yadav, a convict in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case, Tuesday told the Delhi high court that the trial judge had "brushed aside" the findings of a sting operation "discrediting" the testimony of key witness Ajay Katara.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of three convicts, including Vikas Yadav, son of Uttar Pradesh politician D P Yadav, for the abduction and murder of Nitish Katara in 2002, saying it was a case of "honour killing".
A bench rejected the review plea saying there was no reason to interfere with the court's verdict of October 3 last year.
On being informed that no other parliamentarians, whose names have cropped up during the probe, have been questioned, the court said, "If you catch one and leave another that is not good for your case and it is not done."
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The 35-year-old cousin of Nitish was admitted to a private nursing at around 2 pm.
A Uttar Pradesh constable on Friday resiled in a court in Delhi from his earlier statement that he had seen all the three accused along with deceased Nitish Katara in a car on the fateful night of February 16, 2002.
Neelam Katara on Wednesday moved the Delhi high court against the Tihar Jail authority's decision to shift convicts Vikas and Vishal Yadav, undergoing life sentence in New Delhi for killing her son Nitish in 2002, to a prison in Uttar Pradesh, their home state.
The Lok Sabha committee headed by senior Congress MP V Kishore Chandra Deo to inquire into misconduct of members has recommended expulsion of Katara, holding that "he needs to be meted out the severest of punishments".
Ajay Katara, key witness in the murder and kidnap case of his elder brother Nitish Katara, has lodged a First Information Report against unidentified persons alleging that they had made an attempt on his life, and named politician D P Yadav as the mastermind of the attack.
Rejecting a plea for death penalty, Delhi High Court on Friday enhanced the sentence for Vikas Yadav and his cousin Vishal from life imprisonment to 25 years without remission for the murder of Nitish Katara and 5 more years for destruction of evidence in the case.
Controversial Bharatiya Janata Party MP Babubhai Katara, allegedly involved in the infamous human trafficking case, was expelled from the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, taking the total number of members axed in the current term to a record 11. Katara, representing Dohad (ST) seat in Gujarat, was shown the door after the House adopted a resolution expelling him, a day after a Lok Sabha panel recommended his removal for "grave misconduct".
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant bail to Vishal Yadav, who along with his cousin Vikas, is serving life term for killing Nitish Katara in 2002.
The defence in Nitish Katara murder case on Monday produced a police official in a court in New Delhi to falsify the presence of Ajay Katara, a key prosecution witness at the spot.
The suspended Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian was arrested while trying to take a woman to Canada on his wife's passport after allegedly striking a deal of Rs 27 lakh with her through a travel agent.
Neelam Katara on Tuesday termed it as "shocking" that a Delhi Court did not consider the murder of her son Nitish Katara as an "honour killing" when it was established he was eliminated for his intimacy with Bharti Yadav, sister of main accused Vikas and Vishal Yadav.
The high court earlier asked the trial court to conclude the examination of defence witnesses by September 28.
A Delhi court on Thursday allowed Neelam Katara to be present during the deposition of Bharti Yadav, a key witness in her son Nitish's murder case.
Bharti will on November 29 testify in the case pertaining to the kidnapping and murder of Nitish Katara with whom she allegedly had an intimate relationship.
The apex court bench, comprising Justices J S Khehar and Adarsh Kumar Goel, heard senior lawyers including U R Lalit for almost two hours before saying that the high court order "does not call for" any intervention.
Neelam Katara is the mother of Nitish Katara who was allegedly killed by Vikas Yadav, son of controversial Rajya Sabha member D P Yadav.
Earlier, the court had wrapped up the recording of deposition of prosecution evidence with the examination of 43 witnesses.
Vishal Yadav, serving life term along with his cousin Vikas for killing Nitish Katara in 2002, on Thursday told the Delhi high court that an "atrocious" charge of kidnapping had been framed by the trial judge despite the fact that the victim was a major and contemplating marriage.
Gangster Sukhdev Pehalwan, who had helped former Rajya Sabha member D P Yadav's son Vikas Yadav and nephew Vishal Yadav in abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002 for allegedly being friendly to their sister, was convicted on Wednesday for murder and kidnapping by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge J R Aryan held Pehalwan -- whose trial had been held separately after he jumped bail -- guilty of destroying evidence. His trial was conducted separately.
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