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1. ICJ Stays Execution of Indian National Kulbhushan Jadhav by Pakistan
The International Court of Justice on Tuesday stayed the hanging of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of spying.
The order by the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) came a day after India approached it against the death sentence handed down to Jadhav by Pakistan’s Field General Court Martial last month, official sources said.
India, in its appeal to the ICJ, accused Pakistan of “egregious” violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and asserted that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran where he was involved in business activities after retiring from the Indian Navy but Pakistan claimed to have arrested him from Balochistan on 3 March 2016.
Following India’s appeal, the ICJ stayed Jadhav’s execution.
India, in its appeal, contended that it was not informed of Jadhav’s detention until long after his arrest and that Pakistan failed to inform the accused of his rights.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
2. Kejriwal’s AAP Shows ‘How to Rig EVM’ in Delhi Assembly
Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday claimed to have hacked a replica of an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) which it said proved allegations that the system can be tampered with to favour a particular party.
The Election Commission dismissed the “so-called demonstration of tampering of look-alike EVM” and also announced a hacking challenge, the date for which will be announced after an all-party meeting on 12 May.
Kejriwal says EVM manipulation helped the BJP win the massive mandate in Uttar Pradesh and also blamed the machines for the AAP’s defeat in the recent bypolls and civic elections in Delhi, a charge challenged by some of his own party leaders.
AAP legislator Saurabh Bhardwaj conducted a mock poll with the EVM replica, casting two votes each to five different parties. He then typed what he claimed was a “secret code” into the EVM, besides casting another vote for the BJP. Then he cast 8 more votes for the AAP. In the final tally, all parties got two votes each while the BJP had 11.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
3. Calcutta HC’s Justice Karnan Gets 6 Months in Jail for Contempt
The Supreme Court sentenced a high court judge to six months in prison on charges of contempt on Tuesday, a first for a serving judicial officer in what has been an unprecedented face-off in the upper judiciary over alleged corruption.
The move against Justice CS Karnan of Calcutta High Court came after a months-long, and sometimes farcical, standoff with the top court that saw the two sides issuing a string of orders against each other.
Karnan’s arrest orders came a day after he sentenced Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and six other judges of the Supreme Court to five years in jail under the SC/ST act.
“We are of the unanimous opinion that Justice CS Karnan has committed contempt of this court, of the judiciary as also the judicial process... of the gravest nature,” a seven-judge bench led by Chief Justice JS Khehar said.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
4. Dalits Attack Police After Cops Ban Mahapanchayat in Saharanpur
Dalits torched vehicles, vandalised a police outpost and clashed with security personnel on Tuesday as fresh violence erupted in Saharanpur, barely a few days after caste clashes left one dead in the Uttar Pradesh city.
At least half-a-dozen policemen and an additional district magistrate were injured when they were allegedly attacked by Dalits after security forces scuttled a mahapanchyat called to protest the lack of action against Thakurs involved in last week’s clashes.
Officials said police caned protesters and fired rubber bullets to control the irate crowd in which many rioters were injured. At least six rioters were taken into custody and additional forces were deployed in the city and neighbouring villages to control the situation.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
5. Triple Talaq: HC Says Personal Law Can’t Infringe on Basic Rights
Rejecting a petition by a man who had given his wife talaq and wanted proceedings against him quashed in an alleged dowry harassment case, the Allahabad High Court has said that talaq “cannot be made in a manner” that it infringes on a Muslim woman’s fundamental rights “under the garb of personal law” which “can always be superseded by legislation”.
The observations of Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani, in an order passed 19 April and now available in the public domain, come at a time when a Constitution Bench is to start hearing the triple talaq matter.
Aaqil Jamil of Agra had sought directions from the Allahabad High Court to quash proceedings of a case filed against him under various sections, including Dowry Prohibition Act, in the court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra.
(Source: Indian Express)
6. Three Get Death for Pune Techie’s Rape and Murder
A sessions court in Pune on Tuesday pronounced the death sentence for all three convicts in the criminal conspiracy and murder of software engineer Nayana Pujari in October 2009.
Additional sessions judge Lata Yenkar ruled that the case qualified for the “rarest of rare” doctrine propounded by the Supreme Court for awarding death sentences. “All the three accused shall be hanged by the neck till they are dead,” she said. The death sentence is subject to confirmation by the Bombay High Court.
On Monday, the sessions court had held the three men – Yogesh Raut, Mahesh Thakur and Vishwas Kadam – guilty under six offences including kidnapping, gang rape, murder and criminal conspiracy.
(Source: Times of India)
7. Customs Apathy Leaves Indian Shooters Stranded at Delhi Airport for 12 Hours
The Indian shooting contingent, which won 15 medals at the recent Grand Prix of Liberation championships in Czech Republic, was stranded at the Indira Gandhi International Airport since the early hours of Tuesday as the Customs department took more than 12 hours to clear their weapons.
When the squad approached the Customs for clearance, they were told that they couldn’t take their weapons out of the airport.
“I have been competing at the international level for the last 10 years and such a thing has never happened. Before leaving for the Czech Republic we got our arms and ammunition cleared from the Customs but when we got back we were told that they (Customs) were going to detain the weapons,” said Arjuna awardee Gurpreet Singh, who won the team gold in 25m standard pistol at the Grand Prix.
“When we inquired, the officials told us they had been directed by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to not clear weapons and only they (DRI) would clear them,” he added.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
8. NEET Shocker: Kerala School Principal Told to Apologise to Teen
The principal of a Kerala school where a girl was forced to remove her bra before being allowed to take the all-India medical entrance exam on Sunday has been advised by the CBSE to apologise to the 19-year-old.
“The incident reported at TISK English Medium School is very unfortunate and apparently due to consequences of a few overzealous female frisking staff of the school involved in the process,” the Central Board of Secondary Education said. “CBSE has advised the school principal to tender an unconditional apology to the candidate. The agony and inconvenience caused to the candidate inadvertently is deeply regretted by the CBSE,” the statement added.
The school at Kovvapuram in Kannur district said four teachers assigned the task of screening candidates arriving for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) has been suspended for 30 days pending an inquiry.
(Source: Telegraph)
9. Miranda House Puts up Digital ‘Talking Signages’ for Its Blind Students
Taking a big step towards making the campus disabled-friendly , Miranda House has become the first DU college to put up “digital vision signages” on its premises to help its 70 visually challenged students find their way across the college.
Under the “mapped by digital vision” programme, Miranda House has installed 100 QR code acrylic sheets. When a smartphone with a customised app comes within three feet of a code, verbal messages go out identifying the location and giving other details.
“If a student wants to meet me, the digital signage in the office corridor gives a warning about the glass door and verbally directs the student on how many steps she should take to reach the spot,” said Pratibha Jolly , Miranda House principal.
Jolly said the digital mapping programme was undertaken by Lakshita, the college’s ‘enabling society’.
(Source: Times of India)
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