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New Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Delhi HC notice on PIL seeking exam fee waiver
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre, University Grants Commission (UGC), and National Testing Agency (NTA) on a PIL seeking exemption of women candidates from entrance exam fees charged by Central Autonomous Bodies, including IITs and AIIMS. The plea, filed by Mona Arya, cited a 2010 government order that directed such bodies to exempt women from registration and examination fees. Arya said the directive, issued by the Department of Personnel and Training, remains unimplemented, as revealed through RTI queries. A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought replies from the respondents. Arya argued that non-compliance with the order violates women's right to education and contradicts Article 15(3) of the Constitution, which permits special provisions for women and children. She said the inaction disproportionately impacts women from underprivileged backgrounds, calling it 'unjust, arbitrary & unconstitutional.'
New Indian Express
2 days ago
- New Indian Express
Will challenge lower court verdict in HC, seek death penalty for convicts: Ankita Bhandari's parents
DEHRADUN: A bigger battle is yet to be fought to get the death penalty for the three men who killed our daughter, said Soni Devi, the mother of Ankita Bhandari who was murdered by a resort owner and his two employees in Uttarakhand in 2022. Hours after a district court in Kotwar on Friday sentenced the three men to rigorous life imprisonment in the case, Devi said that she was not satisfied with the lower court's verdict but it must have given some peace to the soul of her daughter. A bigger battle is yet to be fought so that the killers get the death penalty and people think a thousand times before doing this to anyone's daughter, said Devi as she broke into tears while talking to reporters after the verdict. Additional District and Sessions Judge Reena Negi convicted resort owner Pulkit Arya and his two employees Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta and sentenced them to life imprisonment The court also imposed a fine of Rs 72,000 on Arya and Rs 62,000 on each of the other two accused, Special Public Prosecutor Avnish Negi. Ankita (19), who worked as a receptionist at Vanantra Resort located in Yamkeshwar of Pauri district, was murdered on September 18, 2022 by Arya, Bhaskar and Gupta.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Rishikesh resort murder: How position of moon helped cops clinch key evidence in case
Dehradun: The main convict's claim in the Rishikesh resort murder case was debunked by none other than the moon. Soon after Pulkit Arya was convicted in the resort murder case along with two of his associates on Friday, P Renuka Devi, who headed the special investigation team (SIT) which probed the case, told TOI that inconsistencies in Arya's statements on what happened on the night of the murder were caught with the help of a meteorological observatory. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Arya, the resort's owner and son of expelled BJP leader and former minister Vinod Arya, had claimed the 19-year-old receptionist died after accidentally falling into a barrage. He further alleged that the incident took place around 9pm and that he and his associates could see and even tried to save the victim as she was falling. "To verify this claim, we contacted the meteorological observatory in Kolkata, which confirmed the moon rose only around 11pm in that area. Thus, Arya's claim that there was natural light to see someone was false because it was pitch park at 9pm. Visibility was only possible using a mobile phone torch in the jungle near the barrage. The CCTV footage from the barrage also proved to be a key piece of evidence," Devi, who is currently serving as DIG with the CBI in Jaipur, said. She added that "in a first, doctors from AIIMS Rishikesh who conducted the autopsy also visited the crime scene." "They helped determine the height from which the victim fell into the barrage and assessed the nature of her injuries. This played a critical role in building the case." The SIT, formed on Sept 24, 2022, began its investigation into the death of the woman, who had gone missing six days earlier (Sept 18) and whose body was later found in the Chilla Barrage near Rishikesh. Soon after, the team secured the remand of Arya and his associates, Saurabh Bhaskar and Ankit Gupta. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now All three were found guilty of the receptionist's murder and were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Kotdwar on Friday. Among the three, Arya was charged under IPC sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), and 354A (sexual harassment). The remaining two, Bhaskar and Gupta, were charged under IPC sections 302 and 201.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Woman dies after brick falls on her head from a three-storey building
Kochi: A 33-year-old woman who was undergoing treatment at a hospital after a brick fell on her head, succumbed to her injuries on Friday. Police identified the deceased as Arya of Moothakunnam. She was waiting at a bus stop in Munambam with her six-year-old daughter when the mishap occurred on Wednesday. The brick fell from a three-storey building under construction. Police suspect that the brick kept on a tarpaulin sheet to prevent it from getting blown away fell on the woman. Her daughter sustained minor injuries in the incident. Munambam police registered a case under Section 125 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for acts endangering the life or personal safety of others. Youth killed in accident: A 22-year-old man was killed after his two-wheeler collided with an ambulance at Kannankulangara at 11.45pm on Thursday. Police identified the deceased as Blesson Samson Abraham, a resident of Nadama, near Tripunithura. He sustained serious head injuries and his life could not be saved despite being rushed to a private hospital in Tripunithura, police said. Hill Palace police registered a case in the incident. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like ¡Trading con IA en Chile ayuda a usuarios a obtener ganancias potenciales! Mainhubfb Más información Undo The ambulance was transporting a patient from the Vaikom side to a hospital in Tripunithura. Migrant worker's body found: Fire and rescue personnel retrieved the body of a migrant worker's body from a river near Munambam harbour on Friday. The deceased was identified as 38-year-old Ramakrishna Biswas. The officers said that their Ernakulam control room on Friday morning received an alert that a migrant worker allegedly jumped into the river from a boat. The team later found his body during a search near a fuel pump in the Munambam harbor area.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Rishikesh resort receptionist murder case: Court sentences ex-BJP minister's son Pulkit Arya, his two aides to life imprisonment
KOTDWAR: The additional district and sessions court (ADJ Court) at Kotdwar delivered its verdict on Fri, finding all three accused— resort owner Pulkit Arya, his employee Saurabh Bhaskar, and associate Ankit Gupta—guilty of murder of the 19-year-old receptionist working in the resort. The court sentenced the trio to life imprisonment under IPC sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence) and the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act. Arya has also been convicted under IPC section 354 A (sexual harassment). Ahead of the verdict, extensive security arrangements were put in place by the police administration in Kotdwar. The prosecution had submitted a 500-page charge sheet in the court. The court found that the evidence produced by the prosecution proved that the deceased girl was pressurised for 'extra services' to a VIP guest and after she refused to do so, she was killed. Arya is the son of now-expelled BJP leader Vinod Arya, who was a minister of state in the Trivendra Singh Rawat government till 2021. The victim had been employed as a receptionist at the resort for about 20 days before she was killed, allegedly after sexual assault. Her murder set off protests throughout the state, prompting the state government to set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the matter. Poll What do you believe should be the focus for lawmakers after this case? Strengthening women's safety laws Improving investigation and prosecution process
