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New Indian Express
21-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Man posing as Jharkhand doctor gets 30 months jail term
ROURKELA: The court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Sharmistha Padhi on Monday sentenced a 53-year-old man to 30 months of imprisonment for impersonating a doctor. A habitual offender, Padmanava Mukhi Karua was caught serving in Rourkela Government Hospital (RGH) by stealing the identity of a Jharkhand doctor. Impersonating as Dr Ramesh Chandra Jha of adjacent Jharkhand, Karua had got contractual appointment in the dialysis unit of RGH through an outsourcing agency on December 26, 2023. His fake identity got revealed accidentally in June 2024. A resident of Rourkela city, Karua has studied up to Class XII. According to police, Karua had availed a loan of about Rs 16.5 lakh from a private non-banking financial company by forging the documents of Dr Jha. However, he had failed to change the actual phone number of Dr Jha. The authorities of the finance company called Dr Jha's number and came to know about the fraud. Subsequently, a complaint was filed in RN Pali police station. After his arrest, Karua revealed his original identity and confessed to his crime.
NDTV
20-05-2025
- NDTV
Woman Sues Husband For Defamation Over Adultery Charge. What Court Ruled
New Delhi: A Delhi Court has recently declined cognisance of a defamation complaint filed by a woman against her husband. The man had filed a divorce petition in Karnataka on the grounds of cruelty and adultery. While declining cognisance, the court observed, "A crucial element for completing the offence of defamation is that the imputation (allegation) must have been made with the requisite mensrea (intention) to cause harm to the reputation of the concerned person." A woman had alleged that her husband had falsely alleged in the divorce petition that she was having an affair with her gym trainer, used to meet her secretly, used to invite him to their house in the absence of the accused and used to frequent hotels with him. It was further alleged that during cross-examination in the divorce proceeding, the husband could not substantiate his allegations and failed to justify the ground of adultery. As per the admitted case, the divorce was eventually granted in the matter on the ground of cruelty. Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Yashdeep Chahal refused to take cognizance of the complaint. "I have no hesitation in observing that the version of the complainant fails to disclose the ingredients and nexus necessary for proving the offence of defamation against the accused herein, and thus, no prima facie case is made out for taking cognisance. Accordingly, cognisance is declined under Section 223 of BNSS and the complaint is disposed of," JMFC Chahal said in the order passed on May 16. The court also pointed a finger towards making Delhi a jurisdiction for filing a complaint. "It is also apparent from how the cause of action has been created in Delhi. To keep the pot boiling is a method which the Courts must be circumspect about. I need not say more," JMFC Yashdeep Chahal said. The complainant had alleged that when she was in Delhi to meet her friend she was having the affidavit filed by her husband. Her husband caught hold of the affidavit and read it. Her friend asked her the question about the allegations. She alleged that the false Allegations levelled in the affidavit defamed her in the eyes of her husband. The court also said that it has been observed by the Constitutional Courts, time and again, that the tendency to misuse the criminal machinery for settling monetary/civil scores must be nipped in the bud. " Without expressing much, I may only note that the prayer on behalf of the complainant to keep this complaint pending, for no reason whatsoever, till settlement talks are going on outside the Court, only points in the direction alleged by the accused to keep the pressure points on," the judge observed. The couple got married on 28.04.2008. As the relationship went sour, the accused husband filed a divorce petition in 2020 before the Family Court in Bengaluru. In the said petition, the husband filed his affidavit of evidence wherein, the accused pleaded for divorce on the twin grounds of cruelty and adultery. To substantiate his ground of adultery, the accused allegedly levelled certain allegations against the complainant.
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Dow counsel challenges holding gas case hearing at Bhopal court
Bhopal: Senior Counsel for Dow Chemical, appearing for the US chemical giant in a city court, contended that since the prosecution agency in the gas disaster criminal case is the CBI, the hearing should be held at the CBI magistrate's court in Indore and not the JMFC court in city. He appeared during arguments on an application challenging the jurisdiction of a Bhopal court or any court in India to hold a trial on a US-based company. The case is being heard in the court of JMFC (Judicial Magistrate of First Class) Hemlata Ahirwar in Bhopal. The CBI counsel, Manful Bishnoi, however, argued that the JMFC court in Bhopal has complete jurisdiction to hear the case, and it's the court in Bhopal that has been hearing the Bhopal gas disaster criminal case since 1992. He further stated that a competent court at the place where the crime took place always has the jurisdiction to hear the case, even if the CBI investigates the case and files the charge sheet. During the hearing of the Bhopal gas disaster criminal case in the court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM), the Bhopal Group for Information & Action (BGIA) moved an application seeking to make Dow Chemical a party in the case, as it bought over Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) in 2000, which was a proclaimed offender in the gas disaster criminal case. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch Bitcoin và Ethereum - Không cần ví! IC Markets BẮT ĐẦU NGAY Undo The court of CJM and later JMFC courts issued notices to Dow Chemical to appear in court, but it was only after seven summonses were issued to the company, the last of which was served on the company's headquarters in the US, that advocates representing the company appeared in court. They clarified that the company doesn't find a court in Bhopal or anywhere else in India to hold a trial or any legal proceeding against the US-based company. In Oct 2023, advocates for Dow Chemical appeared in the court at Bhopal and raised the issue of jurisdiction. Since then, the point of contention was if the court in Bhopal has jurisdiction. But on Tuesday, lawyers representing Dow changed tack and argued that the JMFC court in Bhopal doesn't have the jurisdiction to hear the case where the CBI is the prosecution agency. The JMFC court, after hearing arguments from all sides, deferred the hearing. BGIA co-convener Rachna Dhingra, after the hearing, said that advocates for Dow Chemical have deliberately raised the issue of transferring the case to the CBI court in Indore as a tactic to buy time, as the court in the previous hearing asked them to present the 'integration plan' of Union Carbide with Dow Chemical. "The case was transferred to the JMFC court by the CJM, Bhopal, and the CBI counsel says that the case could very well be heard here, but advocates for Dow Chemical are trying to delay proceedings in the court, and we are sure the judge understands it," Dhingra said.
Time of India
12-05-2025
- Time of India
IELTS Scam: Court orders probe by ‘honest' officer
Ahmedabad: A sessions court in Mehsana district rejected a closure report, which was accepted by a magisterial court, and ordered the state DGP to have the investigation conducted by "an honest and competent" police officer into the alleged IELTS scam .The scam was uncovered, and an FIR was filed in 2022 after four youths were caught crossing the Canada-US border. When they were produced in a US court and questioned, they expressed their inability to understand English and sought the help of translators. They officially cleared the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), required to study abroad. This incident led the US Consulate General here to bring the alleged malpractice to the police authorities' attention. He cited a news report published in TOI in May 2022 about the prevalent malpractice in securing IELTS a preliminary inquiry, an FIR was lodged with the Mehsana B Division police station against 45 persons. The investigation was conducted by deputy superintendent of police (DySP) Dinesh Chauhan, who filed a B summary (closure report) in a judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) court in April 2023 on the grounds of insufficient evidence in this case. The JMFC court on Oct 9, 2024, accepted the closure Mehsana superintendent of police, Achal Tyagi, objected to this development, and the police challenged the summary report before a sessions court, where the district govt pleader Vijay Barot pointed out an inadequate probe by the investigator and urged the court to transfer the investigation to the CBI in the interest of Chauhan hired a private lawyer to defend his decision to close the case and strongly opposed the prosecution's bid to reopen the investigation by getting the closure report hearing the case, additional sessions judge Chirag Pawar rued the situation where the public prosecutor, who was representing the police, sought a CBI probe. "It is required to be noted that district govt pleader is representing the police agency of state in the court of law and therefore, if he has lost faith in the police agency of the state of Gujarat then that would be a very sorry state of affairs, which needs to be viewed very seriously."The court did not accept the demand for a CBI probe, citing jurisdiction limitations. "However, having considered the seriousness of the offence which involved illegal migration of youth from state of the Gujarat to the foreign countries without qualifying necessary IELTS examination and without fulfilling necessary criteria for obtaining visa of foreign countries, the present revision application is required to be allowed by sending the case back to the trial court for passing appropriate order…", the court order sessions court has sent the matter back to the JMFC court for passing appropriate order of sending "the case to the Director General of Police of the Gujarat State for appointing honest and competent police officer to the rank of police inspector or DySP for making further investigation of the case on all the aspects within specific time and also to inquire into the aspect that why DySP Dinesh Chauhan submitted 'B' summary report without obtaining sanction and approval of higher authority," the order stated.
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Time of India
Man sentenced to one year jail for housebreaking and assault in Bhopal
Bhopal/Jabalpur: A court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) here sentenced a person to one year of rigorous imprisonment on charges of housebreaking and assaulting a woman under sections 452 and 323 of the IPC. He was also fined Rs 2,000 by the complainant lodged a complaint at the police station that at 7:30 pm, she was cooking food at home when her neighbour, Yogesh Yadav, broke into her house and started abusing her. He threatened her to withdraw the FIR against him lodged by her and her daughter. Yadav said that he spent Rs 20,000 to get bail in the case from the court and asked her to return the money. He also beat her with a stick, causing her injury near the left wrist. She was rescued by her mother, daughter, and neighbour. While leaving her house, the accused threatened her to withdraw the FIR or else he would kill police registered a case against the accused under sections 452, 327, 294, and part-2 of 506 of the IPC and, following further investigation, presented a charge sheet in the JMFC court. The court of Rahul Singh Yadav found the accused guilty under sections 452 and 323 of the IPC and sentenced him to one year of rigorous imprisonment. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Mother's Day wishes , messages , and quotes !
