Three persons, lodged in jails and facing prosecution in separate criminal cases including rape and drug peddling, were asked by the Orissa High Court to plant 50 trees in their respective native villages while granting them conditional bail.
With the first phase of the Jharkhand assembly election over yesterday and the Maharashtra polls scheduled for November 20, a scrutiny of candidates’ affidavits has once again sparked public interest.
The key initiatives include the establishment of 18 regional cyber crime police stations, digital forensic labs, and cyber help desks in every police station across the state.
The Delhi Police have arrested a man wanted in over a dozen criminal cases from the Dwarka Mor area, said officials.
As many as 67 candidates out of 147 who won in the recently concluded Assembly polls are facing serious criminal charges with 46 per cent overall rate, a report by the polls rights body Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) stated on Friday.
The police foiled the attempt on the life of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) by a person who is on bail with four criminal cases pending against.
A bench headed by chief justice N.V. Ramana said: "We are not against the withdrawal of cases if there is a malicious prosecution. But this needs to be examined by the judicial officer in the high court. If the high court agrees then the cases can be withdrawn".
Green activists are however of the view that large areas are under unlawful and environmentally-damaging prawn cultivation.
The Supreme Court must enlarge the ambit of its direction to fast-track cases against elected representatives to include bureaucrats, say NARENDER HOODA and SEEMA SINDHU.
There has been a sharp jump in the number of MLAs with registered criminal cases.
