In a drastic move to curb paper leaks and cheating in public examinations, the Odisha Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Mohan Majhi on Wednesday approved the framing of a new legislation to curb multiplicity of exam-related irregularities.
The Arvind Kejriwal government has submitted a proposal in this regard to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena for his nod.
Prem Prakash who is in incarceration for the last 18 months, had moved the top court against Jharkhand High Court order denying him bail in the matter.
Mithlesh Kumar Jha engaged himself in deceptive practices to overcome the financial crisis he has been facing since the outbreak of Covid pandemic.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict and failure to pay would result in his sentence being increased by two years.
As his bail plea was dismissed by the court of Additional Sessions Judge H.S. Grewal, Daler Mehndi was taken into custody. He was convicted along with his brother in March 2018 and later released on bail.
Actress Amber Heard could face jail over claims she edited injury photographs in her court feud against Johnny Depp.
A bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar allowed the review petition by the family of victim Gurnam Singh against the top court's 2018 verdict, which let off Sidhu with a mere Rs 1,000 fine. The top court enhanced the sentence to Sidhu to one year.
During the course of the trial, neither the police presented its point nor the case investigating officer and the doctor who performed the autopsy appeared in the court.
Last month the court had held Dinesh Yadav guilty under sections 143 (member of an unlawful assembly), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting armed with a deadly weapon), 457 (house trespass), 392 (robbery), 436 (arson) of IPC read with section 149 (member of unlawful assembly guilty of a common offence) of IPC.
