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RG Kar hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh, ex-cop Abhijit Mondal get bail as CBI fails to submit chargesheet

New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The Sealdah court on Friday granted bail to Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, and Abhijit Mondol, the former officer in charge of the Tala police station, in the rape and murder case of a junior doctor at the campus. The additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) granted bail to the two accused persons as the chargesheet against them was not filed within the mandatory 90-day period by CBI, a lawyer representing Ghosh said. The court granted bail to Ghosh and Mondal on bail bonds of Rs

Rajya Sabha adjourned till December 16 amid ruckus over no-trust motion against chairman

New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The Rajya Sabha was on Friday adjourned till December 16 following ruckus between the treasury and the opposition benches over a no-trust motion against Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. Vice-president Dhankhar is the Rajya Sabha’s ex-officio chairman. Opposition parties, led by the Congress, have submitted a notice to move a motion to remove Dhankhar, accusing him of being “extremely partisan”. During the pre-noon session, several MPs from the ruling benches accused Congress leaders of insulting Dhankhar. They said the opposition party was insulting the son of a farmer. Amid the uproar, Dhankhar gave the floor to Congress

EVM verification plea should go before bench that gave verdict in April: Supreme Court

New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday said the plea seeking a policy for verification of electronic voting machines should go before the same bench that delivered a verdict in April rejecting the demand for bringing back the old paper ballots. When the plea on EVMs came up for hearing, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and P B Varale told petitioner’s counsel senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, “Why don’t this matter go before the same bench?” Sankaranarayanan informed the court about its April judgment on a batch of pleas over EVMs. “That is what I am saying.

‘Life precious’: Supreme Court concerned over poor health of protesting farmer, directs medical aid

New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over the deteriorating health of Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death protest at the Khanauri border for over 17 days. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan directed the Centre and Punjab government representatives to immediately meet Dallewal and provide him medical help and persuade him to break his fast-unto-death protest saying his life was precious. The bench asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Punjab and advocate general Gurminder Singh to ensure that no force was used against Dallewal to break

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