SC Dismisses Review Pleas by 3 Death Row Convicts
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millenniumpost.in RNI NO.: WBENG/2015/65962 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 4, ISSUE 187 | Tuesday, 10 July 2018 | Kolkata | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 10,852.90 (+80.25) pSENSEX 35,934.72 (+276.86) pDOW JONES 24,665.33 (+208.85) pNASDAQ 7710.82 (+22.43) pRUPEE/DOLLAR 68.72 (+0.15) pRUPEE/EURO 80.70 (+0.17) 1GOLD/10GM 31,690 (0.00) pSILVER/K 40,750 (+250) GOYAL YET TO CLEAR AIR ON 1ST CHINA SENDS TWO PAKISTANI SPY ‘I HAVE GUARDIAN PHASE OF EAST-WEST METRO PG3 SATELLITES INTO SPACE PG11 ANGELS’ PG4 Nirbhaya SC dismisses review pleas Control expenditure, gangrape Mamata tells officials AMITAVA BANERJEE case by 3 death row convicts DARJEELING: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee emphasised on cost curtailing without compromising on A Timeline shifted from Delhi’s Safdarjung his Tihar Jail cell » MAY 5, 2017: SC also upholds the quality of government projects Hospital to Singapore’s Mount along with a focus on economic dis- » AUG 31: JJB convicts capital punishment for the four » DEC 16, 2012: A 23-year-old Elizabeth Hospital convicts calling it a “rarest of cipline, asking senior officials to con- physiotherapy intern brutally the minor for gang rape centrate on finishing the projects on » DEC 29: Victim succumbs to and murder, giving him rare case” time. assaulted and gang raped by The Chief Minister arrived in six men, including a juvenile, injuries. Murder charge added the maximum 3 years of » JULY 9, 2018: A three-judge in the FIR by police North Bengal on Monday on a four- inside a moving bus in Delhi imprisonment in reformatory bench of Supreme Court day visit and held an administrative » JAN 3, 2013: Delhi Police files home confirms the death sentence review meeting for the Jalpaiguri dis- » DEC 18 TO 21: All six trict at Uttarkanya near Siliguri. chargesheet against five adults » SEPT 10: Fast-track court following a review petition accused–Ram Singh, Pawan filed by three convicts– Pawan “Costs need to be curtailed with- Gupta, Mukesh Singh, Vinay accused of several offences convicts remaining four out compromising on quality. Public Gupta, Mukesh Singh and Sharma, Akshay Thakur and » JAN 17: Fast-track court accused on 13 counts money has to be utilised properly. Vinay Sharma. The Think of public money as your own CM at an administrative meeting at the juvenile arrested begins proceedings after taking » SEPT 13: All four accused money,” was her advice. cognisance of the chargesheet fourth death row Uttarkanya on Monday PIC/MPOST » DEC 21: Public outrage awarded death penalty; judge The Chief Minister insisted that convict, Akshey projects have to be completed in Peace and unity will ensure develop- triggers protests in various » JAN 28: JJB declares the calls it a “rarest of rare” crime Thakur, time and project costs should not be ment,” stated Banerjee. parts of the country. sixth accused to be a minor » MAR 13, 2014: Delhi High did not file increased midway. She added that Naxalbari, Sevok, » DEC 26: Following worsening » MAR 11: One of the accused Court upholds the death a review “There is a malpractice of low Phansidewa and Sukna will be soon in health condition, victim Ram Singh found hanging in penalty for the convicts petition quotations in order to get through incorporated in the Siliguri Police tenders and when the project is mid- Commiserate. way there are requests to increase Jalpaiguri has witnessed several the amount. This practice cannot be development projects including the MPOST BUREAU Ashok Bhushan, said these con- March 11, 2013. to the Prime Minister to take had found the victim as “an object allowed,” stated Banerjee. Biswa Bangla Sports Complex. “The victs have failed to point out any The 23-year-old paramedic stu- concrete steps against atrocities for enjoyment” and “ravish her as She further added: “We had long-standing demand of the people NEW DELHI: The convicts in the “error apparent on the face of the dent was gang-raped on the inter- towards young girls and women,” they liked, treat her as they felt” money in the PL Account along of North Bengal is all set to be ful- sensational December 16, 2012, record” in the judgement and they vening night of December 16-17, Asha Devi, the mother of the vic- to get “gross sadistic and beastly with unspent departmental money filled. On August 17, a Calcutta High Nirbhaya gangrape and murder were given elaborate hearing dur- 2012 inside a running bus in South tim, said. instinctual pleasure” and such acts amounting to Rs 18,000 crore with Court Circuit Bench will be inaugu- case now face the gallows, after the ing their appeal against the Delhi Delhi by six persons and severely The apex court in its May 5, were “bound to shock the collec- which we undertook various proj- rated in Jalpaiguri. I, too, will be pres- Supreme Court on Monday held High Court judgement. assaulted before being thrown out 2017 verdict had upheld the capital tive conscience”. ects including drinking water projects ent at the inauguration ceremony,” that they have failed to make out “In these review petitions, no on the road. She had succumbed punishment awarded to these con- The bench had said that the in Purulia, Bankura and Jalpaiguri.” she stated. a case for grant of any relief from ground has been made out which to injuries on December 29, 2012, victs by the Delhi High Court and instant case had revealed “brutal, Training guns at the Union gov- The Chief Minister also inquired the death sentence. may furnish any ground to review at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in the trial court in the case. barbaric and diabolic nature of the ernment, she said the Centre has been about the progress of the mega tour- A bench headed by Chief Jus- the judgment. We, thus, find no Singapore. A juvenile, who was among the crime” which was “evincible from constantly curtailing funds. “Delhi ism projects at Gajoldoba in Jalpaig- tice Dipak Misra dismissed the merit in these review petitions and Reacting to the apex court ver- accused, was convicted by a juve- the acts committed by accused”. hardly gives anything to Bengal. They uri. Goutam Deb, the state Tourism review petitions filed by three of consequently, the review petitions dict, the parents of the 23-year- nile justice board. He was released The “loathsome bestiality of collect cess, customs duty and income minister apprised her that the govern- the four convicts Mukesh (31), are dismissed,” the bench said. old victim said their faith in the from a reformation home after passion ruled the mindset of the tax from the state but give back only ment’s part of the project has already Pawan Gupta (24) and Vinay The fourth death row convict, judiciary was reinstated, and they serving a three-year term. appellants (convicts) to commit a meagre percentage.” been completed while three private Sharma (25), saying no ground Akshay Kumar Singh (33), has not hoped to get justice. In its judgement last year, the a crime which can summon with She maintained that despite these players including Sterling Group, has been made out by them for a yet filed a review petition against “The Supreme Court uphold- apex court had said that the “bru- immediacy ‘tsunami’ of shock in problems, development activities Mumbai, have been going slow. review of the top court verdict of the apex court judgement. ing its verdict is a strong message tal, barbaric and diabolic nature” of the mind of the collective and were being undertaken throughout “If they cannot finish on time, May 5 last year. One of the accused in the case, to those who commit such hei- the crime could create “tsunami of destroy the civilised marrows of the state including North Bengal. serve them notices, cancel the tenders The bench, also compris- Ram Singh, had allegedly commit- nous crimes. Our faith in the judi- shock” to destroy civilised society. the milieu in entirety,” the court “In the name of agitations, devel- and offer the jobs to others who can ing Justices R Banumathi and ted suicide in the Tihar Jail here on ciary has been reinstated. I appeal It had said that the accused had said. opment activities had come to a halt. take it up efficiently,” Banerjee added. Single GST rate slab China agrees to cut tariffs on ridiculous suggestion Indian cancer drugs: MEA PIYUSH GOYAL MPOST BUREAU About 4.3 million people are diag- nosed with cancer annually in China, BEIJING: India and China have according to a report of the state-run In today’s reached an agreement on the reduc- China Central Television. 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