No changes in ACB: Govt clarifies to HC
Bengaluru, June 1: The state government on Friday gave a clarification to the Karnataka High Court that there would be no changes in the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and the JDS-Congress coalition government is committed to the decision taken by the previous government.
The Divisional Bench of the Karnataka High Court headed by Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Shamprasad closed the case filed against the formation of the ACB. During the hearing, Additional Advocate General AS Ponnanna said that the government is committed to its earlier argument.
Meanwhile, advocate M Arun Sham appealed the court for a stay order against submitting any report by the ACB in related to a case against applicant Shivakumar H Pulse.
Responding to the appeal, the Bench observed that there is an interim order saying any process about this would be subjected to the final verdict.
As there was no argument from the advocate in favour of the applicant, the Divisional Bench closed the case pending the final decision.
Samaja Parivathana Trust and Bengaluru Bar Association have filed PILs in the High Court saying that as the formation of the ACB is against the Anti-Corruption Act, all cases filed by the ACB should be transferred to Lokayukta.
Along with these PILs, the High Court also heard other 11 applications filed against registering FIRs by the ACB. According to Lokpal Act, all states should set up Lokayukta and only Lokayukta should handle all cases related to elected representatives and government officials in related to corruption, they demanded.
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Maharashtra: Woman records video while husband hangs himself to death from ceiling fan, booked
Thane, Nov 24: Police have registered a case against a 29-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Thane city for allegedly abetting her husband's suicide and recording a video of the act instead of stopping him, an official said on Sunday.
The couple, residing in Wagle Estate area here, used to have frequent quarrels over various issues.
On the night of November 20, the man, also aged 29, ended his life by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house, the official from Wagle Estate police station said.
His wife allegedly failed to prevent him from taking the extreme step and instead recorded his act on her mobile phone, he said.
After being informed about the incident, the police sent the body for postmortem to a government hospital here.
Based on a complaint by the man's mother, the police on Friday registered a case against his wife under sections 105 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.
A probe was on into the case, the police added.
