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Akhilesh behind 2011 'rape' case against Rahul, SC told

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September 11, 2012

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New Delhi, September 11: A lawyer on Monday told the Supreme Court that a 2011 rape and wrongful confinement case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Allahabad High Court was filed at the instance of Akhilesh Yadav, the current Uttar Pradesh chief minister.

An apex court bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar was told this by counsel Kamini Jaiswal in the course of the hearing of a petition by Kishore Samrite who has challenged a high court order directing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against him and imposing a cost of Rs 50 lakh.

The apex court stayed the operation of the high court order in April.

Jaiswal, appearing for Samrite, told the court that he had received instructions from Pandara Road asking him to move the high court for implicating Rahul Gandhi.

When Justice Swatanter Kumar sought a clarification on the Pandara Road dimension of the case, Jaiswal said that the instruction came from the current chief minister and the leader of the party.

"He (Kishore Samrite) had been given instruction from Pandara Road to file the petition," she said.

"Why don't you disclose (the identity of the person)?" asked Justice Swatanter Kumar.

Jaiswal replied: The "present chief Minister and the leader of the party. I have given this statement to the CBI."

As Jaiswal named Akhilesh Yadav, senior counsel Ratnakar Dash, appearing for the Uttar Pradesh government, denied the involvement of Akhilesh Yadav in the alleged implication of Rahul Gandhi and his friends in the rape case of the girl.

The court adjourned the hearing till September 17 as Dash said that he would like to take instructions and file an affidavit countering the allegation.

Rahul Gandhi in an earlier affidavit had denied the rape allegation saying: "I emphatically deny the allegation of rape and detention of the writ petitioner by me and say both these allegations are false, malicious and baseless and no cognisance could be taken by any responsible person of such allegations made on a website."

The Congress leader sought the dismissal of the petition challenging the high court order absolving him of the allegation of illegal detention and rape of a girl in his Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

Samrite challenged the March 7, 2011 order of the high court by which it directed a CBI probe against him and imposed a cost of Rs 50 lakh on him.

The high court ordered that out of Rs 50 lakh cost, Rs 25 lakh were to be paid to the girl who was named as the alleged victim, Rs 20 lakh to Rahul Gandhi and Rs 5 lakh to Uttar Pradesh Police for tracing the alleged victim.

Jaiswal recounted the sequence of steps taken by Samrite in making representation to the governor, the then chief minister, assembly speaker, the National Human Rights Commission and the National Commission for Women.

Justice Chauhan observed that in this case except for the affected parties everyone was active. "The real people are not coming and others are coming either for publicity or to serve some other people."

Jaiswal said that "there can be no smoke without fire. If there was nothing then how could so many things happen".

Taking note of the great urgency with which the CBI acted, Justice Chauhan observed: "In this case every one acted in great urgency. Police and even the registrar of the high court."


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August 6,2020

Mumbai, Aug 6: Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday that overly focusing on what sovereign rating agencies think can take one's eyes off what needs to be done for the economy.

"It is also important to convince both domestic and international investors that after the crisis associated with the pandemic is over, we will return to fiscal responsibility over the medium term, and the government should do more to convince them of that," Rajan told the Global Markets Forum.

India was placed under one of the strictest lockdowns in the world in late March for more than two months to stem the spread of the coronavirus, but cases have continued to rise steadily since the government eased restrictions in June, stymieing hopes of an economic recovery.

The government has announced several initiatives to help the poor and small- and medium-size businesses, but actual cash outgo from the government's measures has been estimated at just about 1% of GDP.

Several attribute the fiscal prudence to fear of a downgrade after Moody's cut India's rating and outlook in early June followed closely by a change in outlook from Fitch.

The central bank on its part too has reduced the key lending rate by 115 basis points on top of the 135 bps last year and is widely expected to cut rates by another 25 bps later on Thursday.

"The RBI and government have certainly been cooperating, but it seems like it is elsewhere, the ball is in the government's court to do more," Rajan said.

He said the RBI needs to focus on whether credit is reaching the stressed areas of the economy and also if the viable firms were able to access credit and not the unviable ones.

"And I think that's where it has to focus its attentions, because resources, as you well know, are limited in India today."

Recently analysts, however, have cited the growing possibility the RBI may prefer to pause and cut rates only at its October meeting.

Government officials too have suggested the possibility of any more fiscal stimulus being announced, would only come in the second half of the fiscal year, once a recovery has taken root and coronavirus cases have peaked.

"What India should focus on at this point is protecting its economic capabilities, so that when it has dealt with the virus it can go resume activity in a reasonable way. That should be the focus," Rajan said.

"And if it does that, there is no reason why the rating agencies will not see that as an appropriate policy".

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June 17,2020

New Delhi, Jun 17: Petrol and diesel prices were increased in metros on Wednesday, marking the eleventh straight day of increase since state-owned oil companies returned to the normal practice of daily reviews following a 12-week pause. With effect from 6 am, the price of petrol was increased by 55 paise per litre, and diesel by 69 paise per litre in Delhi, compared to the previous day. While the price of petrol was revised to Rs 77.28 per litre in the national capital from Rs 76.73 per litre the previous day, the diesel rate was increased to Rs 75.79 per litre from Rs 75.19 per litre, according to notifications from state-run Indian Oil Corporation, the country's largest fuel retailer. In the 11-day period, the price of petrol has been increased by a cumulative Rs 6.02 per litre, and diesel by Rs 6.49 per litre.

International crude oil prices retreated on Wednesday, weighed down by an increase in US crude inventories and worries about a potential second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Brent crude futures - the global benchmark for crude oil - were last seen trading 1.0 per cent lower at $40.56 per barrel.

State-run oil marketing companies revise the prices of petrol and diesel from time to time, besides aviation turbine fuel (ATF) - or jet fuel - and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). However, since March 16, the oil companies had kept petrol and diesel prices on hold, possibly due to the volatility in global oil markets.

Fuel retailing in the country is dominated by state refiners - Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. The three own about 90 per cent of the retail fuel outlets in the country.

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May 27,2020

New Delhi, May 27: With 6,387 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India's count of COVID-19 rose to 1,51,767 on Wednesday, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

170 people have also died in the last 24 hours due to the infection.

Currently, there are 83,004 active cases while 64,425 COVID-19 positive patients have been cured/discharged and one has migrated. So far, a total of 4,337 deaths have taken place across the country.

Among all states, Maharashtra has the highest number of COVID-19 cases with 54,758. Tamil Nadu has 17,728 cases with Gujarat at 14,821 cases. The national capital has 14,465 reported cases of coronavirus.

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