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The race between Dan Kelly, a conservative, and Janet Protasiewicz, a liberal, has been the most expensive judicial race in American history.
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Appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to block aides from testifying in Jan. 6 probe
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CNN has reported that the aides covered by Trump’s emergency order may include Meadows, Scavino, Miller and other former top Trump administration advisers like Robert O’Brien, John Ratcliffe and Ken Cuccinelli.
Smith’s investigation of Trump’s effort to seize a second term has intensified in recent months. He has won a series of rulings to compel testimony from top figures in Trump’s orbit, including former Vice President Mike Pence.
The three-judge panel that rejected Trump’s emergency motion consisted of Judges Patricia Millett, Robert Wilkins and Gregory Katsas. Millett and Wilkins are both appointees of former President Barack Obama, while Katsas was appointed by Trump. The appeals court’s action denying the motion was recorded in its public docket, although the actual order issued by the court and all other pleadings related to the dispute remain sealed.
Trump could try to take the issue to the Supreme Court, though he has opted against doing so in several other defeats connected to Smith’s Jan. 6 probe.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )Andhra Pradesh High Court bids farewell to Justice Ganga Rao
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Andhra Pradesh High Court (Source: Wikipedia) Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh High Court bid farewell to Justice (Retd) Ganga Rao on Tuesday, led by Chief Justice Prasanth Kumar Mishra.
Recalling the services of Rao, the Chief Justice said he enrolled as a lawyer in 1988 after passing out of Osmania University with a law degree and worked as junior lawyer under B S A Swamy.
After extending services as a government lawyer and standing counsel for the Central government, Rao joined the Andhra Pradesh High Court as a Judge on September 12, 2017, said Mishra in a statement.
Wishing the outgoing judge a happy retired life, the Chief Justice noted the AP High Court will miss the services of Rao.
The Anantapur-born judge recalled that he went to school at Pattikonda village in the same district to follow it up with law course in the Osmania University in 1987.
High Court Judges, public prosecutor Nagi Reddy, registrars, registrar general, senior lawyers, bar association, bar council members and others bid adieu to Rao.
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Murder of tribal man: Kerala special court convicts 13 people for
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Palakkad: A special court in Kerala on Tuesday convicted 13 people for beating to death a tribal man in Palakkad district of the state for allegedly stealing food articles in 2018.
Madhu, a tribal man from Attappady, was beaten to death after he was caught and tied up by a group of local people alleging theft on February 22, 2018.
More than five years after the incident, special court judge K M Ratheesh Kumar convicted them for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Section 304 Part II of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which carries a maximum punishment of 10 years jail term, Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Rajesh M Menon told reporters.
The jail terms to be served by the convicts would be pronounced on Wednesday, the SPP said.
He also said that of the 13, the first accused was convicted for the offence under Section 304 II of IPC and the remaining 12 were additionally held guilty for the crimes under Section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 367 (kidnapping or abducting in order to subject person to griev ous hurt, slavery) of the IPC.
Sections 326 and 367 carry maximum punishments of life imprisonment and up to 10 years jail term, respectively.
The 12 convicts were also held guilty for the offence under Section 3(1)(d) of the SC/ST Act, the SPP said.
The 16th accused in the case was only held guilty for the offence of assault or criminal force otherwise than on grave provocation under Section 352 IPC which carries a punishment which may extend to three months or a fine which may extend to Rs 500 or both, he said.
The SPP said the court was of the view that the accused did not have the intention to kill the tribal man.
Of the 16 persons, the remaining two accused were acquitted by the court.
SPP Menon said the court did not find the accused guilty of murder and the reasons for the same would be evident after the judgement copy is made available.
Madhu’s mother said she was not satisfied with the verdict, especially the acquittal of the two accused and none of the 16 being convicted for murder. “I will appeal against this verdict,” she told reporters outside the court.
The victim’s sister said she was thankful to the court for convicting 14 of the 16 accused.
The sister also said she was happy with the outcome as no one thought they could carry their fight for justice to Madhu so long and till this stage.
“So, I will no longer be disappointed or sad. I know I can take this matter all the way to the Supreme Court, if required. We will go in appeal seeking murder charges and against the acquittal of the two accused.
“I do not believe that my brother has got justice. He will not get justice till all of them (all 16 accused) are convicted,” she said outside the court.
The special court had reserved its judgement in the case on March 30.
Prior to the pronouncement of the verdict, the victim’s mother and sister said they expected that Madhu will get justice. “We expect a good verdict,” the victim’s mother said.
His sister said: “I believe my brother will get justice. We expect it to be a good verdict.”
The trial in the matter saw witnesses turning hostile, allegations of threats to the victim’s family to settle or withdraw the case and a change in the SPP in June last year.
Advocate Menon, who was the additional public prosecutor in the case, took charge as SPP in June last year after the victim’s family sought a change in prosecutor.
He was the fourth SPP in the case.
According to the post-mortem report in the case, Madhu had injuries on the head and bruises all over the body, including broken ribs, as well as internal bleeding, police had said.
Madhu, who was said to be mentally unsound, was living in a cave in the forest for the past several months, his family had said.
His mother and sister had told television channels back in 2018 that a group of nearly 10-15 persons had gone to the forest and thrashed him for allegedly stealing food articles from some shops in the forest-fringe Agali town of Palakkad district.
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Wisconsin’s record-shattering Supreme Court race barrels to an end
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The election has drawn outside national press — and a gusher of money.
Spending in the race exploded and surpassed $45 million as of late last week, according to WisPolitics.com, roughly tripling the previous state judicial race record.
There are some signs that the money is translating into more voters. The February primary for this seat drew the highest ever turnout for a spring primary contest — more than 960,000 voters. Over a fifth of voters showing up for an election that typically has turnout percentages in the low-to-mid teens.
The outcome of the race could change the course of everything from a 1840s abortion ban winding its way through the courts to congressional and legislative maps that all but ensure GOP control. It could also have implications for the 2024 presidential election in the crucial swing state.
“People ask me … whether it’s the most important race,” said Brian Schimming, the chair of the state Republican Party. “And I always say this is the most consequential race facing Wisconsin in decades.”
As of Monday morning, nearly 410,000 people had already voted early.
“I do think we’re going to see a record-breaking turnout for the spring,” Sarah Godlewski, a Democrat who was recently appointed to be the Wisconsin secretary of state after running for the Senate last year, said in an interview last month.
Polls close at 8 p.m. Central time.
The state Supreme Court is expected to rule on access to abortion in the state in the coming months. Wisconsin has a 19th century law on the books that bans the abortion in almost all circumstances that will eventually land in front of the state Supreme Court. In the interim, providers in the state have stopped performing the procedure.
Pro-abortion rights and anti-abortion groups have poured millions into the contest, and those involved say it has drawn out an intense groundswell of grassroots supporters on both sides.
Protasiewicz and her allies have made it central to the campaign. “Reproductive freedom and access to safe and legal abortion is the central, defining issue in this race,” Ben Wikler, the chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, said in an interview.
Abortion was mentioned in roughly a third of television ads coming from Protasiewicz’s campaign and other allied groups, according to data from the ad tracking service AdImpact. It was virtually non-existent in ads from the other side, appearing in just 1 percent of ads.
The race could also have a significant impact on the state’s congressional and legislative lines. Despite the state being close to 50-50 in most statewide elections, Republicans are on the cusp of supermajorities in both chambers, and the state’s congressional districts have a firm tilt toward the GOP.
Democrats in the state are eager to challenge the lines, should the court flip, and Protasiewicz regularly calls the maps unfair. Republicans have charged that Protasiewicz is crossing the line and projecting how she would rule on cases she hasn’t even heard yet.
“We can’t set a precedent of allowing judicial candidates to start just basically hinting at how they’re going to rule on political and legislative issues, before there’s even a case filed,” state Assembly Majority Leader Tyler August said in a recent interview.
Protasiewicz has repeatedly pushed back against this idea: “I have been extremely careful to indicate that all of my decisions will be rooted in the law and I will always follow the law. That being said, I have been very open about what my values are,” she told POLITICO in a late-February interview.
Her campaign pointed out that Kelly worked for the state Republican Party, and has recently charged that Kelly is also saying how he would rule on future cases in interviews.
Should the election be as close as most expect it to be, it will continue an exhausting trend of supercharged elections for Wisconsin voters and politicians.
The state has elected governors, senators and presidents on razor-thin margins for years, with a competitive Senate race — and presidential contest — on tap for next year.
“It seems like ever since the beginning of my legislative career, Wisconsin has been political ground zero,” said August, who won his seat in 2010. “So here we are again.”
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )Dubai court rejects Sanjay Shah’s appeal in tax fraud case; to extradite him
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Dubai: The Dubai Court of Cassation has rejected the appeal of British-Indian Sanjay Shah, who is wanted by Danish authorities on charges of money laundering and committing tax fraud to the tune of $1.7 billion.
In doing so, it upheld the Dubai Court of Appeal’s ruling last year to grant Denmark’s request for his extradition.
“Chancellor Essam Issa Al Humaidan, Attorney General of Dubai, announced that Dubai Court of Cassation has rejected the appeal of Sanjay Shah, a British national wanted by Danish authorities, and Sanjay Shah can be extradited to Denmark over fraud and money laundering charges,” the Dubai government’s media office announced on Twitter.
Shah, 52, a hedge fund trader who lived on The Palm Jumeirah, was arrested by Dubai Police in June last year following Denmark’s extradition petition.
His fraud scheme involved submitting thousands of applications to the Danish Treasury on behalf of investors and companies from several countries around the world in order to receive dividend tax refunds, according to Dubai Police.
The Dubai Courts had initially rejected Denmark’s extradition request.
Attorney General Chancellor Essam Issa Al Humaidan appealed the decision in accordance with the Law of International Judicial Cooperation, and the Dubai Court of Cassation has now upheld the decision to extradite the suspect to Denmark, according to a statement.
Shah is accused of masterminding a scam, which ran for three years since 2012, has been described as one of the largest fraud cases in Denmark’s history.
His fraud scheme involved submitting thousands of applications to the Danish Treasury on behalf of investors and companies from several countries around the world in order to receive dividend tax refunds, according to a Dubai Police statement.
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BJP slams Rahul Gandhi for in-person appeal in Surat court
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New Delhi: After Rahul Gandhi, who was sentenced to two years in prison in a criminal defamation case, was granted bail extension by a sessions court in Surat on Monday, the BJP slammed the Congress leader for his in-person appeal in the court.
Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi said, “Had he (Rahul Gandhi) gone there to display his arrogance or to put pressure on the judiciary or to threaten the investigating agencies?
“The way Rahul Gandhi turned the entire episode into a show is condemnable. He should have apologised to the OBC community first, but not doing so shows Congress’ arrogance. He could have gone there as a common leader in a simple manner, but he had all the other corrupt Congress leaders with him.”
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Trump heads to Manhattan to be arraigned in court
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Trump, who’s seeking reelection in 2024, is expected to surrender after being indicted, presumably over alleged hush money payments to the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels, with the charges yet to be made public. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office initially wanted him to surrender on Friday, but his lawyers said the Secret Service, which provides security detail for the former president, needed more time to prepare.
After being processed, he will fly back down to his Mar-a-Lago estate for the week. It will be a return to the normal schedule for the former president, which has included evening dinners with family and associates, as well as golfing at his nearby clubs. Trump will deliver remarks at an event at his Palm Beach residence on Tuesday night, The Associated Press reported, citing his campaign.
Nothing else is on the public agenda for the campaign on Monday and Tuesday, but Trump will be “back at it” on Wednesday, according to his campaign. He’ll give a speech in mid-April at the National Rifle Association conference in Indianapolis, but there are no other major events on his calendar.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )Hyderabad: Beauty clinic asked to refund Rs 3 lakhs by Consumer court
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(Representative image) Hyderabad: A slimming and cosmetic clinic here was ordered by the district consumer forum on Monday to refund Rs 3 lakhs to a consumer who received burn injuries during a weight loss treatment.
The complainant, Gayathri Rana, told the court that the clinic – Rich Slimming and Cosmetic Clinic (RSCC) located in Gachibowli ignored several of her complaints and did not bother to refund Rs 3 lakhs that she paid in installments in the last three months.
During the trial, Rana alleged that she had not received even a 1% benefit from treatment. She was exposed to 30-degrees temperature leaving burn injuries.
Meanwhile, RSCC failed to file its side within the stipulated time.
“As there is no concrete evidence by the opposite party, we don’t doubt to believe the complainant’s version now,” the court said and ordered RSCC to refund the money with 6% interest and Rs 5,000/- for the complaint.
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Trump case spotlights New York rule barring cameras in court
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“As the media capital of the world — and the venue for the arraignment of Donald Trump — we must change this outdated law to allow the public to witness trials,” said Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, a Manhattan Democrat who sponsors a bill to change the law.
Alina Habba, an attorney who has represented Trump in the past, said on CNN Monday morning that she’s not strictly opposed to having cameras in the courtroom.
“I think it depends. I think this whole rigmarole, for lack of better words has been through leaks, which I don’t appreciate as an attorney,” Habba said.
“I think that transparency is very important. I’m going to leave that decision to the criminal team. But as somebody who has represented the president in court, I like transparency. I think that in certain situations, it’s a good thing,” she said.
While New York has banned cameras in the courts for a century, New York experimented with a change from 1987 and 1997. But while the limited allowance of electronic media coverage was applauded, it was not turned into a permanent law by the state Legislature.
The law is not unlike federal courts that prohibit video coverage of trials, and even the U.S. Supreme Court limits its oral arguments to an audio livestream.
Still, New York judges have some discretion to allow cameras in the courtroom. The law does not prohibit coverage of trial court proceedings when witness testimony is not being taken — so a judge could rule to allow for videos and photos for parts of Trump’s case.
Attempts to allow for broader trial coverage in New York have been rebuked. In 2005, Court TV took a case to the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, to broadcast trials, but section 52 of the state’s civil rights law was upheld, and the case was kicked back to the Legislature for a law change — which hasn’t happened, the Fund for Modern Court’s review noted.
“Public access is the bedrock of our justice system — but its promise is hollow if constrained by geographic proximity, workday availability and space constraints. Without cameras, the vast majority of the public is effectively denied access,” Dan Novack, chair of New York State Bar Association’s committee on media law, said in a statement.
Hoylman-Sigal said he is hopeful his bill, which doesn’t have a sponsor yet in the state Assembly, could be adopted as part of the state budget that is being negotiated for the fiscal year that started Saturday. The bill would give judges discretion over what could be filmed, limiting the number of video cameras and still photographers.
Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat, said he has been trying to push for legislation in Washington to allow cameras in federal courts. Doing so in New York would be a step forward, he said.
“Transparency is essential to our democracy. Without televised access, the courts are effectively out of reach to most of the public. That is why I have long sponsored legislation to require cameras in the federal courts,” Nadler said in a statement. “I hope that New York will follow the lead of other states and ensure that the public is able to witness important judicial proceedings in real time.”
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