01-07-2006, 07:32 PM
How come only TOI has put this , though I saw it in print , tucked somewhere in 9/10th page.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...357590.cms
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<b>Zahira sting: MLA gets clean chit</b>
[ Wednesday, January 04, 2006 01:23:15 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
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NEW DELHI: More than a year after a sting operation charged a Gujarat BJP MLA with having induced Zahira Sheikh to turn hostile, the SC on Tuesday said its probe committee has failed to find any link between the legislator and payment of bribes to the key witness in the Best Bakery case.
MLA Madhu Srivastava and Congress corporator Chandrakant Batthoo Srivastava, named in the sting operation conducted by a portal, however, got an adverse inference from the committee that was set up by the court after social activist Teesta Setalvad moved an application seeking an inquiry into Zahira's flip flops.
A Bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and H K Sema, hearing arguments on the acceptability of the inquiry report, said though the inquiry officer had drawn adverse inference against them, no evidence was found to show that they had actually paid her money, despite the video tape.
<b> Zahira's counsel D K Garg trashed the inquiry report, which indicted her as a "self-condemned liar". He termed it as a bundle of "baseless allegations" and "distortion of facts". He said the committee was biased and did not go into the allegations levelled by her against Teesta.
What would be the bearing of the inquiry report on the trial that was held at Mumbai? None, since the court clarified: "Even if the report is accepted, the trial court will be on its own to frame its opinion regarding Zahira."
During the hearing, Justice Pasayat said: "If Zahira changed her version on her own then she will face the music." The court had ordered a retrial and transferred the case to Mumbai after setting aside the earlier trial court order - which was upheld by the Gujarat High Court - acquitting all 21 accused in the case.</b>
<b>On Tuesday, the SC also accepted the request of the Mumbai court to extend the time for completion of the trial by February 2006.</b>
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...357590.cms
Jokes
<b>Zahira sting: MLA gets clean chit</b>
[ Wednesday, January 04, 2006 01:23:15 amTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]
NRI New Year Gift, FREE Calling Card
RSS Feeds| SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates
NEW DELHI: More than a year after a sting operation charged a Gujarat BJP MLA with having induced Zahira Sheikh to turn hostile, the SC on Tuesday said its probe committee has failed to find any link between the legislator and payment of bribes to the key witness in the Best Bakery case.
MLA Madhu Srivastava and Congress corporator Chandrakant Batthoo Srivastava, named in the sting operation conducted by a portal, however, got an adverse inference from the committee that was set up by the court after social activist Teesta Setalvad moved an application seeking an inquiry into Zahira's flip flops.
A Bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat and H K Sema, hearing arguments on the acceptability of the inquiry report, said though the inquiry officer had drawn adverse inference against them, no evidence was found to show that they had actually paid her money, despite the video tape.
<b> Zahira's counsel D K Garg trashed the inquiry report, which indicted her as a "self-condemned liar". He termed it as a bundle of "baseless allegations" and "distortion of facts". He said the committee was biased and did not go into the allegations levelled by her against Teesta.
What would be the bearing of the inquiry report on the trial that was held at Mumbai? None, since the court clarified: "Even if the report is accepted, the trial court will be on its own to frame its opinion regarding Zahira."
During the hearing, Justice Pasayat said: "If Zahira changed her version on her own then she will face the music." The court had ordered a retrial and transferred the case to Mumbai after setting aside the earlier trial court order - which was upheld by the Gujarat High Court - acquitting all 21 accused in the case.</b>
<b>On Tuesday, the SC also accepted the request of the Mumbai court to extend the time for completion of the trial by February 2006.</b>