Supreme Court Thursday came down heavily on Delhi Police for the midnight crackdown on Ramdev and his followers here last year that killed a woman but said the yoga guru was also guilty "of contributory negligence".The court awarded ad hoc compensation of Rs.5 lakh to the family of Haryana woman Rajbala who suffered spinal injuries and died after police assaulted scores of sleeping men and women on...
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asked Delhi Police to explain their behaviour and the need to resort to teargas and baton-charge in the closed enclosure when people were sleeping during yoga guru Baba Ramdev's protest gathering at the Ramlila Ground here last month.An apex court bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice Swatanter Kumar said that there are documents and DVDs to show that the yoga exercises were undertaken at the camp,...
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Thursday came down heavily on Delhi Police for the midnight crackdown on Ramdev and his followers here last year that killed a woman but said the yoga guru was also guilty "of contributory negligence".The court awarded ad hoc compensation of Rs.5 lakh to the family of Haryana woman Rajbala who suffered spinal injuries and died after police assaulted scores of sleeping men and women on the night of...
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fast at Ramlila ground three and a half months ago died in hospital Monday, sources at G.B. Pant Hospital here said.Raj Bala, was in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital since June, succumbed to her injuries Monday morning.The woman, who was a resident of Delhi's neighbouring Gurgaon, had suffered spinal injuries in the June 4 midnight crackdown and was critical ever since. She was also paralysed...
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Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi police as why they could not wait till morning instead of cracking down on Ramdev and his followers in the midnight at Ramlila Ground on June 4.“Explain whether the use of force was justified? What were the circumstance......
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scene at Ramlila ground during police action against Baba Ramdev and his supporters in New Delhi in June. The police swooped down on Baba Ramdev and his supporters a little after midnight using tear gas shells and resorting to lathicharge on his sleeping supporters to end his day-old indefinite hunger-strike on black money issue.NEW DELHI: The June 4 eviction of Baba Ramdev's supporters from Ramlila...
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National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will not further inquire into the police crackdown on yoga guru Ramdev's protest at Ramlila Maidan in June as the Supreme Court is seized of the matter.The decision was taken by the NHRC recently after the Delhi Police informed the rights body that the apex court had taken suo motu cognisance of the matter and was dealing with it."(With) the Supreme Court being...
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Chidambaram received a fresh blow on Friday as the Amicus Curiae appointed by the Supreme Court said that the Union Home Minister had ordered the crackdown on yoga guru Baba Ramdev on the night on June 4 at Ramlila grounds.Ramdev was observing a fast against corruption at that time at Ramlila Maidan here.Amicus Curiae Rajiv Dhawan alleged that the Delhi Police kept constant contact with the Ministry...
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today refused to make Union Home Minister Mr P Chidambaram a party in Ramlila Maidan crackdown case. A bench comprising Justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar, however, directed that the court will examine the CCTV footage showing police action against the followers of yoga guru Baba Ramdev on June 4 at 01:30 am. The apex court refused to accept the contention of senior counsel Ram...
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asked Delhi police to explain their behaviour and the need to resort to teargas and baton-charge in the closed enclosure when people were sleeping during yoga guru Baba Ramdev’s protest gathering at the Ramlila ground here in June.An apex court bench of justice B.S. Chauhan and justice Swatanter Kumar said that there are documents and DVDs to show that the yoga exercises were undertaken at the camp,...
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