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It is estimated that there are over 24 million U.S. Military Veterans. More than 2 million of them are under 35 years of age, and many of those are in need of good paying jobs.

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The instant batch of writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India essentially challenges the recommendations made by the Municipal Valuation Committee-III (hereinafter referred to as 'MVC-III') under Section 116 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as 'DMC Act') which are sought to be implemented to levy property tax by erstwhile East Delhi Municipal Corporation (hereinafter referred to as 'EDMC'). EDMC was reunified alongwith other Corporations and is now called the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (hereinafter referred to as 'Corporation').

Mr. A.M. Saklani, Advocate for the revisionist.

The challenge in this revision is made to the following:-

(a) The judgment and order dated 19.12.2023, passed in Criminal Case No.929 of 2021, Devchandra Purshoda Vs. Chardham Construction, by the court of Judicial Magistrate, New Tehri, District Tehri Garhwal ("the case").

Mr. A.M. Saklani, Advocate for the revisionist.

The challenge in this revision is made to the following:-

(a) The judgment and order dated 19.12.2023, passed in Criminal Case No.930 of 2021, Devchandra Purshoda Vs. Chardham Construction, by the court of Judicial Magistrate, New Tehri, District Tehri Garhwal ("the case").

1. Two appeals, one preferred by the convicted appellant Satyajeet Singh and the other preferred by the parents of the deceased children, assailing the judgment and sentence by the former whereas the latter have preferred to assail the order on the CA Nos.114/2019 & 128/2019 Satyajeet Singh Vs. State & Anuradha Bhattacharya & Ors. Vs. State & Anr. Page 2 of21 sentence only. Both the appeals are taken up together inasmuch as both are arising out of the judgment dated 07.05.2019 and the order on sentence dated 09.05.2019 and are disposed off through the instant judgment.

2. Before adverting to the contentions of the appellants, facts are required to be looked into against the backdrop of which the appeals have emerged. A group of youngsters comprising of appellant Satyajeet Singh and three others namely Gaurav Sobti, Sneha Kapoor and Anirudh Rawat were out to enjoy an evening on 23.02.2008. They had come together at Chattarpur initially in a party hosted by "Red Bulls", where they reached at around 10.00- 10.30 pm and moved out from there in different lots and went to Park Hotel where they reached one after the other at around 01- 01.30 am. In fact, Gaurav Sobti and Anirudh Rawat were picked up by appellant Satyajeet Singh and they went to the party hosted by "Red Bulls" in Chattarpur, where Sneha Kapoor had also came with a friend. Gaurav along with his another friend Rohan, left for Park Hotel at Connaught Place and went to Dance at Disco Bar 'Agni'. The other friends also joined them after about half an hour, that is, Satyajeet, Anirudh Rawat and Sneha Kapoor. They had food, beer and juices etc., there. About 2 - 2 ½ hours were spent by these persons at Park Hotel and after finishing their dinner, etc., they all decided to go back home. Satyajeet Singh, appellant herein, offered to drop Gaurav Sobti, Sneha Kapoor and Anirudh Rawat in his car.

(PER: VINAY JOSHI, J.) Heard.

2. This appeal arises out of judgment and order dated 01.08.2023 rendered by the Additional Sessions Judge, Wardha in Special (Atro.) Case No. 36/2019, whereby appellant/accused was convicted for the offence punishable under Sections 302 and 447 of the Indian Penal Code ("IPC") read with Section 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act ("SC and ST Act"). The appellant was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life and to pay fine of Rs. 50,000/- with default clause for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the IPC read with Section 3(2)(v) of the SC and ST Act whilst he was sentenced to suffer rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs. 1,000/- for the offence punishable under Section 447 of the IPC. Both sentence were directed to run concurrently.

The incident took place in furnace area at Evonith Steel Plant on Bhugaon Link Road during the process of cooling of slag; at least 18 workers got injured

The two Bharatanatyam dancers paid tribute to M.K. Saroja through their abhang-based performance

The Indian Embassy in Kuwait has set up a helpline for family members, and Prime Minister Modi has announced an ex-gratia relief of ₹2 lakh for the families of deceased Indian nationals

The YSRCP leader says that police prevented him from joining the protest against the alleged malpractice of TDP leader and Sarvepalli MLA Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy in the tendering process for works at Kanupur Canal

During the high-level meeting with Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim, Vardhan appreciated the dedication of all the states in combating COVID-19.

"National Institute of Virology, Pune, has successfully developed the 1st indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody detection of COVID-19," the minister said in one of a series of tweets. "This robust test will play a critical role in surveillance of proportion of population exposed to SARSCoV2 infection," he said.

It didn't take long for the list of warnings about Brexit to start coming true.

Nicola Sturgeon has promised to exhaust all options in an effort to keep Scotland in the EU after the country voted by 62 per cent to 38 per cent against Brexit.

When Theresa May declared "Brexit means Brexit," Nicola Sturgeon's response was pithy and to the point. "Remain means Remain," she said, making an apparently all-or-nothing commitment to securing Scotland's place in the EU after the country voted decisively to stay.

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Vardhan said the doubling time of coronavirus infection cases in the country for the last three days has been about 11 days and 9.9 days for the last seven days.

New Delhi, May 09: The testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh

Vardhan also flagged the large prevalence of non-smoking tobacco usage in some of the states and the problem of spitting in public places.

But still we have prepared the whole country for the worst situation, the Union health minister said.

Thirdhand smoke is residual smoke and chemicals that linger in surfaces and still cause harm to people and animals.

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Coronavirus testing: Over 15 lakhs tested till now for COVID-19, informs Harsh Vardhan

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Fordham University business students are using virtual reality to prepare them for boardrooms.

Little is known about how thirdhand smoke beliefs are related to smoking and quitting behaviors, and how parental smokers’ thirdhand smoke beliefs influence behaviors to protect children. A previous study suggests thirdhand smoke beliefs are associated with home smoking bans.

This is the first study to show that parents’ beliefs about thirdhand smoke are associated with multiple smoking-related attitudes and behaviors that affect the health of children. (Read the full article)

Head of Goldman Sachs Colin Coleman tells Bloomberg TV the stand-off between Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and the Hawks can devastate the country.

Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan briefed a joint meeting of Parliament's Portfolio and Standing Committees on Public Enterprises on Wednesday evening.

''The opening ceremony of the four temples in Uttarakhand is an important annual event attended by thousands of pilgrims but the extended lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus has cast its shadow on the yatra this year. The Chardham yatra begins with the opening of Gangotri and Yamunotri temples on April 26 this year.''

The testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.

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Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have been used in many countries for >10 years and in this time, there has been a division of opinions amongst both the general public and health professionals regarding the benefit or harms of e-cigarettes. Prior to the reporting of a new phenomenon known as vaping-associated pulmonary injury (VAPI), public opinion about the relative harm of e-cigarettes were increasing but they were perceived as less harmful than cigarettes by one third of people [1]. The recent cases of severe illness and death attributable to VAPI were first described in September 2019 [2]. VAPI appears to be related to either the addition of cannabis/cannabis derivates or vitamin E acetate [3], and as such has not caused radical swing away from the use of e-cigarettes without cannabis or cannabis derivates.

बदरीनाथ धाम के रावल (मुख्य पुजारी) ईश्वर प्रसाद नंबूदरी शनिवार को जोशीमठ पहुंच गए हैं।

"I am committed to this fight, and I hope you will join me and my partners at the Justice Department and across the law enforcement community, as we continue to root out cybercriminals and bring them to justice," said Assistant Attorney General Breuer.

During the high-level meeting with Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim, Vardhan appreciated the dedication of all the states in combating COVID-19.

Hum Aapke Hain Koun actor Mohnish Bahl celebrates his 28th wedding anniversary with wifey dearest Aarti Bahl. The actor posted the sweetest anniversary wish for Aarti, wherein he shared a photo of them from their wedding day.

Mohnish Bahl captioned the photo, "No words to express my gratitude for 'always being by my side' You made me understand the meaning of Ardhangini. Love you Janmon Janmon infinite."

 

 

 

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@aarti.bahl No words to express my gratitude for 'always being by my side' ... You made me understand the meaning of Ardhangini. Love you Janmon Janmon infinite ♥️♥️♥️

A post shared by Mohnish Bahl (@mohnish_bahl) onApr 23, 2020 at 12:22pm PDT

How lovely do Mohnish and Aarti look on their wedding day? All decked up in traditional finery, Aarti Bahl looks exquisite, while Mohnish Bahl looks quite dapper, don't you think?

Aarti Bahl, Ekta Sohini before marriage, also shared a memory from their wedding day. She wrote, "You are my superhero. You are my everything. I LOVE YOU. Thank you for being YOU. Happy anniversary."

 

 

 

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Mohnish and Aarti Bahl's daughter, Pranutan, too, took to social media to wish her parents happy anniversary. She shared a picture of them with their arms around each other.

 

 

 

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sticking by each other’s side. always. happy anniversary 💕

A post shared by Pranutan Bahl (@pranutan) onApr 23, 2020 at 9:41pm PDT

Here's wishing Mohnish and Aarti Bahl the very best on their wedding anniversary!

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As there are restrictions to move around because of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, actress Sonam K. Ahuja says she is missing her siblings -- Rhea Kapoor and Harshvardhan Kapoor. Sonam took to Instagram, where she shared a monochrome photograph, which seems to be from her wedding celebrations.

"See you soon brats.. miss you more than you guys can imagine," she wrote.

 

 

 

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Sonam tied the knot with her long-time beau Anand Ahuja in 2018. The grand wedding celebrations were attended by celebrities like Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Karan Johar.

She was last seen on screen in "The Zoya Factor" (2019), an adaptation of Anuja Chauhan's 2008 novel of the same name, which follows the story of a girl, Zoya Solanki, who becomes a lucky charm for the Indian Cricket team during the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

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New Delhi: Congress Lok Sabha MP leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday appreciated Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and his colleagues in the ministry for doing "great job" amid COVID-19 outbreak.

"Thanks for the response @drharshvardhan! You &your colleagues are doing a great job in difficult circumstances. Guess this means that it won't be long before Thiruvananthapuram is off the hotspot list, as Kerala has categorised it in a lower tier than the most affected districts," Tharoor tweeted.

Tagging the minister in a tweet earlier, the Congress leader asked why Thiruvananthapuram is listed as a COVID-19 hotspot.

"A bit curious as to why Thiruvananthapuram is listed as a #Covid19 hotspot when it has such a great track record!? Perhaps @MoHFW_INDIA can enlighten us?" Tharoor, the Lok MP from Thiruvananthapuram had tweeted.

A but curious as to why Thiruvananthapuram is listed as a #Covid19 hotspot when it has such a great track record!? Perhaps @MoHFW_INDIA can enlighten us? @drharshvardhan @vijayanpinarayi @CMOKerala @kgkrishnan05 https://t.co/RWjjW3TiMp

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 16, 2020

Responding to the Congress leader, Harsh Vardhan said there are 170 hotspot districts, 207 non-hotspot & rest non-infected.

India's total number of coronavirus positive cases has climbed to 13,387 including 11,201 active cases, 1,749 cured/discharged/migrated and 437 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said today.

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Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that India's COVID-19 mortality rate of 3.2 per cent is the lowest in the world and over 10,000 coronavirus patients have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the disease so far.

Today more than 10,000 COVID19 patients have been discharged. Those still admitted at hospitals are on the road to recovery. If in last 14 days doubling rate was 10.5 days, then today it's around 12 days.Our mortality rate of 3.2% is the lowest in the world: Union Health Minister pic.twitter.com/YnQpnJ9IeJ

— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2020

"Today more than 10,000 COVID-19 patients have been discharged. Those still admitted at hospitals are on the road to recovery. If in last 14 days doubling rate was 10.5 days, then today it is around 12 days," the Minister told ANI after visiting Lady Hardinge Hospital.

"Our mortality rate of 3.2 per cent is the lowest in the world," he said. With 2,644 more COVID-19 cases and 83 deaths in the last 24 hours, the number of people infected from coronavirus in the country has reached 39,980 including 1,301 deaths, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.

Currently, there are 28,046 active cases while 10,633 COVID-19 positive patients have been cured/discharged.

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Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said that he will hold a meeting with the Maharashtra Chief Minister to discuss the worsening COVID-19 situation in the state, as 34 out of its 36 districts are affected by the infection.

"The situation in Maharashtra is certainly a matter of concern right now as 34 out of 36 districts are affected by COVID-19. I will hold a meeting with the Chief Minister as well to discuss further course of action to control spread of the virus in the state," the Minister said at a press conference here.

The situation in Maharashtra is certainly a matter of concern right now as 34 out of 36 districts are affected by #COVID19. I will hold a meeting with CM as well to discuss further course of action to control spread of the virus in state: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan pic.twitter.com/g2Ez09pNLM

— ANI (@ANI) May 6, 2020

"Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Nagpur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Solapur, among the 34 districts are a cause of concern for us," he added. The Union Health Minister further said the Centre's aim was to ensure that no new cases come up from districts in Maharashtra and assured all help to the state in the coming days.

"There are 1,026 containment zones in Maharashtra right now, as per my knowledge. The team from Centre and doctors are stationed there and we will give further help to Maharashtra as per the need," the Minister said.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Maharashtra had 15,525 COVID-19 cases as of Wednesday morning, including 617 deaths. However, 2,819 patients have been cured and discharged after receiving treatment for the disease.

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