Mumbai: Contractor Romin Chedda, who was arrested by the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai police for alleged irregularities in setting up oxygen generation plants at BMC hospitals and jumbo centres during Covid-19 pandemic, was remanded to police custody until November 27.
Romin was produced before the holiday court at Esplanade on Saturday. Romin’s battery of lawyers, including Abad Ponda, argued that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated with the section of forgery as the charges are non-cognizable and bailable.
The EOW on Wednesday registered an FIR at the Nagpada police station and took over the investigation.Chheda was the power of attorney holder of Highway Construction company when the company bagged the contract in 2021. Police sources said that the compnay bagged the Rs 80-crore contract. It submitted fake papers to save the company from penalty/fine for not completing the work, thus causing the civic body a loss of Rs 6crore by saving on the penalty. tnn
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Romin was produced before the holiday court at Esplanade on Saturday. Romin’s battery of lawyers, including Abad Ponda, argued that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated with the section of forgery as the charges are non-cognizable and bailable.
The EOW on Wednesday registered an FIR at the Nagpada police station and took over the investigation.Chheda was the power of attorney holder of Highway Construction company when the company bagged the contract in 2021. Police sources said that the compnay bagged the Rs 80-crore contract. It submitted fake papers to save the company from penalty/fine for not completing the work, thus causing the civic body a loss of Rs 6crore by saving on the penalty. tnn
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An Australian individual named Wen Johnson disrupted the pitch during the World Cup final between India and Australia in Ahmedabad. Johnson entered Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium and approached batter Virat Kohli but was immediately apprehended by security personnel. He was arrested by the Chandkheda police on charges of criminal trespass and causing harm to deter public servants from performing their duty. The case was then transferred to the Crime Branch. Johnson has been remanded in police custody until Tuesday for further investigation.
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The Supreme Court’s hearings on including safeguards to reduce instances of death penalty took an interesting turn as majority of the lawyers present declared themselves to be abolitionists. There is a strong feeling that the use of death penalty should be further minimized by expanding the list of mitigating factors and by defining attenuating considerations precisely. The two major reforms suggested are giving adequate time post-conviction for convicts to produce material for non-award of death penalty, and periodic psychological evaluations of convicts to determine their fitness for execution. National Law University Delhi’s Project 39A also supports the provision of adequate time gap between conviction and sentencing.