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SC issues strict guidelines on police encounter cases, says magisterial probe would be carried out

New Delhi, Sep 23 (ANI): In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued strict guidelines on police encounters which mandates filing of FIR in all such cases. The SC said that if an encounter leads to a death then FIR must be filed and a magisterial probe under Sec 176 of Criminal Procedure Code carried out. The probe be handled by the state CID or a separate police station. The court has also directed that they will also have to surrender weapons and ammunition after the encounter. Further, unlike earlier when the encounter lead to awards, the court verdict also bars awarding of gallantry awards or promotion to policemen involved in encounters until the probe gets over. Sep 23, 2014
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Second FIR filed against Yogi Adityanath for violating poll code

Noida, Sep 12 (ANI): Noida police lodged a second FIR against BJP MLA Yogi Adityanath for his alleged hate speech, within 24 hours of the first one. While the first one was filed in Lucknow, the second was filed in Noida following the orders by the Elections Commission. Noida Deputy SP Shivram Yadav said that a case has been registered under Sec 153A, 295A, 505 IPC and 125 of the Representation of People Act. The Election Commission had on Thursday "reprimanded" the BJP MP for violating the Model Code of Conduct and asked the Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer (CEO) to ensure that an FIR is lodged against him. Sep 12, 2014
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Yogi Adityanath gets notice from EC for inflammatory remarks, Politicos react

New Delhi, Sep 10 (ANI): BJP leader Yogi Adityanath received a show cause notice from the Election Commission for violating the Model Code of Conduct and making inflammatory remarks while he campaigned for the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. Appreciating Election Commission's step, Congress leader Manish Tewari said it's high time that someone takes cognizance of the manner in which the leaders of BJP are trying to create communal violence in India. NCP leader Majid Memon said that whenever any mischievous statement is made from any side, the Election Commission should deal with it very firmly. Sep 10, 2014