Former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda, the main accused in air hostess Geetika Sharma suicide case, was on Thursday granted a month’s interim bail by a fast-track court here after spending nearly 14 months in jail.
Additional sessions judge Mahesh Chander Gupta granted Kanda interim bail till October 4 considering “special circumstances” that he needs to attend the Assembly session and discharge his obligation towards his constituency Sirsa. The court directed Kanda to furnish a personal bond of `5 lakhs and two sureties of the like amount and surrender in court on October 4 by 10 am. The court said that “on the date of his surrendering, he shall file certificate regarding his attendance during the session issued by competent authority.”
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Court rejects blueline rehab scheme
New Delhi, Sept. 5: The Delhi high court on Thursday rejected the city government’s new policy for “rehabilitation of erstwhile Blueline bus operators” in which they were allowed to operate “mid-sized buses” in some parts of the capital.
A bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Pradeep Nandrajog rejected the rehabilitation scheme and said, “This scheme has to go. It cannot be accepted in its present form. The government is free to frame a new scheme for their rehabilitation in consonance with the court’s March 3, 2011 directions”.
The court was hearing arguments of senior advocate Kailash Vasudev, the amicus curiae, who opposed the government’s Blueline rehabilitation scheme.
— PTI