SC agrees to hear plea challenging validity of NIA Act, 2008
New Delhi, April 21: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea challenging the validity of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued notice to the Centre, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and others seeking their responses on the plea. “Issue notice,” the bench said, noting that the questions raised before it were of vital importance, The plea has sought the setting aside of the 2008 Act, claiming it was “violative” of Article 14 and beyond the legislative competence of the Centre. The NIA was set up under the Act as a central counter-terrorism law enforcement agency in the wake of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The court directed that a counter affidavit be filed by the respondents within four weeks and the petitioner would thereafter have two weeks to file the rejoinder affidavit. (PTI)
67-yr-old woman raped by son in north Delhi
New Delhi, April 21: Delhi Police has arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly raping his 67-year-old mother multiple times under the influence of alcohol in north Delhi’s Burari area, an official said on Tuesday. According to the woman’s statement, she was tied up and raped multiple times by the accused, who first assaulted his own daughter. The accused was arrested from his home after the elderly woman managed to free herself and narrated the incident to her daughter, who then alerted the police. The woman, a domestic help who supports the family by sweeping and mopping houses, lives with her son and 16-year-old granddaughter, according to the FIR. “My son is an alcoholic and was heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident,” the FIR read. The woman alleged that her son slapped her daughter over a domestic tiff on April 17 and went outside. The daughter subsequently left for her aunt’s house. “He returned home in a drunken state. I offered him food, but he tied my hands and feet and raped me,” the mother alleged. (PTI)
