Court firing: Judicial custody for 7 lawyers
New Delhi, July 11: A court here Tuesday allowed police to quiz Sandeep Sharma in their custody for two days in connection with the firing incident in the Tis Hazari district court premises during a fight between lawyers. Two more advocates, Jitesh Khari and Shiv Ram Pandey, were produced in the court after their arrest on Tuesday. They along with the five advocates, who were in police custody, were sent to judicial custody for 14 days. A gun was fired in the Tis Hazari court premises on July 5 during a fight between two groups of lawyers, police have claimed. Police arrested Sachin Sangwan, Aman Singh, and Ravi Gupta on July 6, and Manish Sharma and Lalit Sharma on July 7. They were sent to four days and three days of police custody respectively. All of them are lawyers. On Monday, their custodial interrogation was extended by a day. During court hearing, the investigating officer sought Sharma’s custodial interrogation for two days, saying it was required to find out the source of the gun and to apprehend the other people involved in the matter. (PTI)
EC brings in new feature
New Delhi, July 11: The Election Commission has introduced a new feature in the symbol loading process of paper trail machines in an effort to enhance transparency in the election process, according to a Union Law Ministry document. The new feature provides for simultaneous visual display of the serial number, symbol and name of candidates being uploaded to the VVPATs during the first-level checks and commissioning on a monitor or a TV screen for stakeholders to cross-check, the ministry’s 2022-23 annual report said. The feature has been added to the symbol loading unit which uploads symbols and names of candidates contesting in a particular seat on a VVPAT slip. Since 2019, VVPAT slips from five randomly selected polling stations per assembly constituency are matched with the EVM count for greater transparency. The VVPAT slips appear in a window for seven seconds after a vote is cast on an EVM to allow the voter to cross-check whether the ballot cast has gone to intended candidate. The slip then falls in a basket. The voter cannot take the slip as it violates the principle of a secret ballot. (PTI)
