N A T I O N

2G: ED chargesheets Raja, Kani
New Delhi, April 25
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 17 others were today chargesheeted in a special court by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money-laundering case relating to the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

HC stays authority of AFT in insurance cases
Chandigarh, April 25
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed an order passed by the Chandigarh Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) that had earlier ruled that the jurisdiction to hear matters pertaining to the Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF) lay with the Tribunal and not with the civil courts.

Indian contribution to WW-I remembered 
New Delhi, April 25
Australians and New Zealanders today remembered their servicemen and Indian soldiers who served their nation in World War-I. At a dawn ceremony here at the historic Delhi War Cemetery, Australian and New Zealand communities in India paid tribute to war veterans and those who have laid down their lives in the service of their nation.

  2G: ED chargesheets Raja, Kani

New Delhi, April 25
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and 17 others were today chargesheeted in a special court by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money-laundering case relating to the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

The ED also named DMK supremo M Karunanidhi's wife Dayalu Ammal, Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd (STPL) promoters Shahid Usman Balwa and Vinod Goenka as accused in the case in which it alleged Rs 200 crore was paid by STPL promoters to DMK-run Kalaignar TV.

The final report names 10 individuals and nine companies as accused in the case and the ED has chargesheeted them for the offence of money laundering under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd directors Asif Balwa and Rajiv Aggarwal, Bollywood producer Karim Morani and Kalaignar TV managing director Sharad Kumar have also been named as accused in the case.

Raja, Kanimozhi, Shahid Balwa, Vinod Goenka, Asif Balwa, Rajiv Aggarwal, Karim Morani and Sharad Kumar are also facing trial in the 2G scam case in which CBI had earlier filed chargesheets.

The ED's chargesheet was filed before Special CBI Judge OP Saini by Special Public Prosecutor Naveen Kumar Matta, who said the agency has investigated the "flow of funds" and they have found that money was laundered by these accused persons. — PTI

HC stays authority of AFT in insurance cases
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 25
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed an order passed by the Chandigarh Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) that had earlier ruled that the jurisdiction to hear matters pertaining to the Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF) lay with the Tribunal and not with the civil courts.

Taking up a petition that contended that the AGIF was a private society and that the Army had no control over it, the High Court’s Bench comprising Justice Hemant Gupta and Justice Fatehdeep Singh has fixed July 15 as the next date of hearing.

Consequently, legal experts said civil courts would hear AGIF matters. A Full Bench of the Tribunal comprising Justice Rajesh Chandra, Justice VK Ahuja and lt Gen NS Brar in February held that since subscription to the AGIF by armed forces personnel are compulsorily deducted from their salaries under relevant provisions of the Army Act and Army Rules, it comes under the definition of “service matters” as provided for under the AFT Act.

Described as a registered society, AGIF provides insurance cover to armed forces personnel in case of death, injury or disability, disburses loans and other financial benefits and welfare schemes. 

Chandigarh Bench’s order overruled

* The HC has stayed an order passed the Chandigarh Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal that had earlier ruled that the jurisdiction to hear matters pertaining to the Army Group Insurance Fund (AGIF) lay with the Tribunal and not with the civil courts

* AGIF provides insurance cover to armed forces personnel in case of death, injury or disability, disburses loans and other financial benefits and welfare schemes

  Indian contribution to WW-I remembered 

New Delhi, April 25
Australians and New Zealanders today remembered their servicemen and Indian soldiers who served their nation in World War-I. At a dawn ceremony here at the historic Delhi War Cemetery, Australian and New Zealand communities in India paid tribute to war veterans and those who have laid down their lives in the service of their nation.

April 25 each year is termed as Anzac Day. Among those who attended the service included official representatives from a range of nations and from the three Indian Military Services. Buglers from the Indian Army played “The Last Post” and “Reveille” at the service.

“Anzac Day commemorates the landing of thousands of Australian and New Zealand troops on the shores of Gallipoli on April 25, 1915, beginning a long hard-fought campaign,” said Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Patrick Suckling. — TNS