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PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney (File photo) Canadian PM Mark Carney has said his counterpart, Narendra Modi, could travel to Canada in Dec, while citing good progress in negotiations for a trade agreement.He said the two sides were hoping to wrap up trade talks by Dec and he was looking forward to hosting Modi.Modi is expected to club his Canada visit to sign the trade agreement with his trip to Florida for the G20 summit. Around the same time, he is also expected to travel to Brussels for the signing of the India-EU free trade agreement.”We are making good progress in our trade negotiations with India. It is an exceptionally important relationship on many, many levels – people-to-people levels, security levels, and also trade and economic,” Carney said Tuesday on the sidelines of the UNGA high-level session.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesHe said Modi and he had committed at the G20 last year to “look to conclude negotiations by the G20 this year”.US President Donald Trump will host the G20 Summit from Dec 14-15 at Trump National Doral Miami resort in Doral, Florida.Carney said with the G20 Summit slated to be held in Dec, “I believe that India just confirmed that the PM will be visiting Canada around that time. The precise date isn’t out, but I very much look forward to hosting him”.Modi last visited Canada to attend the G7 Summit in June 2025 at Carney’s invitation.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosCJP Takes On Election Commission After Report; Will This Lead To Next Jantar Mantar? | WatchCEC, ECs And The Power To Decide: What Happens When Election Commissioners Disagree?ECI’s ERONET Controversy: Voter Database Row, Software Errors & 17.6 Million Notices Raise QuestionsJaishankar Meets Rubio At UNGA, Raises India’s Concerns Over Trump’s Russia Sanctions Bill ImpactBJP Defends Election Commission Over SIR Row, Challenges Opposition To Impeach CEC In Parliament’This Is a Scandalous Story’: Opposition Attacks Gyanesh Kumar After Report Claims ECI DissentSIR, Form 6, Voter Rolls: EC Responds After Report Flags Objections By 2 Election CommissionersIndian Man Murdered in UAE: Body Found in Nine Pieces Inside Car In SharjahAsad Alam Siam to Be Bangladesh’s Next High Commissioner to India | What It Means for TiesUP Man Kills Wife & 2 Priests, Holds 3 Children Hostage, Later Shot Dead In Police Encounter123Hot PicksBPSC TRE 4 RecruitmentAndhra Pradesh school holidaySpaceXGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysWeather tomorrowHurricane PoloUPI transactionsOpenAI breachCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyConnor McDavid WifePowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court

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PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney (File photo) Canadian PM Mark Carney has said his counterpart, Narendra Modi, could travel to Canada in Dec, while citing good progress in negotiations for a trade agreement.He said the two sides were hoping to wrap up trade talks by Dec and he was looking forward to hosting Modi.Modi is expected to club his Canada visit to sign the trade agreement with his trip to Florida for the G20 summit. Around the same time, he is also expected to travel to Brussels for the signing of the India-EU free trade agreement.”We are making good progress in our trade negotiations with India. It is an exceptionally important relationship on many, many levels – people-to-people levels, security levels, and also trade and economic,” Carney said Tuesday on the sidelines of the UNGA high-level session.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesHe said Modi and he had committed at the G20 last year to “look to conclude negotiations by the G20 this year”.US President Donald Trump will host the G20 Summit from Dec 14-15 at Trump National Doral Miami resort in Doral, Florida.Carney said with the G20 Summit slated to be held in Dec, “I believe that India just confirmed that the PM will be visiting Canada around that time. The precise date isn’t out, but I very much look forward to hosting him”.Modi last visited Canada to attend the G7 Summit in June 2025 at Carney’s invitation.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideosCJP Takes On Election Commission After Report; Will This Lead To Next Jantar Mantar? | WatchCEC, ECs And The Power To Decide: What Happens When Election Commissioners Disagree?ECI’s ERONET Controversy: Voter Database Row, Software Errors & 17.6 Million Notices Raise QuestionsJaishankar Meets Rubio At UNGA, Raises India’s Concerns Over Trump’s Russia Sanctions Bill ImpactBJP Defends Election Commission Over SIR Row, Challenges Opposition To Impeach CEC In Parliament’This Is a Scandalous Story’: Opposition Attacks Gyanesh Kumar After Report Claims ECI DissentSIR, Form 6, Voter Rolls: EC Responds After Report Flags Objections By 2 Election CommissionersIndian Man Murdered in UAE: Body Found in Nine Pieces Inside Car In SharjahAsad Alam Siam to Be Bangladesh’s Next High Commissioner to India | What It Means for TiesUP Man Kills Wife & 2 Priests, Holds 3 Children Hostage, Later Shot Dead In Police Encounter123Hot PicksBPSC TRE 4 RecruitmentAndhra Pradesh school holidaySpaceXGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysWeather tomorrowHurricane PoloUPI transactionsOpenAI breachCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyConnor McDavid WifePowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court


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PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney (File photo)

Canadian PM Mark Carney has said his counterpart, Narendra Modi, could travel to Canada in Dec, while citing good progress in negotiations for a trade agreement.He said the two sides were hoping to wrap up trade talks by Dec and he was looking forward to hosting Modi.Modi is expected to club his Canada visit to sign the trade agreement with his trip to Florida for the G20 summit. Around the same time, he is also expected to travel to Brussels for the signing of the India-EU free trade agreement.“We are making good progress in our trade negotiations with India. It is an exceptionally important relationship on many, many levels – people-to-people levels, security levels, and also trade and economic,” Carney said Tuesday on the sidelines of the UNGA high-level session.

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File photo: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday escalated his attack on the Centre and the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that India’s elections had been “rigged” and demanding the immediate resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Congress MP said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and Kumar were “deshdrohis” (traitors) for what he alleged was the destruction of the country’s vote.He said the 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly elections were “all rigged” and asserted that PM Modi and Shah would be investigated over what he described as a conspiracy to “steal elections”.His remarks came a day after an investigation by a media report claimed that election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally raised objections to decisions and orders related to electoral-roll management and the SIR exercise.The Election Commission has rejected the suggestion that these objections reflected a disagreement over its final decisions, saying its decisions, including those concerning SIR, were unanimous.Rahul Gandhi demands CEC’s resignationAddressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi, Rahul said the Election Commission was responsible for protecting the vote and accused the poll panel of failing in that duty.”Mr Gyanesh Kumar must resign immediately. We are not going to let democracy be destroyed in India and sit silent, and the people responsible for this are going to be punished,” Rae Bareli MP said.He said the reported objections by Sandhu and Joshi showed that questions were being raised within the poll panel itself.”The two Election Commissioners have done a wise thing, and I appreciate it,” he said.Former Congress president further alleged that the Prime Minister and home minister were “at the top of this conspiracy” and would be investigated. He also suggested that Kumar should “turn approver”, describing that as an act of nationalism.”I can say with certainty that Indian elections — 2024 Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls — were all rigged,” Rahul said.He also linked the alleged manipulation of votes to the functioning of Parliament, laws and institutions.”From vote chori (vote theft), comes kanoon chori (law theft) and from that comes sanstha chori (institutional theft),” he said.Explaining the argument, the Congress leader said the vote was the foundation of the constitutional system.”If the vote has been destroyed, then our Constitution has been destroyed. If our Constitution has been destroyed, our laws are illegal. If our laws are illegal, our institutions are meaningless,” he said.He said the alleged issue was therefore not limited to electoral rolls but concerned the wider constitutional framework.”The central question here is this is not just an attack on the vote; this is an attack on the idea, the basic infrastructure, and the expression of every single Indian person,” Rahul said.What triggered the latest row?The immediate trigger was an Indian Express investigation reporting that Sandhu and Joshi recorded at least 14 objections over 10 months to decisions and orders issued in the name of the Election Commission.The objections reportedly covered voter registration and deletion, changes to Form 6 used for new voter registration, access to and centralisation of electoral-roll databases, and other aspects of the SIR exercise.The report said the two commissioners had objected four times on a single day and had raised concerns about decisions they said were taken without their knowledge or approval.The Election Commission, however, has disputed the interpretation that the reported internal notes amounted to a breakdown or disagreement over final decisions.The poll panel said internal technical notes, queries and suggestions were part of the normal administrative and decision-making process and maintained that the final decisions of the Commission were unanimous. Its response did not dispute the existence of the notes but said focusing on individual objections presented only part of the overall decision-making process.The EC’s position is that all decisions relating to SIR had the approval of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and election commissioners Sandhu and Joshi.BJP rejects Rahul’s allegationsThe BJP hit back at Lok Sabha LoP’s allegations, with party spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari describing his press conference as a “damp squib” and dubbing it “Jhoot Ki Goonj”.In a post on X, Bhandari accused Rahul of making false claims and said the Congress leader was unable to win public support through democratic means.He also challenged Rahul’s assertion that there had been no anti-incumbency against the BJP since 2014, saying the BJP had lost 20 elections since then.BJP leader and MP Sudhanshu Trivedi also challenged Rae Bareli MP’s argument on anti-incumbency.He pointed to the Congress’s electoral record in states including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and argued that anti-incumbency had affected the Congress as well.On the media report, Trivedi questioned the basis for treating the reported objections as evidence that the Election Commission’s final decisions were not unanimous.”Do you have even a single report indicating that a decision was not unanimous?” Trivedi said, adding that there was no quoted statement from any Election Commissioner saying that a final decision had not been unanimous.He also questioned whether the reported internal objections should be treated as evidence of a wider institutional dispute when the Commission had maintained that its decisions were unanimous.Rahul’s anti-incumbency argumentA significant part of the Congress leader’s press conference focused on what he described as the disappearance of anti-incumbency against the BJP.He cited electoral swings in Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and said governments and political parties in India had historically faced anti-incumbency.”Haryana swings from one party to another for 50 years. Suddenly anti-incumbency disappears. Maharashtra swings; suddenly it disappears. Uttar Pradesh swings. Sometimes Samajwadi, sometimes BSP; it disappears. Madhya Pradesh, it disappears. Gujarat, it disappears,” Rahul said.He cited former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s experience after the 1971 Bangladesh war as an example of how anti-incumbency, according to him, had affected even highly popular leaders.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines”It happens to leader after leader. It does not happen to PM Modi, Shah and the BJP – now we know the answer to it,” he said.He also played videos of PM Modi and Shah, including remarks about the BJP remaining in power for decades and Modi’s “Abki Baar 400 Paar” slogan. He argued that such statements were inconsistent with the normal operation of democratic politics.However, BJP has rejected Rahul’s allegations, while the Election Commission has maintained that the reported objections were part of its internal decision-making process and that its final decisions, including those related to SIR, were unanimous.The dispute over the electoral-roll revision and the reported objections by the two election commissioners is now at the centre of the political exchange between Congress, BJP and the poll panel.Get the latest India News and Live updates. 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File photo: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday escalated his attack on the Centre and the Election Commission over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that India’s elections had been “rigged” and demanding the immediate resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Congress MP said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and Kumar were “deshdrohis” (traitors) for what he alleged was the destruction of the country’s vote.He said the 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly elections were “all rigged” and asserted that PM Modi and Shah would be investigated over what he described as a conspiracy to “steal elections”.His remarks came a day after an investigation by a media report claimed that election commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally raised objections to decisions and orders related to electoral-roll management and the SIR exercise.The Election Commission has rejected the suggestion that these objections reflected a disagreement over its final decisions, saying its decisions, including those concerning SIR, were unanimous.Rahul Gandhi demands CEC’s resignationAddressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi, Rahul said the Election Commission was responsible for protecting the vote and accused the poll panel of failing in that duty.”Mr Gyanesh Kumar must resign immediately. We are not going to let democracy be destroyed in India and sit silent, and the people responsible for this are going to be punished,” Rae Bareli MP said.He said the reported objections by Sandhu and Joshi showed that questions were being raised within the poll panel itself.”The two Election Commissioners have done a wise thing, and I appreciate it,” he said.Former Congress president further alleged that the Prime Minister and home minister were “at the top of this conspiracy” and would be investigated. He also suggested that Kumar should “turn approver”, describing that as an act of nationalism.”I can say with certainty that Indian elections — 2024 Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha polls — were all rigged,” Rahul said.He also linked the alleged manipulation of votes to the functioning of Parliament, laws and institutions.”From vote chori (vote theft), comes kanoon chori (law theft) and from that comes sanstha chori (institutional theft),” he said.Explaining the argument, the Congress leader said the vote was the foundation of the constitutional system.”If the vote has been destroyed, then our Constitution has been destroyed. If our Constitution has been destroyed, our laws are illegal. If our laws are illegal, our institutions are meaningless,” he said.He said the alleged issue was therefore not limited to electoral rolls but concerned the wider constitutional framework.”The central question here is this is not just an attack on the vote; this is an attack on the idea, the basic infrastructure, and the expression of every single Indian person,” Rahul said.What triggered the latest row?The immediate trigger was an Indian Express investigation reporting that Sandhu and Joshi recorded at least 14 objections over 10 months to decisions and orders issued in the name of the Election Commission.The objections reportedly covered voter registration and deletion, changes to Form 6 used for new voter registration, access to and centralisation of electoral-roll databases, and other aspects of the SIR exercise.The report said the two commissioners had objected four times on a single day and had raised concerns about decisions they said were taken without their knowledge or approval.The Election Commission, however, has disputed the interpretation that the reported internal notes amounted to a breakdown or disagreement over final decisions.The poll panel said internal technical notes, queries and suggestions were part of the normal administrative and decision-making process and maintained that the final decisions of the Commission were unanimous. Its response did not dispute the existence of the notes but said focusing on individual objections presented only part of the overall decision-making process.The EC’s position is that all decisions relating to SIR had the approval of CEC Gyanesh Kumar and election commissioners Sandhu and Joshi.BJP rejects Rahul’s allegationsThe BJP hit back at Lok Sabha LoP’s allegations, with party spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari describing his press conference as a “damp squib” and dubbing it “Jhoot Ki Goonj”.In a post on X, Bhandari accused Rahul of making false claims and said the Congress leader was unable to win public support through democratic means.He also challenged Rahul’s assertion that there had been no anti-incumbency against the BJP since 2014, saying the BJP had lost 20 elections since then.BJP leader and MP Sudhanshu Trivedi also challenged Rae Bareli MP’s argument on anti-incumbency.He pointed to the Congress’s electoral record in states including Tamil Nadu and West Bengal and argued that anti-incumbency had affected the Congress as well.On the media report, Trivedi questioned the basis for treating the reported objections as evidence that the Election Commission’s final decisions were not unanimous.”Do you have even a single report indicating that a decision was not unanimous?” Trivedi said, adding that there was no quoted statement from any Election Commissioner saying that a final decision had not been unanimous.He also questioned whether the reported internal objections should be treated as evidence of a wider institutional dispute when the Commission had maintained that its decisions were unanimous.Rahul’s anti-incumbency argumentA significant part of the Congress leader’s press conference focused on what he described as the disappearance of anti-incumbency against the BJP.He cited electoral swings in Haryana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and said governments and political parties in India had historically faced anti-incumbency.”Haryana swings from one party to another for 50 years. Suddenly anti-incumbency disappears. Maharashtra swings; suddenly it disappears. Uttar Pradesh swings. Sometimes Samajwadi, sometimes BSP; it disappears. Madhya Pradesh, it disappears. Gujarat, it disappears,” Rahul said.He cited former prime minister Indira Gandhi’s experience after the 1971 Bangladesh war as an example of how anti-incumbency, according to him, had affected even highly popular leaders.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines”It happens to leader after leader. It does not happen to PM Modi, Shah and the BJP – now we know the answer to it,” he said.He also played videos of PM Modi and Shah, including remarks about the BJP remaining in power for decades and Modi’s “Abki Baar 400 Paar” slogan. He argued that such statements were inconsistent with the normal operation of democratic politics.However, BJP has rejected Rahul’s allegations, while the Election Commission has maintained that the reported objections were part of its internal decision-making process and that its final decisions, including those related to SIR, were unanimous.The dispute over the electoral-roll revision and the reported objections by the two election commissioners is now at the centre of the political exchange between Congress, BJP and the poll panel.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.End of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos21-Year Search Ends As Jamui Police Arrest Double Murder Accused While Raiding House Of His Son‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC RowLoP Role ‘Largely Ornamental’?: SC Judges Split Over EC Appointment Law, Matter Sent To CJIRam Temple Donation Case: SIT Files 74,000-Page Chargesheet Against 8 AccusedSahil Wakode Death Case: CCTV Footage Surfaces; IIT Bombay Sets Up 10-Member Probe Panel’Illegal’ Changes to IT System Row: Timeline of Sandhu & Joshi’s Objections Over Form 6, ECINet, SIRVivek Joshi & SS Sandhu: The 2 Election Commissioners Who ‘Raised Objections’ Over SIR, Form-6CJP Takes On Election Commission After Report; Will This Lead To Next Jantar Mantar? | WatchCEC, ECs And The Power To Decide: What Happens When Election Commissioners Disagree?ECI’s ERONET Controversy: Voter Database Row, Software Errors & 17.6 Million Notices Raise Questions123Hot PicksIBPS PO Prelims Result 2026Bank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysSchool holiday todaySamastipur girl molestationTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court

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“POCSO offence cannot be quashed on basis of compromise”, says Delhi High Court NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has held that proceedings under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cannot be quashed on the basis of a compromise between a child victim or the victim’s family and the accused.Justice Sachin Datta made the observation while dismissing a petition seeking quashing of an FIR and related proceedings on the basis of a settlement allegedly reached with the victim with the intervention of her family, according to news agency ANI.The court noted that the case involved allegations of aggravated penetrative sexual assault against a child by a person allegedly in a position of trust or authority. It observed that such offences are heinous and have a serious impact on society.The high court relied on a Supreme Court judgment which held that while a high court has inherent powers to quash criminal proceedings in appropriate cases where parties have settled their dispute, such powers must be exercised after considering the nature and gravity of the offence.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe Supreme Court has held that heinous and serious offences, including rape, ordinarily cannot be quashed merely because the victim or the victim’s family and the accused have reached a settlement, as such offences are not private in nature and have a serious impact on society.Applying the principle, the Delhi high court held that an offence under the POCSO Act cannot be compromised by the child victim or the victim’s family. It said quashing the proceedings at this stage on the basis of a compromise would defeat the object of the statute and the ends of justice.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAastha JhaAastha Jha is a writer at The Times of India, covering politics. She also writes on business, global affairs, social issues, with a focus on policy, governance and their impact on everyday lives. Her work brings together reportage and analysis, tracking developments in India and abroad while examining the broader social and economic currents shaping public discourse.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos21-Year Search Ends As Jamui Police Arrest Double Murder Accused While Raiding House Of His Son‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC RowLoP Role ‘Largely Ornamental’?: SC Judges Split Over EC Appointment Law, Matter Sent To CJIRam Temple Donation Case: SIT Files 74,000-Page Chargesheet Against 8 AccusedSahil Wakode Death Case: CCTV Footage Surfaces; IIT Bombay Sets Up 10-Member Probe Panel’Illegal’ Changes to IT System Row: Timeline of Sandhu & Joshi’s Objections Over Form 6, ECINet, SIRVivek Joshi & SS Sandhu: The 2 Election Commissioners Who ‘Raised Objections’ Over SIR, Form-6CJP Takes On Election Commission After Report; Will This Lead To Next Jantar Mantar? | WatchCEC, ECs And The Power To Decide: What Happens When Election Commissioners Disagree?ECI’s ERONET Controversy: Voter Database Row, Software Errors & 17.6 Million Notices Raise Questions123Hot PicksIBPS PO Prelims Result 2026Bank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysSchool holiday todaySamastipur girl molestationTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court

“POCSO offence cannot be quashed on basis of compromise”, says Delhi High Court NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has held that proceedings under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cannot be quashed on the basis of a compromise between a child victim or the victim’s family and the accused.Justice Sachin Datta made the observation while dismissing a petition seeking quashing of an FIR and related proceedings on the basis of a settlement allegedly reached with the victim with the intervention of her family, according to news agency ANI.The court noted that the case involved allegations of aggravated penetrative sexual assault against a child by a person allegedly in a position of trust or authority. It observed that such offences are heinous and have a serious impact on society.The high court relied on a Supreme Court judgment which held that while a high court has inherent powers to quash criminal proceedings in appropriate cases where parties have settled their dispute, such powers must be exercised after considering the nature and gravity of the offence.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesThe Supreme Court has held that heinous and serious offences, including rape, ordinarily cannot be quashed merely because the victim or the victim’s family and the accused have reached a settlement, as such offences are not private in nature and have a serious impact on society.Applying the principle, the Delhi high court held that an offence under the POCSO Act cannot be compromised by the child victim or the victim’s family. It said quashing the proceedings at this stage on the basis of a compromise would defeat the object of the statute and the ends of justice.Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAastha JhaAastha Jha is a writer at The Times of India, covering politics. She also writes on business, global affairs, social issues, with a focus on policy, governance and their impact on everyday lives. Her work brings together reportage and analysis, tracking developments in India and abroad while examining the broader social and economic currents shaping public discourse.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos21-Year Search Ends As Jamui Police Arrest Double Murder Accused While Raiding House Of His Son‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC RowLoP Role ‘Largely Ornamental’?: SC Judges Split Over EC Appointment Law, Matter Sent To CJIRam Temple Donation Case: SIT Files 74,000-Page Chargesheet Against 8 AccusedSahil Wakode Death Case: CCTV Footage Surfaces; IIT Bombay Sets Up 10-Member Probe Panel’Illegal’ Changes to IT System Row: Timeline of Sandhu & Joshi’s Objections Over Form 6, ECINet, SIRVivek Joshi & SS Sandhu: The 2 Election Commissioners Who ‘Raised Objections’ Over SIR, Form-6CJP Takes On Election Commission After Report; Will This Lead To Next Jantar Mantar? | WatchCEC, ECs And The Power To Decide: What Happens When Election Commissioners Disagree?ECI’s ERONET Controversy: Voter Database Row, Software Errors & 17.6 Million Notices Raise Questions123Hot PicksIBPS PO Prelims Result 2026Bank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysSchool holiday todaySamastipur girl molestationTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court

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Rahul targets Centre, CEC amid SIR row; Iran threatens to extend war to Indian Ocean in case of new US strikes SIR row: Rahul Gandhi questioned CEC Gyanesh Kumar amid the SIR row and asked why PM Modi and Amit Shah face no anti-incumbency.Iran-US tensions: An adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader warned that a new US attack could see the conflict spread to the Indian Ocean.CEC impeachment: Congress has reached out to opposition parties seeking support for an impeachment motion against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.Market crash: Sensex plunged 1,248 points and Nifty fell 384 points as rising US bond yields triggered heavy selling.Paneer labelling: FSSAI has proposed restricting the use of the term “paneer” for analogue paneer and cheese products to prevent consumer confusion.Here are top 5 news of the dayRahul Gandhi questions CEC over SIR, asks why PM Modi, Shah face no anti-incumbencyLeader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi questioned Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid reports of differences within the poll body over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Rahul alleged that elections were “rigged” and questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah did not face anti-incumbency. “I come from a political family, and I have spent more than 50 years in a political family… In India, there is a fundamental force called anti-incumbency,” he said. Read full storyIran warns war with US could spread to Indian OceanAn adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Tehran could expand any new conflict with the United States to the Indian Ocean if Washington launches another attack, AFP reported. The warning comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the US, with Tehran signalling that a fresh confrontation could widen beyond the region. Follow live updatesCongress seeks Opposition backing for impeachment motion against CEC Gyanesh KumarCongress has approached opposition parties seeking their support for an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid the ongoing SIR row, ANI reported, citing party sources. The sources said the notice would be moved in both Houses of Parliament within two weeks. Congress has also directed its state units to hold protest marches to Election Commission offices on September 25, demanding Kumar’s arrest and removal. Read full storySensex plunges 1,248 points, Nifty falls 384 points on global cuesIndian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended sharply lower, dragged by weak global signals and a sharp rise in US bond yields. The Nifty 50 declined 383.70 points, or 1.64%, to 23,063.10, while the BSE Sensex dropped 1,247.71 points, or 1.67%, to 73,580.54. Both indices came under intense selling pressure during the session, falling more than 1.5% as US bond yields hit a 19-year high, raising investor concerns.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines Read full storyFSSAI proposes curbs on use of ‘paneer’ tag for analogue productsThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed restricting the use of the term “paneer” for analogue paneer and cheese products to ensure consumers are not misled about their composition. The proposal covers food businesses, including hotels, restaurants and caterers, using dairy substitutes. Such products would need clear identification, with businesses required to prominently disclose the information on menu cards, packaging and other consumer touchpoints under existing labelling rules. Read full storyGet the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAastha JhaAastha Jha is a writer at The Times of India, covering politics. She also writes on business, global affairs, social issues, with a focus on policy, governance and their impact on everyday lives. Her work brings together reportage and analysis, tracking developments in India and abroad while examining the broader social and economic currents shaping public discourse.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC RowLoP Role ‘Largely Ornamental’?: SC Judges Split Over EC Appointment Law, Matter Sent To CJIRam Temple Donation Case: SIT Files 74,000-Page Chargesheet Against 8 AccusedSahil Wakode Death Case: CCTV Footage Surfaces; IIT Bombay Sets Up 10-Member Probe Panel’Illegal’ Changes to IT System Row: Timeline of Sandhu & Joshi’s Objections Over Form 6, ECINet, SIRVivek Joshi & SS Sandhu: The 2 Election Commissioners Who ‘Raised Objections’ Over SIR, Form-6CJP Takes On Election Commission After Report; Will This Lead To Next Jantar Mantar? | WatchCEC, ECs And The Power To Decide: What Happens When Election Commissioners Disagree?ECI’s ERONET Controversy: Voter Database Row, Software Errors & 17.6 Million Notices Raise QuestionsJaishankar Meets Rubio At UNGA, Raises India’s Concerns Over Trump’s Russia Sanctions Bill Impact123Hot PicksIBPS PO Prelims Result 2026Bank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysSchool holiday todaySamastipur girl molestationTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court

Rahul targets Centre, CEC amid SIR row; Iran threatens to extend war to Indian Ocean in case of new US strikes SIR row: Rahul Gandhi questioned CEC Gyanesh Kumar amid the SIR row and asked why PM Modi and Amit Shah face no anti-incumbency.Iran-US tensions: An adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader warned that a new US attack could see the conflict spread to the Indian Ocean.CEC impeachment: Congress has reached out to opposition parties seeking support for an impeachment motion against CEC Gyanesh Kumar.Market crash: Sensex plunged 1,248 points and Nifty fell 384 points as rising US bond yields triggered heavy selling.Paneer labelling: FSSAI has proposed restricting the use of the term “paneer” for analogue paneer and cheese products to prevent consumer confusion.Here are top 5 news of the dayRahul Gandhi questions CEC over SIR, asks why PM Modi, Shah face no anti-incumbencyLeader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi questioned Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid reports of differences within the poll body over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Rahul alleged that elections were “rigged” and questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah did not face anti-incumbency. “I come from a political family, and I have spent more than 50 years in a political family… In India, there is a fundamental force called anti-incumbency,” he said. Read full storyIran warns war with US could spread to Indian OceanAn adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned that Tehran could expand any new conflict with the United States to the Indian Ocean if Washington launches another attack, AFP reported. The warning comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the US, with Tehran signalling that a fresh confrontation could widen beyond the region. Follow live updatesCongress seeks Opposition backing for impeachment motion against CEC Gyanesh KumarCongress has approached opposition parties seeking their support for an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar amid the ongoing SIR row, ANI reported, citing party sources. The sources said the notice would be moved in both Houses of Parliament within two weeks. Congress has also directed its state units to hold protest marches to Election Commission offices on September 25, demanding Kumar’s arrest and removal. Read full storySensex plunges 1,248 points, Nifty falls 384 points on global cuesIndian equity benchmarks Sensex and Nifty ended sharply lower, dragged by weak global signals and a sharp rise in US bond yields. The Nifty 50 declined 383.70 points, or 1.64%, to 23,063.10, while the BSE Sensex dropped 1,247.71 points, or 1.67%, to 73,580.54. Both indices came under intense selling pressure during the session, falling more than 1.5% as US bond yields hit a 19-year high, raising investor concerns.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelines Read full storyFSSAI proposes curbs on use of ‘paneer’ tag for analogue productsThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed restricting the use of the term “paneer” for analogue paneer and cheese products to ensure consumers are not misled about their composition. The proposal covers food businesses, including hotels, restaurants and caterers, using dairy substitutes. Such products would need clear identification, with businesses required to prominently disclose the information on menu cards, packaging and other consumer touchpoints under existing labelling rules. Read full storyGet the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorAastha JhaAastha Jha is a writer at The Times of India, covering politics. She also writes on business, global affairs, social issues, with a focus on policy, governance and their impact on everyday lives. Her work brings together reportage and analysis, tracking developments in India and abroad while examining the broader social and economic currents shaping public discourse.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC RowLoP Role ‘Largely Ornamental’?: SC Judges Split Over EC Appointment Law, Matter Sent To CJIRam Temple Donation Case: SIT Files 74,000-Page Chargesheet Against 8 AccusedSahil Wakode Death Case: CCTV Footage Surfaces; IIT Bombay Sets Up 10-Member Probe Panel’Illegal’ Changes to IT System Row: Timeline of Sandhu & Joshi’s Objections Over Form 6, ECINet, SIRVivek Joshi & SS Sandhu: The 2 Election Commissioners Who ‘Raised Objections’ Over SIR, Form-6CJP Takes On Election Commission After Report; Will This Lead To Next Jantar Mantar? | WatchCEC, ECs And The Power To Decide: What Happens When Election Commissioners Disagree?ECI’s ERONET Controversy: Voter Database Row, Software Errors & 17.6 Million Notices Raise QuestionsJaishankar Meets Rubio At UNGA, Raises India’s Concerns Over Trump’s Russia Sanctions Bill Impact123Hot PicksIBPS PO Prelims Result 2026Bank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysSchool holiday todaySamastipur girl molestationTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court

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Milan Pradhan was arrested on September 18 NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Thursday orally directed the West Bengal government to allow arrested Congress candidate Milan Pradhan to contest the upcoming Nandigram assembly bypoll.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya held that Pradhan would not be treated as “arrested” in the 2007 case for which a lower court remanded him to judicial custody until October 7.Pradhan had challenged his arrest in the case, which was not among the 11 cases mentioned before the high court on September 22. The court noted that the state had produced no document showing that a production warrant had been served on the Congress candidate.“It is surprising to note that the said criminal prosecution is of 2007 and the investigating officer made a prayer for treating the petitioner as ‘shown arrest’ on September 19,” the court observed.On September 22 too, the bench had orally asked the West Bengal government to allow Pradhan to contest the Nandigram bypoll, subject to his securing bail in the five cases in which he had been arrested.The court noted that Pradhan was shown “arrested” in the Khejuri police station case after the September 22 hearing.Justice Bhattacharyya directed the police not to take any steps against Pradhan until October 12 in case number 45 of 2007 at Khejuri police station in Purba Medinipur district and ordered that he not be treated as arrested in the case.The court questioned why Pradhan had been arraigned in another case after the state had told it that he was not wanted in any other case.Pradhan’s counsel Ayan Bhattacharjee told the bench he was “unaware” of the Khejuri case and that the prosecution had not disclosed the production warrant to the high court.Additional advocate general Rajdeep Majumdar, appearing for the state, said the Contai ACJM court had issued the warrant on September 19. Pradhan faces charges including murder and attempt to murder in the case.The cases against Pradhan stem from protests against land acquisition by the then Left Front government in Nandigram and Khejuri in 2007. Police said the pending cases include charges of murder, attempt to murder, abduction with intent to murder, rioting with arms and offences under the Arms Act.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesHe has filed bail applications in four cases.Pradhan was arrested on September 18, hours after Mamata Banerjee announced that her Trinamool Congress faction would support him after its candidate, Sanchita Pradhan De, withdrew from the Nandigram contest.The Nandigram seat fell vacant after West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari retained Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee’s erstwhile stronghold. The bypoll will be held on October 6, with counting on October 9.(With PTI inputs)Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorKaran ManralKaran Manral is a journalist at the Times of India. He covers politics, social issues, and international affairs, exploring stories that affect people’s everyday lives. He also writes explainers to make these stories easier for readers to follow.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC RowLoP Role ‘Largely Ornamental’?: SC Judges Split Over EC Appointment Law, Matter Sent To CJIRam Temple Donation Case: SIT Files 74,000-Page Chargesheet Against 8 AccusedSahil Wakode Death Case: CCTV Footage Surfaces; IIT Bombay Sets Up 10-Member Probe Panel’Illegal’ Changes to IT System Row: Timeline of Sandhu & Joshi’s Objections Over Form 6, ECINet, SIRVivek Joshi & SS Sandhu: The 2 Election Commissioners Who ‘Raised Objections’ Over SIR, Form-6CJP Takes On Election Commission After Report; Will This Lead To Next Jantar Mantar? | WatchCEC, ECs And The Power To Decide: What Happens When Election Commissioners Disagree?ECI’s ERONET Controversy: Voter Database Row, Software Errors & 17.6 Million Notices Raise QuestionsJaishankar Meets Rubio At UNGA, Raises India’s Concerns Over Trump’s Russia Sanctions Bill Impact123Hot PicksIBPS PO Prelims Result 2026Bank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysSchool holiday todaySamastipur girl molestationTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court

Milan Pradhan was arrested on September 18 NEW DELHI: The Calcutta high court on Thursday orally directed the West Bengal government to allow arrested Congress candidate Milan Pradhan to contest the upcoming Nandigram assembly bypoll.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya held that Pradhan would not be treated as “arrested” in the 2007 case for which a lower court remanded him to judicial custody until October 7.Pradhan had challenged his arrest in the case, which was not among the 11 cases mentioned before the high court on September 22. The court noted that the state had produced no document showing that a production warrant had been served on the Congress candidate.“It is surprising to note that the said criminal prosecution is of 2007 and the investigating officer made a prayer for treating the petitioner as ‘shown arrest’ on September 19,” the court observed.On September 22 too, the bench had orally asked the West Bengal government to allow Pradhan to contest the Nandigram bypoll, subject to his securing bail in the five cases in which he had been arrested.The court noted that Pradhan was shown “arrested” in the Khejuri police station case after the September 22 hearing.Justice Bhattacharyya directed the police not to take any steps against Pradhan until October 12 in case number 45 of 2007 at Khejuri police station in Purba Medinipur district and ordered that he not be treated as arrested in the case.The court questioned why Pradhan had been arraigned in another case after the state had told it that he was not wanted in any other case.Pradhan’s counsel Ayan Bhattacharjee told the bench he was “unaware” of the Khejuri case and that the prosecution had not disclosed the production warrant to the high court.Additional advocate general Rajdeep Majumdar, appearing for the state, said the Contai ACJM court had issued the warrant on September 19. Pradhan faces charges including murder and attempt to murder in the case.The cases against Pradhan stem from protests against land acquisition by the then Left Front government in Nandigram and Khejuri in 2007. Police said the pending cases include charges of murder, attempt to murder, abduction with intent to murder, rioting with arms and offences under the Arms Act.Join conversationView All Comments →Share your thoughts in the commentsInsightfulAgreeDisagreeSkepticalConcerningPromisingWorth ReadingBig DevelopmentPost CommentBe respectful · TOI community guidelinesHe has filed bail applications in four cases.Pradhan was arrested on September 18, hours after Mamata Banerjee announced that her Trinamool Congress faction would support him after its candidate, Sanchita Pradhan De, withdrew from the Nandigram contest.The Nandigram seat fell vacant after West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari retained Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee’s erstwhile stronghold. The bypoll will be held on October 6, with counting on October 9.(With PTI inputs)Get the latest India News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.About the AuthorKaran ManralKaran Manral is a journalist at the Times of India. He covers politics, social issues, and international affairs, exploring stories that affect people’s everyday lives. He also writes explainers to make these stories easier for readers to follow.Read MoreEnd of ArticleFollow Us On Social MediaVideos‘Anti-National’ Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign: CJP’s Dipke, Saurav Das List 3 Demands Amid SIR-EC RowLoP Role ‘Largely Ornamental’?: SC Judges Split Over EC Appointment Law, Matter Sent To CJIRam Temple Donation Case: SIT Files 74,000-Page Chargesheet Against 8 AccusedSahil Wakode Death Case: CCTV Footage Surfaces; IIT Bombay Sets Up 10-Member Probe Panel’Illegal’ Changes to IT System Row: Timeline of Sandhu & Joshi’s Objections Over Form 6, ECINet, SIRVivek Joshi & SS Sandhu: The 2 Election Commissioners Who ‘Raised Objections’ Over SIR, Form-6CJP Takes On Election Commission After Report; Will This Lead To Next Jantar Mantar? | WatchCEC, ECs And The Power To Decide: What Happens When Election Commissioners Disagree?ECI’s ERONET Controversy: Voter Database Row, Software Errors & 17.6 Million Notices Raise QuestionsJaishankar Meets Rubio At UNGA, Raises India’s Concerns Over Trump’s Russia Sanctions Bill Impact123Hot PicksIBPS PO Prelims Result 2026Bank strikeNEET PG ResultGold Rate TodayOctober 2026 School HolidaysSchool holiday todaySamastipur girl molestationTelangana school holidayMumbai-Pune ExpresswayCBSE Date SheetTop TrendingAsian Games Medal TallyRahul GandhiPowerball JackpotDelhi Hit and RunUP EncounterDonald TrumpPM ModiNaomi OsakaJoe ThomasSupreme Court

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