Not Just Pics, Prove Adultery By Evidence: Court Amid Deepfake Menace

In the era of deepfakes, photographs placed by a spouse alleging adultery by the other partner would have to be proved by way of evidence before the family court, the Delhi High Court said.

The court's observation came while dealing with a man's contention that his estranged wife was living in adultery.

The high court dismissed the man's appeal challenging a family court order directing him to pay Rs 75,000 as maintenance to his wife and minor daughter.

As the counsel for the husband drew the court's attention to certain photographs of his wife, a bench of justices Rajiv Shakdher and Amit Bansal said, "It is not clear as to whether the respondent/wife is the person in the photographs, as alluded to by the counsel for the appellant/husband."

"We may take judicial notice of the fact that we are living in the era of deepfakes and, therefore, this is an aspect that the appellant/husband, perhaps, would have to prove by way of evidence before the family court," the bench said.

Deepfake technology allows for the creation of realistic videos, audio recordings, and images that can manipulate and mislead viewers by superimposing the likeness of one person onto another, altering their words and actions, thereby presenting a false narrative or spreading misinformation.

Asked by the bench whether this averment of adultery found mention in the man's reply to his wife's plea under the Hindu Marriage Act, his counsel conceded that there was no mention of it.

The bench noted that since the petition instituted by the man for divorce is pending an adjudication, the court may give opportunity to the parties to place their evidence on record in support of their respective cases if this issue is pressed.

"Notably, this aspect, which is vehemently pressed before us, almost as a measure of desperation to wriggle out of the obligation cast in the impugned judgment, finds no mention in the impugned judgment (of family court)," the high court said.

The man's counsel claimed that this aspect was raised before the family court, But, it was ignored while rendering the judgment.

"If this was the situation, the best course open to the appellant/husband was to move an application for review before the family court. However, no such measure has been taken recourse to by the husband," it said.

The man, an architect, has challenged a family court's April 15 order, directing him to pay Rs 75,000 as monthly maintenance to his estranged wife and child.

The couple had married in 2018 and has a five-year-old daughter.

The court was told that the wife has a post-graduate degree but is currently unemployed and living with her parents since her separation.

While the woman had sought Rs 2 lakh as monthly maintenance, the family court ordered the man to pay Rs 75,000.

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छत्तीसगढ़ : मुठभेड़ में सात नक्सली ढेर, तीन जवान घायल

छत्तीसगढ़ के नक्सल प्रभावित नारायणपुर जिले में शुक्रवार को सुरक्षाबलों ने मुठभेड़ में सात नक्सलियों को मार गिराया. पुलिस अधिकारियों ने यह जानकारी दी. अधिकारियों ने बताया कि मुठभेड़ में तीन जवान घायल हुए.

पुलिस अधिकारियों के मुताबिक, नारायणपुर, दंतेवाड़ा और कोंडागांव जिले की सीमा पर सुरक्षाबलों ने मुठभेड़ में सात नक्सलियों को मार गिराया. अधिकारियों ने बताया कि बृहस्पतिवार रात सुरक्षाबलों को नक्सल विरोधी अभियान में नारायणपुर, दंतेवाड़ा और कोंडागांव जिले की सीमा पर स्थित मुंगेडी और गोबेल क्षेत्र में भेजा गया था.

उन्होंने बताया कि सुरक्षाबल के जवान शुक्रवार को जब गोबेल क्षेत्र में थे तब नक्सलियों ने गोलीबारी शुरू कर दी, जिसके बाद सुरक्षाबलों ने भी जवाबी कार्रवाई की. अधिकारियों ने बताया कि दोनों ओर से दिन भर रूक-रूककर गोलीबारी हुई.

अधिकारियों के मुताबिक, इस मुठभेड़ में सुरक्षाबलों ने अभी तक सात नक्सलियों का शव बरामद किया है. साथ ही बड़ी संख्या में नक्सलियों के घायल होने की संभावना है. उन्होंने बताया कि मुठभेड़ में नारायणपुर डीआरजी के तीन जवान भी घायल हुए हैं. घायल जवानों की स्थिति सामान्य और खतरे से बाहर है.

अधिकारियों ने बताया कि इस संयुक्त अभियान में नारायणपुर, कोंडागांव, दंतेवाड़ा, जगदलपुर की डीआरजी और भारत तिब्बत सीमा पुलिस के 45वीं वाहिनी का बल शामिल है. उन्होंने बताया कि क्षेत्र में खोज अभियान जारी है.

अधिकारियों ने बताया कि इस मुठभेड़ के साथ ही इस वर्ष अब तक राज्य में सुरक्षा बलों के साथ अलग-अलग मुठभेड़ों में 125 नक्सली मारे जा चुके हैं. पुलिस के मुताबिक, 23 मई को नारायणपुर-बीजापुर अंतर-जिला सीमा पर जंगल में सुरक्षाकर्मियों के साथ मुठभेड़ में सात नक्सली मारे गए थे, जबकि 10 मई को बीजापुर जिले में 12 नक्सली मारे गए थे.

पुलिस ने बताया कि 30 अप्रैल को नारायणपुर और कांकेर जिलों की सीमा पर जंगल में हुई मुठभेड़ में तीन महिलाओं समेत दस नक्सली मारे गए थे और 16 अप्रैल को कांकेर जिले में हुई मुठभेड़ में 29 नक्सली मारे गए थे.
 

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"MP Shouldn't Be Attacked But...": Sanjay Raut On Kangana Ranaut Slap Row

After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut was allegedly slapped by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official at Chandigarh airport, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut sympathised with her, stating that an MP should not be attacked but farmers should also be respected.

Ms Ranaut was slapped by a CISF official while she was headed to Delhi on Thursday. The incident took place during an alleged argument over the farmers' protest, which was held against the farm laws (now repealed) and other issues. The official was suspended later in the day.

Addressing the media in Mumbai, Mr Raut said, "Some people give votes and some give slaps. I don't know what has happened actually... If the constable has said that her mother was also sitting (at a protest site), then it is true. If her mother was there in the farmers' agitation and someone said anything against it, then it would create anger. But if PM Modi says that there should be the rule of law, then it should not be taken into (one's) hands..."

"The people in the farmer's agitation were sons and daughters of India. If someone insults Bharat Mata and someone is offended by it, then it is something to think about. I have sympathy for Kangana Ranaut. She is an MP now. An MP should not be attacked, but the farmers should also be respected", he added.

Meanwhile, after the incident, Ms Ranaut took to her social media account and asked how growing "extremism" and "terrorism" could be ended in Punjab.

"I am safe. I am perfectly fine. The incident took place during the security check. After I was done with the security check, a woman constable of the CISF waited for me to pass through the cabin. Later, she came from the side, hit me in the face and started abusing me", Ms Ranaut said in a post on 'X'.

"When I asked her why she did this, she told me that she had supported the farmers' protest. My question is how we can end growing extremism and terrorism in Punjab", the BJP leader added.

Meanwhile, the CISF constable said that her mother was among the farmers holding a sit-in protest against the farm laws, which now have been repealed.

"She stated that the farmers are sitting there for Rs 100. Will she go and sit there? My mother was sitting there and protesting when she gave this statement..." she said.

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Row Over Relocation Of Parliament's Gandhi, Ambedkar, Shivaji Statues

The members of the 18h Lok Sabha, when they take oath, will do so at a rather different looking Parliament complex. Not only the iconic statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Babasaheb Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shivaji will no longer be found at their designated spots, the parliament security personnel at the complex will be replaced by the Central Industrial Security Forces. While the first change has raised eyebrows, especially in the Congress, the second has raised concerns about security.

The statues will be moved to a new spot towards the back of the parliament complex, called Prerna Sthal, the Lok Sabha Secretariat has said in a statement.

Announcing a plan to landscape the Parliament grounds, the Lok Sabha Secretariat, in a statement, said: "In the Parliament Complex, statues of great leaders and freedom fighters of the country were installed at different parts of the Complex. Due to their location at different places in the Parliament Complex, visitors were not able to view these statues conveniently. For this reason, all these statues are being respectfully installed in a grand Prerana Sthal in the Parliament House Complex itself."

"This Prerana Sthal is being developed in such a way that the visitors coming to visit the Parliament complex could easily see the statues of these great leaders and take inspiration from their lives and philosophy," the statement read.

Protests By Opposition

Newly elected MP from Amethi, KL Sharma, posted the photos of the removal and the denuded spots.

"The statues of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Mahatma Gandhi and Babasaheb Ambedkar have been removed from their special places in front of the Parliament House. This is a very cheap and petty act," read a translation of his post in Hindi.

संसद भवन के सामने छत्रपति शिवाजी महाराज, महात्मा गांधी जी और बाबासाहेब अंबेडकर जी की मूर्तियों को उनके विशिष्ट स्थानों से हटा दिया गया है। यह बेहद घटिया और ओछी हरकत है।
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— Team Kishori Lal Sharma Amethi (@KLSharmaAmethi) June 6, 2024

The 16-ft tall bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi had become iconic, with Opposition MPs choosing it as a protest spot for years.

Protesting against the move, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, said, "Statues of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Mahatma Gandhi, and Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar have just been removed from their places of prominence in front of the Parliament House. This is atrocious."

Senior Congress leader Pawan Khera alleged that the statues of Shivaji and Ambedkar were removed because Maharashtra did not vote for the BJP. As they did not get a clean sweep in Gujarat, they removed the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. "Just think, if they had been given 400 seats, would they have spared the Constitution?" read a rough translation of his Hindi post on X, formerly Twitter.

CPI's D Raja also condemned the move, calling it "arbitrary and unilateral". "All statues in the Parliament House are erected in the honour of individuals who significantly contributed to our national life," read his post on X.

Lok Sabha Secretariat Responds

The Lok Sabha Secretariat has pointed out that the Parliament House complex comes under the jurisdiction of the Lok Sabha Speaker and earlier also, statues were shifted inside the complex with the permission of the Speaker.

"It is clear that no statue of any great person has been removed from the Parliament House complex, rather they are being installed in an orderly and respectful manner inside the Parliament House complex," the statement read.

The Opposition has questioned the haste when a new Speaker is about to take charge.

Congress's Manickam Tagore, meanwhile said the move to replace parliament security personnel is  an "attack on parliament's autonomy" and called for the constitution of a joint security committee.

"Shah wants to control Parliament with CISF jawans. 450 parliamentary security personnel are being relieved of their duties during the elections. The first task of the new Speaker should be to constitute a joint security committee otherwise, we may see future incidents like Chandigarh airport," he added, pointing to the slapping of new MP Kangana Ranaut by a CISF constable at the Chandigarh airport earlier today.

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Rahul Gandhi Conspiring To Scare Domestic, Foreign Investors: BJP

The BJP on Thursday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of conspiring to scare domestic and foreign investors, asserting that the stock market has begun rising as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is set to return to office for a third consecutive term.

Addressing a press conference after Mr Gandhi alleged a "biggest stock market scam" worth Rs 30 lakh crore and pointed fingers at Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Piyush Goyal claimed that domestic investors in fact made money while the loss was suffered by foreign investors.

The BJP leader also dismissed as baseless Mr Gandhi's demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the matter, saying he keeps making useless comments.

Mr Goyal said the Rs 30 lakh crore figure highlighted by Mr Gandhi was a notional amount and did not pertain to trading.

"He (Gandhi) does not understand. That is why people of India do not trust him," Mr Goyal said, citing the big rise in stock market under the BJP government to assert that retail and domestic investors benefitted the most.

"I think Rahul Gandhi should be concerned about the fear of investors as the market crashed when the Congress was doing better than expected. Now, people are confident that the Modi government is coming back, and the market has stabilised and is reclaiming its previous highs," he said.

The trading value was around Rs 6,840 crore, Mr Goyal said and added that when the Congress was seen gaining in seats on the day of the Lok Sabha poll result on June 4, then it fell.

The minister expressed confidence that the reforms envisioned by the government will continue at a time when the country is poised for a bright future. "We are delighted that our allies are progressive and support reforms," Mr Goyal said.

They know what is good for the people of India and that the Modi government has taken the country to new heights, he added.

Rahul Gandhi said stock markets surged after "fake" exit polls and then crashed the day votes for the Lok Sabha polls were counted on June 4.

"The common people of India lost Rs 30 lakh crore in the stock market on June 4...We demand a JPC investigation into this biggest-ever stock market scam," Mr Gandhi said.

Rebutting the allegations, Mr Goyal said Mr Gandhi was desperate after the opposition alliance failed in its bid for power and Modi is set to start his third term.

He is now hatching a conspiracy to scare domestic and foreign investors from putting their money in India when the prime minister is working to make the country the third largest global economy, Mr Goyal said.

When the exit polls were broadcast, it was foreign investors who bought expensive stocks while domestic investors sold. When the market crashed, it was the other way round, he claimed to assert that domestic investors made money.

It is in the nature of markets to go up and down due to various factors and one has to take a long-term view to see how it has performed, Mr Goyal said, noting that its valuation has crossed USD 5 trillion for the first time.

The market cap has now risen to Rs 415 lakh crore from Rs 67 lakh crore when the Congress-led UPA government demitted office in 2014, he said, adding that the valuation of listed public sector firms has gone up by four times.

The share of domestic investors in the market has gone up to 84 per cent from 79 per cent in 10 years and this shows that they are the ones who have benefitted the most under the BJP-led NDA government, he said.

The size of the mutual fund industry has surged to Rs 56 lakh crore from Rs 10 lakh crore in this period, Mr Goyal added. The Modi government is coming back and investors have trust in India's growth story, he said.

Questioned about the comments of Prime Minister Modi and Shah on the stock market movement, Mr Goyal said every party makes claims about its success and the Congress also did so. 

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Tension In Manipur's Jiribam After 59-Year-Old Man Killed By Militants

There is ethnic tension in Manipur's Jiribam district after the body of a 59-year-old was found today, the police said. The police said they suspect he was killed by militants.

Soibam Saratkumar Singh went missing while he was returning from his farm, the police said, adding the body had wounds inflicted by a sharp object.

Angered by the killing, locals set an abandoned structure on fire, the police said.

They marched to Jiribam police station and shouted slogans there, demanding the police to return their licenced guns that were taken away ahead of the Lok Sabha election, which were to be returned after the polls.

Jiribam - which has a diverse ethnic composition comprising Meiteis, Muslims, Nagas, Kukis, and non-Manipuris - had so far remained unaffected by the ethnic strife which has been raging in Manipur since May last year.

The ethnic conflict between valley-dominant Meitei community and the hills-dominant Kukis has led to the deaths of over 220 people and left thousands homeless.

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3 Get 20 Years In Jail For Kidnapping, Raping Minor In 2021 In Rajasthan

A POCSO court here sent three people to 20 years in jail for abducting, trafficking and raping a 15-year-old girl, officials said on Thursday.

The court further imposed a fine of Rs 2.25 lakh on the convicts Ashok alias Sukka (25), his wife Anita (27) and Ganwar Singh alias Ganwaria (20).

According to police, the incident occurred on July 21, 2021, when Ashok and Anita abducted the victim from a village in Kota while she was playing at her home. They tempted the victim with marriage proposals in future.

When the victim did not return home for a few days, her mother filed a complaint at the Railway Colony police station, Public Prosecutor, POCSO court Vijay Kachawa said.

Both Ashok and Anita had befriended the victim's family and even gave them Rs 5,000 for her father's treatment, Kachawa said.

The couple took the girl to their village in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh where they sold her for Rs 50,000 to Ganwar Singh alias Ganwaria, who raped the girl, he said.

Acting on the victim's mother's complaint, the police traced the accused and arrested them on August 19, 2021, he said.

Based on the victim's statement, the police filed a case against three accused under the charges of abduction, conspiracy and rape of the Indian Penal Code and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), Kachawa said.

Statements of at least 18 witnesses were recorded during the trial, and 36 documents were produced before the court, he added.

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