FIR against two for killing community dog
An FIR has been registered on Wednesday against two unknown persons - one a woman, for brutally beating a five-year-old community dog who died after the assault on the way to the hospital. The complaint was filed by a local feeder who learnt about the dog being beaten through a WhatsApp group of animal feeders.
As per Shruti Jamal’s complaint to the police, initially, there was a message on the group which said that a dog was roaming in circles in Sangharsh Nagar of Chandivali and hence being beaten by local people as they suspect it to be a ‘mad’ dog. Soon, there was a message that the animal had been killed. She then received a call from a group member who informed her that the dog was alive and needed an ambulance. She called for it and then proceeded to the spot when she saw that a woman was hitting with a stick the local dog who she had been feeding for the past two years. Another man was hitting the animal with a chair while he lay motionless. She intervened and stopped them from assaulting the dog further.
The Bombay High Court has held offences under any law, barringny the IPC, which are punishable by up to three years in jail, are cognizable and non-bailable in nature and rejected the prearrest bail plea of a man booked in a copyright case, as per an order made available on Thursday.
A single bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal made the observation on February 26 while hearing an anticipatory bail application filed by one Piyush Ranipa, booked in a case by the Solapur po
lice for allegedly manufacturing sub-standard pipes and selling them under the trademark of a rival company
he order copy was made available on Thursday.
Ranipa has been charged under provisions of the IPC and relevant sections of the Copyright Act and the Trade Marks Act.
The court, in its order, noted that if the offences in any other law, except the IPC, are punishable with imprisonment for three years and upwards then the offences are cognizable and non-bailable.
Fitch Solutions says it expects consumer spending in India to recover from October on likely improvement in the general economic situation, and expects household spending to rise 7.9% on year in 2021, as against a 14% contraction in 2020 when the focus was only on buying essentials amid the pandemic-led curbs.
The agency expects a revival in confidence of consumers even as unemployment may remain heightened at 8% through 2021 and 2022.
Fitch Solutions said that although its 2021 estimate for growth in consumer spending is higher than the 4.1% on-year growth seen in 2019, the total household spending in nominal terms will only be 3.3% higher.
Further, it believes that growth in spending in the country would be significantly lower than in most other countries.
The ratings firm said that spending on food and non-alcoholic drinks is seen growing by 7.4% on year in 2021, as against a 10.1% onyear growth pegged for 2020.
Fitch Solutions said that it has taken vaccine roll out in India into consideration for its forecasts, wherein it expects lockdown-related restrictions to be rolled back and consumer confidence to return as the majority of the population gets inoculated.