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Delhi HC reserves order on Honeypreet’s bail, asks her to surrender

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The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on the transit anticipatory bail plea of Honeypreet Insan, the adopted daughter of jailed Dera Sacha Dauda chief Ram Rahim, saying the “easiest way out” for her would be to surrender. Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, after hearing arguments on behalf of Honeypreet and the police of Delhi […]

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Delhi HC to hear Honeypreet’s anticipatory bail plea today

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The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear the anticipatory bail plea of Honeypreet Insan, who is wanted by the Haryana Police in connection with incidents of violence following conviction of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief. The plea for urgent hearing of Honeypreet’s application was mentioned before Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C […]

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Ex-TV anchor, AAP leader wants Jaitley to testify in Hindi

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Aam Aadmi Party leader and former TV anchor Ashutosh today moved a city court seeking re-examination of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in vernacular Hindi in a defamation case filed by the BJP leader against him, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in the DDCA row. The former journalist, who has himself been putting forth AAP’s […]

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Delhi HC dismisses Raghav Chadha’s plea on retweets

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In a setback to AAP leader Raghav Chadha, the Delhi High Court today dismissed “as devoid of merit” his plea that he cannot be made to face a criminal case only for retweeting Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s tweet against Union Minister Arun Jaitley in the DDCA row. Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal also rejected Chadha’s argument […]

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Madras HC directs CISF to reinstate sub inspector

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The Madras High Court has directed the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to reinstate a sub inspector, holding that his termination was “arbitrary”. Justice V Pathiban, in his recent order, set aside the January 9, 2012 termination of SI (Executive) Thiyagarajan, who contended that the action against him was “vindictive in view of him approaching […]

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Consent to sexual advances doesn’t come from mere hesitation: Delhi HC

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Consent to any sexual advances does not come from a mere hesitation, reluctance or a “no”, it has to be “an affirmative one in clear terms”, the Delhi High Court today said while acquitting filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui in a rape case involving a US researcher. The high court said in today’s scenario, it was expected […]

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Ram Rahim Singh approaches HC, challenges CBI court order

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Jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, challenging a special CBI court’s verdict sentencing him to 20 years in prison for raping two disciples. The CBI court in Panchkula on August 28 had sentenced Ram Rahim to 20 years in prison after his conviction. “We […]

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Fresh plea in SC favouring deportation of illegal Rohingyas

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A fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court favouring the Centre’s stand to identify and deport to Mayanmar around 40,000 illegal Rohingya Muslims staying here. The plea may be heard along with the PIL filed by two Rohingya Muslim refugees challenging deportation, which is likely to come up for hearing on October 3. […]

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Russian citizen sent to custody in murder case

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A Russian fugitive, accused of committing murder in his homeland, has been sent to judicial custody for four days by a special Delhi court, dealing with the extradition proceedings initiated by the Centre. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gurmohina Kaur sent Sayakhov Ruslan, who was arrested from Chanakyapuri in South Delhi earlier this month, to jail […]

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Delhi HC for mobile app to locate public toilets in Delhi

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Delhiiites can soon hope to take the help of an application on their smartphones to locate a washroom in the city to attend urgent call of nature. The Delhi High Court, which found it difficult to ascertain the location of public toilets in the city on perusing the response of civic bodies, directed the municipal […]

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Decide on facilities for kids staying with women inmates: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to take a decision on making arrangements for proper upkeep of children staying in prisons across the state with their mothers who are either undertrials or convicts. In a hearing held earlier this week, a special bench comprising Justices Mridula Bhatkar and Revati Mohite-Dere also asked […]

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Swaraj says terrorism ‘existentialist danger’ to mankind

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Describing terrorism as an “existentialist danger” to mankind, India today wondered how the international community will fight the menace if the UN Security Council cannot agree on the listing of terrorists. In her address to the 72nd UN General Assembly session, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said terrorism is at the very top of problems […]

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