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Special court reserves verdict in 2G scam case

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A special court today reserved its verdict in the 2G spectrum allocation scam cases involving former Telecom Minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others as accused, six years after the CBI filed the first charge sheet. Special Judge O P Saini, who is exclusively dealing with the cases arising out of the 2G spectrum […]

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Tribal woman gets life sentence for murder

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A court today sentenced a tribal woman to rigorous life imprisonment for murdering a man in 2014. Additional sessions judge of Mayurbhanj district’s Rairangpur sub-division, Aurobindo Kumar Guru, found Padma Birua (48) guilty of murder and sentenced her to life sentence and slapped a fine of Rs 2000. The woman had attacked Mohinikanta Hembram with […]

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Court discharges Abhishek Verma in graft case

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Arms dealer Abhishek Verma, his wife and others were discharged by special court today in a CBI case involving alleged payments to some officials to influence the Defence Ministry to keep a German firm out of the government’s blacklist. Special CBI Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna also discharged Verma and his Romanian wife Anca Verma in […]

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Charges framed agnst ex-Minister Dilip Ray in coal scam case

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Dilip Ray, a union minister in the earlier NDA government, was today put on trial by a special court here in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the allocation of a Jharkhand coal block in 1999. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar frames charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust […]

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Delhi HC exempts Akshay Kumar from appearance in defamation case

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The Delhi High Court today exempted actor Akshay Kumar from personal appearance before a trial court in a defamation case filed by Bata footwear company which had objected to a dialogue in his film ‘Jolly LLB 2’. “Till the next date of hearing the petitioner (Kumar) is exempted from personal appearance before trial court,” Justice […]

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Chhota Rajan passport case

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Chhota Rajan awarded 7-year-jail in fake passport case

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Gangster Chhota Rajan was today given a seven-year jail term by a special court here for cheating the government by obtaining a forged Indian passport, even as he claimed he had been helping the State to fight terrorism since he broke away from mobster Dawood Ibrahim. Besides Rajan, the court also awarded seven-year jail term […]

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NCDRC refuses compensation to couple for stolen luggage

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The apex consumer commission has set aside lower fora orders asking Railways to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to a couple for their stolen baggage, saying they failed to raise an alarm after the alleged theft. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) also said that the decision of the foras awarding the compensation […]

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Yasin Bhatkal records statement before magistrate in 2008 case

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Indian Mujahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal, currently in custody of police in connection with a bomb planting case of 2008, today gave his statement before the court. The statement was recorded under section 164 of the CrPC under which any metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate may, whether or not he has jurisdiction in the case, record […]

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Para forces to check cattle smuggling to Bangladesh: SC

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Paramilitary forces and the local administration in the districts bordering Bangladesh should be involved in preventing cattle smuggling, the Supreme Court said today, directing the Centre to finalise the rules. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said the Centre has already prepared draft rules to prevent cattle from […]

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Delhi HC stays order upholding JNU admission policy based on UGC reg

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The Delhi High Court has stayed its single judge order upholding the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) admission policy for MPhil and PhD courses based on the UGC regulations. The July 2016 regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC) had put a cap on the number of students per professor/supervisor in MPhil and PhD courses in […]

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POCSO court grants bail to fmr UP minister Gayatri Prajapati

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Former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati and two of his alleged accomplices were today granted bail by a POCSO court here in connection with a rape case. Special judge of a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court Om Prakash Mishra granted bail to Prajapati, Vikas Verma and Amrendra Singh alias Mintu. The court asked […]

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Wife guilty of cruelty, SC asks hubby to give Rs 1 cr flat

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Holding the wife guilty of cruelty on her husband by filing false cases against him, the Supreme Court today granted the husband divorce and directed him to give her a flat worth Rs 1 crore and Rs 50 lakh as one- time permanent alimony. The apex court said that cruelty can never be defined “with […]

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