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Elgar Parishad case: Navlakha moves Pune court for anticipatory bail

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 Activist Gautam Navlakha, accused of Maoist links in connection with the Elgar Parishad caste violence case, on Tuesday approached the Pune sessions court for anticipatory bail. The court will hear his plea on November 7. The Bombay High Court had on Monday asked Navlakha to approach the sessions court here for anticipatory bail. Navlakha’s plea […]

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The Kerala High Court directs Kerala government to preserve corpse of 2 slain maoists

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The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to preserve until further orders the bodies of two Maoists who were killed in an encounter in Agali forests last week, after their kin filed a plea against a court order permitting their cremation. It also directed the government to keep the bodies of slain […]

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Jessica lal murder convict Manu Sharma seeks premature release : HC asks Delhi govt to respond

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 Jessica Lal murder convict Manu Sharma, who has spent about 17 years in jail, has sought premature release and the Delhi High Court Friday asked the Delhi government to respond to his plea. A bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal asked the Delhi government to file its reply on the petition in which […]

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 AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi taken into custody for failing to appear before court in 2013 rioting case

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AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi was on Friday taken into custody for his failure to comply with repeated summons and warrants of the court in a 2013 rioting case. Tripathi was produced before Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar after non-bailable warrant (NBW) was issued against him on Thursday for failing to appear on October 30, […]

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NGT directs Jal Board, DPCC to submit report on illegal extraction of groundwater

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The National Green Tribunal on Friday directed the Jal Board and the Pollution Control Committee in the national capital to submit report on a plea alleging illegal extraction of groundwater in North Delhi. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said depletion of groundwater is a serious concern and authorities should seriously […]

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High Court of Tripura upholds life term of 12 for murdering Congress MLA Parimal Saha 3 decades ago

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The High Court of Tripura on Friday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to 12 people for killing then Congress MLA Parimal Saha 36 years ago. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjoy Karol and Justice Arindam Lodh also handed down life term to another accused who had been acquitted by the trial court in 2016. Parimal […]

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Calcutta HC directs Kamlesh Parekh to appear before CBI by Nov 7

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The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed Kamlesh Parekh, accused of defrauding 25 banks of over Rs 2,600 crore, to appear before the CBI here by November 7. It also stayed an “open-dated non-bailable arrest warrant” against him. Justice R Mantha directed Parekh, who is at present living abroad, to appear before the investigating officer […]

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The Delhi High Court upholds life term of two for murdering man

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The Delhi High Court has upheld the life imprisonment of two persons for killing a man and throwing his body in a jungle, while setting aside the trial court’s verdict convicting and sentencing the victim’s wife. The court said each chain of the circumstances points towards the involvement of convicts Sachin and Sunil but no […]

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INX Media money-laundering case : P. Chidambaram moves HC seeking interim bail

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Former Union minister P Chidambaram moved the Delhi High Court on Wednesday seeking interim bail in the INX Media money-laundering case on health grounds. The application was mentioned before a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who sought urgent listing of the matter. The […]

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Man sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for killing wife

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A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 10-year rigorous imprisonment by a court in Odisha’s Balasore district for killing his wife. District and Session Judge of Balasore, Ram Shankar Hota, also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Sudhir Dehuri on Tuesday. In the event of non-payment of the penalty amount, the convict will have to […]

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The Delhi High Court seeks Centre and AAP government stand on plea to declare poker as gambling.

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought Centre and AAP government’s response on a petition seeking that poker and similar card games, played online or offline, be declared gambling and, therefore, illegal. A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued a notice to the Finance Ministry and the Delhi […]

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The Allahabad High Court to hear Swami Chinmayanand’s bail plea on Nov 8

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The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday fixed November 8 to hear the bail plea of former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand, arrested in a case of sexual exploitation of a law student from Saharanpur. A bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi slated November 8 for hearing Chinmayanand bail plea after it came up for […]

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