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Man disabled in road mishap gets over Rs 10 lakh

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A 54-year-old man who suffered physical disability in a road accident involving a rashly driven bus has been awarded compensation of over Rs 10 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in New Delhi. The tribunal directed National Insurance Company, insurer of the offending bus, to pay Rs 10.24 lakh to Kuwar Pal Singh, […]

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Court slams DP IO for “sham” probe in murder case

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The Delhi Police Commissioner has been directed by a court here to take action against its official for conducting a “sham investigation” and not probing “hate crime” or “honour killing” angle in a murder case in which five men have been acquitted. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said there was no direct or last seen […]

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HC acquits man in case of rape and murder of minor

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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday acquitted an 82-year-old Pune resident who was sentenced to life for raping and murdering a minor girl in 2009. While setting aside the conviction, the high court observed that the prosecution had failed to prove the case against the accused. A division bench of justices PV Hardas and AS […]

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No bail for DU teacher Saibaba accused of Naxal links

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The Gadchiroli sessions court in Maharashtra Friday rejected the bail plea of G N Saibaba, the Delhi University lecturer arrested for alleged connections with Naxals. Saibaba, who teaches English at Ram Lal Anand College of Delhi University and is wheelchair-bound, is the deputy secretary of ‘Revolutionary Democratic Front’. He is in custody since May 9 […]

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Mechanism must to prevent custodial deaths: HC

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The State Government on Friday informed the Bombay High Court that nine cops of Wadala GRP (Government Railway Police) including a senior police inspector were booked for their alleged complicity in the custodial death of a youth and sexual abuse of three others held in a robbery case. The court was also informed that these […]

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RInfra justifies Metro fare in HC; says it’s cost-based

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Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure today justified in the Bombay High Court its decision to charge fares in the range of Rs 10-40 for various destinations for the Mumbai Metro route connecting Versova and Andheri in the west to Ghatkopar in the East. In an affidavit, RInfra said the fares were fixed on the basis of […]

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Survey ranks Jindal Global Law School 2nd in 2014

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Sonipat-based Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) has been ranked second by a survey for top emerging law colleges in the country this year. The survey was conducted by India Today-Nielsen. JGLS, a part of O P Jindal Global University (JGU), was started in 2009. Reacting to the achievement, C Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of JGU, […]

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Don Babloo Srivasta moves SC alleging violation of extradition terms

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Underworld don Babloo Srivastav, who is in jail since 1995 after being brought from Singapore, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to all DGPs that he be tried in only those cases which were part of his extradition terms. Srivastav, who was initially extradited to face trials in four criminal cases, was made […]

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’02 Guj riots: HC adjourns hearing on Zakia’s petition

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Gujarat High Court today adjourned hearing on the petition filed by Zakia Jafri, the widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the order of a local court which upheld special investigation team’s a clean chit to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others in a 2002 riots case. Justice S G Shah posted the […]

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HC lets govt intervene in PIL on mediclaim policy

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The Bombay High Court today allowed the Maharashtra government to intervene in a public interest litigation about the problems faced by Mediclaim policy holders. The government told a bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah that it wanted to intervene to protect its own scheme, `Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Arogya Yojnaa’, meant for the persons below […]

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Eight persons accused of killing a thief, acquitted

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A local court today acquitted eight persons here, accused of killing a thief in 2010, on benefit of doubt. Additional Sessions Judge A S Waghwase in the order delivered today acquitted eight persons saying the prosecution failed to prove charges against the accused beyond doubt. According to the prosecution, two persons who were trying to […]

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Pune techie murder: HRS chief, 20 others sent to JC

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A magistrate court here on Thursday remanded chief of Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) Dhananjay Desai and 20 others in 14 days judicial custody in connection with the murder of 28-year-old IT professional in Hadapsar following uploading of a Facebook post denigrating King Shivaji and late Bal Thackeray. Public prosecutor who earlier pleaded for extended police […]

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