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“Illegal to reject plea without suer’s evidence”

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It is “not legal and logical” to reject plea without giving any opportunity to a complainant to lead evidence, a Delhi court has observed while asking a magistrate to pass a reasoned order on a complaint against an IAS officer for allegedly using a false OBC certificate. Special judge Anju Bajaj Chandna said observations given by […]

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Man acquitted of charge of threatening MCD employees

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A man, accused of encroaching a public park here and threatening MCD employees 19 years ago, has been acquitted by a Delhi court which refused to rely on the testimony of a civic body official saying it was “vague” and “vacillating”. Metropolitan Magistrate Anuj Agarwal let off the man, who was charged with the offence […]

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SC junks plea for name change from India to’Bharat’

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The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea demanding changing the name of ‘India’ to ‘Bharat’ as it took strong exception to the petitioner asking him whether he thinks it has nothing else to do and reminded him that public interest litigations are meant for “poor”. “The PIL is for poor people. You think we have […]

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Laws to protect women being misused: court

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Laws meant to protect women are being “blatantly abused and misused” to silence in-laws, a Delhi court has observed and made it clear that the judiciary would effectively prevent such “illegal conduct”. The court made the observations while granting relief of possession of property to a 70-year-old widowed woman who has accused her estranged daughter-in-law […]

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SC restores possession of mine to Rajasthan government from UltraTech

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The Supreme Court has held that the Rajasthan government will take back possession of a mine from Gotan Limestone Khanji Udyog Pvt Ltd (GLKUPL), which was transferred to cement major Ultra Tech, saying that competent authority was “misled” by concealing the real transaction. The apex court set aside the order of the Rajasthan High Court […]

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Emails show US native was attracted to Farooqui: Court told

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Bollywood film-maker Mahmood Farooqui, facing trial in a rape case, today argued in a Delhi court that e-mails exchanged between him and the US researcher after the alleged incident do not indicate that she was sexually assaulted but shows her attraction towards him. Continuing final arguments before Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain, the defence counsel […]

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Court takes cognizance in defamation case against Azad, Bedi

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Delhi court today took cognisance of a criminal defamation case filed by an under-19 cricketer’s father against suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad, Bishan Singh Bedi and two others alleging that they had made false statements with “malafide intention” that Rs 25 lakh was paid for his son’s selection in a team for Vijay Hazare Trophy. […]

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Govt likely to incorporate ‘dissent’ clause in collegium MoP

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Any dissent note to a recommendation of the collegium to appoint or elevate a judge should be mandatorily shared with the Executive.This is one of the points government is likely to put when it finalises the draft Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) to guide the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court and the high court, […]

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Drug patent war, FM auction, coal ordinance kept Delhi HC busy

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The patent war involving domestic and multi-national pharma majors, tussle between the Centre and a private radio channel over FM auctions kept the Delhi High Court busy in 2015 during which it also rapped the Centre for its coal auction ordinance by saying that the legislation “lacked clarity”.The hastily-formulated coal ordinance by the Centre to […]

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No Jaitley in Delhi govt’s probe report on DDCA

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The report of the three-member inquiry set up by the Delhi government to probe the affairs of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) which was held out by chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to have made out a strong case against Arun Jaitley, does not even mention the finance minister.The report has not found any […]

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CCA revoked against ex-Jharkhand minister

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A board set up by Jharkhand High Court today revoked the Jharkhand Crime Control Act (CCA) against former state minister and Congress leader Yogendra Sao, who is now in judicial custody. The decision was taken by the board headed by Justice H C Mishra, paving the way for Sao’s release on bail. Registrar General Anil […]

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UP Lokyukta’s appointment on hold as SC queries UP government

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The appointment of former judge of Allahabad High Court Justice Virendra Singh as Uttar Pradesh Lokayukta was today put on hold after the Supreme Court held a special sitting on a holiday and posed embarrassing questions to SP government, which was accused of concealing facts and “playing fraud”. Hearing a fresh petition challenging the appointment, […]

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