Category: High Profile Cases

High Profile Cases

High Profile Cases

Dawood call logs: Hacker files plea in HC for CBI probe

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A Gujarat-based person, who claims to have hacked the call records of Dawood Ibrahim, today filed a petition in Bombay High Court seeking protection for himself and CBI probe against Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse for alleged calls between him and the underworld don. The HC, however, said there was no urgency for a vacation bench […]

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Delhi high court

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JBT scam: Delhi HC dismisses Ajay Chautala’s parole plea

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Delhi High Court today dismissed the plea by INLD leader Ajay Chautala, serving a 10-year jail term in a teachers’ recruitment scam case, seeking 12 weeks’ parole for medical treatment. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath was of the view that there was “no illegality or perversity” in Delhi government’s […]

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SC refuses urgent hearing against NEET Ordinance

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The Supreme Court today refused to accord urgent hearing and grant interim stay on the operation of recently-promulgated ordinance which allows states to continue with their separate entrance tests for MBBS and BDS courses for academic year 2016-17. “Let us not create further confusion on medical entrance test and let there be some certainty for […]

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Umar, Anirban move Delhi HC for same relief given to Kanhaiya,others

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Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who were rusticated from JNU, have moved Delhi High Court seeking the same relief that was extended to JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and others against whom disciplinary action was taken by the varsity for a controversial event there on February 9 this year. Justice Manmohan on May 13 had put […]

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Delhi HC dismisses plea against Dhirubhai Ambani

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Delhi High Court today refused to entertain a petition seeking direction to quash the government notification conferring Padma Vibhushan award in 2016 to late Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of Reliance Industries Ltd. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath dismissed the plea saying no “public interest” was involved in the petition […]

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Gulberg Housing Society riot case verdict on June 2

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A special court here is likely to pronounce on June 2 its order in Gulberg Housing Society riot case in which former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri and 68 others were killed in 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat. Special judge P B Desai today issued notices to lawyers concerned in the case asking them to remain […]

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Arvind Kejriwal

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“Kejriwal’s ‘thulla’ remark aimed at inefficient cops”

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The term “thulla” used by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was made with reference to the Delhi Police officers who are “inefficient”, have “low productivity rate” and take money from street vendors, a court here has said while dismissing a criminal defamation complaint against the AAP leader. “It has not been said by the respondent (Kejriwal) […]

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Coal scam

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Coalscam: Ranjit Sinha ordered closure of case: IO

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An investigator in a coal block allocation scam has told a special court that order to file a closure report in the case was given by then CBI chief Ranjit Sinha whose role is under scanner of a Supreme Court-appointed panel on whether his decisions had led to scuttling of probe. The probe officer was […]

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Arvind Kejriwal

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Court refuses to stay defamation case against Kejriwal, 5 others

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A court here today rejected the plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to stay the proceedings in a criminal defamation case filed against him and five other AAP leaders by Union minister Arun Jaitley. The application moved by senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on behalf of Kejriwal before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass said there […]

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Hardik Patel

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Hearing in sedition case against Hardik to begin

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The hearing in the sedition case against quota agitation leader Hardik Patel is all set to begin soon in a sessions court here after he engaged a lawyer today. A charge sheet was filed against Hardik in January. Hardik, who is currently lodged in Surat in two different sedition cases filed against him by Ahmedabad […]

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SC refuses to stay NBW against NCP leader Pankaj Bhujbal

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The Supreme Court today refused to stay a non non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Pankaj Bhujbal, son of senior NCP leader Chaggan Bhujbal, in a money laundering case in connection with construction of the new Maharashtra Sadan in national capital. The apex court asked Pankaj, who is evading arrest, to first take legal recourse before the […]

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SC issues bailable warrants against CPCB Chairman

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The Supreme Court has issued bailable warrants against the chairman of the apex pollution monitoring body after he failed to appear and apprise it about the steps taken to prevent death of workers due to silicosis in Gujarat. “Despite service of notice on the Chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there is neither […]

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