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High Profile Cases

High Profile Cases

Kanhaiya Kumar fears threat to life, moves SC for bail

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Claiming threat to life in jail and from lynching mobs in the court complex, JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday directly moved the Supreme Court seeking bail which will be heard on Friday. His bail petition was mentioned before a bench of justicesJ Chelameswar and A M Sapre by senior advocate Soli J Sorabjee and […]

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JNU row: SC asks people to be careful while giving statements

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The Supreme Court today asked people to be careful while issuing statements on the ongoing row over arrest of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar under sedition charge. A bench headed by Justice J Chelameswar also said that it was keeping an eye on the law and order situation prevailing in the Patiala House court complex here. […]

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Delhi HC dismisses plea for NIA probe in JNU sedition case

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The Delhi High Court today dismissed a petition seekingNIA probe in the JNU sedition case in which anti-India slogans were allegedly raised, saying the plea was “premature” as the police is already investigating the matter. “It is an incident of February 9. Delhi Police is probing the matter. Let the police investigate first. We cannot […]

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JNUSU President sent to three-day police custody

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JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy for holding an anti-national event inside the university premises, was today remanded to three-day police custody by a Delhi court. Kanhaiya was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen where the police sought his custodial interrogation for five days to ascertain the […]

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SC refuses to interfere in trial court proceedings

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The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the order of the Delhi High Court rejecting the plea of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings in the National Herald case before the trial court but gave them some relief by expunging certain observations of the High Court. The […]

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Coal scam: Six accused granted bail

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A special court today granted bail to three directors of Ranchi-based company, M/s Domco Pvt Ltd, and three others in a coal scam case in which they are accused of misrepresenting facts to acquire a coal block in Jharkhand. The court allowed the bail applications of the firm’s three directors, Binay Prakash, Vasant Diwakar Manjrekar […]

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CBI officers could not understand DoT files: A Raja

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Former Telecom Minister A Raja today claimed he was being prosecuted in the 2G spectrum case as the CBI’s investigating officers (IOs) were unable to understand the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) files despite questioning him for about 15 months. During the final arguments in 2G spectrum allocation scam case, Raja told the special court that […]

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SC asks Delhi govt to shift Millennium Bus Depot or amend plan

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The Supreme Court today asked the Delhi government and DTC to either shift out Millennium Bus Depot on the banks of Yamuna within a year or get the master plan amended to legalise its existence. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi gave the direction while […]

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Had informed PM about Law Min’s view on 2G: Raja

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Former Telecom Minister A Raja today told a special courtthat he had informed then Prime Minister Manmohan Singhabout the Law Ministry’s opinion to refer the matter of processing of applications seeking 2G spectrum to an empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM). Opposing CBI’s allegations that he had misled the Prime Minister and incorrectly stated that the […]

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SC judge recuses himself from Ayodhya case

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A Supreme Court judge today recused himself from hearing a plea seeking basic amenities for devotees visiting the disputed site in Ayodhya. Justice U U Lalit, who was part of the bench led by Justice V Gopala Gowda, recused from the case without citing any reason. Earlier, the apex court had asked the Centre and […]

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Coal scam: Court directs GIL, dir to appear on Feb 12

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A Special court today directed Gondwana Ispat Ltd (GIL) and its director Ashok Daga, who were summoned as accused in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Maharashtra’s Majra coal block to the firm, to appear before it on February 12. Daga and the firm’s representative were scheduled to appear before […]

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Salman Khan files caveat in SC in hit-and-run case

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Bollywood actor Salman Khan today moved the Supreme Court, saying he should be heard before any hearing on the Maharashtra Government’s petition challenging his acquittal in the 2002 hit-and-run case. The Maharashtra Government had on January 22 filed a petition in the apex court against the Bombay High Court’s judgement acquitting Salman of ‘all charges’, […]

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