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SC’s larger bench hears afresh Yakub Memon’s plea

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A three-judge newly constituted bench of the Supreme Courttoday rejected the plea filed by Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. This virtually ends any hope for Memon who is scheduled to be hanged tommorow as per the death warrant issued on July 13. The apex court in […]

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Vyapam scam: SC allows SIT to file charge sheets

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The Supreme Court today allowed SIT and Special Task Force of Madhya Police to file chargesheets in Vyapam scam cases till the matters are transferred to CBI. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Arun Kumar Mishra and Amitava Roy fixed July 24 for further hearing of the application of CBI […]

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Coal scam:Court orders framing of charges against Koda, 8 otrs

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Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, ex-Coal Secretary H C Gupta, former Jharkhand Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Basu and six others were today ordered to be put on trial by a special court on charges of corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating in connection with a coal block allocation scam case. Besides them, Special CBI Judge […]

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Supreme Court orders CBI probe into Vyapam, as more skeletons tumble out

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The Supreme Court today ordered a CBI probe into the massive admission and recruitment scam in Madhya Pradeshas more skeletons tumbled out of the Vyapam cupboard with the death of yet another witness coming to light. The Supreme Court, while directing CBI to probe all cases of the Vyapam scam and alleged deaths of persons […]

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K’taka govt moves SC against Jaya’s acquittal in DA case

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The Karnataka government today moved the Supreme Court challenging the state high court verdict acquitting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the disproportionate assets case. The state government in its appeal, filed through advocate Joseph Aristotle, has sought setting aside of the Karnataka HC order and also pleaded that the disqualification of the AIADMK […]

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SC to hear CBSE plea for more time to re-conduct AIPMT-2015

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CBSE today told the Supreme Court it will be “impossible” for it to re-conduct in four weeks the scrapped All India Pre Medical Test-2015 exam as directed by the apex court. A bench of justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre decided to take up a petition of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) […]

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Court seeks report on alleged VIP treatment to Pacheco in jail

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A Goa court has sought report from jail authorities here over allegations that VIP treatment was being given to former minister Fransisco Miccky Pacheco who is currently undergoing sentence at the Sada sub-jail for assaulting a junior engineer from the electricity department. Principal South Goa District and Sessions Judge Nutan Sardessai last evening sought a […]

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Fake degree case: Jitender Singh Tomar withdraws bail plea

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Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar on Tuesday withdrew his bail plea in an alleged fake degree case. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar Yadav allowed Tomar to withdraw his bail plea and granted him liberty to file a fresh application in the concerned court. On Monday, a magisterial court remanded Tomar to four days […]

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HC defers Salman Khan case to July 1 as case papers not ready

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Ordering expeditious completion of case papers, the Bombay High Court today adjourned till July 1 a criminal appeal filed by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan against his conviction in the hit-and-run case in which he has been awarded a five-year jail sentence. When the case came up for hearing, Justice A R Joshi was informed by […]

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Fake degree case: Court denies relief to Tomar

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In a setback to Jitender Singh Tomar, a Delhi court today dismissed his revision plea against his police remand and refused to provide any immediate relief to the beleagured AAP leader in the alleged fake degree case, saying granting him interim bail will further “complicate” the matter. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Jain refused to accept […]

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Cash-for-vote scam: TDP legislator granted 12-hour bail

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A court here on Wednesday granted 12-hour bail to TDP’s Telangana MLA A. Revanth Reddy in the cash-for-vote scam, to enable him to attend his his daughter’s engagement on Thursday. The court dealing with Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) cases granted interim bail to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader from Telangana. Reddy will be released from […]

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Fake degree: Tomar moves sessions court challenging his arrest

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Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar on Wednesday approached a sessions court here challenging his arrest in the alleged fake degree case. In an application filed before the sessions court, Tomar alleged that police had arrested him yesterday in violation of prescribed procedure under the law. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Jain refused to give […]

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