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Testimonies of children nail man in wife’s murder case

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Testimonies of two minor children nailed the fate of a man, with a Delhi court convicting him for killing his wife as he suspected her fidelity. Besides the deposition of the man’s son and daughter, the court also relied on the DNA report and the convict’s conduct of absconding after committing the crime. The court, […]

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NGT seeks status report on desilting of Inderpuri drain

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The National Green Tribunal has directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to submit a status report on desilting of the Inderpuri drain here on a plea alleging indiscriminate dumping of municipal solid waste in it. A vacation bench comprising Justice Jawad Rahim and expert member Ajay A Deshpande asked the NDMC and the Delhi […]

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NGT directs UP govt to appoint UPPCB chairman in 3 months

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The National Green Tribunal has taken strong exception to an ad-hoc appointee holding the post of chairman of the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and asked it to make a regular appointment within three months. The green panel warned the Yogi Adityanath government that in case it fails to complete the appointment process of the […]

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Man gets 10-yr jail for possessing 40 kg drugs

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A man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for possessing 40 kg of Ganja by a Delhi court, which also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on him. The court awarded the jail term to 32-year-old Delhi resident Aminullah keeping in view the quantity of recovered the drug and its impact on the […]

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MP honeytrap case: Court sends businessman to judicial custody

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A Delhi court today remanded a businessman, who allegedly helped a 40-year-old woman to honeytrap and blackmail BJP MP from Gujarat K C Patel, in judicial custody till June 23. Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Rampuri sent Ajay Kumar alias Ajay Pal Chauhan to judicial custody after the police said his custodial interrogation was not required. […]

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Act regulating fees valid legislation: Guj govt to Gujarat HC

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The state government today defended before the Gujarat High Court an act regulating fees of self-financed schools saying it a “valid piece of legislation” to prevent “commercialisation of education”. The government said this in an affidavit filed before a division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi. The bench was […]

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Controversial judge Karnan retires, no customary farewell

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Controversial Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan today ended his tenure as a fugitive from law with no customary farewell being given to him. Sixty-two-year-old Justice Karnan has been evading arrest since May 9 after being sentenced to six months imprisonment for contempt of court by the Supreme Court. He has the dubious distinction […]

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Karna HC directs NCLT to hear afresh bankruptcy proceedings of Falcon Tyres

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Disposing of a plea of a tyre manufacturer, the Karnataka High Court has directed the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to hear afresh bankruptcy proceeding of Falcon Tyres, filed by Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC). Falcon Tyres’ promoter Pawan Ruia had approached the high court seeking a fair trial, stating that principle of natural justice […]

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Woman claims to be HIV+, court grants bail in flesh trade case

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A woman, who claimed to be HIV positive and was arrested for allegedly running a brothel and forcing young girls into prostitution, has been granted bail by a Delhi court. The court, however, noted that as per the police and jail authorities, the woman could not bring any record of her claimed disease. Special Judge […]

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Court to pronounce order on charge agst firm, others in July

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A special court has reserved for next month its order on framing charges against a private firm and three persons in a coal block scam case relating to alleged irregularities in allocation of Jharkhand-based North Dhadhu coal block. Special Judge Bharat Parashar fixed July 31 for order on whether to put the accused — M/s […]

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I-T Act treats all assesses alike, not discriminatory: SC

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The Supreme Court has termed as “fallacious” an argument that the new provision of the Income Tax Act making Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns, is discriminatory and creates two classes. The apex court did not find anything wrong with section 139AA of the Act and said all income tax assesses “constitute one class” […]

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MACT awards Rs 34L compensation to kin of accident victim

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The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has awarded a compensation of Rs 34 lakh to the kin of a yard manager, who was killed in a road accident in 2015. The President of MACT-Raigadh-Alibaugh MG Sewlikar recently directed the two respondents – owner of a trailer Nilesh Mhatre and the insurer Sri Ram General Insurance company […]

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