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Saradha scam case: HC rejects Ramesh Gandhi’s bail plea

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Calcutta High Court today rejected the bail prayer of Ramesh Gandhi who was arrested by CBI in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Nishita Mhatre and Justice Tapas Mukherjee rejected the plea. Gandhi’s counsels had prayed for bail on the ground that he has been in custody […]

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Delhi HC allows service of summons via Whatsapp

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The Delhi High Court has allowed the use of social network like Whatsapp and email in judicial proceedings. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw has allowed the plaintiff to serve the summons on one of the defendants through Whatsapp, text message and email. “The plaintiffs are permitted to serve the defendant… by text message as well as […]

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Arguments continue before third judge

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The Madras High Court today continued to hear arguments on appeals filed against a single judge order, which was referred to a third judge, after the split verdict of a vacation bench on pleas for fixing norms for according incentive marks to in-service government doctors for admission to post-graduate medical courses in Tamil Nadu. Justice […]

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Bilkis case: Bombay HC upholds life sentence to 12, sets aside acquittal of seven

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The Bombay High Court today upheld the conviction and life imprisonment of 12 people in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case of the 2002 Gujarat riots while setting aside the acquittal of seven persons including policemen and doctors. The court also dismissed an appeal filed by the CBI seeking death penalty for three of the […]

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Consumer forum raps DDA over “nepotism, high-handedness”

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The Delhi Development Authority and its officials have been pulled up by a consumer forum here for “high-handedness and nepotism” in dealing with flat allottees, saying they behaved as if they were the final authority and the customers were “totally at their mercy”. While dealing with a case, the South Delhi district consumer disputes redressal […]

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Kerala not allowing maintenance of Mullaperiyar Dam: TN to SC

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The Supreme Court today sought response from Kerala on a plea of Tamil Nadu alleging that the neighbouring state is not allowing it to maintain the historic Mullaperiyar Dam. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justices D Y Chandrachud and S K Kaul issued notice to Kerala and fixed the plea of […]

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“TN should take action to provide relief to kin of farmers”

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The Supreme Court today said that there should be “affirmative action” of the Tamil Nadu government to provide relief to the families of those farmers who committed suicide. The apex court made it clear that it is not treating the plea seeking relief for farmers in the state as adversarial but participatory and would not […]

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“Centre to consider inspection reports of DPL premises”

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The Delhi High Court today directed the parties concerned that the two reports on inspection of the building in central Delhi, where the Delhi Public Library (DPL) is housed, be placed before the Urban Development Ministry’s secretary for a decision about its safety. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra […]

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Poll spending: Delhi HC asks ECI for regulation on it

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The Delhi High Court today asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to place before it the regulation for bringing transparency regarding expenditure of political parties and funds received by them. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra directed the counsel for the poll panel to inform whether the parties […]

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Loan fraud case: Court grants ED custody to director of pvt

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A special court here today sent the director of a private company to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till May 13 in an alleged Rs 2,650-crore bank loan fraud case. Special Judge Kamal Joshi ordered to sent the director of Zoom Developers Private Limited Vijay Madanlal Chowdhary (59) – to the ED custody till May […]

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SC rejects review plea of man who raped, killed 4-yr-old

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The Supreme Court today dismissed a review petition of a 55-year-old man and sent him to gallows for raping and stoning to death a four-year-old girl in 2008. A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said “no case is made out” and dismissed the review petition. The bench, which also comprised Justices R F Nariman […]

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Nizamuddin dargah teacher acquitted in rape case

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A Sufi teacher, accused of raping a divorced woman on the pretext of resolving her troubles, has been let off by a Delhi court saying the woman had lodged the complaint in a fit of anger. The court observed that the woman, who had entered her second wedlock with the accused, a ‘khwaja’ (teacher or […]

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