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Court dismisses banker’s anticipatory bail plea

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A special court dismissed today the anticipatory bail plea of a private bank official, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a fraud case post demonetisation, in a related cheating case. Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry denied the relief to 32-year-old Vineet Gupta, a branch manager in Axis Bank’s Kashmere Gate branch […]

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Plea against Kejriwal: Court says ACB’s report unsatisfactory

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A Delhi court expressed unhappiness over an “unsatisfactory” report of the Anti-Corruption Branch on threat perception to the complainants in the alleged PWD scam in which a criminal plea has been filed against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his relative. Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra said no efforts have been made by the agency to contact […]

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WhatsApp privacy policy: SC refers matter to Constitution

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The Supreme Court today referred social media platform WhatsApp’s privacy policy matter to a Constitution bench, which will hear the issue on April 18, saying it concerns the larger issue of privacy and right to personal liberty. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said when the matter deals […]

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Former BSSC Chairman Sudhir Kumar denied bail plea

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A special court today denied bail to former Bihar Staff Selection Commission Chairman Sudhir Kumar, arrested in a case involving the leakage of question papers of a clerical grade examination held by the Commission. While turning down the bail plea of senior IAS officer Kumar, Vigilance Court judge Madhukar Kumar also denied bail to the […]

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NCDRC refuses compensation to man in medical negligence case

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The apex consumer commission has rejected the plea of a man seeking compensation from a Punjab hospital for alleged negligence while operating on his fractured arm, saying the doctor could not be blamed for it. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), while denying the relief, also observed that there could have been failure on […]

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Dowry death: Delhi HC upholds 10 years jail to husband

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The Delhi High Court has upheld 10 years jail term to a man whose wife committed self-immolation, saying she ended her life due to cruelty and harassment meted out by him for dowry. The high court said it does not find any illegality or irregularity in the trial court’s February 2000 verdict and dismissed the […]

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Himachal HC restrains govt from regularising illegal buildings

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The Himachal Pradesh High Court has restrained the state government from initiating any further action on regularising illegal buildings. Issuing a notice to the state government, the court stopped it from compounding deviations under the HP Town and Country Planning Regularization Amendment Act. A division bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Tarlok Singh Chauhan passed […]

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Gujarat HC dismisses Mehsana Dairy Union’s plea against special audit

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The Gujarat High Court today dismissed a petition moved by Mehsana District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd seeking quashing of an order of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies to conduct special audit of the union. The court of Justice S G Shah dismissed the petition while allowing the Registrar to conduct a special audit under […]

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Three get life in prison for murdering man

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Three persons, including a woman and her paramour, were sentenced to life in prison by the district court for murdering her husband three years ago. Additional District Judge Vivekanand Saran Tripathi found Saraswati, her paramour Karan Singh and their accomplice Bhima guilty of killing Veeru (32), a resident of Mahendra Nagar, with a knife and […]

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Ajmer blast case: NIA files closure report, gives clean chit to Sadhvi Pragya

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The NIA today submitted a closure report in the 2007 Ajmer bomb blast case, giving a clean chit to four persons including Sadhvi Pragya and RSS leader Indresh Kumar, saying no prosecutable evidence was found against them. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted the closure report to a special court hearing NIA cases which awarded […]

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Allahabad HC dismisses plea to rename anti-Romeo squad

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The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a public interest litigation seeking a direction for changing the name of the anti-Romeo Squad. The Lucknow bench of the high court dismissed the PIL terming it as “not maintainable”. A division bench of justices Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Sanjay Harkauli gave the order on a PIL filed by […]

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