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States can’t grant remission without Centre’s concurrence: SC

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States cannot exercise statutory power to remit sentences of convicts, tried under central laws and probed by central agencies like CBI without consulting the Union government, the Supreme Court held today. Settling the constitutional issues that had arisen out of the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to set free the convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination […]

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Court dismisses plea of ex-cricketer Jacob Martin

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Former Indian cricketer Jacob Martin has failed to get any relief from a Delhi court which dismissed his plea challenging framing of charges against him in a case in which he is accused of fraudulently obtaining visa for another person from the UK High Commission. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar dismissed a revision petition filed […]

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Fund embezzlement: SC extends Teesta’s protection from arrest

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The Supreme Court today extended till January 31 the interim protection from arrest granted to social activist Teesta Setalvad in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society that was devastated in the 2002 riots. “Interim relief to continue till January 31,” a three judge bench headed by Justice […]

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Bombay HC stays transfer of Nagpur medical college dean

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The Bombay High Court has stayed the transfer of Dean of Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital here while pulling up the state authorities for the “malafide” act. A division bench of Justices Bhushan Gavai and Pradeep Deshmukh here yesterday, stayed the transfer of the dean, Dr Abhimanyu Niswade and asked him to resume duty […]

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Delhi HC seeks response of Bharti, police on bail cancellation plea

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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked controversial AAP MLA Somnath Bharti and the police to file their response on a plea by his life Lipika seeking cancellation of his bail in a domestic violence case. Justice P S Teji issued notice to Bharti and Delhi Police and directed them to file their reply by […]

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Court reserves order on plea against Arvind Kejriwal

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A Delhi court today reserved its order on a criminal complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking his prosecution for allegedly exhorting voters to take bribe from Congress and BJP and vote for AAP in the last assembly elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Babru Bhan fixed the matter for pronouncing order on the plea on December 19 […]

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SC dismisses TN govt’s plea for police custody of singer

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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea of the Tamil Nadu government seeking two-day police custody of ultra-Left folk singer Kovan, who was granted relief by the Madras High Court in a sedition case. A Bench comprising Justices F.M.I. Kalifulla and U.U. Lalit did not find any merit in the state government’s appeal seeking […]

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Court’s decision to criminalise gay sex needs reconsideration: Jaitley

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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that banning gay sex is not in accordance with evolving legal jurisprudence and court must reconsider its decision. While speaking at Times LitFest Jaitley, who is also an eminent lawyer, said future generations will have to see that the verdict criminalising consensual gay sex “are reconsidered”. On […]

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Competent lawyers should be appointed to represent govt: SC

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The State should appoint only competent lawyers possessing integrity to represent it or else there is a strong possibility of “miscarriage of justice”, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court though acknowledged the right of states to choose counsel of its choice like any other litigants. A bench of justices Vikramjit Sen and A […]

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End to Devadasi System: SC Slaps Rs 25k on Government for No Reply

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The Supreme Court has slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on the Centre for failing to file on time an affidavit on women being forced to become ‘devadasis’ and the possibility of abolition of the age-old tradition. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and U U Lalit said that since the government has not […]

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Uttar Pradesh: Suspected ISI agent remanded in 14 days’ judicial custody

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Suspected ISI agent Mohammand Eizaz, who was arrested on Friday, has been remanded in 14 days’ judicial custody by a court here. The court of Special Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Singh yesterday passed the order placing Eizaz in judicial custody for 14 days, ATS Circle Officer Ankit Kumar said here today. Following a medical examination […]

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Govt has no formal pact with FB, Twitter to use them: HC told

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The government has told the Delhi High Court that its media wing and IT departments are using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter by entering into standard agreements and not any formal or separate deals. The government has submitted before the high court that the agreements are “accepted” in ‘click and wrap’ mode wherein […]

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