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SIT indicts army officer in custodial disappearance case

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A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Jammu and KashmirPolice, probing the alleged custodial disappearance of a chemist from Rawalpora here 14 years ago, has invoked the charges of abduction, murder and destruction of evidence against an army officer, who is now a brigadier. The SIT told the Jammu and Kashmir High Courtyesterday that it is […]

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Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: Interim stay to continue

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The Supreme Court today decided to continue interim stay of criminal proceedings against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case lodged against him for remarks allegedly holding RSS responsible for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. A bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant also asked the respondent, RSS activist Rajesh Kunte, […]

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No one can claim trademark right on holy books: SC

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No one can claim the names of holy books and scriptures like Ramayana or Quran and use them as trademarks for selling goods and services, the Supreme Court has ruled. “There are many holy and religious books like the Quran, the Bible, the Guru Granth Sahib, the Ramayan, etc. The answer to the question as […]

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Absence of adequate cops at airports encourage touting: Court

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Effective policing and lack of adequate number of police personnel at the airport here encourage touts and illegal activities, bringing a bad name to the country, a Delhi court said today holding an auto driver guilty of alluring passengers outside the arrival hall. Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma held Jitender Kumar guilty under the 2010 Delhi […]

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CDs are documents, can be considered as evidence under law: SC

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The Supreme Court has ruled that a compact disc (CD) is a document under Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. The Court also held that a CD has to be exhibited/played by the trial court to enable the public prosecutor to admit or deny its genuineness under Section 294 of the Code of Criminal […]

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HC reunites Hindu-Muslim couple from Rajasthan

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The woman’s relatives took her away to her parents’ house on the pretext that she would be brought back to her matrimonial home in Madhya Pradesh. Later, she was forced to marry another man in Gujarat. The Bombay High Court has reunited a Hindu-Muslim couple from Rajasthan, after the woman was taken away by her […]

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City mortuaries using rusted knives for autopsy, Delhi HC told

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Mortuaries in the city are still using outdated and rusted implements to carry out post mortems despite Delhi High Court’s directions to the administration two months back to rectify the situation and the government’s assurance that the equipment would be upgraded in a week. In a report filed in the high court by amicus curiae […]

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Indrani willed most of her properties to Vidhie: chargesheet

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Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Boramurder case, had willed most of her property to Vidhie Khanna, her daughter from earlier marriage with Sanjeev Khanna, a co-accused in the case, the CBI chargesheet said. The wills and some of the emails which are a part of the chargesheet stated that Indrani had bequeathed around […]

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Surat Police opposes bail plea of Hardik Patel

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Surat Police today filed an affidavit before a sessions court opposing the bail application of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, who is facing a sedition case here. As Hardik’s lawyers sought time to go through the police affidavit, Principal Sessions Judge Geeta Gopi scheduled the next hearing for December 4. The grounds on which […]

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Vacate millennium depot by Jan 27: Delhi HC to DTC

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Delhi High Court today asked DTC to vacate the 50-acre millennium bus depot, constructed on the banks of Yamuna for Rs 60 crore for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, by January 27. Justice Manmohan directed the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to vacate the site by that date and said its Managing Director would have to be […]

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Plea seeks ban on “Bajirao Mastani” for “distorting” history

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A petition has been filed in a Pune court seeking a ban on Sanjay Leela Bhansalis upcoming film “Bajirao Mastani”, alleging that it has distorted history relating to late king Shrimant Bajirao Peshwe and his family members. The case will come up for hearing on November 26 before Pune Metropolitan Magistrate S S Bhule, according […]

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What is the system to enforce FCRA: Delhi HC asks govt

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Delhi High Court today asked the government what system was currently in place to enforce the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) as it took up a PIL seeking creation of an independent body to implement the law. “File an affidavit explaining what is the system in place as on date,” a bench of Chief Justice […]

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