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Parliament, Executive should not interfere in Judiciary: CJI

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A day after Parliament unanimously passed the Constitution (99th Amendment) Bill to do away with the collegium system, Chief Justice of India RM Lodha on Friday said that he hoped that judiciary, executive and Parliament work without any interference. “I am sure people in judiciary, executive and Parliament have mutual respect for one another and […]

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Prof sent to police custody in obscene letter case

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A local court sent a professor of the Gujarat University to a one-day police custody here on Friday, in connection with a sexual harassment case, for allegedly writing obscene letters to three of his women colleagues. Sarman Zala (56), who heads the political science department of the Gujarat University, was arrested yesterday for sexually harassing […]

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Doctor jailed for sex determination tests

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The District Sessions Court here upheld the punishment of one-year rigorous imprisonment of two doctors but acquitted another medico yesterday for conducting sex determination tests. The gender-determination test racket was exposed by a Satara-based social activist and lawyer Varsha Deshpande who had conducted a sting operation at Bhagwan Hospital in Beed district of Maharashtra on […]

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‘Agreement reached to sell luxury hotels’

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Sahara group has reached an agreement with a foreign party to sell its three luxurious hotels in London and New York and a reputed foreign bank has also agreed to grant bank guarantee for Rs 5,000 crore, its chief Subrata Roy Thursday told the Supreme Court which granted him 15 more working days to complete […]

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UP police officer held guilty of raping Dalit girl

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A local court has held a deputy superintendent of police guilty of raping a Dalit girl in Kanpur two years ago. According to a complaint lodged in 2012 by the victim’s father with the police, Deputy SP Amarjeet Shahi during his posting in Kanpur had lured his daughter and raped her. Shahi was suspended with […]

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Parliament approval to bill to end collegium system

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Parliamentary approval was accorded to two bills seeking to end the collegium system for appointment of judges with the Rajya Sabha Thursday adopting the measure as passed by the Lok Sabha Wednesday.  The Constitution (99th Amendment) Bill, which seeks to put the proposed judicial appointment commission and its entire composition in the constitution, and the […]

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SC rejects plea seeking stay on Aamir film ‘PK’

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The Supreme Court Thursday junked a petition seeking a stay on the screening of Aamir Khan starrer “PK” for alleged obscene scenes and scenes with a potential to stir ill-will among people practising different faiths. While throwing out the plea, the apex court said that the facets of religion should not be brought into art and entertainment. “This is […]

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Supreme Court moved challenging NJAC

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The Supreme Court was Thursday moved seeking the quashing of the bill for setting up the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) for the appointment of judges to the apex court and high courts as passed by parliament to replace the collegium system. Petitioner advocate ML Sharma also challenged the constitutional amendment backing the setting up of […]

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Sexual Harassment: Woman Judge Objects to Inquiry Panel Composition

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A woman additional district and sessions judge in Gwalior who resigned alleging sexual harassment by a Madhya Pradesh High Court judge has objected to the composition of the inquiry committee that will hold a preliminary inquiry into the allegation. Objecting the presence of Justice Ajit Singh as the head of the two-member inquiry committee, the […]

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Phoolan Devi’s killer gets life imprisonment

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Thirteen years after bandit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi was killed outside her official MP’s residence here, a court Thursday sentenced convict Sher Singh Rana to life for her murder. Additional Sessions Judge Bharat Parashar awarded the life term to 35-year-old Rana, and also slapped a fine of Rs.1 lakh on him. “However, keeping in view the overall facts and […]

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Subrata Roy seeks 15 days more from SC to wind up negotiations with buyers

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Sahara chief Subrata Roy has sought 15 days more from Supreme Court to wind up negotiations with potential buyers to sell his three luxury hotels in New York and London to raise Rs 10,000 crore to get regular bail. In an application filed in the apex court, Roy submitted that talks with the buyers are […]

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Justice A N Ray bomb attack: HC verdict tomorrow

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The Delhi High Court will tomorrow pronounce its verdict in two appeals in a 38-year-old case relating to a bomb attack in the national capital on the then Chief Justice of India A N Ray in 1975. A bench of Justice S P Garg will deliver the judgement on the appeals of Anandmargis—Santosh Anand Avdhoot, […]

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