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Juvenile accused in Dec 16 gang rape gets three years in reform home

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The juvenile in the December 16, 2012 gangrape-murder case of a 23-year-old paramedical student has been found guilty of rape and murder by the Juvenile Justice Board. This is the first judgement in the gangrape case that created a nationwide outrage. He has been sentenced to three years in a correctional home subject to review. His sentence […]

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SC to hear pleas against high court verdict on IPL probe panel

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The Supreme Court will Sep 11 hear cross-petitions by the BCCI and Cricket Association of Bihar challenging the Bombay High Court judgment holding that the panel that probed allegations of betting and spot fixing during the sixth version of IPL was not validly constituted. A bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, […]

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Justice N.V. Ramana to be Delhi’s new chief justice

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Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, was Friday appointed as the chief justice of the Delhi High Court, an official statement said. Justice Ramana, 56, will succeed Chief Justice D. Murugesan, who retired in June. Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed has been the acting chief justice since then. “The president […]

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Karnataka gets NHRC notice over vacant school seats

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Taking note of seats reserved for poor students lying vacant in Karnataka schools, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notice to the state government. Accusing Karnataka of poorly implementing the Right to Education Act, the NHRC has sought a reply from the state’s chief secretary within four weeks. “We have taken suo motu […]

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Karnataka stopped from naming new prosecutor in Jayalalithaa case

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The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the Karnataka government from appointing a new special public prosecutor in the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa being heard by a trial court in Bangalore. A bench of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice S.A. Bobde directed the listing of the matter for Sep 4. The court […]

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Petition seeks ban on Zardari from leaving Pakistan

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Pakistan’s Supreme Court Friday sought explanation from the government over a petition seeking a ban on President Asif Ali Zardari from leaving the country after his tenure ends Sep 8, court officials said. The petitioner said Zardari knew of the US military operation that killed Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden May 2, 2011, in Abbotabad, […]

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Plea challenges Meghalaya chief minister’s tribal status

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The Meghalaya High Court Friday asked a petitioner who filed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the scheduled tribe status of Chief Minister Mukul Manda Sangma and the state government to produce copies of the necessary laws and rules. Hearing the case, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice T.N.K. Singh and Justice S.R. Sen […]

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Rajasthan BJP lawmaker seeks anticipatory bail in riot case

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A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator in Rajasthan moved a court here Friday seeking anticipatory bail in the case of the 2011 communal violence in Bharatpur district that left 10 people dead, said a lawyer. Anita Singh, legislator from Nagar constituency in Bharatpur, was among the 43 people recently booked by the the Central Bureau […]

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`Single women bureaucrats should be posted near hometown’

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Single women who are government servants should be given postings closest to their hometown or to places of their choice, a parliamentary committee Friday recommended. Women government servants who travel beyond office hours should be provided with security and proper transport by the employer in order to ensure their safety, said a statement issued here […]

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`Single women bureaucrats should be posted near hometown’

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Single women who are government servants should be given postings closest to their hometown or to places of their choice, a parliamentary committee Friday recommended. Women government servants who travel beyond office hours should be provided with security and proper transport by the employer in order to ensure their safety, said a statement issued here […]

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`Single women bureaucrats should be posted near hometown’

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Single women who are government servants should be given postings closest to their hometown or to places of their choice, a parliamentary committee Friday recommended. Women government servants who travel beyond office hours should be provided with security and proper transport by the employer in order to ensure their safety, said a statement issued here […]

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Chidamabaram justifies food, land bills

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The government Thursday defended the landmark food security bill and the land acquisition and rehabilitation bill saying the markets couldn’t be “spooked or ethused by them”. “Both the bills have been in public domain for many months and have been debated enough. It is wrong to say the markets are spooked or enthused by them,” […]

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