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CIC order on parties: RTI applicants file caveat in HC

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A caveat was on Wednesday filed in the Delhi High Court to pre-empt any ex-parte stay on the Central Information Commission order bringing political parties under the purview of Right to Information Act. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a civil society claiming to bring transparency in Indian politics, on whose plea the CIC had […]

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Dec 16 gangrape: IO denies false case against accused

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The crucial cross-examination of the lady police officer probing the December 16 gang-rape on Tuesday commenced in the Delhi court where she refuted the charge by the accused that a false case has been foisted on them at the behest of a criminal lawyer and uncle of victim’s male friend. The officer, who is also […]

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Sohrabuddin case: Ex-Raj minister appears in cour

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Former Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria on Tuesday appeared before a local court in response to the summons issued by it after the CBI filed a supplementary charge sheet against him in the Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. Besides Kataria, RK marble director Vimal Patni also appeared in the court, while Andhra Pradesh-based IPS officer […]

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CBI chargesheets six in ‘cash-for-vote’ case

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The CBI today filed chargesheet against six persons, including an MLA and two industrialists, in the horse trading case that forced Election Commission of India to hold Rajya Sabha elections afresh after scraping its original poll notification in 2012. The chargesheet was filed in the special CBI court here against JMM MLA Sita Soren, her father B Majhi, the then Independent […]

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Chopper deal: Court defreezes Tyagi’s kin accounts

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A Delhi court has allowed the plea of two family members of former IAF chief S P Tyagi, accused in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP helicopter deal scam, to defreeze their bank accounts subject to certain conditions. Special CBI Judge Ravinder Kaur gave a conditional relief to former Air Chief’s family members Anurag Tyagi and […]

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Sreesanth moves fresh bail plea after invocation of MCOCA

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Sreesanth in his fresh bail plea said he has been implicated in the case and even when he was in police custody, the probe agency was not able to recover any evidence against him or recover anything at his instance. Suspended cricketer S Sreesanth on Tuesday moved fresh bail application before a Delhi court after […]

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SIT terms Zakia’s petition ‘instigating’

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The Supreme Court-appointed SIT  on Monday termed as “instigating” the petition filed by Zakia Jafri, opposing the closure report filed by SIT giving a clean chit to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and alleged that it could again create communal disturbances in the state. SIT made this submission before metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra who was hearing the ‘protest’ petition […]

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Complaint against Dikshit for misusing govt funds

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A complaint has been filed in a here court seeking registration of an FIR against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misusing government funds in an advertisement campaign ahead of the 2008 Assembly polls. The complaint, filed over a week after the Delhi Lokayukta held that Dikshit had abused her official position and conducted an […]

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Hearing on Meiyappan, Vindoo’s bail pleas 2morrow

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A local court today reserved till tomorrow its order on the bail applications filed by CSK team principal Gurunath Meiyappan and actor Vindoo Randhawa arrested in the IPL betting scandal, after they were sent in judicial custody till June 14. Meiyappan and Vindoo filed bail pleas soon after the metropolitan magistrate remanded them in judicial […]

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FIR against Karnataka sr cops on Delhi court order

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An FIR was today lodged against the superintendents of Bellary Police in Karnataka and the central prison there for not producing an undertrial in a Delhi court and illegally confining him in prison despite him being on bail. The case was registered against Bellary SP Chandragupta and P V Reddy, superintendent of central prison, Bellary, […]

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Another PIL in SC challenging Sharma’s appointment as CAG

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The former Chief Election Commissioner, N. Gopalaswami, and eight other eminent citizens on Monday challenged the appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. Their public interest litigation petition is to be listed in July first week along with a similar petition filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma. In […]

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HC upholds acquittal of bank security guard

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The Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court’s acquittal of a bank security guard after accepting his argument that he was only discharging his duties when he fired at a man, who later died, to prevent him from running away after forging some papers. A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna dismissed police’s appeal […]

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