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HC judges, lawyers bid adieu to Chief Justice Murugesan

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Judges and lawyers of Delhi High Court Friday bid adieu to Chief Justice D. Murugesan, who will retire June 8 after serving as a judge for more than 13 years. During a full court reference, Justice Murugesan said in his farewell speech: “I firmly believe that we live in a world in which values like […]

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Prosecution has discretion over examination of witnesses: SC

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The Supreme Court has said that it was entirely up to the prosecution to field witnesses to establish its case and the court would not interfere with this unless the case was exceptional. “The prosecution is not bound to examine all cited witnesses, and it can drop witnesses to avoid multiplicity or plurality of witnesses,” […]

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Pregnant rape victim moves High Court for medical, financial help

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Abandoned by her family, a 19-year old rape victim, who is in her advance stage of pregnancy, has moved the Delhi High Court seeking medical and financial assistance to give birth to her child. Issuing a notice to the Centre and Delhi government, Justice Rajiv Shakdher sought their replies by June 6 on the plea […]

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Punjab and Haryana high court chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul takes oath

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Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on Saturday took oath as the new chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. He was administered the oath of office by Haryana governor Jagannath Pahadia at a ceremony held at Haryana Raj Bhavan. Justice Kaul, 54, earlier served as the   senior most judge of the Delhi high court […]

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Maha PWD officials arrested in bribery case get bail

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The sessions court here on Friday granted bail to two Public Works Department officials, facing bribery charges, on personal bonds of Rs 50 lakh each. Judge KK Tantrapale directed that both the accused should report at the Anti-Corruption Bureau office from Monday to Saturday next week between 10 am and 6 pm. Later, they would […]

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Dixit’s campaign before election challenged in SC

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  The Sheila Dixit government’s reported plan to spend Rs 25 crore of public money for highlighting its achievements before coming assembly elections in Delhi has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The PIL filed in the apex court has also named the Chief Minister as one of the parties in the case along with […]

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Spot-fixing case : Raj Royals player becomes witness

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Rajasthan Royals player Siddharth Trivedi today recorded his statement before a Delhi court in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, in which his teammates S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan are arrested. His statement assumes importance as the court sources said he is understood to have revealed some more names for their alleged involvement in the scandal. Trivedi’s statement recorded under Section […]

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HC allows 93 blasts convict to attend daughter’s wed

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The Bombay High Court on Friday granted permission from June 1 to June 6 to a life-term convict of the 1993 serial blasts to attend his daughter’s wedding in Ahmedabad with the police escort. A vacation bench headed by Justice AM Thipsay was hearing a petition filed by Mohammad Mushtaq Tarani seeking to be released […]

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Police custody of Meiyappan, Vindoo extended till June 3

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A Mumbai court on Friday extended the police remand of CSK team owner Gurunath Meiyappan, actor Vindoo Dara Singh and two others arrested in the IPL betting case till June 3 after prosecution sought further custody to unravel their connection with absconding bookies. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate A. A. Khan granted the Crime Branch’s plea for […]

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Ajay Chautala told to foot travel bill of CBI witnesses

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A Delhi court today directed INLD MLA Ajay Chautala to bear travel expenses of two prosecution witnesses who could not be cross-examined due to non- appearance of his counsel in a disproportionate assets case, while the jailed lawmaker too was absent due to “dehydration”. Special CBI judge Manu Rai Sethi imposed cost on Chautala after […]

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IPL spot-fixing: Chavan gets interim bail for marriage

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Cricketer Ankeet Chavan, who was arrested by Delhi police recently for his alleged role in spot-fixing during IPL games, was on Thursday granted bail till June 6 by a city court for his wedding. Chavan was granted interim bail to tie nuptial knot on June 2. The court granted bail to Chavan on Rs 1 lakh […]

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If bowler was fixed, what was batsman doing: Court

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“If the bowler was fixed, what was the batsman doing?” the query was posed by a Delhi court to the investigators today. The court said it was posing this query as it wanted to know if the Delhi Police was probing the role of any batsman in the IPL spot-fixing case. “If the bowler was […]

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