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CBI for Anil & Tina Ambani as witness in 2G trial

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Injecting a new element in the 2G spectrum allocation case trial, CBI Thursday asked a Delhi court to “summon” Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani as prosecution witnesses to “arrive at the truth” and for a “just decision” in the case. CBI moved an application in the court saying Anil Ambani, […]

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Zaheda was insecure because of Masood: claims witness

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A prosecution witness in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case told the court here today that the main accused, Zaheda Parvez, had become “possessive” about BJP MLA Dhruvnarayan Singh and resented Masood’s friendship with him. Deposing before the special CBI court here, Sanjay Gupta, a Bhopal-based industrialist and the BJP MLA’s friend, said that […]

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HC quashes order summoning MP: 3 kins in rape case

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The Delhi High Court today set aside a trial court order summoning Congress MP Mahabal Mishra and his three family members in a case of kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in 2006. The court said that instead of summoning the persons named in the case directly, the trial court should have made a […]

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Court pulls up police for flip flop in IPL scandal probe

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Delhi Police was on May 29 pulled up by a court here for its flip flop in the handling of the IPL spot-fixing case and hiding the arrest of Abhishek Shukla, a friend of cricketer S Sreesanth, and termed it as a “bad practice”. The court was also anguished that Shukla, who was arrested this […]

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HC issues contempt notice to Army Chief

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from Army Chief Bikram Singh on a contempt plea of Lt. Gen (Retd) Tejinder Singh for not complying with its order to take disciplinary action against five Army officers including ex-Army chief VK Singh. Besides the Army Chief, the court also issued a contempt notice to […]

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IPL fixing scandal: Ankeet Chavan moves sessions court for bail

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Suspended cricketer Ankeet Chavan, an accused in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, on May 29 moved a fresh bail application before a sessions court after he was denied the relief by a magisterial court. Chavan filed his bail plea before Additional Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Khanna, who has kept the matter for hearing on May 30. […]

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Three Amway officials get bail

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Three officials of network marketing firm Amway India, arrested the day before, were granted bail by a Kerala court here in a case relating to alleged financial irregularities, the company said Tuesday. Amway India’s country head William S. Pinckney and two other officials – Anshu Budhraja and Sanjay Malhotra – have been granted bail by […]

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India Post penalised for delaying Speed Post letter

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A Speed Post letter that crawled to its destination and cost an unemployed man the chance of a job has earned the postal department the wrath of India’s top consumer court, which pulled it up for deficiency in service and ordered payment of compensation. The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission dismissed the pleas of head […]

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IPL scandal: Court rejects Ankeet Chavan’s bail plea

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Suspended cricketer Ankeet Chavan, an accused in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, was on Tuesday denied bail by a Delhi court which said social stigma cannot be a ground to give him the relief. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma dismissed his plea for bail, which was sought on ground that his marriage is fixed for […]

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IPL scandal: Sreesanth and 3 others remanded in JC

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Arrested cricketers S Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila besides two bookies were today remanded in judicial custody till June 4 by a Delhi court which rejected the investigators’ plea for two more days of custodial interrogation of the Indian pacer in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma turned down […]

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Delhi cops bring Dawood angle in spot-fixing scandal

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The Delhi Police on Tuesday told a court that the IPL spot fixing scandal was allegedly linked to fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim as bookie Ashwini Aggarwal alias Tinku Mandey was in touch with him and his aides. Senior public prosecutor Rajiv Mohan told chief metropolitan magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma that interception of various telephone […]

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2G case: Court warns Niira Radia for evading questions

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Former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia was on Tuesday warned by a Delhi court for “evading” questions relating to the 2G spectrum allocation case in which she is considered as a “sensitive” and “important” witness. “You are a very sensitive witness. Be brief and be specific in your answers,” Special CBI Judge OP Saini told her […]

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