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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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R S Suri elected as SCBA president

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Senior advocates R S Suri and Ajit Kumar Sinha have been elected as President and vice-president respectively of the prestigious Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). While Suri has been elected as the President after defeating senior advocate Vikas Singh by 19 votes, Sinha was elected as Vice-President for the second time leaving behind his colleague […]

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Bombay HC asks Service Tax Dept to revalue Mallya’s plane

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The Bombay High Court today asked the Service Tax Department, which has to recover dues of Rs 532 crore from the business tycoon Vijay Mallya, to revalue his luxury plane parked at the Mumbai airport. After the revaluation, the HC said it would consider the department’s request to allow a re-auction of the aircraft. A […]

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Kerala HC permits women’s employment in liquor shops

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In a significant order, the Kerala High Court has permitted employment of women in foreign liquor retail shops terming as “unsustainable” and “violative of the Constitution” the state’s rules restraining women from such jobs. Such orders and rules “are violative of Article 14 and 15 of the Constitution and are therefore unsustainable”, the court said […]

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‘Tandoor’ murder convict seeks parole, HC asks govt to respond

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Delhi High Court today sought the response of Delhi government on a plea filed by former youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma, who is undergoing life term in the 1995 sensational Tandoor murder case, seeking parole for a period of six months to take care of his ailing parents. Justice Vipin Sanghi issued notice to the […]

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Gurung, 17 others surrender in Tamang murder case

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Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung, his wife Asha and several senior leaders of the hill outfit surrendered before a city court today which granted them bail in connection with the murder of All India Gorkha League leader Madan Tamang. Gurung and 17 others surrendered before the chief judge, city sessions court, Subhra Ghosh […]

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SC to examine whether courts can add ‘rigorous’ to life terms

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Can the word ‘rigorous’ be added by courts when they award life imprisonment? The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the question whether courts are statutorily empowered to make life imprisonments tougher for the convicts by adding “rigorous” (harsh) to life sentence as the law does not provide for this. A bench headed by Justice […]

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Defamation case: HC to hear Kejriwal’s plea on Feb 16

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Delhi High Court today decided to hear Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking quashing of a defamation complaint filed against him by former Union Minister Kapil Sibal’s lawyer son Amit Sibal in February. Kejriwal’s counsel referred to the November 17 order of the Supreme Court, which had remanded the matter back to the Delhi High […]

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Coal scam: Final arguments against ex-Coal Secy over

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The final arguments in a coal scam case against former coal secretary H C Gupta and five others, relating to alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh to an accused firm, was concluded today before a special court. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar concluded hearing the arguments in a case filed […]

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Cops opposes perjury plea against ex-JNUSU prez

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City police today opposed in Delhi High Court a plea seeking initiation of perjury proceedings against former JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and a JNU professor, saying there was no material to substantiate the allegation that they had filed false affidavits along with the bail plea of the student leader in a sedition case. Justice S […]

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“Pay Rs10k fine for dumping waste in public place”

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Municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of the most serious pollutants in the country specially in Delhi, the National Green Tribunal has said while announcing a fine of Rs 10,000 on those found throwing waste at public places. The green panel said that all authorities are under “statutory” obligation to ensure that waste is “collected, […]

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Justice J S Khehar appointed next CJI

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Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, who led the five-judge constitution bench in the Supreme Court which had struck down the controversial NJAC Act for appointment of judges, was today appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. Sources in the government said President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared his name and the notification is being issued shortly. […]

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Hyderabad blasts: 5 IM operatives sentenced to death

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Five key operatives of Indian Mujahideen, including the banned terror outfit’s co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and a Pakistani national, were today awarded death penalty by a Special NIA Court here in the February 2013 Hyderabad bomb blasts which claimed 18 lives. Pronouncing the sentence, Judge T Srinivasa Rao described the case as the “rarest of the […]

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