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Delhi HC stays Look out Circular against Moin Qureshi

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Delhi High Court today stayed till November 16 the Look out Circular issued against controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi and asked him to appear before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in a money laundering case lodged against him. Justice A K Pathak, however, refused to grant any interim protection from arrest and taking coercive action […]

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Direct ED not to take coercive step against me:Virbhadra to HC

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‘CBI needs state’s consent to probe a state case’

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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, accused in a disproportionate assets case along with others, today claimed in Delhi High Court that CBI cannot on its own decide to probe offences outside Delhi without the consent of the concerned state. His counsel told Justice Vipin Sanghi that in the instant matter, the alleged offence was […]

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Jigisha murder : Delhi HC seeks death row convicts’ reply

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The Delhi High Court today sought the reply of two death row convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case, whose case file has been sent by the trial court here for confirmation of capital punishment. A bench of justices Gita Mittal and P S Teji also sought personal presence of convicts Ravi Kapoor and […]

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Lalita suicide case: Kabaddi player sent to JC

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National Kabaddi player Rohit Kumar, arrested in connection with the alleged suicide by his wife Lalita who had accused him and her in-laws of harassment, was today sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Delhi court. Rohit was produced before a metropolitan magistrate on expiry of his two-day police custody and was remanded to judicial […]

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Sex CD: Sacked Delhi minister seeks bail

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Sacked Delhi minister Sandeep Kumar, who was arrested on rape charges, today approached a special court seeking bail on the ground that investigation in the case was complete. The bail application was filed before Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry, who fixed it for hearing tomorrow. Kumar, in his plea filed through advocate Nitin Ahlawat, said he […]

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Will not re-visit 1995 judgement on ‘Hindutva’: SC

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The Supreme Court today ruled out re-visiting the famous ‘Hindutva’ verdict holding Hinduism as a “way of life’ making it clear that it would not go into the “larger debate” as the issue did not find mention in the reference made by a five-judge bench. “We will not go into the larger debate as to […]

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Allahabad HC reserves order on Arvind Kejriwal’s petition

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The Allahabad High Court reserved its order on a petition moved by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leader Kumar Vishwas, challenging the summons issued by a lower court in connection with a criminal case. Justice Aditya Nath Mittal of the Lucknow bench of the court reserved its order after hearing the petition yesterday. […]

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Two gets 20 years in jail for raping a girl

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A fast track court here has sentenced 20 years in jail to two rape accused and also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on each of them. Additional District Counsel Yusuf Nirwan said that after completion of final hearing, Additional District and Sessions judge Vandna Singh awarded 20-year jail term to Sannu alias Dinesh and […]

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“Guj, Muzaffarnagar riots led youths to terrorism”

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The riots in Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar have motivated youths to join terrorism in India, the Delhi Police has told a court here in a charge sheet filed against three alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operatives. In the charge sheet filed against three suspected JeM members arrested for allegedly planning an attack in the national capital, the Special […]

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Madras HC dismisses yet another PIL on Jaya’s health status

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The Madras High Court today dismissed yet another PIL in connection with the health of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, terming it as ‘one more publicity interest litigation’. The PIL, filed by Dr G Pravina, sought setting up of an “expert life saving committee”, headed by the Chief Secretary. The petitioner said the panel should comprise specialist […]

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Lalita suicide case: Rohit’s father sent to JC

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A Delhi court today sent the father of national-level Kabaddi player Rohit Kumar to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the alleged suicide by his wife Lalita who had accused him and her in-laws of harassment. Rohit’s father, Vijay Singh, was produced before a link magistrate who remanded him to judicial custody till November 4 […]

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Sheena Bora case: CBI files 2nd charge sheet

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CBI today filed its second supplementary charge sheet in the 2012 Sheena Bora murder case in a special court, stating Sheena’s mother and prime accused Indrani Mukerjea kept her husband Peter Mukerjea updated on phone over the selection of spot for disposal of the body. The nearly 200-page charge sheet was filed before the court […]

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