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Sardarpura riot: HC upholds life sentence of 17, acquits 14

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The Gujarat High Court today acquitted 14 persons out of 31 convicted by a lower court and confirmed life sentence of 17 others, in the 2002 post-Godhra Sardarpura massacre case in which 33 people were burnt alive. A division bench of Justices Harsha Devani and Biren Vaishnav confirmed the life imprisonment of 17 persons. However, […]

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Slum youth gets life imprisonment for killing neighbour

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A 27-year-old youth here has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a district court for murdering his neighbour. Along with the life sentence, District Judge P P Jadhav also imposed Rs 10,000 fine on the convict – Shamsuddin Arshadali Sheikh. Public Prosecutor Vinit A Kulkarni told the court that the victim, Sahid Shaikh, and the […]

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Coal scam: Court lets Naveen Jindal travel abroad

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Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, accused in a coal block allocation scam case along with 14 others, was today allowed by a special court to travel abroad later this month for business purposes. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed the plea filed by Jindal seeking the court’s permission to visit China from October 22 […]

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HC restrains private bus operators from charging higher fare

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The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court today restrained omni (private) bus operators in Tamil Nadu from collecting higher fare during the coming festival season. The court passed the interim order on suo motu proceedings initiated by it based on media reports that passengers were being fleeced in view of expected heavy rush on account […]

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Delhi HC dismisses Kejriwal’s plea to stay defamation case

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today suffered a setback when the Delhi High Court dismissed his plea to stay a trial court proceedings in a criminal defamation case against him and other AAP leaders filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying, “it is devoid of merit”. “The request of the petitioner to adjourn the court […]

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Bombay HC unhappy over non-payment of pension to retd judicial staff

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The Bombay High Court has expressed unhappiness over non-payment of pension and arrears to retired judicial officers and warned that if they are not paid their dues, it would summon state government officials concerned and deprive them of their pension for two years. “We are most unhappy at this state of affairs. We expect the […]

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“PIL on re-appointment of encounter accused cops”

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The Gujarat High Court today asked the state government to furnish details of the contractual appointment of two retired police officers who are accused in Ishrat Jahan and other alleged fake encounter cases after a PIL challenged their appointment. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi asked government […]

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Ready to appear before SC, but can I do so, asks Katju

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Justice Markandey Katju, summoned by the Supreme Court to explain his criticism of the Soumya case verdict, has said he was ready to do so but wanted the apex court to consider whether Article 124(7) of the Constitution barred him from appearing before it. The Supreme Court had two days ago summoned Katju to appear […]

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Transport scam: Court still awaiting copy of HC order

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Arguments on the appointment of special public prosecutor in the Rs 100 crore transport scam case in Delhi could not be taken by a special court for the third time today, as it was yet to receive a copy of the High Court’s August 4 order on the powers of Delhi government and the Lieutenant […]

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QNet case: Michael Ferreira arrested by Hyd Police

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Former world billiards champion Michael Ferreira and three others have been arrested by Hyderabad Police in connection with an FIR registered against them here in the alleged multi-crore rupee fraud involving the multi-level marketing company QNet. The Central Crime Station (CCS), a wing of Hyderabad Police, has made a breakthrough in a case of cheating […]

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Man gets 2-year jail for cheating people through ponzi schemes

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A local court has sentenced a man from Navi Mumbai to two years simple imprisonment for duping people through ‘ponzi’ schemes promising to double investors’ money in a short time. Special Judge V V Bambarde found Gurmitsingh Kundansingh Bhatti guilty under section 3 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, […]

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Notice to Katju on petition agnst his comments on beef ?

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A court here has issued notice to retired Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju on a petition accusing him of having made “objectionable” remarks with regard to consumption of beef in his blog posts. Additional Sessions Judge Shuchi Srivastava passed the order on the review petition of advocate Rakesh Nath Pandey, who alleged that Justice […]

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