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Man gets life imprisonment for raping 10-year-old girl

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A Banda court has awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a deaf and dumb minor girl here. Additional District and Sessions Judge DPN Singh yesterday awarded life imprisonment to Shivbaran for raping the girl on January 13, 2014 in Attara area, Assistant Government Counsel Shivbhushan Sharma said. The court also imposed a fine […]

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Bribery in judges’ names: SC sets up bench of 5 snr judges

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In an unprecedented development, the Supreme Court today referred to a constitution bench, comprising five senior-most judges, a plea claiming that alleged bribes were being taken using the names of apex court judges promising to secure favourable settlement of a case. Terming as “disturbing” the allegations levelled in CBI’s FIR that also made former Orissa […]

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Bizman sent to 14-day judicial custody in bank fraud case

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Delhi-based businessman Gagan Dhawan was today sent to 14-day judicial custody in a Rs 5,000 crore money laundering case by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma passed the order while rejecting the Enforcement Directorate’s plea seeking his custody for five more days to interrogate him. During the arguments, advocate for ED Nitesh Rana […]

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SC indicates it may allow Karti Chidambaram to visit abroad

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The Supreme Court today asked the CBI to apprise it of its stand on allowing the request of Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, to go abroad for a few days. The apex court also asked the probe agency to apprise it of the reasons of not interrogating Karti if it decided […]

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NGT bans construction, industrial activity in Delhi-NCR

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With deadly smog blanketing Delhi and the neighbouring states for the third day, the National Green Tribunal today banned construction and industrial activities and entry of trucks, as it rapped the Delhi government and civic bodies over the situation. The state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana were also directed to ensure that […]

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SC summons ex-MP in decade old case of breaching contract

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The Supreme Court has directed a former AIADMK MP to appear before it or face arrest in a more than a decade old case of breaching contract with a company over transfer of its subsidiary firm. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra issued notice to former MP K C Palanisamy asking him to […]

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Plea on bribes taken in judges’ names sent to constition bench

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The Supreme Court today referred a plea regarding alleged bribes being taken in the names of judges to a Constitution Bench comprising top five senior-most apex court judges. The apex court issued notice to the Centre and the CBI on the plea which sought setting up of an SIT to be headed by a former […]

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Chhattisgarh court rejects Vinod Verma’s bail plea

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A sessions court in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district today rejected the bail plea of senior journalist Vinod Verma, who is in judicial custody after his arrest in connection with a case of alleged blackmailing and extortion. Additional District and Session Judge Jitendra Jain turned down the bail plea, Verma’s lawyer Faizal Rizvi told PTI. The defence […]

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Sex racket: Uzbek woman gets 1-yr jail for evading trial

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A 33-year-old Uzbek woman, accused of running a sex racket in the capital, has been sent to jail for one year by a city court for evading trial for over three years. The court, however, acquitted her of charges of forcing two other women, also from Uzbekistan, into prostitution in 2013, as the alleged victims […]

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Seizure of demonetised notes: Court sends 9 to NIA custody

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A Delhi court today sent nine persons, arrested in connection with the seizure of Rs 36 crore worth of old currency allegedly linked to terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir, to NIA custody. District Judge Poonam Bamba allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to interrogate the accused till November 21. The public prosecutor, appearing for […]

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Bombay HC forms panel to oversee repair, maintenance of roads in Maharashtra

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The Bombay High Court today constituted a two-member committee to look into the repair and maintenance of roads in Maharashtra, observing that despite its several orders, the civic authorities failed to fix potholes and bad roads. Chief Justice Manjula Chellur said that while the HC did not wish to run the administration for the state […]

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Air pollution: Why construction not stopped in Delhi, asks NGT

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The National Green Tribunal today lashed out at the Delhi government and the Central Pollution Control Board for not issuing orders to shut down construction and industrial activities in the capital despite the worsening air quality. It also ordered Punjab, UP and Haryana governments to spell out the steps have they taken to prevent crop […]

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