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Kejriwal’s exemption plea to be decided on 9/12

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A magistrate’s court here today reserved its order on a plea for permanent exemption from appearance sought by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is facing a case for holding a rally in Mumbai without the required permission. Kurla Magistrate Richa Khedekar is likely to pronounce the order on December 9. Kejriwal’s lawyer Rishikesh Kumar […]

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Maharashtra law on beef curtails right to liberty: lawyer

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The lawyers arguing against Maharashtra government’s controversial amendment which prohibits even possession of the bovine meat and its import today said it interfered with the Constitutional right to liberty. The division bench of the Justices Abhay Oka and S C Gupte of the Bombay High Court started final hearing on a bunch of petitions which […]

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Do compensatory plantation before felling trees for flyover: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has told the city government to carry out compensatory plantation before any trees are felled for building a three-lane flyover parallel to the single-lane flyover on Rao Tula Ram (RTR) Marg on the outer ring road. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva issued the direction to Delhi […]

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Chetia’ bail plea rejected,remanded to 14 day judicial custody

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ULFA leader Golap Baruah alias Anup Chetia’s bail plea was today rejected and he was remanded to another 14 days in judicial custody after his remand in connection with a CBI case ended today. Chetia was produced in the court of the Special Judicial Magistrate, CBI, Assam on expiry of the tenure of his judicial […]

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Dikshit defamation case: HC shifts case to trial court

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Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s defamation suit against BJP leader Vijender Gupta seeking one rupee as compensation from him was today transferred from Delhi High Court to the Patiala House court. The matter was sent to the subordinate court as per the high court’s November 24 office order which states that cases of value […]

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SC favours transfer to itself pleas against DMAT scam

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The Supreme Court today said that it may transfer to itself a batch of pleas, pending in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in Dental and Medical Admission Test (DMAT) to fill management and NRI seats in private medical colleges in the state. “We are seized of the matter […]

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Madras HC directs TN to preserve ponds

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The Madras High court today directed authorities in Sattur block in Virudhunagar district to preserve ponds meant for drinking purpose and prevent their contamination by sewage water. Justice K Ravichandra Babu disposed of the petition filed by president of N Muthusamypuram Panchayat M Nagarajan saying the block development officer should ensure that sewage water is […]

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Man acquitted in honour killing case

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Due to lack of evidence, a Muzaffarnagar court today acquitted a man accused of killing his sister at Kidwai nagar, in a suspected case of honour killing. Additional district sessions judge, Ghanshyam Pathak acquitted Majid, accused of killing his 21-year-old sister, saying that the prosecution had failed to prove charges against him. According to the prosecution, […]

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Naaptol data theft: Court rejects anticipatory bail

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A Thane court has rejected the anticipatory bail application of five persons booked by police for the alleged multi-crore theft of software of ‘Naaptol’ home shopping company and selling it to a rival firm. Thane Additional Sessions Judge A S Jadhav yesterday rejected the anticipatory bail of Suraj Singh, ex-assistant vice president of Naaptol, Shankar Srivastav, […]

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Court reserves order on plea for FIR against MoS V K Singh

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A Delhi court today reserved its order on a criminal complaint seeking lodging of an FIR against Union ministerV K Singh for his alleged “dog” remark in wake of an incident in Faridabad where two children of a Dalit family were allegedly burnt alive. Metropolitan Magistrate Muneesh Garg fixed the matter for pronouncement of order […]

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Living in Delhi like living in a gas chamber: Delhi HC

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Observing that the current air pollution levels in the national capital have reached “alarming” proportions and it was akin to “living in a gas chamber”, the Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Centre and city government to present comprehensive action plans to combat it. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva […]

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Indian fishermen’s custody extended by Lanka court

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A Sri Lankan court today extended till December 17 the jail custody of 14 Indian fishermen, who were charged with violating the International Maritime boundary line and arrested near Neduntheevu on November 19, according to a fishermen organisation. The 14 fishermen, nine of whom were from Rameswaram and four from Mandapam, were arrestedby Sri Lankan […]

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