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Fund embezzlement: SC extends Teesta’s protection from arrest

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The Supreme Court today extended till January 31 the interim protection from arrest granted to social activist Teesta Setalvad in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society that was devastated in the 2002 riots. “Interim relief to continue till January 31,” a three judge bench headed by Justice […]

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Consumer Law News

Builder asked to cough up Rs 60k for less shop area

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A consumer court has directed a builder to pay Rs 60,000 compensation to a complainant for allotting him a shop of a lesser area than what was agreed upon. Complainant Harshal Keshrinath Patil approached the the The Thane District Consumer Redressal Forum (TDCRF) in December 2009 saying that he had purchased a shop measuring 20.90 […]

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Bombay HC stays transfer of Nagpur medical college dean

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The Bombay High Court has stayed the transfer of Dean of Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital here while pulling up the state authorities for the “malafide” act. A division bench of Justices Bhushan Gavai and Pradeep Deshmukh here yesterday, stayed the transfer of the dean, Dr Abhimanyu Niswade and asked him to resume duty […]

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Criminal Law News

Bombay HC upholds conviction of 23 people in murder case

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The Bombay High Court today upheld the life sentences awarded to 23 people for murdering three persons in Roha in neighbouring Raigad district in 2004 on account of political rivalry. The division bench, headed by acting Chief Justice V K Tahilramani, dismissed their appeals challenging a 2005 order of the sessions court, noting that the […]

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Police nod to grill Rose Valley chief at Kolkata jail

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A Jalpaiguri court today allowed Jalpaiguri district police to interrogate chairman of ponzi firm Rose Valley Group, Gautam Kundu, at Presidency Correctional Home inKolkata in connection with a case of cheating of Rs 2.40 lakh. The Jalpaiguri district court also directed the police to take Kundu to the Presidency Correctional Home, where he will be […]

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Court reserves order on plea against Arvind Kejriwal

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A Delhi court today reserved its order on a criminal complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking his prosecution for allegedly exhorting voters to take bribe from Congress and BJP and vote for AAP in the last assembly elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Babru Bhan fixed the matter for pronouncing order on the plea on December 19 […]

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No progress in Dabholkar murder probe: kin to HC

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Family members of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar today questioned CBI’s “lack” of progress in the case related to his murder, pointing out how quickly the agency had moved in the high-profile Sheena Bora murder case. The division bench of Justices R V More and V L Achiliya was hearing petitions filed by the respective family members […]

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Espionage racket: BSF personnel sent to 7 days police custody

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BSF head constable Abdul Rasheed, arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI, was today remanded in police custody till December 7 by a Delhi court. Rasheed, who was posted as a head constable at BSF head quarters, intelligence wing at Jammu, was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khangwal by the crime branch of […]

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SC dismisses PIL on Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship row

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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the citizenship row of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. The PIL had demanded that CBI register a case against Rahul Gandhi for allegedly declaring himself as a British national before company law authorities there. A bench comprising chief justice H L Dattu […]

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Plea for ban on VW vehicles’ sale: NGT notice to Govt

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The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the central government and the German automobile firm Volkswagen on a plea seeking a ban on manufacture and sale of its vehicles in the country for allegedly flouting emission norms. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Ministry of Heavy Industries […]

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ISI agent remanded in 14 days’ judicial custody

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Suspected ISI agent Mohammand Eizaz, who was arrested on Friday, has been remanded in 14 days’ judicial custody by a court here. The court of Special Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Singh yesterday passed the order placing Eizaz in judicial custody for 14 days, ATS Circle Officer Ankit Kumar said here today. Following a medical examination […]

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Lawyers should not go on strike: SC

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The Supreme Court today said lawyers should not go on strike or give calls to boycott courts, while allowing a months time to the Bar bodies to convene a meeting to solve the problem “once and for all”. “My view is that the lawyers should not go on strike,” a bench of justices Kurian Joseph […]

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