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Video-conferencing feasibility in Asaram trial to be checked

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The Gujarat government today told a court in Gandhinagar that it will need some more time to check the feasibility of producing self-styled godman Asaram through video-conferencing facility to expedite the rape trial process against him. After considering the arguments put forward by Special Public Prosecutor R C Kodekar on behalf of the government, Additional […]

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Youth gets 7 yrs in jail for raping Delhi Police employee

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A 26-year-old youth who repeatedly raped a woman employee of Delhi Police on a false promise of marrying her has been sent to seven years rigorous imprisonment by a court here which relied on the victim’s testimony despite her turning hostile in cross-examination. “Though prosecutrix, during her cross-examination, resiled and took a U turn from […]

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Disputes to be shifted to HCs commercial benches

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Thousands of high-value business disputes are set to be transferred to commercial benches in select high courts in the coming weeks after promulgation of an ordinance, which seeks to improve the ease of doing business in India. The government had last week approved an ordinance to set up commercial benches in select high courts to […]

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Police against removal of archaic words from proceedings

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Delhi Police has opposed in the high court a PIL seeking a direction to replace “archaic and difficult” Persian and Urdu words and phrases with simple Hindi or English words for day-to-day work at police stations. “The language used by the police is understood by a common man very well and to call this language […]

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Court remands Hardik Patel in 7 days police custody

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An Ahmedabad court on Sunday sent Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel in seven days remand of Crime Branch of city police in connection with an alleged case of sedition and waging war against the State. Metropolitan Magistrate SJ Brahmbhatt passed the order on an application of the probe agency seeking 14 days remand. The […]

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Riots case:Bailable warrant against Union Minister,BJP leaders

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A bailable warrant has been issued against Muzaffarnagar riot accused including Union Minister Sanjeev Baliyan, BJP MP Bhartendu Singh, party MLA Suresh Rana and Sadhvi Prachi by a local court for not appearing before it in a case of violating prohibitory orders and inciting communal tension by making speeches. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sitaram yesterday […]

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HC defers hearing on plea regarding poll-code breach

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The Gujarat High Court today adjourned the hearing on a plea alleging election code violation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Justice J B Pardiwala posted the hearing to October 27 after public prosecutor Mitesh Amin sought time. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Nishant Verma moved the high court against the verdict of a local court […]

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Ministers should find time to perform duties: HC

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The Bombay high court has taken a serious view of the stand taken by a Maharashtra minister that he will not be available until January 2016 to hear an appeal filed by a cooperative society. The appeal — which had been filed before the appellate authority (minister) — had challenged the supersession of the society’s […]

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Hardik’s aides approach HC against sedition FIR

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Three close aides of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today moved the Gujarat High Court seeking to quash the charges of sedition and “waging war against the government” invoked against them by the city crime branch. The ruling on Hardik’s own petition against another FIR, filed by Surat police, which also includes the grave […]

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Uber rape case: Court defers hearing on sentence

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A Delhi court on Friday deferred to November 3 the hearing on arguments and pronouncement of quantum of sentence in the sensational Uber cab rapecase in which the driver has been convicted of raping a 25-year-old woman executive in his taxi. The arguments could not be heard by the court on Thursday as the jail […]

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Court summons Moin Qureshi’s wife as accused

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Controversial businessman Moin Akhtar Qureshi’s Pakistani-origin wife has been summoned as an accused by a court here for allegedly giving false information to Income Tax Department about her foreign bank accounts. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pritam Singh summoned Nasreen Moin Qureshi as accused and directed her to appear before the court on November 27. “Perusal of […]

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HC stops sale of items under Royal Enfield trademarks on ebay

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The Delhi High Court has restrained two persons from marketing or selling on ebay, products under the name of ‘Royal Enfield’, ‘Bullet’ or any other trademark deceptively similar to the ones coined by Eicher Motors Ltd which makes the Royal Enfield motorbikes. Justice Manmohan Singh passed the interim order saying Eicher has made out a […]

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