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Quashing of NJAC verdict evokes mixed reaction

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The Supreme Court verdict on the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act, today evoked mixed reactions from legal experts with some former apex court judges hailing it for upholding independence of judiciary while some veterans termed the collegium system a failure. Welcoming the judgement, former Chief Justice of IndiaJustice Altamas Kabir and ex-Supreme Court Judge […]

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Criminal Law News

Rigorous imprisonment for rape and killing woman

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A person was sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for raping and killing a woman in Assam’s Kamrup (Rural) district. Rangiya District and Sessions Judge Dibyajyoti Mahanta yesterday sentenced Dwipen Deka to rigorous life imprisonment and also directed him to pay a fine of Rs 8000 for raping and killing a woman in 2001. The court […]

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Coal scam: Court dismisses plea to summon ex-PM

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The Special court on Friday dismissed ex-Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda’s plea seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as accused in a coal scam case. Koda had on August 17, moved an application seeking to summon Singh as an accused along with Anand Swaroop, the then Secretary (Energy), and Jai Shankar Tiwari, the then Secretary(Mines and Geology), contending that CBI’s theory of conspiracy remains incomplete without the involvement of the […]

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Truck operator sentenced for life for killing driver

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A truck operator was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court of Muzaffarnagar(UP) for killing a driver six years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Arvind Rai also slapped a fine of Rs 22,000 on the convict Satnam Singh yesterday after holding him guilty. Singh had killed the driver, Kashmir Singh, and looted 400 bags of cement on […]

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Addl spectrum case: Court discharges accused

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The special 2G court on Thursday gave a clean chit to former telecom Secretary Shyamlal Ghosh and three telecom firms in the additional spectrum case – with the court directing the CBI to take action against erring officials for filing a fabricated chargesheet. The court has discharged them of charges of criminal conspiracy and under […]

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National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul move high court

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi have moved the Delhi High Court objecting to a “different treatment” being accorded to a challenge filed by them in the national herald case. In an application filed in the High Court, the Gandhis have said that their petition challenging a trial court order in the […]

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Court reserves order on Bharti’s plea for probe

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Delhi Police today questioned in a court here the maintainability of controversial AAP MLA Somnath Bharti’s plea seeking further probe in the case of alleged molestation of some African women during his purported midnight raid last year. The police, through special public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava, told the court that Bharti’s plea for further probe is […]

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Criminal Law News

Two get 8-yr RI for dowry death

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A 30-year-old man and his father were today sentenced to eight years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case of dowry death of the former’s wife. The accused, Nelli Mallesham and his parents Nelli Rayamallu (50) and Devamma (48), of Koratapalli village used to harass Mallesham’s wife Nelli Lavanya for dowry, according to assistant sub-inspector, legal cell, […]

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Three persons sentenced for life in dowry death case

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Three persons have been sentenced for life by a court here in Barabanki (UP), in a dowry death case. Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Rajbhadur Singh awarded life sentence to the victim’s father-in-lawDuryodhan Singh, sister-in-law Sarita Singh and brother-in-law Vijay Pratap Singh yesterday. The trio along with others killed Anju Singh on March 12, 2008 […]

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SC rejects plea of sacked IPS officer Bhatt for SIT probe

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea by sacked Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking an SIT probe into allegations that he had hacked into the email account of the then additional advocate general of Gujarat, Tushar Mehta, and tampered with it. Mehta is at present the additional solicitor general mainly representing the […]

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SC dismisses pleas seeking probe into Kargil scam

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The Supreme Court today dismissed a bunch of pleas seeking probe into the alleged multi-crore scam in the purchase of defence equipments in 1999 Kargil operations. A bench headed by Justices T S Thakur and V Gopala Gowda declined the pleas noting that nothing has survived in the PILs as the cases were probed by […]

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Environment Law News

Vehicles entering Delhi to pay environment charge from Nov: SC

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Light duty vehicles would have to pay Rs 700 and three-axle vehicles Rs 1,300 for entering Delhi in addition to the toll tax from November 1, with the Supreme Court today imposing the ‘Environment Compensation Charge’ in a bid to check high pollution levels in the city. The apex court’s order, which will remain in […]

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