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Award to ex-wrestling coach: HC sets aside single judge order

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Delhi High Court today set aside an order of its single judge which had directed the Centre to confer Dronacharya Award 2015 on former chief national wrestling coach Vinod Kumar. A division bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini asked the single judge to look afresh into the plea by Kumar, who had moved the […]

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Delhi HC: Give Dronacharya award to ex-wrestling coach

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Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Centre to confer Dronacharya award on former chief national wrestling coach Vinod Kumar. The high court allowed the plea of Kumar, who had moved the high court against Dronacharya Award selection committee for ignoring him for the prestigious honour. The Dronacharya Award selection committee had recommended Anoop Singh […]

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Special court sentences 13 persons to jail

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A special court has sentenced 13 people, including two businessmen, to seven years rigorous imprisonment for acting as Maoist couriers and transporting arms and ammunition for them. Special Judge Abdul Zahid Qureshi yesterday convicted businessmen Neeraj Chopra and his uncle Dharmendra Chopra, Mohpal alias Santosh Dhruva, Baliram Usendi, Chaitram Darro, Phoolsingh Naag, Sukhnath Nareti, Badri […]

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Indrani’s ex-husband remanded in Mumbai police custody

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Sanjeev Khanna, the former husband of Indrani Mukherjea, arrested in connection with the Sheena Boramurder case, was today remanded in Mumbai police custody till August 31 by the court of Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate. Khanna, dressed in an off-white shirt and khaki trousers, was produced in the court amid tight security with his face covered with […]

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Four persons sentenced to life in murder case

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Four persons have been sentenced for life by a court in Moga (Punjab)  for killing a youth in 2009. Additional Sessions Judge Gurjant Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 each on the convicts. However, the court yesterday acquitted three other persons in the case for want of evidence. Those convicted by the court for […]

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Sheena Bora murder case: Court allows lawyer to meet Indrani

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A local court on allowed the application filed by lawyer of Indrani Mukherjea, accused in the murder case of her daughter Sheena Bora, seeking permission to meet her. Indrani’s lawyer had moved the court on Thursday saying that police were not allowing her lawyers to meet her. The Bandra court, while allowing the application, directed the police to […]

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Court to hear Koda’s plea seeking summoning of ex-PM on Sep 2

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Ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda’s plea seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others as additional accused in a coal scam case will be heard on September 2, a Special Court today said. Former MP Naveen Jindal and others were earlier chargesheeted by CBI in the case. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar […]

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Monitoring of vehicles at entry points: NGT slams Delhi govt

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  “Stop making jokes of our orders”, the National Green Tribunal warned the Delhi Government on Thursday, taking strong exception to its casual approach on monitoring vehicles entering the city through different entry points and directed it to produce complete details of inspection. “You were supposed to check three things (age, weight and extent of […]

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Does obscenity offence stand against Radhe Maa? HC asks police

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The Bombay High Court today sought to know if the offence of indecency and obscenity, as prescribed under the Bombay Police Act, is made out against self-styled godwoman Radhe Maa. The query was made by the division bench of justices V M Kanade and Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi, hearing a PIL filed by advocate Falguni Brahmbhatt seeking […]

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CCTV shows alleged police violence during stir,HC seeks report

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Taking strong note of CCTV footage showing policemen vandalising cars, Gujarat High Court on Thursday ordered the police commissioner to conduct a probe and submit a report within two weeks into allegations that policemen opened fire in air and damaged property to create terror during Patel community quota stir. “CCTV footage shows the police is […]

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Law bars prosecution of minor for lodging false case: Court

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A Delhi court has said it cannot prosecute a minor girl for lodging false rape case against her relatives due to a bar in the law for protection of children from sexual offences. The court relied on the statement of the 17-year-old girl that she had made false allegations against the accused and said the […]

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Court frees 6 persons, pulls up Rohtak police

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Six members of a family, charged with murder, rioting and trespass, have been acquitted by a Delhi court on the grounds that the investigation by the police in Rohtak was “faulty and highly motivated”. The court said certain glaring facts have emerged in the property dispute, which impelled it to conclude that the investigation was […]

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