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HC rejects plea agnst award to Babasaheb Purandare

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The Bombay High Court today rejected a petition seeking a direction to the state government to withdraw its decision to confer the prestigious “Maharashtra Bhushan” award on veteran historian and writer Babasaheb Purandare. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and S B Shukare turned down the petition, saying that it was devoid of merits. The […]

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Bribery case: Former CM Kamat gets anticipatory bail

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A local court of Goa, on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Goa’s former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case. District Judge B P Deshpande, while granting bail to Kamat, also asked him to furnish a surety of Rs one lakh. The court also asked the 61-year-old Congress leader not to […]

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Bombay High Court upholds life term given to man for killing pregnant wife

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The Bombay High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to a man by a lower court for killing his pregnant wife by setting her afire for not meeting his dowry demands. The HC observed that the evidence adduced by the prosecution points at the guilt of the accused. However, a bench headed by Justice […]

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Court frames rape charges against Narayan Sai

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A local court on of Surat, Tuesday framed charges against self-styled godman Asaram’s sonNarayan Sai and his nine accomplices in an alleged rape case filed by a city-based woman. The charges were framed by additional district sessions court judge H S Muliya against Sai, who is under arrest since December 2013. The court posted further hearing for […]

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Man sentenced to life for mother’s murder

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A local court of Etah,UP has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his mother three years ago. Special Judge Ravindra Singh yesterday awarded life imprisonment to Satish for shooting dead his mother, Bhoori Devi, on August 28, 2012 in Palia village. In a statement made before the magistrate, Bhoori had named Satish as the […]

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Threat letter: Supreme Court curbs visitors’ entry

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In the wake of heightened threat perception, the Supreme Court has curtailed the entry of visitors including law interns in the high security complex and requested advocates to be extra-cautious of any suspicious activity within its premises. The directions came after Delhi Police received an anonymous email yesterday threatening a bomb attack on the Supreme […]

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Coal scam: Ex Coal Secy, retired public servant granted bail

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Former Coal Secretary H. C. Gupta and retired public servant L. S. Janoti were today granted bail by a special court in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the allocation of Bander coal block in Maharashtra. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also allowed the plea filed by counsel appearing for former Minister […]

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Three of family sentenced for murder

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In Mainpuri, UP, three members of a family were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for killing their neighbour. Additional District and Sessions Judge Bachchu Singh held Ramvir, Kusma Devi and Amit guilty yesterday and also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on them. The trio had killed Pravin Kumar in August, […]

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Lokayukta appointment:Delhi High Court seeks govt reply on BJP leader’s plea

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The Delhi High Court today asked the AAP government to respond to a plea alleging that they did not consult BJPleader Vijender Gupta on appointing the Lokayukta even though he was the Leader of Opposition in the Delhi assembly. Justice V P Vaish also sought replies from the Centre and Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Delhi […]

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HC irked over govt’s failure to take stand over structure

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The Bombay High Court today expressed displeasure over Maharashtra government’s failure to take a stand on whether the changes made to a structure in south Mumbai allotted to political party BJP in 1978, were legal or not. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Revati Mohite Dere was hearing petitions filed by three residents’ […]

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Pak terrorist Naved to undergo lie detector test tomorrow

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The NIA said the polygraph test on the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist will be conducted at 11 am on Tuesday at the Forensic Science Laboratory situated in Central Delhi’s Lodi Road.   A Delhi court on Monday allowed the National Investigation Agency to conduct the lie detector test on Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naved, captured following a terror […]

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Court rejects Churchill Alemao’s bail plea

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A local court on Monday rejected the bail plea of Goa’s former Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case. District Judge B P Deshpande rejected the bail application of Alemao. Alemao was arrested on the night of August 5 by the state Crime Branch. He was the state […]

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