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Jaipur court to pronounce punishment for 8 LeT men on Wed

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A Jaipur court will pronounce on Wednesday the quantum of punishment to be given to eight Lashkar-e-Taiba members, including three Pakistani nationals, for their involvement in terrorist activities in the country. The additional district and sessions court today heard arguments on the quantum of punishment to be given to the eight men, special public prosecutor […]

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1991 Kunan Poshpora mass rape incident: SC admits J&K’s plea

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The Supreme Court today admitted for hearing an appeal by Jammu and Kashmir government against a high court order for payment of compensation to the victims of 1991 Kunan-Poshpora mass rape incident allegedly by army personnel. The top court directed expeditious hearing of the appeals filed by the state gvernment against various orders of the […]

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Jaipur court convicts 8 LeT members for terrorist activities

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A Jaipur court has convicted eight Lashkar-e-Taiba members, including three Pakistani nationals, for their involvement in terrorist activities in the country. The Additional District and Sessions Court will pronounce the punishment on Monday, special public prosecutor Mahaveer Jindal said. The court convicted the LeT members under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act yesterday. They were arrested […]

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SC dismisses plea seeking SIT probe in alleged bribery case

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The Supreme Court today dismissed another plea filed by a non-government organisation seeking an SIT probe into the alleged bribery case in the name of judges. A bench comprising justices R K Agrawal, Arun Mishra and A M Khanwilkar also imposed a cost of Rs 25 lakh on the petitioner NGO – Campaign for Judicial […]

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Sajjan should not have been given anticipatory bail: SIT to Delhi HC

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Congress leader Sajjan Kumar should not have been granted anticipatory bail by a trial court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, the Delhi High Court was today told by a Special Investigation Team (SIT). Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Sanjay Jain, appearing for the SIT which is probing the charges against him, told Justice Anu Malhotra […]

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FCI scam: CBI court sentences 2 contractors to 3 years in jail

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A special CBI court in Ghaziabad has sentenced two contractors to three years in jail for cheating the Food Corporation of India (FCI) of about Rs 6 lakh 33 years ago, CBI counsel Naeem Rasa said. CBI court magistrate Anil Kumar also slapped fine on the convicts yesterday. According to the CBI counsel, the two […]

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Terror funding: Court to hear Salahuddin’s son’s bail plea

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A Delhi court today extended the judicial custody of Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of globally-wanted terrorist Syed Salahuddin, in a 2011 terror funding case till December 22. District Judge Poonam A Bamba also decided to hear the bail application oved by Yousuf, arrested and currently in the judicial custody, on December 16. In his bail […]

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Indrani using media, misleading court: Peter Mukherjea

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Former media baron Peter Mukerjea, an accused in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, today told the court that his wife and key accused, Indrani Mukherjea, was trying to mislead the court and creating “adverse publicity”. Peter, through his lawyer Shrikant Shivde, was arguing on an application moved by Indrani, accusing Peter of playing a […]

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Man gets 14 years in jail for raping 8-year old neighbour girl

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A Delhi court has sent a 40- year old man to jail for 14 years for raping an 8-year old girl, saying such people had perverted minds, carried “animal streak” who would ravish anyone. Asserting that they should be dealt with firmly, Additional Sessions Judge Seema Maini, while awarding rigorous imprisonment to north Delhi resident […]

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Man gets seven years in jail for kidnapping teenage girl

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A 35-year-old man from Wada has been sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment by a Thane court for kidnapping a 14-year-old girl in 2015. District Judge SC Khalipe also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict Radheyshyam Jagdish Chaurasiya, originally from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Upon realisation of the fine the same will be […]

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SC grants time to Gujarat to apprise it on action against cops in Bilkis Bano case

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The Supreme Court today granted six weeks time to the Gujarat government for apprising it on whether any disciplinary action has been initiated against policemen convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, considered the submission of Additional Solicitor […]

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Schoolboy killing: Bus conductor Ashok Kumar gets bail

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A Gurgaon civil court today granted bail to schoolbus conductor Ashok Kumar, an accused in the killing of seven-year-old Pradhuman Thakur, on a bond of Rs 50,000. The court had yesterday reserved its order after Additional Sessions Judge Rajni Yadav heard Kumar’s counsel as well as the counsel for the CBI. Lawyer Mohit Verma had […]

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