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Sexual assault: ‘Judges not to disclose victims name’

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Judicial officers should not mention the name of victims in the judgements passed in sexual assault cases and they “must avoid” disclosing the identity to protect their reputation, the Delhi High Court has said. Justice S P Garg said this while noting that a magistrate as well as district and sessions judge had mentioned the […]

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Suspected IS operative moves special court for bail

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A suspected operative of Islamic State, Mufti Abdus Sami Qasmi, today moved a special court seeking bail in a case of allegedly delivering inflammatory speeches and instigating youths for anti-national activities. District Judge Amar Nath has fixed May 30 for hearing the application of Qasmi, who was arrested on February 5. He is currently in […]

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Court extends IM key operative’s NIA custody by 7 days

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A Delhi Court on Friday extended by seven days NIA custody of Indian Mujahideen’s alleged key operative Abdul Wahid Siddibapa after the agency said his further custodial interrogation was needed in connection with fund transfer to the terror outfit. 32-year-old Siddibapa, a resident of Bhatkal in Karnataka, was produced before Special Judge Rakesh Pandit, after expiry of his […]

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JBT scam: Delhi HC dismisses Ajay Chautala’s parole plea

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Delhi High Court today dismissed the plea by INLD leader Ajay Chautala, serving a 10-year jail term in a teachers’ recruitment scam case, seeking 12 weeks’ parole for medical treatment. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath was of the view that there was “no illegality or perversity” in Delhi government’s […]

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Manorama Devi’s bail plea rejected in Aditya murder case

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A local court today rejected the bail petition of JD(U) MLC Manorama Devi, mother of the prime accused in Aditya Sachdeva murder, in a liquor bottle recovery case. District and Sessions Judge Sajal Mandalwar rejected Manorama Devi’s bail petition. On May 24, the judge had sought the case diary and proceedings of ACJM court in […]

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SC allows marine to go to Italy, imposes conditions

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The Supreme Court today relaxed the bail conditions of Salvatore Girone, one of the two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off Kerala coast in 2012, and allowed him to go to his country till an International Arbitral Tribunal decides the jurisdictional issue between India and Italy. The other marine Massimiliano Latorre is already […]

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Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi appears before court

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Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi, who had landed in trouble following allegations of running an illegal immigration scandal in 2003, today appeared before acourt here in in connection with the human trafficking case. The singer appeared before the Court of Judicial Magistrate Sukhwinder Singh, who fixed July 1 as the next date of hearing in […]

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Verdict in Danish woman gangrape case on June 6

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A Delhi court today reserved for June 6 its judgement in a case in which a 52-year-old Danish woman was gangraped allegedly by nine persons, including three juveniles, two-years back in the national capital.. Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar heard the final arguments of Delhi Police and defence counsel and fixed the case for pronouncement […]

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Gulberg Housing Society riot case verdict on June 2

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A special court here is likely to pronounce on June 2 its order in Gulberg Housing Society riot case in which former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri and 68 others were killed in 2002 post-Godhra riots in Gujarat. Special judge P B Desai today issued notices to lawyers concerned in the case asking them to remain […]

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Court sends 3 Jaish members to jail till June 6

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Three suspected members of Jaish-e-Mohammed, arrested for allegedly planning an attack in the national capital, were today sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh sent the accused persons — Mohd Sajid, Shakir and Sameer — to jail till June 6 after the special cell of Delhi police submitted […]

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Bail plea of Rocky Yadav’s father Bindeshwari Yadav rejected

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The bail petition of Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav, father of Rocky Yadav who is the prime accused in the teenager Aditya Sachdeva murder case, was today rejected by a local court here. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Om Sagar rejected the bail petition of Yadav after hearing both prosecution and defence. Yadav’s counsel Satya Narayan Singh […]

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Court refuses bail to 14 suspected ISIS operatives

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A special court today refused bail to 14 suspected ISIS operatives, arrested from across the country for allegedly financing and recruiting people to join the terror group. District judge Amar Nath rejected the bail application of the accused persons saying the allegations were of serious nature and they do not deserve the relief. In the […]

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