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SC declines to entertain PIL on new juvenile law

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The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a PIL filed by a Congress leader and activist challenging the constitutional validity of the recently-passed juvenile lawthat allows delinquent minors of 16 years of age and above to be tried as adults if they commit heinous offences like rape and murder. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection […]

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SC to Centre: Suggest steps to ban child pornography

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The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to suggest ways to ban child pornography in all forms in the country saying that the nation cannot “afford to carry on any experiment” in the name of “liberty or freedom of speech and expression”. “The Centre shall file affidavit to suggest ways and means to curb child […]

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Coal scam: H C Gupta, one firm put on trial

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Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and a private firm were on Friday put on trial by a special court here for allegedly entering into a conspiracy in a coal scam case, saying the acts attributed to him prima facie show that he had favoured the company. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar framed charges against […]

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JNU row:SC seeks reply of Centre, cops on plea against lawyers

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The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre and Delhi Police on a plea seeking an SIT probe and initiation of contempt action against three lawyers who were allegedly caught on camera “bragging and boasting” that they had beaten up JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar and others, including journalists, in a court complex. A bench […]

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CBI opposes Indrani Mukerjea’s bail application

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CBI today filed its reply in a local court opposing the application filed by Indrani Mukerjea, prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, seeking bail on medical grounds. Indrani’s application, filed on February 5, says her health was deteriorating. CBI said in the reply that she was being provided with medical treatment at Byculla […]

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Jiah case: Bombay HC interim stay on trial against Pancholi

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Rabia Khan petitioned the High Court against Central Bureau of Investigation’s report categorising Jiah’s death on June 3, 2013 as suicidal and not homicidal. Her lawyer Hiten Vinegaonkar submitted a report before a division bench of justices R V More and V L Achiliya pointing out several injuries on body of Jiah which neither CBI […]

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6-year-old’s killer gets lifer

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A district court here today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the abduction and murder of a six-year-old boy Mehram Sandhu in October 2014. Additional District and Session Judge Tarsem Mangla held 26-year-old Tejinder Singh, who was a neighbour of the victim’s family, guilty of kidnapping and murdering the child. Singh was sentenced to […]

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More chargesheets would be filed against Bhujbals : ACB to Bombay HC

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A charge sheet will be filed within a month against former Maharashtra PWD minister Chhagan Bhujbal in a case of alleged kickbacks received in the award of contract of state central library in Kalina campus of Mumbai University here, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) told the Bombay High Court here today. In another case registered in Navi […]

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Kanhaiya “actually organised” the event in JNU, cops tell HC

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JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charge, had not only participated in the event where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised in the JNU campus but had “actually organised” the programme, Delhi Police today told the Delhi High Court. In its 13-page status report filed before Justice Pratibha Rani, the police claimed that besides Kanahiya […]

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Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking arrest of 5 JNU students

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A plea, seeking immediate arrest of five JNU students accused of raising anti-national slogans, was dismissed by Delhi High Court today after the petitioner sought to withdraw it due to technical reasons. The plea was filed as a civil writ petition but when the matter came up for hearing before a bench of Justice Manmohan, […]

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Man jailed for 15 years for possessing drugs

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A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for possessing 275 grams of heroin by a Delhi court which also slapped a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh on him while noting that enhanced punishment was being awarded as he had been convicted earlier for a similar crime. Special NDPS Judge Shail Jain […]

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Delhi HC to hear plea seeking arrest of 5 JNU students

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The Delhi High Court agreed Tuesday to give an urgent hearing to a plea seeking immediate arrest of the five JNU students accused of raising anti-India slogans. The petition, which will be heard Tuesday, was filed before a bench of justices B D Ahmed and R K Gauba and it also sought a direction to […]

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