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Court asks Kejriwal, Sisodia to appear on December 12

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh, accused of violating prohibitory orders and obstructing public servants in discharging their duty during an agitation here, were today directed to appear before a city court in December. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh passed the order while granting the […]

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Interim maintenance to kid enhanced due to high prices

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A delhi court has enhanced the monthly maintenance amount awarded to a minor boy from his father, accused in a domestic violence case, in view of inflation and costly lifestyle in metro cities. “In view of the fact that lifestyle in metropolitan cities is quite costly, the fact that there is a hike in price of […]

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Cruelty to animals: Court refuses to return cattle to man

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A Delhi court has refused to return a man his cattle, caught loaded in a truck, while observing that the animals were being transported for being slaughtered in “a very cruel and inhumane manner”. The court, while dismissing Rajasthan native Jagdish Banjara’s plea for release of 25 buffaloes and calves of which eight had died, […]

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Court directs Kejriwal to appear before it on Dec 24

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accused of giving false information in an affidavit filed in run up to 2013 assembly polls, was today directed to to appear before a city court on December 24 which granted him a day’s exemption from personal appearance. Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria directed the AAP leader to personally appear before […]

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Consensual physical relations between adults no offence: Delhi Court

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A man, accused of raping and assaulting a woman, has been acquitted by a Delhi court which said physical relations between two adults with their free consent was no offence. The court said there was no evidence that the man had threatened the 22-year-old woman or disrobed her, after the woman said she was forcibly […]

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Man discharged of raping 63-yr-old German ex-wife

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A Delhi court has discharged a 37-year-old man, accused of raping his 63-year-old ex-wife, a German national, saying there was an inexplicable delay of three years in lodging FIR in the case. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Kumar, while discharging the accused, a Delhi resident, also noted that there was no medical evidence to support the […]

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Death for 2 , lifer for another in Jigisha murder case

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A Delhi court today awarded death penalty to two convicts and life term to another for robbing and killing IT executive Jigisha Ghosh here in 2009, observing that it was a “brutal” and “cold blooded murder”. “To be hanged by neck till death,” Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav said, while awarding death to convicts Ravi […]

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Court restrains grandson from dispossessing 92-yr-old man of

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Coming to the aid of a 92-year-old man, a Delhi court has restrained his grandson from forcibly dispossessing him of a disputed property. The court has passed the interim order on the elderly man’s suit filed against his grandson, who has allegedly forged and fabricated documents giving him a share of the property. “The defendant […]

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Will file fresh application in Herald case: Swamy

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BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday told a Delhi court that he would file a fresh application for summoning of documents in the National Herald case in which Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and others are accused. He told Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen that the Delhi High Court has set aside the trial […]

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Ex-TERI chief R K Pachauri gets bail, allowed to travel abroad

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Former TERI chief R K Pachauri, accused in a sexual harassment case, was today granted bail and allowed to travel abroad once again by a Delhi court after he appeared before it. Pachauri, who appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan pursuant to the summon issued against him, was also allowed to travel to Mexico for […]

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Delhi Court extends custody of 3 alleged Jaish terrorists

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A Delhi court has extended by almost a month the judicial custody of three suspected members of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, arrested for allegedly planning an attack in the national capital. Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh allowed the prosecutions plea and sent the accused persons — Mohd Sajid, Shakir and Sameer — for further jail term […]

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In a metro like Delhi, Rs 12K maintenance not too much: Delhi Court

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A court here has refused to set aside an order directing a man to pay Rs 12,000 as monthly maintenance to his estranged wife and child in a domestic violence case, saying the amount was not excessive in view of the inflation and rising prices in a city like Delhi. The sessions court, while dismissing […]

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