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School can’t throw child out of classroom: Delhi Court

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The director and principal of a school were awarded a two-month jail term today by a Delhi court which convicted them for causing mental trauma to a seven-year-old student by sending her out of her classroom. The court said a child could not be thrown out of a class on the “whims and fancies” of […]

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Ramjas college: Court pulls up police for not filing report

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A Delhi court pulled up today the police for not filing an action taken report (ATR) despite several opportunities in a complaint seeking lodging of an FIR in the Ramjas College incident in which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised in February this year. Taking note of failure of the police in filing a detailed ATR […]

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Court to pronounce order on charges against Bhatkal on Aug 1

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A Delhi court today reserved for August 1 its order on whether to put Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Yasin Bhatkal on trial in four separate terror cases. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma reserved its order after concluding the hearing of arguments on charges in the cases. While two cases relate to the 2010 Jama Masjid […]

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Court seeks police reply on plea to de-seal Pushkar’s suite

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A Delhi court today sought a response from the city police on de-sealing a suite in a five-star hotel where Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in 2014. Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma asked the probe agency to respond by July 21 on the hotel’s plea which said it was ready to […]

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Court cancels builder’s bail in murder case

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A Delhi court has cancelled bail granted to a builder, arrested for allegedly murdering a financier by throwing him down from the fifth floor of an apartment. District Judge A S Jayachandra said the bail granted to accused Sunil Uppal by an additional sessions judge (ASJ) was based on irrelevant material and the order suffered […]

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Delhi court refuses leniency in negligent driving case

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A sessions court here has refused to show leniency to a truck driver, jailed for causing the death of a 24-year-old man with negligent and rash driving. Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Pandit dismissed the appeal by Rohtak resident Jitender against a magisterial court’s order by which he was given a one-and-a-half-year jail term. Jitender had […]

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4 accused in US woman gang rape case get bail

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A Delhi court has granted bail to four men arrested for allegedly raping a US tourist in a five- star hotel here last year. Additional Sessions Judge Anu Grover Baliga granted the relief to the accused, Vivek Srivastava, Aniruddha Singh, Omprakash and Maqsood, saying that they were not required for further investigation and no purpose […]

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Row over ‘Half Girlfriend’ settled as Bhagat terms it fiction

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A dispute between novelist Chetan Bhagat and a royal family of Bihar over alleged depiction of the princely state of Dumraon in poor light and use of objectionable words in his novel “Half Girlfriend” has been settled in a Delhi court after the writer offered an apology saying the work was based on “fiction”. A […]

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Four men impersonating as BSES officials sent to jail

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Next time when officials claiming to be from a power distribution company visit your place, open the door only after thoroughly checking their credentials. One such case recently came before a Delhi court which sent to jail four men who were arrested by the police for allegedly impersonating BSES officials and extorting money from people […]

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Virbhadra, wife appear in Delhi court in disproportionate assets case

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Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife today appeared in a special court here in connection with a nearly Rs 10 crore disproportionate assets case and sought bail. However, the judge posted the matter for argument to May 29 after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought time to file a reply to […]

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Two years jail to man for assaulting cop

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A Delhi court has sent a 31- year-old man to jail for two years for assaulting a policeman who was chasing him from an alleged crime scene. Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on north west resident Naveen Shokeen and said that he obstructed constable Manish from doing his […]

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False rape case harms reputation, wastes judicial time: Court

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A false rape charge humiliates a person and harms his reputation and a woman cannot escape criminal proceedings for the offence of perjury, a Delhi court has said. It said such cases also lead to wasting of precious judicial time by making a mockery of the system in which the police authority is also used […]

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