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Coal case agst Jindal:Interim bail of 5 fresh accused extended

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A Delhi court today extended till May 25 the interim bail of five fresh accused named by the CBI in its supplementary charge sheet in a coal scam case against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal and others. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar extended the relief to accused- Jindal Steel’s adviser Anand Goel, Gurgaon-based Green […]

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Nizamuddin dargah teacher acquitted in rape case

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A Sufi teacher, accused of raping a divorced woman on the pretext of resolving her troubles, has been let off by a Delhi court saying the woman had lodged the complaint in a fit of anger. The court observed that the woman, who had entered her second wedlock with the accused, a ‘khwaja’ (teacher or […]

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Bribery case: Alleged middleman moves court for bail

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An alleged middleman has moved a Delhi court seeking bail in a bribery case involving suspended top official in the Chhattisgarh government B L Agrawal. In his plea before special judge Virender Kumar Goyal, the accused, Bhagwan Singh, who is currently in judicial custody, claimed that the probe was already complete and there was no […]

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Drunk driving: Court refuses to set aside man’s jail term

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A Delhi court has refused to set aside the jail term of a man held guilty of drunken driving, saying inebriated drivers only add up to an already acute problem. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Kumar denied the relief to a south Delhi resident, who was sentenced to five-day jail term and whose licence was suspended […]

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‘Wife’s capability to earn, no ground to reject maintenance’

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Interim maintenance cannot be denied to a woman by her estranged spouse on the ground that she is capable of sustaining herself, a Delhi court has said. The sessions court made the observation while allowing a woman’s appeal against a magisterial court order that had refused her interim maintenance from her husband in a domestic […]

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Demonetisation fraud: Court bars media from reporting case

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A Delhi court has barred the media from reporting a case involving two bank officials and another person for alleged irregularities relating to the conversion of old currency and supply of new notes. According to court sources, the additional sessions judge has orally barred media from reporting the matter after the counsel for the accused […]

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‘Every road user has right to be safe on road’

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Be it a driver or a pedestrian, every road user has a right to be safe on the street, a Delhi court has observed while upholding the conviction of a man in a drunk driving case. Additional Sessions Judge M R Sethi, while dismissing an appeal filed by north Delhi resident Karambir against a magisterial […]

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1984 riots: Court pulls up police for not completing probe

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A city court has lashed out at the Delhi Police for not completing probe even after 33 years in a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case, saying it appeared that it had formed “a cartel to save” its officials who were allegedly involved in abetting the ghastly crime. The court also expressed unhappiness over senior police officers […]

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Ramjas incident: Court questions filing of plea for FIR

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A Delhi court today wondered as to why a criminal complaint, seeking lodging of an FIR in the Ramjas College incident in which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised, was filed before it. The court expressed its anguish over the complainant and said, “It’s all between students. Why are you entering into it?” “If you are […]

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Demonetisation fraud: Court takes cognisance on charge sheet

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A Delhi court today took cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s charge sheet filed against two bank officials and another person in a case of alleged irregularities related to conversion of old currency and supply of new notes. Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Kumar took cognisance of the charge sheet and directed the agency to supply copies […]

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DDCA case: Kejriwal asked to appear before court on March 21

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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was today directed to appear on March 21 before a Delhi court which granted him exemption from personal appearance for the day in a criminal defamation complaint filed by DDCA and Chetan Chauhan. Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra allowed Kejriwal’s plea for exemption for the day as he is in Bengaluru for […]

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Court dismisses plea for FIR against self-styled godman

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A Delhi court has dismissed a plea for registration of an FIR against a self-styled godman for allegedly duping a man of Rs 5.5 lakh in the name of healing his chronic illness, saying no investigation was required to be conducted in the matter. It upheld a magisterial court order that had rejected the plea […]

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