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DA case agst Chautala: Court order on CBI plea

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A Delhi court today said it would pronounce on February 9 its order on CBI’s plea seeking permission to file a list of additional witnesses to prove documents in a disproportionate assets case lodged against former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala. Special Judge Sanjay Garg, who was scheduled to pass the order today, fixed […]

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Court acquits Gurgaon surgeon accused of raping patient

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A 47-year-old orthopaedic surgeon of a civil hospital in Gurgaon, who was accused of raping a patient, has been acquitted by a Delhi court which said from her testimony it became clear that she was never raped by him. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Kumar acquitted the surgeon Arvind Jindal, who was arrested in October last […]

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Court comes to rescue of old woman, asks son to vacate house

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Coming to the aid of a 74-year- old widow, who was harassed by her son and daughter-in-law, a Delhi court has asked the couple to vacate her house, saying there is rampant abuse and misuse of the domestic violence and dowry laws to “silence and arm-twist the aging parents”. “Life is not a ladder but […]

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Rape accused gets bail,Court says physical relation consensual

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A man accused of raping a 26-year -old woman on the pretext of marriage has been granted bail by a Delhi court, which said the complainant had consented for physical relations and knew the consequences of her act. Additional Sessions Judge R K Tripathi released the accused on bail noting that the complaint was lodged […]

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Delhi Court directs police to file report on plea agnst Kejriwal

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Delhi Police was today directed by a court here to file an action taken report on a criminal complaint seeking lodging of FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly misleading people by saying that the municipal corporations were not under state’s control. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Munish Markan called for the report from the […]

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Court to announce order on Kejriwal’s plea on DDCA matter

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A Delhi court will on January 30 pronounce its order on whether Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders have a right to be heard on point of framing of notice in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against them. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass, who was scheduled to […]

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Chopper case: Court extends custody of two accused till Jan 13

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A Delhi court today extended by a fortnight the judicial custody of former IAF chief S P Tyagi’s cousin Sanjeev Tyagi and lawyer Gautam Khaitan, co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case. Metropolitan Magistrate Sumeet Anand extended their 14- day custody which expired today, till January 13, after the CBI moved an application for the […]

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US woman’s gangrape: Court sends four accused to 2-day custody

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Four men, arrested for allegedly raping a US tourist in a 5-star hotel earlier this year, were today sent to two-day judicial custody by a city court. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh sent the accused to Tihar Jail after Delhi Police moved an application seeking their judicial custody. Yesterday, the police had arrested a tour guide, […]

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2011 fire:Court refuses to quash summons to accused

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A delhi court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a man accused of causing death on a person by negligence in a 2011 fire incident in South Delhi, saying the Investigating Officer had “twisted facts” to show it as an accidental happening. The court dismissed the plea of Harish Ahuja, the accused contractor who was […]

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Court rejects Swamy’s plea for papers in National Herald case

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In a relief to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, a Delhi court today rejected “as fishing inquiry” a plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking a direction to Congress party and Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) to produce certain records related to the National Herald case. The court said that Swamy “seemed to enlarge the scope of […]

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2016: Kejriwal, Mallya, Kanhaiya – newsmakers in Delhi courts

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The year saw trial courts here dealing with high-profile cases involving Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and liquor baron Vijay Mallya while the attack on JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar by men in black robes also made news. The image of the judiciary was dented when a woman judge was trapped by CBI for allegedly […]

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Rs 5K a month won’t give luxury in cities like Delhi: Delhi Court

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A delhi court here has refused to set aside an order directing a man to pay Rs 5,000 monthly interim maintenance to his estranged wife in a domestic violence case, saying the amount will not give her a luxurious life in view of the standard of living in metropolitan cities like Delhi. “Keeping in view […]

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