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Delhi Court asks police to reply to plea against actor KRK

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Delhi Police was today directed by a court here to respond to a plea challenging a cancellation report in a case lodged against actor Kamaal Rashid Khan for allegedly making casteist and defamatory remarks on the lead actor of Hindi film Raanjhanaa. Metropolitan Magistrate Pranjel Aneja sought the police’s response on the protest petition by […]

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Delhi Court gives clean chit to Delhi Police officer in rape

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A Delhi court has refused to order re-investigation in a case against a cop, accused of raping and threatening a woman, saying it could not be proved that he had done anything forcefully or against her consent. Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar dismissed the woman’s plea challenging the acceptance of cancellation report by a metropolitan […]

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AAP, Delhi Police face off over Kanhaiya bail

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The hearing on pleas seeking cancellation of interim bail granted to JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar today witnessed a confrontation between the AAP government and Delhi Police in the Delhi High Court over the issue of representing the state. During the hearing before a bench of Justice P S Teji, Delhi government’s senior standing counsel Rahul […]

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Case against AAP minister: Delhi HC seeks response of Delhi Police

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A man, who has filed a complaint against Delhi government minister Imran Hussain and others, has sought transfer of the probe in the case to CBI, alleging that the police was “deliberately shielding” the accused. The complainant, Mohd Qasim, has also sought adding of graft charges against the minister, leading the Delhi High Court to seek […]

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Viral video: SC junks compensation plea of city cop

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The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of a Delhi Police head constable seeking compensation for his “wrong” portrayal in a video that went viral on social media last year showing him swaying and collapsing in a metro coach in an alleged drunken state. A bench of Justices J S Khehar and C […]

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Give timeline of steps to improve policing in Delhi:HC

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New Delhi,  Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to give an “overall and integrated” timeline of steps it proposes to take to improve policing and reduce crime, particularly against women, children and the elderly in the national capital. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva issued the direction after perusing a […]

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Ponty shootout case: Reply to Namdhari’s bail plea

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Delhi High Court has sought Delhi Police’s reply on the bail plea of sacked Uttarakhand minorities panel chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, who along with 20 others is facing a murder trial in a 2012 shootout here that claimed the lives of liquor baron Ponty Chadhaand his younger brother Hardeep. Justice P S Teji also asked […]

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Delhi Police charge sheets Pachauri for sexual harassment

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Delhi police has filed a charge sheet against RK Pachauri, founder of the non-profit think tank TERI in a sexual harassment case filed by his former colleague. The police have accused Mr Pachauri of outraging modesty of woman, stalking and criminal intimidation, the Press Trust of India reported. The charge sheet running into over 1,400 […]

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Delhi HC junks plea agnst Bassi for “influencing” JNU probe

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The Delhi High Court today dismissed a petition seeking action against Police Chief B S Bassi for allegedly “influencing” the probe in the JNU sedition case, saying the plea was for “publicity interest” and courts cannot be burdened with such applications. “Why did you file this petition? We are surprised that this is not for […]

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Cops to seek Kanhaiya’s custody; Delhi HC defers hearing

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday deferred the bail petition of JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar to February 29. The court’s decision came after Delhi Police told the court that further custodial interrogation of Kanhaiya Kumar is required following the arrests of two other accused students, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya in the sedition case. As soon as […]

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Danish woman gangrape: Police allowed to submit potency report

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Delhi Police was today allowed by a city court to place on record the original medical and potency test report of a 55-year-old man, one of the accused in a case of gangrape of a Danish woman here, who claimed to be impotent. The court said though there was a “lapse” on the part of […]

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Ensure smooth lifting of garbage: Delhi HC asks Police chief

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The Delhi High Court today asked the city Police chief to ensure there is no hindrance to lifting of garbage in coordination with the civic bodies here, in view of the indefinite strike by sanitation workers. “Commissioner of Police (B S Bassi) to ensure that the garbage are removed from the roads in coordination with […]

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