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HC dissolves strained marriage of couple.

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Source : PTI A couple trying to take advantage of an “unfortunate incident” of abortion in their litigation against each other, indicated their strained relations, Delhi High Court has said while dissolving their marriage. A bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Pratibha Rani observed that their marriage was a “total wreck” and could not be salvaged […]

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Allahabad HC reserves order on Arvind Kejriwal’s petition

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The Allahabad High Court reserved its order on a petition moved by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leader Kumar Vishwas, challenging the summons issued by a lower court in connection with a criminal case. Justice Aditya Nath Mittal of the Lucknow bench of the court reserved its order after hearing the petition yesterday. […]

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Two gets 20 years in jail for raping a girl

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A fast track court here has sentenced 20 years in jail to two rape accused and also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on each of them. Additional District Counsel Yusuf Nirwan said that after completion of final hearing, Additional District and Sessions judge Vandna Singh awarded 20-year jail term to Sannu alias Dinesh and […]

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“Guj, Muzaffarnagar riots led youths to terrorism”

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The riots in Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar have motivated youths to join terrorism in India, the Delhi Police has told a court here in a charge sheet filed against three alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operatives. In the charge sheet filed against three suspected JeM members arrested for allegedly planning an attack in the national capital, the Special […]

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Madras HC dismisses yet another PIL on Jaya’s health status

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The Madras High Court today dismissed yet another PIL in connection with the health of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, terming it as ‘one more publicity interest litigation’. The PIL, filed by Dr G Pravina, sought setting up of an “expert life saving committee”, headed by the Chief Secretary. The petitioner said the panel should comprise specialist […]

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Lalita suicide case: Rohit’s father sent to JC

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A Delhi court today sent the father of national-level Kabaddi player Rohit Kumar to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the alleged suicide by his wife Lalita who had accused him and her in-laws of harassment. Rohit’s father, Vijay Singh, was produced before a link magistrate who remanded him to judicial custody till November 4 […]

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Sheena Bora case: CBI files 2nd charge sheet

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CBI today filed its second supplementary charge sheet in the 2012 Sheena Bora murder case in a special court, stating Sheena’s mother and prime accused Indrani Mukerjea kept her husband Peter Mukerjea updated on phone over the selection of spot for disposal of the body. The nearly 200-page charge sheet was filed before the court […]

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Garbage mounds “like Qutub Minar” in Delhi; SC concerned

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An “alarming” situation prevails in Delhi as the garbage mounds near three landfill sites here are “like Qutub Minar”, the Supreme Court today said as it rapped the Delhi government for not doing enough to dispose of the huge quantity of waste. It also asked the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators to create awareness […]

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SC directs Parsvnath to give flat to MoS Rathore in 2 days

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The Supreme Court today directed Parsvnath developers to hand over possession of a flat in its Gurgaon project to Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in two days. A bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy said “the possession of flat shall be handed over to the respondent in two […]

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Nepali smuggler sentenced to 10-yr imprisonment

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A Nepalese has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by a court for smuggling drugs into India. Additional District judge Brij Lal Chaurasia yesterday held Ishwarlal Roka, a resident of Dang district in Nepal, guilty of smuggling narcotics into India. The court also imposed a fine Rs 1 lakh on him. Roka was […]

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Bypolls: Madras HC moved against allocating registered symbols

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A petition was filed today in Madras High Court to forbear the Election Commission from assigning registered symbols to AIADMK candidate Senthil Balaji and DMK nominee in the November 19 assembly by-election to Aravakurichi constituency. Petitioner S Rajendran of Karur District submitted that election to the Aravakurichi constituency was cancelled during the assembly polls in […]

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Two get life term for killing truck driver

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Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for killing a truck driver and looting his truck in 2009. Birju and Nishan Singh were awarded the jail sentence by Additional District Sessions Judge Ombir Singh, who also imposed a fine of Rs 46,000 on each of the convicts. They were convicted […]

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