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Calcutta HC dismisses CID SSP’s petition

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Calcutta High Court today dismissed as withdrawn a petition by special superintendent of police (CID) Bharati Ghosh seeking details of the cause of her transfer by Election Commission of India during the recent West Bengal Assembly poll process. Justice Dipankar Dutta dismissed the petition as withdrawn as it was not in proper form, while giving […]

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Bhujbal seeks release on health grounds

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Former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, arrested for alleged money laundering, today told the Bombay High Court that he is suffering from a critical heart ailment and sought bail for treatment. Bhujbal approached the HC seeking to be released on bail considering his medical condition after a special PMLA court rejected his bail plea. Senior counsel […]

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Life term for two in Bihar murder case

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Two persons were awarded life imprisonment by a local court in connection with a murder case of 2014. Additional District and Sessions Judge Ajit Kumar Sinha held Shital Das and Ghanshyam Das guilty of murder under section of 302 and 34 of IPC. Additional Public Prosecutor Anil Kumar Prasad said the duo were charged for killing […]

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No reinstatement of rebellious CRPF Sepoy: Delhi HC

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Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of a dismissed CRPF personnel for reinstatement, saying he was an “active member” of an agitating mob raising “abusive anti-government slogans” in 1979 and their rebellion was of such a magnitude that Army was requisitioned to control them. A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Sunil Gaur was […]

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SC denies plea of convicted BSP leader again

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The Supreme Court today once again refused to grant urgent hearing to a plea of former MP Umakant Yadav seeking suspension of his conviction and a seven year sentence in a forgery case to enable him contest the upcoming assembly elections in the Uttar Pradesh in 2017. The plea was mentioned before a vacation bench […]

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Release “normal” patients from mental hospital: SC to hear plea

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The Supreme Court today refused to accord an urgent hearing to a plea seeking release of male and female patients who are fit for discharge from a mental hospital in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. A vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L Nageswara Rao said there was no urgency and the matter could […]

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Upoor project: Madras HC orders status quo on acquisition

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The Madras High court today ordered status quo with regard to acquisition of lands for the coal based power plant at Upoor in Ramanthapuram district. A division bench of the court’s Madurai bench, comprising Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao and Justice S S Sundar, was hearing a petition filed by R.Kalimuthu, a land owner. The petitioner […]

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Himachal HC directs HRTC employees not to go on strike

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Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday directed Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) employees to not go on strike on June 14-15 and asked the principal secretary (Transport) to redress the legitimate grievances of the employees by June 20.   The orders were passed by a Division Bench, headed by Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir, on […]

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Hardik ready to stay out of Guj to get bail from Gujarat HC

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Jailed Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today told the Gujarat High Court he was ready to accept any condition, including staying out of the state for six months, that it may deem fit for granting him bail. Justice A J Desai reserved his order on the bail plea after the prosecution and defence counsels […]

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Don’t act like “grandmother”, HC tells CBFC; clears way for Udta Punjab release

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Admonishing the censor board for acting like a “grandmother”, the Bombay High Court today ordered it to certify movie ‘Udta Punjab’ within 48 hours with just one cut instead of 13 suggested by the CBFC so its producers can release it on schedule on June 17. “Barring the deletion of the urination scene as directed […]

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Youth gets 7 yrs jail for raping woman

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A youth has been sent to seven years in jail for raping and threatening a woman, with a Delhi court terming it a “vile and reprehensible” act that brought the feeling of humiliation, disgust, trauma and lifelong scar to the victim. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain handed down the jail term to 22-year-old Haseeb, a […]

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Mathura clash: Allahabad HC dismisses PIL for CBI probe

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Allahabad High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a CBI enquiry into the recent Mathura violence that left 29 people dead. The Lucknow bench of the court, headed by Justice Shree Narain Shukla and Justice Suneet Kumar, dismissed the PIL filed by BJP leader IP Singh. According to petitioner’s counsel Ashok Pandey, […]

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