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Jat stir:SC seeks status report, notice to Centre on AAP plea

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The Supreme Court on Monday sought a status report from Haryana government on the plea of Delhi government seeking resumption of water supply to the national capital, disrupted due to the ongoing Jat quota stir. A bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, which sought the status report in two days, issued notice to the […]

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MP: Suspended DIG jailed in DA case

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Suspended Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Umesh Gandhi was sent to jail here after a court rejected his bail plea in a disproportionate assets case. Special Judge Kashi Nath Singh yesterday turned down the bail plea of Gandhi, his wife Archana and brother Ajay Gandhi, who was posted as guard at Sehore district jail – also accused […]

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Justice Saran to take oath as new CJ of Orissa HC

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Justice Vineet Saran will be the new Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. A Presidential warrant of appointment of Justice Saran has reached here, a source in the High Court registry office said. The new CJ will take oath on February 26. Prior to his present appointment, Justice Saran was officiating as a senior judge of […]

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Couple get life imprisonment for relative’s murder

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A couple from the tribal Jawhar taluka of neighbouring Palghar district has been awarded life imprisonment by a local court for murdering a close relative. Additional Sessions Judge Mridula V K Bhatia awarded the life sentence to Ganesh Bacchu Valavi (34) and his wife Sakhubai Ganesh Valavi (31), both labourers, for murdering Ganesh’s step-brother Rajaram […]

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3 get 10-year imprisonment in loot case

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A local court of Muzaffarnagar has sentenced three robbers to 10 years of imprisonment for looting passengers of a roadways bus in 2008. Fast track court Judge Punem Rajput held the convicts — Sompal, Azmat and Shoket — guilty under relevant sections of the IPC and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each. In February 2008, […]

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SC to hear contempt plea against Kanhaiya and Gilani

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear  a plea seeking contempt action against jailed Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar, former Delhi University lecturer SAR Gilani and a few others on the grounds that they allegedly termed the execution of Afzal Guru as a  “judicial killing”. A Bench of Chief Justice T S […]

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High Profile Cases

Herald case: Cong says Swamy has to satisfy court

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and other accused in the National Herald case today told a Delhi court that BJP leader Subramanian Swamy should first satisfy it about the relevance of documents which were ordered to be summoned from various ministries in the matter. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Gandhis, […]

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Youth sentenced to 10-yr jail for abducting, raping minor

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A local court here has sentenced a youth to 10 years in jail for abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl in 2010. Additional District Judge Manoj Kumar sentenced Naushad, the main convict in the case, to 10 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 18,000 on him after holding him guilty. The court […]

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Court orders framing of charges against ex-Coal Secy

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A special court today ordered framing of charges against former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and a private firm for allegedly entering into a conspiracy in a coal scam case, saying the acts attributed to him prima facie show that he had favoured the company. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar put Gupta and Pushp Steels […]

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Asaram case: SC judge recuses on plea for probe

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A Supreme Court judge today recused himself from hearing a plea seeking CBI probe into the mysterious disappearance of a prosecution witness and assaults on other witnesses in a rape case involving controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu. Justice U U Lalit who was part of the bench headed by Chief Justice of India T S […]

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Incorrect noting on Kanhaiya’s remand in SC order

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Delhi Police today drew the attention of the Supreme Courton incorrect noting in its last order that JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar was produced at the Patiala House Court on February 15 in connection with his remand, saying a “wrong message” has gone. Senior advocate Ajit K Sinha, appearing for the Delhi Police said the accused […]

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Prima facie sedition case made out against Gilani

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Former DU lecturer SAR Gilani, booked for sedition charges in connection with a Press Club event here, was today denied bail by a Delhi court which said the slogans raised at this meeting could have incited violence and created public disorder. Metropolitan Magisrate Harvinder Singh dismissed Gilanis bail plea after taking note of a CCTV […]

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