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Maran moves Supreme Court against Madras HC’s order cancelling his bail

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Former Union Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran today moved the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court’s decision to cancel his bail and asking him to surrender in a case related to alleged installation of telephone exchange at his residence A three-judge bench comprising justices T S Thakur, V Gopala Gowda and R Banumathi allowed the […]

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Kidnap, rape of 9-year-old girl: Couple and youth jailed

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A couple and a youth have been sentenced to varying jail terms for the offences of raping and kidnapping a minor girl by a Delhi court which relied on the testimonies of the victim and her father, saying they were “convincing and truthful”. The court awarded 10-year jail term to 55-year-old Ram Udagar and Tej Narain, […]

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Jahnvi Gadkar case: Mumbai Police files charge sheet

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Mumbai Police today filed a charge sheet against 35-year-old corporate lawyer Jahnvi Gadkar, who is accused of mowing down two persons here on June 10 under the influence of alcohol. “We have filed a 560-page charge sheet against the accused. We have made it a watertight case,” said an official of the police department. The […]

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HC quashes OBC quota for Jats in 2 Raj districts

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Rajasthan High Court today quashed a 1999 order granting OBC quota to Jats in Dholpur and Bharatpur districts of the state with prospective effect and directed that the OBC commission review status of all communities in the category within four months. A bench of Chief Justice Sunil Ambwani and Justice Ajit Kumar Singh gave the […]

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Enhancing punishment in drunk driving cases mulled

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The Centre was actively considering a proposal to enhance punishment in drunk driving cases by amending IPC sections 304 A (causing death by negligence) and 279 (rash and negligent driving), the Bombay High Court was told today. “The process is on for the approval of the Government in this regard,” according to a letter written […]

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Drunken driver is like suicide bomber: Court

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A drunk driver is like a suicide bomber, who has set out to kill himself as well as other road users, a Delhi court has observed while proposing that a stringent punishment should be awarded to offenders. “It won’t be inappropriate to say that a drunk driver is like a suicide bomber, who has set […]

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Witness act may cover whistle-blowers, RTI activists

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Maharashtra government was considering inclusion of whistle-blowers and RTI activists in the proposed Witness Protection Act, it told the Bombay High Court today. While a policy to provide police protection to witnesses in sensitive cases was already in place, a legislation would be framed soon, additional government pleader Nitin Deshpande told the division bench of […]

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Can’t allow people to take law in their hands: Court

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If people are allowed to take law in their own hands or enter residential premises of others to take forcible possession of properties, then it will be a difficulty for society as a whole, a Delhi court has said. Denying benefit of probation to three convicts sentenced to varying jail terms in a nearly 27-year-old […]

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1,598 PILs pending before SC; oldest goes back 23 yrs

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There are 1,598 public interest litigations pending before Supreme Court with the oldest of them having been filed 23 years ago, the apex court has said in its response to an RTI query. The oldest pending PIL with WP(C) 537/1992 was filed by Sureshwar D Sinha and relates to water pollution linked to industries, domestic […]

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CBI probe against Yadav Singh justified : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court today dismissed the petition of U P government challenging the order of the Allahabad High Court directing CBI investigation into corruption charges against former NOIDA Chief Engineer Yadav Singh, saying the state government should instead be happy. “We sincerely feel that the case requires investigation by the CBI. Let the CBI investigate […]

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7 yrs jail to man for raping minor daughter

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A Delhi court has sent a man to seven years in jail for raping his minor daughter and trying to kill her when she disclosed the fact to others, saying he committed one of the most grave offences which could be imagined on earth. The court also sent the man’s 60-year-old brother to jail for […]

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Man jailed for killing same sex partner

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A Delhi court has sentenced a man to seven years imprisonment for unintentionally killing his same sex partner in the heat of passion. His confession in private to the ‘granthi’ of a Gurudwara came in the way of his defence of being innocent. The only concession for the convict, who was a good pal of […]

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