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Dowry harassment:Court refuses to discharge husband,his mother

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A Delhi court has refused to discharge a man and his mother accused of harassing his wife for dowry, saying charges can be framed on the basis of grave suspicion. The court dismissed the petition of the accused mother-son duo who contended that a magisterial court “erred” by framing charges on the woman’s complaint against […]

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Malaysian authorities not cooperating in Aircel-Maxis case:CBI

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CBI today told a special court that Malaysian authorities were not “cooperating” in the service of summons against four accused in the Aircel-Maxis deal case after which the judge issued fresh summons. The agency said the Indian High Commission and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) have tried thrice to get the summons served to Malaysian […]

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Kejriwal moves HC seeking quashing of case in Amethi

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has moved theAllahabad High Court seeking quashing of a case against him for his alleged inflammatory speech in Amethi during Lok Sabha elections last year. The petition, filed under Section 482 of the CrPC yesterday before the Lucknow bench, is likely to be heard by Justice Mahendra Dayal on August […]

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NGT denies permission to rafting camps in Rishikesh

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The National Green Tribunal has refused permission to rafting camps operating from the banks of Ganga from Shivpuri to Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi slammed Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the Uttarakhandgovernment for not filing their replies in the case and directed them to file their response […]

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Ex-revenue acctt sent to 4 yrs in jail for taking bribe

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After 15 years of trial, an anti corruption court here has sentenced a former revenue accountant to four years in jail for taking bribe. Special judge of Anti Corruption Court, Raghavendra Kaachwal, yesterday convicted Rambabu Sharma and also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on him. Sharma was posted as revenue accountant at Indergarh revenue […]

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Coalgate: Darda, 6 others summoned as accused

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Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda, former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and five others were today summoned as accused by a special court which took cognisance of CBI’s final report filed in a coal block allocation scam case. The court also summoned two senior public servants K S Kropha and K C Samria, M/s JLD […]

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Coal scam: Madhu Koda, eight others put on trial

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Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, former Coal Secretary H C Gupta and seven others were today put on trial by a special court here in connection with a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parasar also framed charges against former Jharkhand Chief Secretary A K […]

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HC allows golf course promoter to construct villas

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The Bombay High Court has allowed M/s Leading Hotels Limited (LHL) to continue with the construction of two model villas as per licences granted to the company for its Tiracol Golf and Resort Project in North Goa. A high court bench in Goa comprising Justice F M Reis and Justice K L Wadane while hearing […]

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HC lawyers stay away from judge’s court for 6th day

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Lawyers at the Calcutta High Court continued to boycott the court of Justice Girish Gupta for the sixth day today alleging misbehaviour and demanded that he apologise to the Bar. “There is no solution in sight to the stalemate so far,” Calcutta High Court Bar Association secretary Rana Mukherjee told PTI. A new secretary would […]

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Delhi High Court rejects Soni’s, Kumari Selja’s pleas agnst eviction

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The Delhi High Court today dismissed pleas of Congress MPs Ambika Soni and Kumari Selja challenging the central government’s orders to evict them from type-VIII bungalows in Lutyens’ Delhi. “Petitions are dismissed,” Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said. The two MPs had alleged that the Urban Development Ministry and Directorate of Estates acted in “collusion” and […]

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Yakub first in 31 years to be executed in Nagpur jail

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Yakub Memon today became the first convict in 31 years to be hanged to death in Nagpur Jail and the fourth in the country in the last 10 years. 53-year-old Memon, convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, was executed shortly before 7 am in the Nagpur Central Jail at the end of a protracted legal […]

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SC’s larger bench hears afresh Yakub Memon’s plea

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A three-judge newly constituted bench of the Supreme Courttoday rejected the plea filed by Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. This virtually ends any hope for Memon who is scheduled to be hanged tommorow as per the death warrant issued on July 13. The apex court in […]

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