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Delhi HC orders CBI probe into Hanuman statue construction issue

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The Delhi High Court today ordered the CBI to probe how the famous 108-foot Hanuman statue and a private two-wheeler dealership encroached upon public land in the busy Karol Bagh area here and the officials who allowed it to happen by “abusing their position”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C […]

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Barala’s bail plea deferred till Jan 11

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The Punjab and Haryana High Court today deferred to January 11 its hearing on the bail plea of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala’s son Vikas Barala, who had been booked for stalking and attempting to abduct a woman. The single bench of Justice Lisa Gill also directed the cellular operator to provide to the trial […]

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Madhya Pradesh HC dismisses PIL challenging appointment of MP law officers

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of law officers made by the state government. The Indore bench of the high court, comprising justices P K Jaiswal and Virender Singh, recently dismissed the PIL filed by activist Mahesh Garg. The plea alleged that the appointment of law […]

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Madras HC calls for IT records on firm purportedly linked to Karti

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The Madras High Court today directed the income tax (IT) department to produce the records related to one of its orders last year, transferring the proceedings pending against a firm, allegedly linked to Congress leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram, from one assessing officer to another. The court issued the directive when a plea filed […]

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Retired Air Marshal J S Gujral granted bail in chopper case

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Retired Air Marshal J S Gujral was today granted bail by a Delhi court in the VVIP chopper scam case filed against him, former IAF Chief S P Tyagi and others. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Gujral on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh and a surety of the same […]

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Former Calcutta HC judge Karnan released from jail

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Former Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan was released from jail today after serving a six- nonth sentence for contempt of court. The sentence was awarded by the Supreme Court in May. Karnan left the Presidency Correctional Home premises around 11.00 am, his wife Saraswati Karnan said. His wife and elder son, who reached […]

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HC dismisses Tejpal plea seeking quashing of rape, other charges

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The High Court of Bombay at Goa today dismissed a petition filed by Tehelka’s former editor- in-chief Tarun Tejpal seeking the quashing of rape and other charges levelled against him by a former woman colleague. Justice Nutan Sardesai dismissed the petition filed by Tejpal, who is accused of raping the woman during an event in […]

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Journalist J Dey murder case: court examines expert from US

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A CBI court here today heard the deposition of a scientific expert from the US via a video link in connection with the 2011 killing of journalist J Dey. “Edward Burns, an expert, deposed before the court. He had compared the actual image of the bike used in the killing with its CCTV footage, and […]

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Seashore CMD Prahant Dash gets bail in 3 chit fund cases

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The Orissa High Court today granted bail to Prashant Dash, CMD of Seashore Group of Companies, in three chit fund related cases. The bench of Justice C R Dash granted conditional bail to Prashant in the cases registered in Jajpur, Nawarangpur and Titlagarh police stations. He was earlier granted bail in three cases registered in […]

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Delhi HC forms temporary ICC in JNU to look into sexual harassment

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The Delhi High Court today formed a temporary Internal Complaint Committee (TICC) in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to proceed with 31 pending complaints of sexual harassment. The court’s direction came on a plea filed by a group of teachers and students of JNU opposing the office order disbanding the Gender Sensitisation Against Sexual Harassment […]

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Fire in Mumbai shop: Owner gets five-day police custody

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A Mumbai court today remanded the owner of a snack shop, where 12 people were charred to death in a massive fire yesterday, to five-day police custody. Ramesh Bhanushali, the owner of the shop in Sakinaka- Kurla area, was arrested late last night. He was produced before a magistrate in suburban Andheri, who remanded him […]

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PIL in Delhi HC against eateries in Khan Market, Connaught Place

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A PIL was today moved in the Delhi High Court seeking closure of eateries which are running in contravention of municipal laws and without fire clearances in the posh Khan Market and Connaught Place areas of the city. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notices to the […]

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