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Court directs Kejriwal to appear before it on Dec 24

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, accused of giving false information in an affidavit filed in run up to 2013 assembly polls, was today directed to to appear before a city court on December 24 which granted him a day’s exemption from personal appearance. Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria directed the AAP leader to personally appear before […]

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Consider enhancing pay of Delhi cops: Delhi HC to Centre

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The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to consider enhancing the salaries of Delhi police personnel to bring them at par with the Chandigarh Police. A bench of justices G S Sistani and I S Mehta told the Ministry of Home Affairs to consider Delhi police constable Babu Lal Mitharwal plea for ‘equal pay […]

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Can’t tolerate water-logging year after year: Delhi HC

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“We cannot tolerate this year after year.” This was the sharp reaction of the Delhi High Court today on the water-logging on major roads and crippling of traffic movement in large parts of the national capital. “There is no justification for clogged drains. We cannot tolerate this year after year,” the court said when it […]

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Singur: SC sets aside land acquisition for Tata’s Nano plant

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In a ruling which can have far- reaching consequences, the Supreme Court today set aside the controversial acquisition of 997.11 acres of land in Singur in 2006 by the then Left Front government in West Bengal to set up Tata Motors’ ambitious Nano car manufacturing plant. The verdict, which came as a huge setback to […]

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Consensual physical relations between adults no offence: Delhi Court

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A man, accused of raping and assaulting a woman, has been acquitted by a Delhi court which said physical relations between two adults with their free consent was no offence. The court said there was no evidence that the man had threatened the 22-year-old woman or disrobed her, after the woman said she was forcibly […]

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Death sentence to B’deshi, in Shramjeevi blast case

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A Bangladeshi national, having links with Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) terror outfit, was today awarded death sentence by a local court here for the 2005 Shramjeevi Express train blast which had killed 12 people and injured scores others. Ubed-ur-Rehman alias Babu is the second accused who has been awarded death sentence in the case. Additional Sessions […]

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Man sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for raping

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A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a court in Jajpur district for raping a minor girl three years ago. Jajpur District and Sessions Judge Padma Charan Dash awarded the jail term to Kalandi Malik of Daniabar village and also slapped a fine of Rs 90,000 on him. Failure to pay the […]

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Bangladeshi held guilty in Shramjeevi Express blast

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A Bangladeshi national, with links to Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HuJI) terror outfit, was today held guilty by a local court here for the 2005 Shramjeevi Express train blast which had killed 12 people and injured scores others. Ubed-ur-Rehman, alias Babu, was held guilty by Additional Sessions Judge Buddhiram Yadav. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced […]

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Notification on Waqf Tribunal soon: Delhi govt

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A notification for setting up a three-member Waqf Tribunal would be issued as soon as the name of its third member is finalised, AAP government told Delhi High Court today. The government informed a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal that names of two members of the Tribunal have already […]

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Showering money on bar dancers is ag’nst dignity: SC

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A provision of a new Maharashtra Act to regulate obscene dance performances and prohibiting showering of money at dancers today found favour with the Supreme Court, which said the law respected “the dignity of woman and dignify decency and culture”. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan, however, issued notice to the state […]

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WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook: Delhi HC seeks govt reply

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WhatsApp’s recent decision to share user data with parent company Facebook today reached the doorsteps of Delhi High Court, which sought the government’s response on the modification of the new privacy policy. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra issued notice to the Centre on a plea by two users of […]

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Consumer is king, can’t say discounts should not be given: Delhi HC

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“Consumer is the king”, the Delhi High Court said today while observing that it cannot say lower charges should not be levied and discounts not given to customers by app-based cab providers like Ola and Uber. Justice Manmohan said if a company gave discounts, then the customers benefited and the app-based cab service providers were […]

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