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Madras High Court

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Full Court reiterates CJ’s assurance to Bar Assns

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A Full Court meeting today reiterated the assurance of Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Sanjay Kishan Kaul to the Bar Council and Bar Associations recently that pending examination of the amendments to the Advocates’ Act, no precipitative action will be taken against Advocates. The full court meeting of the judges of the high […]

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11 sentenced to life in Gulberg massacre case

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Calling Gulberg massacre the “darkest day” in the history of civil society, a special SIT court today awarded life term to 11 convicts for burning alive 69 people, including former Congress MP Eshan Jafri, in one of the worst riots post-Godhra violence in 2002. However, the judgement left the prosecution, Jafri’s widow Zakia and civil […]

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Vyapam scam: Delhi HC seeks whistleblower reply on CBI plea

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Delhi High Court today sought the response of a whistleblower in the Vyapam recruitment scam on CBI’s plea to provide it copies of documents and a pen-drive which were sent to a forensic lab to examine their veracity and whether there has been any tampering of evidence as alleged by him. Justice P S Teji […]

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Bombay HC junks plea for probe by retd judge in blast cases

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The Bombay High Court today dismissed a petition alleging fabrication of evidence in three bomb blast cases and seeking a probe by an independent panel headed by a retired High Court judge. The petition, filed by journalist Ashish Khaitan, was seeking probe in three cases – July 11, 2006 serial train blasts in Mumbai, Malegaon […]

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Use of force legit if children see parents being assaulted: SC

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Use of force can be legitimate if children see their parents being assaulted, the Supreme Court has said while acquitting two brothers accused of hitting their neighbours who had beaten up their parents, causing the death of their father later. “The appellants can legitimately claim right to use force once they saw their parents being […]

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Criminal Law News

Rape leaves permanent scars on child victims: Delhi HC

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Delhi High Court has rejected a man’s plea against a 10-year jail term awarded to him for raping a seven-year-old girl in 1996, saying the “abhorring act” leaves a “permanent scar” on the personality of a child victim which hinders her growth. The court noted in its verdict that the child victim had narrated the […]

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Chandan Bose sent to 14-day judicial custody

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A court here today remanded Chandan Bose, the right hand man of the Jawahar Bagh encroachers leader Ram Vriksha Yadav, to 14 days judicial custody. “He was produced before CJM Mathura Alpana Shukla who sent him to judicial custody,” SSP Mathura Babloo Kumar said. Earlier in the day, Bose made some startling revelations before the […]

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Gulberg riots: Quantum of sentence tomorrow

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A special SIT court will tomorrow pronounce the quantum of sentence for 24 convicts in the Gulberg Society massacre in which 69 people, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were killed. The court of special judge P B Desai here had announced on Monday that the quantum of sentence will be declared on Friday, after […]

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Consumer Law News

NCDRC asks Parsvnath Ltd to pay over Rs 42 lakh

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The apex consumer panel has asked real estate major Parsvnath Developers Ltd to pay over Rs 42 lakh to a buyer for failing to hand over a flat in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, booked around ten years ago. National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) also directed the firm to pay an interest of 18 […]

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Rape accused sent to 5-day police custody

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A local court of Jaipr here today remanded a rape accused in five days’ police custody, police said. Raju Panjabi, who allegedly abducted and raped a three-year-old girl at an isolated place along Agra highway on Saturday, was produced in the court today where the magistrate remanded him in police custody, they said.

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Patna HC orders interim stay on inspection of B.Ed colleges

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The Patna High Court today ordered interim stay on the inspection of private B.Ed colleges carried out by the state government. Justice V Nath ordered that inspection should be kept in abeyance till the next date of hearing on June 21. The stay came on a petition of B R Ambedkar college, a private B.Ed […]

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Dabholkar murder: Tawde’s CBI custody extended till June 20

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The CBI custody of Virendra Tawde, an accused in the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, was today extended till June 20 by a local court. Tawde, arrested by the CBI from Panvel in Navi Mumbai last week in connection with the murder of the 67-year-old anti-superstition crusader, was produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class V […]

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