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Release “normal” patients from mental hospital: SC to hear plea

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The Supreme Court today refused to accord an urgent hearing to a plea seeking release of male and female patients who are fit for discharge from a mental hospital in Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. A vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L Nageswara Rao said there was no urgency and the matter could […]

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Upoor project: Madras HC orders status quo on acquisition

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The Madras High court today ordered status quo with regard to acquisition of lands for the coal based power plant at Upoor in Ramanthapuram district. A division bench of the court’s Madurai bench, comprising Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao and Justice S S Sundar, was hearing a petition filed by R.Kalimuthu, a land owner. The petitioner […]

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Himachal HC directs HRTC employees not to go on strike

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Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday directed Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) employees to not go on strike on June 14-15 and asked the principal secretary (Transport) to redress the legitimate grievances of the employees by June 20.   The orders were passed by a Division Bench, headed by Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir, on […]

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Hardik ready to stay out of Guj to get bail from Gujarat HC

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Jailed Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today told the Gujarat High Court he was ready to accept any condition, including staying out of the state for six months, that it may deem fit for granting him bail. Justice A J Desai reserved his order on the bail plea after the prosecution and defence counsels […]

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Don’t act like “grandmother”, HC tells CBFC; clears way for Udta Punjab release

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Admonishing the censor board for acting like a “grandmother”, the Bombay High Court today ordered it to certify movie ‘Udta Punjab’ within 48 hours with just one cut instead of 13 suggested by the CBFC so its producers can release it on schedule on June 17. “Barring the deletion of the urination scene as directed […]

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Youth gets 7 yrs jail for raping woman

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A youth has been sent to seven years in jail for raping and threatening a woman, with a Delhi court terming it a “vile and reprehensible” act that brought the feeling of humiliation, disgust, trauma and lifelong scar to the victim. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain handed down the jail term to 22-year-old Haseeb, a […]

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Mathura clash: Allahabad HC dismisses PIL for CBI probe

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Allahabad High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a CBI enquiry into the recent Mathura violence that left 29 people dead. The Lucknow bench of the court, headed by Justice Shree Narain Shukla and Justice Suneet Kumar, dismissed the PIL filed by BJP leader IP Singh. According to petitioner’s counsel Ashok Pandey, […]

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Gulberg society massacre: Convict surrenders before SIT court

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A convict in the 2002 Gulberg society massacre case, who had jumped the temporary bail granted to him in December last year, today surrendered before a special SIT court here. Kailash Dhobi is one of 11 persons convicted for murder and other offences, and is listed as accused number 1 by the SIT in the […]

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NGT asks a Ggn pvt school to remove encroachment

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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Gurgaon-based Ryan International School and Pama Educational and Welfare Society to immediately remove all encroachments from a plot and asked Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to develop it as a public park. The tribunal asked HUDA to demarcate and take possession of the land exceeding one-and-a-half acre from […]

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Court denies bail to alleged ISIS operatives

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A Delhi court has denied bail to five suspected ISIS operatives arrested for allegedly plotting a terror strike during the Ardh Kumbh at Haridwar. According to the sources, the court denied relief to the accused persons — Akhlakur Rehman, Mohd Osama, Mohd Mehraz, Mohd Azeemushan and Mohsin Ibrahim Sayyed — observing that it was not a fit […]

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Lalu Prasad Yadav appears before special CBI court

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RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav today appeared before a special CBI court here in connection with a fodder scam case. The RJD president appeared before the special court of Shivpal Singh in connection with the case number 38A/96 pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.31 crore from Dumka Treasury in undivided Bihar during the 1990s. […]

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Gulberg case: Quantum of sentence for convicts on June 17

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A special SIT court today said that it will pronounce the quantum of sentence on Friday for 24 convicts of 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 said that the quantum of sentence will be declared on […]

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