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Bajrangi withdraws bail plea from Guj HC

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Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Babu Bajrangi, undergoing life imprisonment in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, today withdrew his plea seeking regular bail after the Gujarat High Court observed the application should be rejected as bail cannot be granted only on medical grounds. A division bench of Justices Mohinder Pal and R D Kothari ordered […]

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Swamy pleads for Asaram bail in Jodhpur court,verdict tomorrow

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BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today argued for bail to Asaram Bapu, jailed in a sexual assault case, before a court here, which reserved the decision till June 20. The arguments on the bail application lasted for about an hour after which the court kept the decision reserved till tomorrow. After the arguments, Swamy said that […]

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SC gives Sahara 18 months to pay up Rs.36,000 crore

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While approving the manner in which Sahara would furnish its bank guarantee, the Supreme Court on Friday directed that the group will have to pay the remaining liability it owes to the market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), within 18 months from the time its chief Subrata Roy is released. Accepting the […]

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Re-conduct AIPMT exam by August 16: SC to CBSE

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday extended till August 16 the deadline for holding the All India Pre-Medical Test and declaring the results. A Bench of Justices AK Agrawal and AM Sapre allowed more time for the drill on CBSE’s plea. All the four counseling for AIPMT should be over by September 11, it said. […]

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HC asks auto unions to spell out reason for strike

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The Bombay High Court today directed unions of autorickshaw and taxi drivers to file an affidavit stating the reason behind their strike on June 15 and 17 in Mumbai. Taxi and autoriskshaw drivers had gone on a strike on these two days in the city seeking implementation of the proposed hike in fares and against […]

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Bhujbal case: HC asks ACB to complete probe in 2 months

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Disapproving the state Anti Corruption Bureau having already taken over six months to probe allegations of money laundering and land grabbing against former Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, the Bombay High Court today directed the ACB to complete its investigation and submit a final report within two months. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit […]

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In-laws can’t be burdened with liability towards woman: Court

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In-laws cannot be burdened with any kind of liability towards a woman, whether directly or indirectly, and all such responsibilities should be of her husband, a Delhi court has said. The court’s observations came on an appeal filed by the father-in-law of a woman, in a domestic violence case, against a trial court order directing […]

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Case against Amitabh, Abhishek over tricolour insult

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A case has been filed against Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan in a Ghaziabad court, saying they were seen covering their bodies with the national flag in a manner insulting to the nation. Complainant Chetan Dhiman in his complaint before the judicial magistrate’s court said the actors were seen with the […]

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Saif Khan: Court refers brawl case for mediation

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A local court on Thursday referred the 2012 assault case involving Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan for mediation. “The metropolitan magistrate has referred the case for mediation. Khan has consented to it and also the prosecution side,” public prosecutor Wajid Sheikh told PTI. As of now, complainant Iqbal Sharma has not given his consent for […]

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Can’t be allowed to re-appear in exam on ground of being

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The Delhi High Court has upheld cancellation of admission of a student to third year of an under-graduation course at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), saying there is no question of giving him another chance only on the ground of being a Scheduled Caste. “In the instant case, since the appellant was found ineligible […]

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SC to hear CBSE plea for more time to re-conduct AIPMT-2015

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CBSE today told the Supreme Court it will be “impossible” for it to re-conduct in four weeks the scrapped All India Pre Medical Test-2015 exam as directed by the apex court. A bench of justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre decided to take up a petition of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) […]

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HC directs state to shift jailed Delhi University Prof

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The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government and other state authorities to shift a professor of Delhi University, arrested a year back for alleged links with Maoists, to a private hospital in view of his deteriorating health condition in Nagpur jail. The order was passed by a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah […]

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