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Court extends judicial custody of 3 Kashmiri separatists

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A Delhi court today extended by a month the judicial custody of three Kashmiri separatist leaders in a terror funding case. District Judge Poonam A Bamba extended the judicial custody of Shahid-ul-Islam, Farooq Ahmed Dar and Mohamad Akbar Khanday till September 27 when they will produced before the court along with four other accused, including […]

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Bofors scam: SC agrees to hear 12-year-old plea

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The politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case was back in the limelight today with the Supreme Court agreeing to hear BJP leader Ajay Kumar Agarwal’s appeal challenging a 2005 Delhi High Court order quashing charges against Europe-based industrialists Hinduja brothers. Justice R S Sodhi of the Delhi High Court, since retired, had on May […]

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Encounter killings: SC refers NHRC plea to a larger bench

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The Supreme Court today referred to a larger bench a plea of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking direction to all states for mandatorily giving information to it about any encounter killings in their jurisdiction for the purposes of enquiry. A bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and R Banumathi said it would be appropriate […]

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SC panel to examine SIT decision to close anti-Sikh riot case

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The Supreme Court has constituted a supervisory body comprising two of its former judges to examine the decision of the SIT to close 199 cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The apex court named its former judges, Justice J M Panchal and Justice K S P Radhakrishnan, as members of the supervisory body and […]

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UP panchayat poll violence: 2 sentenced to life for murder

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Muzaffarnagar court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for murdering a youth during the 2010 panchayat poll in Uttar Pradesh. Additional district sessions judge Umesh Chandra also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 each on the convicts — Tehran and his nephew Ikram. The duo shot dead Abid when he protested against alleged irregularities at […]

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SC to hear plea challenging decision to deport Rohingyas

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a plea challenging the decision to deport illegal Rohingya Muslim immigrants back to Myanmar, on various grounds including that it violated international human rights conventions. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submissions of lawyer […]

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Bofors case: SC likely to hear plea tomorrow

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The Supreme Court is likely to hear tomorrow the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case, amidst recent media reports suggesting a financial quid pro quo for the Rs 1,437 crore Howitzer gun deal in 1986. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra is scheduled to take up the plea by BJP leader […]

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Unfortunate that child marriages are done by girls parents: SC

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The Supreme Court today expressed dismay over the prevalence of the practice of child marriage despite the existence of the Child Marriage Prohibition Act and termed as unfortunate that this was being done mostly at the behest of girl child’s parents. The court was hearing a plea questioning the validity of a provision permitting a […]

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Jiah case : Bombay HC asks lower court to proceed with trial

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The Bombay High Court today directed a lower court to proceed with the trial against actor Sooraj Pancholi, accused of abetting the suicide of his actor girlfriend Jiah Khan in 2013. A division bench of Justices R M Savant and Sandeep Shinde was hearing a petition filed by Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan seeking appointment of […]

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Ex-principal of BRD medical college, his wife sent to custody

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Former principal of BRD Medical College Rajiv Mishra and his wife Purnima Shukla were today sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a local court in connection with the deaths of scores of children in the state-run medical college hospital. The doctor couple, arrested on Tuesday by Uttar Pradesh’s Special Task Force (STF), was […]

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Sukesh’s custody extended till Sept 16 in cheating case

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A court today extended till September 16 the custody of middleman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, arrested by Delhi Police for his alleged bid to bribe an EC official on behalf of AIADMK (Amma) leader TTV Dhinakaran, in a separate seven-year-old cheating case. Sukesh, now in Tihar Jail in Delhi in connection with the two-leaves symbol case, was […]

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Madras HC reserves order on civil suits filed by pvt milk units

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The Madras High Court today reserved its order on civil suits filed by three private milk manufacturers claiming damages over allegations made by the Tamil Nadu dairy development minister on quality of their products. The suits were filed by Hatsun Agro Product Limited, Dodla Dairy Limited and Vijay Dairy and Farm Products Private Limited. The […]

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