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Court sends suspected al-Qaeda terrorist to jail

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Zeeshan Ali, an alleged al-Qaeda terrorist deported from Saudi Arabia earlier this month, has been remanded in judicial custody till September 21 in a case of terror funding. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma passed the order yesterday after he was produced before the court by the police following his custodial interrogation. Twenty-nine-year-old Ali, a native […]

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Privacy verdict to have ‘some bearing’ in beef ban matters: SC

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The landmark judgement declaring right to privacy a fundamental right would have “some bearing” in matters relating to slaughter of cows, bulls and bullocks in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court said today. The Bombay High Court had on May 6 last year struck down sections 5(D) and 9(B) of the Maharashtra Animals Preservation (Amendment) Act, 1995. […]

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SC adopts exclusive flag, plate for judges’ vehicles

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The Supreme Court has adopted an exclusive “flag” and “plate” for use on official vehicles of the Chief Justice of India and its judges. The apex court registry has also written to all the high courts in the country to adopt the flag and plate for using them on official vehicles of their judges. “In […]

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Court declines to entertain defamation plea against Kejriwal

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A city court has refused to entertain a civil defamation plea against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh by a BJP youth wing leader. Additional Senior Civil Judge V K Gautam refused to entertain the petition saying the addresses of the two defendants, Kejriwal and Singh, did not fall in its […]

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TN chief electoral officer appears in court

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Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Lakhani today appeared before the Madras High Court to give evidence in a petition filed by R Saravanan of the DMK, challenging the election of the AIADMK’s A K Bose in the Thirupparankundram Assembly bypoll in November, 2016. Lakhani appeared before Justice P Velmurugan and gave his evidence in […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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LGBT can’t be denied privacy rights because they are in minority

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The right to privacy cannot be denied to members of the LGBT community merely because they have unconventional sexual orientation and form a miniscule fraction of the over 1.32 billion Indian population, the Supreme Court observed today. The 9-judge bench, which held that the right to privacy is a fundamental right, made this observation while […]

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Miner Deepak Gupta’s bail plea rejected again

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The Orissa High Court today again refused to grant bail to miner Deepak Gupta who is in judicial custody for nearly four years on charges of corruption. This is the fourth time that his bail application was rejected by the High Court. Justice S K Mishra rejected the bail application saying that there is reasonable […]

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Legal experts welcome SC verdict on privacy

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The landmark verdict of the Supreme Court declaring Right to Privacy as a fundamental right was today welcomed by jurists and senior advocates who termed it as “progressive” and it was “a basic right”. They, however, said the verdict’s impact on Aadhaar scheme can be assessed once the full judgement and reasons given by the […]

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Govt alleges bias; seeks transfer of noise pollution case

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The Maharashtra government today filed an application before the Bombay High Court’s Chief Justice seeking that all matters pertaining to noise pollution rules be transferred to another bench, while alleging that one of the judges hearing the matter is “biased” against the state government. “One of the judges is harbouring a serious bias against the […]

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SC slaps Rs 10 lakh each on two for filing “motivated” plea

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The Supreme Court today imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh each on two persons for filing a “motivated” petition challenging the practise of recommending to the President, the name of successor by the incumbent Chief Justice of India. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said that imposition […]

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SC declares right to privacy as Fundamental right

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In a landmark decision that will affect the lives of all Indians, the Supreme Court today unanimously declared that right to privacy was a Fundamental right under the Constitution. A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar ruled that “right to privacy is an intrinsic part of Right to Life and Personal […]

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Man gets 10 yrs in jail for abducting, raping girl

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A fast track court has sentenced a man to 10 years of imprisonment for abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl in 2013. The court also convicted Narendra and his wife for abducting the girl, and sentenced them each to five years in jail. Judge Ombir Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on Rahul […]

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