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Judges bribery case: 3-judge SC bench likely to hear plea today

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A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court is likely to hear today a plea claiming that alleged bribes were taken using the names of apex court judges promising to secure favourable settlement of a case. A bench of justices J Chelameswar and S Abdul Nazeer had ordered on November 9 that the plea be heard […]

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Missing girl case: Bombay HC warns of action against cops

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Taking a strict note of the Mumbai Police’s failure to find a minor girl who was reported missing from the city five years ago, the Bombay High Court said that if the police department does not straighten its act soon, it will not hesitate in initiating punitive action against it. A bench of justices S […]

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Man gets Rs 2.28 L compensation 7 years after accident

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A district court here awarded a compensation of Rs 2.28 lakh to a man for a 2010 accident following which he could not work for 22 months, a senior official said today. “Additional session judge Shivani Jaiswal awarded a total of Rs 2.28 lakh toward compensation to the victim,” Lalit Mudgal, Senior Prosecution Officer, said. […]

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SC gives time to Centre to reply to plea against hanging

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The Supreme Court today granted six weeks to the Centre to file its response to a plea which seeks to set aside the legal provision that a death row convict would only be hanged to death. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud allowed more time […]

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84 anti-Sikh riots: SC refuses to stay proceedings in Delhi HC

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The Supreme Court today refused to stay the proceedings in 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases before the Delhi High Court which has issued show cause notices to 11 persons asking why they should not be re-tried. Eleven persons including former councillor Balwan Khokhar and ex-MLA Mahender Yadav have already been acquitted by a trial court in […]

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Kerala HC orders arrest of woman IAS officer in contempt case

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The Kerala High Court today ordered the arrest of a woman IAS officer in connection with a contempt plea after she did not appear in the court as directed earlier. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Antony Dominic and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu gave the direction to police after A Shanimol, Managing Director of […]

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SC refuses to stay release of ‘Padmavati’, Allahabad HC declines plea

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The Supreme Court today refused to stay the release of Deepika Padukone starrer ‘Padmavati’ over which the Allahabad High Court also declined to entertain a plea seeking a ban of the Bollywood film. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed period drama, which also starred Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor, in lead roles is due to be released […]

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CBI opposes Maran brothers’ discharge plea in exchange case

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The CBI today strongly opposed the discharge petitions filed by former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanidhi Maran in the illegal telephone exchange case. When the case came up before the XIV Additional Judge for CBI cases S Natarajan, the CBI strongly opposed the discharge applications moved by the Maran brothers. Maintaining that […]

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NGT asks Delhi govt to establish the basis for odd-even scheme

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The National Green Tribunal today directed the Delhi government to submit data or studies on the basis of which it has planned to introduce the odd-even car rationing scheme for five days from next week. The green panel questioned the rationale of the AAP government in rolling out the scheme when reports by Central Pollution […]

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SC rejects bail plea of lawyer in money laundering case

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The Supreme Court today rejected the bail plea of lawyer Rohit Tandon, who was arrested in connection with an alleged money laundering case post demonetisation. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud dismissed the bail plea of Tandon, who was arrested after a raid on his […]

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Man gets life imprisonment for raping 10-year-old girl

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A Banda court has awarded life imprisonment to a man for raping a deaf and dumb minor girl here. Additional District and Sessions Judge DPN Singh yesterday awarded life imprisonment to Shivbaran for raping the girl on January 13, 2014 in Attara area, Assistant Government Counsel Shivbhushan Sharma said. The court also imposed a fine […]

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Bribery in judges’ names: SC sets up bench of 5 snr judges

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In an unprecedented development, the Supreme Court today referred to a constitution bench, comprising five senior-most judges, a plea claiming that alleged bribes were being taken using the names of apex court judges promising to secure favourable settlement of a case. Terming as “disturbing” the allegations levelled in CBI’s FIR that also made former Orissa […]

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