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For IPC 306, allegation of instigation to end life must

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To attract the provision of abetment of suicide, there must be allegation that the accused had instigated the deceased to commit suicide, the Bombay High Court has held. A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and V L Achiliya quashed a case registered against Kishor Shinde, Assistant Engineer with Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd […]

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Espionage case: sacked IAF officer sent to 4-day PC

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A Delhi court today remanded to four days police custody a dismissed Air Force official who was arrested for allegedly sharing secret information with intelligence operatives suspected to be backed by Pakistan’s ISI after being “honeytrapped” into an espionage racket. Metropolitan Magistrate Punit Pahwa sent Ranjith KK, who was a leading aircraft man with the […]

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Delhi HC orders status quo on sale of space in west Delhi mall

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The Delhi High Court has directed the owners of a shopping mall in the city to not sell any of the unsold portions of their commercial complex till January 19 on a plea of one of the investors who had bought space there for over Rs 12 crore but was not given the same. Justice […]

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SC nod to Kerala govt liquor policy

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The Supreme Court today upheld the Kerala government’s liquor policy restricting issuance of bar licenses to five star hotels only. A bench of justices Vikramjit Sen and Justice Shiva Kirti Singh passed the order on a batch of pleas by Kerala bar owners, who had challenged the liquor policy claiming it to be discriminatory. Earlier […]

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2015: Maggi, real-estate law dominates consumer issues

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The motto “consumer is the king” took a beating with Parliament blocking the passage of a law aimed at protecting home buyers from builder mafia in 2015 which also saw popular snacks Maggi out of the shelves and its maker Nestle being slapped with Rs 640-crore class action lawsuit by the Centre before the apex […]

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Four get 7-year jail term for robbery

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Four persons were sentenced to seven years imprisonment by a local court for robbing a farmer in 2006. Additional Sessions Judge of Sambalgarh tehsil R R Bhadoria also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts. They robbed a farmer, Ramdayal Dhakat, of Rs 90,000 on June 15, 2006 after threatening him with […]

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Gujarat HC allows abortion of rape victim’s 8-week foetus

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The Gujarat High Court today allowed a 16-year-old rape victim to abort her eight-week foetus under proper medical care, on a plea by her parents. Citing provisions of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, High Court justice K J Thaker asked the local police to take her to Sola Civil Hospital here and submit the latest […]

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Sheena murder: Peter’s judicial custody extended till Jan 11

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A magistrate court here today extended the judicial custody of former media baron Peter Mukerjea till January 11 in the Sheena Bora murder case. “The judicial custody is extended till January 11,” ordered magistrate R V Adone after Peter’s 14-day custody granted on December 14, expired today. Though Peter was not brought in the court, […]

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2015:NGT orders on diesel cars, Ganga attract global attention

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A halt on diesel vehicles in Delhi and cracking its whip with a slew of directions for restoring the pristine glory of the Ganga reflected the activist mode of National Green Tribunal which in 2015 got global attention in its endeavour for pollution-free environment. The tribunal, which has been a busy hub of environmental issues, […]

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Power firm penalised for deficiency in service

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Forum president Sneha Mhatre and members comprising Madhuri Vishwarupe and N D Kadam had on December 23 directed M/s Meenaxi Power Saver to return the amount of Rs 2.60 lakh to Jeevdani Devi Mandir, Virar, at 9 per cent interest from September, 2011 onwards, besides compensation for petition expenditure. The temple authorities, in their complaint, said […]

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Ex-PM, Sonia, Rahul came under court scanner in ’15

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Cases related to the high and mighty including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dominated proceedings in 2015 in Delhi courts with Congress chief Sonia Gandhiand her son Rahul also appearing as accused in the National Herald case. Though Singh got relief from the Supreme Court which on April 1 stayed the March 11 order of […]

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Indian child gets Spanish mother as court gives nod

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A Spanish woman has been allowed by a Delhi court to adopt a five-year-old boy who was found abandoned at a railway station here. The court said it would be in the interest of the minor boy’s welfare that he be given into adoption to the Barcelona- based woman as she has undertaken to look […]

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