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Confusion over pecuniary jurisdiction issue : Delhi Bar to court

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The Delhi Bar Association (DBA) today told a court that there is some confusion among lawyers about the provisions of an act and an ordinance relating to pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts with one raising it to Rs 2 crore while the other limiting it to Rs 1 crore. The response came on a notice […]

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Uber cab rape: Court likely to pronounce sentence

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The Uber cab driver, who was held guilty of raping a woman passenger in his taxi and trying to strangulate her while committing the act last year, is likely to be sentenced today by a Delhi court. Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja, who had convicted 32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav, is scheduled to hear arguments on […]

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SC relief for Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma

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In a relief to Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma, the Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to CBI to challenge the 2010 acquittal of the BJP leader in a 1997 case relating to allotment of land to his Kailash Hospital at Noida. “We are sorry,” a bench comprising Chief Justice H […]

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Two sentenced in gangrape case

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A fast track court of Muzaffarnagar today sentenced two persons to 20 years imprisonment for abducting and gangraping a girl here. Fast Track Court Judge Manoj Kumar also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000 on the convict Hitesh and Ankur after holding them guilty. According to government lawyer Naresh Sharma, the 14-year-old girl was gangraped when she […]

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Four sentenced to life term for murder

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A local court of Jaunpur (UP) here today sentenced four persons to life imprisonment in the murder of a block pramukh in 2000. Kailash Singh, block pramukh, was called over by the convicts to work out a dispute relating to drain on November 23, 2000 and he was murdered while he was returning alongwith his […]

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HC reserves order on 2nd sedition FIR against Hardik

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The Gujarat High Court today reserved its order after hearing arguments on a plea of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and five others seeking quashing of FIR against them by city Crime Branch on stringent charges of sedition and waging war against government. During the arguments in the court of Justice J B Pardiwala, […]

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HC upholds life sentence of 4 for murdering couple

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Twenty-two years after the death by stabbing of a Chembur couple in the 1993 riots that followed the Babri Masjid demolition, the Bombay high court upheld the life sentence given to four people for the crime. A division bench of Justice Vijaya Kapse-Tahilramani and Justice Ajay Gadkari dismissed the appeal filed by Chembur residents Suhas […]

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2012 wall collapse case: Court pulls up Delhi Police, MCD

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A Delhi court has pulled up the police and MCD officials for not stopping illegal construction of a wall that collapsed killing four children here in 2012, saying the facts indicate a “highly deprecable nexus” between them. “Facts of this case indicate highly deprecable nexus between the officials of MCD, police officials and contractor. It […]

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Court extends Hardik Patel’s police custody till Nov 3

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Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel’s police custody was today extended by two more days till November 3 by an Ahmedabad court in an alleged case of sedition and waging war against the government. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate CG Mehta passed the order on an application of the city Crime Branch seeking seven days of […]

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Collegium likely to meet soon on appointing HC CJs

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After recommending extension of the tenure of 21 Additional Judges, the Supreme Court Collegium is likely to take a call on appointing regular Chief Justices in 8 high courts in the coming days. Sources in the know said the Collegium would meet in days to come to decide on appointing regular chief justices in the […]

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Waqf Board moves HC vs AAP govt decision

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Delhi Waqf Board has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the AAP government’s decision of transferring its powers and duties to the revenue department of the city administration for six months. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, before whom the matter was listed, adjourned it to November 5 to be taken up with another plea moved by the […]

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Sheena case: Judicial custody of Indrani, 2 other accused extended

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A metropolitan magistrate court here extended the judicial custody of Indrani Mukerjea–prime accused in Sheena Bora murder case–and two others till November 7 after their 12-day remand ended today. This was the first time when all the three accused –Indrani Mukerjea, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyamvar Rai–were produced before the court after […]

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