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J&K HC asks state govt to give view on banning liquor

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Jammu and Kashmir High Court today sought the government’s view on banning liquor in the state as pleaded in a public interest litigation (PIL). Admitting the PIL filed by a religious organisatio Karwan-e-Islami, a division bench headed by Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar asked the state government to file its response by October 6. The […]

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Cab driver freed of rape charge

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A taxi driver, accused of raping a woman passenger in his cab five months ago, has been acquitted by a Delhi courton the grounds that the victim’s statements were contradictory and medical evidence did not support her allegations. The court said it appeared from the evidence that some quarrel and struggle had taken place between […]

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Asaram’s trial to continue at sessions court

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Trial of the sexual assault case against self-styled godman Asaram will now continue in the sessions court here after the August 3 notification of the High Court leading to hearing of the trial in jail premises was withdrawn today. The notification was challenged by the accused in the division bench of high court after which […]

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Court sends bus driver to 1 yr jail, suspends license

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A Delhi court has refused to set aside a year’s jail term to a bus driver convicted of killing a 50-year-old woman by negligent driving, while modifying his sentence from simple to rigorous imprisonment saying the trial court had already taken a lenient view towards him. “As far as sentence is concerned, already the magisterial […]

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SC junks Essar’s plea challenging Spl 2G court’s jurisdiction

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The Supreme Court today dismissed pleas of Essar Teleholdings Ltd and its promoters challenging the Special CBI court’s jurisdiction to hold trial against them in the case arising out of the probe in 2G spectrum scam. “We dismiss the appeals and the writ petition,” a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and justices A […]

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AAP MLA Somnath Bharti arrested in domestic violence case

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AAP MLA Somnath Bharti was arrested here early today, hours after he surrendered in connection with the attempt to murder and domestic violence case filed by his wife. He was arrested around 4 AM, Dependra Pathak, Joint Commissioner of Police (Southwest) said. Bharti, who evaded arrest for nearly a week, had surrendered last night hours […]

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HC admits plea challenging validity of Article 370

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The Delhi high court today agreed to hear a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 that gives special status to J&K. A bench of chief justice G Rohini and justice Jayant Nath posted for October 19, the hearing on a plea by a 22-year-old girl who contended that Article 370 was a temporary […]

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No evidence against ex-PM in coal scam case, CBI tells court

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CBI today opposed in a special court the plea of ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others as additional accused in a coal scam case, saying the application was “devoid of any merits”. Special Public Prosecutor R S Cheema told the court that the records of […]

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Centre to reply on plea seeking place for crackers

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The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the government on a lawyer’s plea seeking designated time and place for use of firecrackers during festivals like Diwali. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi issued notice to Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation and […]

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SC rejects Bharti’s bail plea, asks him to surrender by evening

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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti in domestic violence case and asked him to surrender by evening. Bharti’s wife Lipika has filed the domestic violence and attempt to murder case against the AAP MLA. “First surrender, then we will see whether matter should be […]

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Rape case:US girl repeats allegations agnst Farooqui

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The American research scholar today said the alleged incident of rape involving Bollywood movie ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui had indeed taken place. The US national, who is being cross-examined by the counsel of Farooqui in-camera, reiterated the allegations against the accused and denied suggestions that the alleged incident of rape did not take place. […]

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NGT to hear plea challenging fine on Akshardham

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The National Green Tribunal will hear on October 5 a plea challenging its order in which it had quashed two office memoranda of the Environment and Forests Ministry and imposed a fine on Akshardham Temple for carrying out expansion without prior environmental clearance. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar had on July […]

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