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Criminal Law News

HC seeks info on worsening health of jailed Delhi Prof

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The Bombay high court on Wednesday issued notice to Maharashtra government, the commissioner of police Nagpur, superintendent of Nagpur central prison and sought their responses on the deteriorating health condition of a professor of Delhi University arrested a year ago for alleged links with Maoists. A division bench of chief justice Mohit Shah and justice […]

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Criminal Law News

Rlys official arrested for taking bribe, sent to custody

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A senior Railways official was arrested for allegedly accepting bribe and sent to CBI custody today for 14 days. ER Railways divisional mechanical engineer Prem Prakash was caught by CBI while accepting Rs 5,000 as bribe from a Group D staff of Railways at his official quarters here last night. Group D staff Sanjay Kumar […]

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Criminal Law News

Youth gets 5 yrs jail for sexually assaulting minor

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A youth, convicted for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, has been sentenced to five years in jail by a Delhi court which observed that it was a “highly derogatory” offence. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav, however, took a lenient view considering Arjun’s poor family background and awarded the minimum punishment of five years to the […]

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Public Utilities

HC seeks presentation on how to tackle traffic woes

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The Bombay High Court today asked Mumbai’s top police officials to make a presentation before it on how they plan to tackle traffic woes in the city. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice A K Menon was hearing a PIL filed by Bombay Bar Association seeking strict implementation of traffic rules […]

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Criminal Law News

Man jailed 10 yrs, fined Rs 1 L for possessing heroin

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A man, caught possessing heroin outside a government hospital here, has been sent to 10 years in jail by a Delhi court which also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on him. Special NDPS judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj awarded the minimum punishment prescribed for the offence to 22-year-old Rehman, a resident of Bareilly in […]

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Criminal Law News

HC irked over man seeking Thackeray dispute details

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The Bombay High Court today expressed displeasure and shock over an unidentified person visiting a judge’s chamber on several occasions seeking copy of the evidence recorded in the dispute between late Bal Thackeray’s sons – Uddhav and Jaidev. Justice Gautam Patel, who is hearing the suit filed by Jaidev Thackeray challenging the will of Bal […]

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Environment Law News

NGT notice on East Kidwai Nagar redevelopment

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The redevelopment of East Kidwai Nagar in southwest Delhi by Urban Development Ministry has again come under the lens of National Green Tribunal which has sought response from the Centre and Delhi government after a plea alleged that requisite permissions have not been taken. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices […]

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Court, Judiciary & Legal System Top Law News

Collegium recommended names despite adverse reports: SC told

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The Supreme Court collegium recommended and reiterated the appointments of people as judges despite adverse Intelligence Bureau reports and judges’ critical comments against them, the central government on Wednesday told the apex court. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi on Wednesday submitted to the court a list of a few names running into 10 pages with comments […]

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High Profile Cases Top Law News

Fake degree: Tomar moves sessions court challenging his arrest

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Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar on Wednesday approached a sessions court here challenging his arrest in the alleged fake degree case. In an application filed before the sessions court, Tomar alleged that police had arrested him yesterday in violation of prescribed procedure under the law. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Jain refused to give […]

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Court, Judiciary & Legal System

Calcutta HC lawyers stay away due to heat, litigants suffer,CJ unhappy

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Lawyers stayed away from Calcutta High Court Wednesday as part of a three-day cease work citing hot and humid conditions, causing harassment to thousands of litigants and prompting the Chief Justice to term the advocates’ action as “irritating and painful”. All the court rooms were open on today with the judges in their seats, but […]

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High Profile Cases

Delhi HC refuses to suspend home ministry order on ACB

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to put on hold the union home ministry’s May 21 notification that barred the Delhi government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) from acting against the central government officers for criminal offences. A division bench of Justice S. Murlidhar and Justice I.S. Mehta refused to suspend the notification, saying a similar […]

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Intellectual Property News

CM quota flat allotment files missing: Govt tells HC

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Over 1,300 files pertaining to alloment of flats since 1982 to beneficiaries from Chief Minister’s housing quota have gone missing, the Maharashtra Government informed the Bombay High Court today. “At least 1,300 files of Housing Department alone are missing,” public prosecutor Jayesh Yagnik told Justices Abhay Oka and Reveti Mohite-Dhere, who were hearing a PIL […]

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