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Activists urge PM to prioritise women’s bill

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Women’s rights activists Wednesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to prioritise the Women’s Reservation Bill and pass it in the monsoon session of parliament. The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha in March 2010. The Centre for Social Research (CSR) issued an online petition to the prime minister on the urgency of passing the […]

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IPL spot-fixing: Warrants against three Dawood aides

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A Delhi court Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against three Pakistan-based close associates of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in connection with the IPL spot-fixing case. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma issued open NBWs against Pakistan-based Javed Chutani, Salman alias Master and Ehteysham, considered to be close aides of Dawood. The court’s direction came on […]

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2G: Anil Ambani to appear in court as witness Thursday

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A Delhi court Wednesday asked Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani to appear before it Thursday to depose as a prosecution witness in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge OP Saini dismissed the plea of Reliance Telecommunications Limited against the summoning of Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani as prosecution […]

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Delhi gangrape: SC allows juvenile board to give verdict

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The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) to deliver its verdict in the December 16 gang-rape-cum-murder case involving a minor. The apex court, however, admitted a plea seeking fresh interpretation of the term ‘juvenile’ in the statute on the basis of mental and intellectual maturity of minor offenders instead of the […]

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Indians accuse Indian Bank in US of discrimination

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A Michigan judge ruled in favour of the customers of Lotus Bank , who filed an unusual lawsuit alleging discrimination by the bank. The bank is set up by members of the local Indian and east Asian business community. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Denise Langford Morris on Wednesday ruled that while the case against […]

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Coal India unions call 3-day strike against stake sale

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Five trade unions operating in Coal India (CIL) and its subsidiaries have served a strike notice against a proposed 5 per cent stake sale in the state miner. The five trade unions – Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), AICWF and All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC)- […]

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Police seek 10 days’ custody of Tunda

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Delhi Police on Tuesday sought 10 days’ police custody of alleged LeT terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda in a local court in New Delhi. Earlier, Tunda was arrested near the India-Nepal border. The Delhi-born, one-handed extremist was on the list of top 20 terrorists wanted by India. Metropolitan magistrate Jay Thareja ordered in-camera proceedings of the […]

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Judicial hurdles to be weeded out: Jayalalithaa

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday said the Alternate Disputes Resolution (ADR) was an integral part of modern legal practice and would weed out hurdles in universal justice. Inaugurating the ADR Centre here, Jayalalithaa said: “ADR is now an integral part of modern legal practice and jurisprudence. This will go a long way in […]

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Tibetans in exile can apply for Indian citizenship

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Tibetan prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Tuesday said any Tibetan in exile in India could apply for Indian citizenship and his administration was not compelling anyone to apply for the citizenship. “The decision to apply for Indian or any other country’s citizenship is a personal choice,” Sangay said, according to a post on the official […]

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Ghaziabad courts closed for eighth day

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Ghaziabad courts remained closed for the eighth day after being forcibly shut by angry lawyers demanding a Allahabad High Court bench in western Uttar Pradesh. “Although the lawyers’ strike call for setting up a high court bench in western Uttar Pradesh is 34 years old, this time the boycott has been collectively intensified in all […]

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SC cautions high courts on reversing acquittals

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The Supreme Court has said that the jurisdiction of high courts in reversing an acquittal after re-appreciating the evidence was “extremely narrow” and could be done only in cases of “miscarriage of justice” during trial. “…the revisional jurisdiction of the high courts while examining an order of acquittal is extremely narrow and ought to be […]

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wo charged with murder of India-born businessman

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Police in Australia have charged two people with the murder of a India-born businessman last month. A 27-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man were arrested and charged Tuesday with the murder of Shyam Dhody July 5, local media reported. Dhody, 37, was shot dead while he was on his bed in his home at Gilston, […]

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