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Jiah case : Bombay HC asks lower court to proceed with trial

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The Bombay High Court today directed a lower court to proceed with the trial against actor Sooraj Pancholi, accused of abetting the suicide of his actor girlfriend Jiah Khan in 2013. A division bench of Justices R M Savant and Sandeep Shinde was hearing a petition filed by Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan seeking appointment of […]

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Jiah case: Bombay HC defers hearing of Rabia’s plea to July 11

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The Bombay High Court today deferred till July 11 the hearing of a petition filed by Rabia Khan seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the death of her actor-daughter Jiah Khan. A bench of justices Naresh Patil and Prakash Naik also asked Rabia to file on the next hearing her rejoinder to CBI’s […]

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Jiah case: Bombay HC refuses to extend stay on trial vs Sooraj

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The Bombay High Court today refused to extend the stay granted on trial against actor Sooraj Pancholi in the Jiah Khan suicide case. The High Court had on February 25 stayed trial against Sooraj while hearing a petition filed by Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan challenging the investigating agency CBI’s charge sheet terming Jiah’s death as […]

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Jiah case: CBI opposes Sooraj’s plea for return of passport

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The CBI today opposed a petition filed by actor Sooraj Pancholi, accused of abetting the suicide of his girlfriend-actor Jiah Khan, seeking his passport to be handed back to him so that he can travel abroad. CBI counsel Hiten Venegaonkar told Justice Mridula Bhatkar that the agency wants time to file its reply to the […]

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Jiah case: Bombay HC seeks CBI reply to Sooraj’s passport plea

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The Bombay High Court today issued a notice to CBI seeking its response to a petition filed by actor Sooraj Pancholi, accused of abetting the suicide of his girlfriend-actor Jiah Khan, for handing him back his passport as he has to travel abroad. Justice Mridula Bhatkar sought CBI’s response after the state government informed the court […]

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Rabiya assures HC she won’t slander Pancholis

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Rabiya Khan, the mother of deceased Bollywood actor Jiah Khan, today assured the Bombay High Court that she would not make any defamatory statements about Sooraj Pancholi and his parents Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab. She also claimed that her Twitter account had been hacked in the past. The statement was made by Khan’s lawyer […]

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Jiah Khan case: Court adjourns hearing till July 21

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A sessions court Wednesday adjourned till July 21 the hearing in Bollywood actress Jiah Khan suicide case in which Sooraj Pancholi, son of an actor couple, is charged for abetting her suicide. The court is yet to decide on the application filed by Suraj, son of Aditya Pancholi and Zarina Wahab, seeking exemption from personal […]

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