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No criminal offence made out against Dikshit

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The Delhi Police on Thursday told a city court that no criminal offence is made out against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in BJP leader Vijender Gupta’s complaint against her for allegedly misusing government funds in an advertisement campaign ahead of the 2008 Assembly polls. Filing its status report in the case before Special Judge Narottam […]

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‘CBI took action against 32 of its officers in three years’

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The vigilance department of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken action against 32 of its officials for involvement in corruption in the last three years, a response to an RTI query showed. “The 32 officials had to face action for involvement in different cases of corruption. The guilty were warned, punished and transferred […]

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Can’t deny constitutional right, Reliance Telecom tells SC

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The Reliance Telecom on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that its right to move the high court under Article 226 could not be washed away as such a step was not in conformity with the basic structure of the constitution. Article 226 of the constitution prescribes the power of high courts to issue certain writs. […]

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High courts asked to give priority to old cases

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Chief Justice of India P.Sathasivam Wednesday said that he has asked chief justices of all the high courts to give priority to the old cases pending for years, including those concerning women and children. Chief justices of the high courts have also been asked to provide details on pendency of cases on monthly basis and […]

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Court notice to centre on plea against ‘Aadhar’ cards

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The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a petition challenging the implementation of the unique identification or “Aadhar” cards scheme on the ground that it violates the privacy of applicants. The plea said the scheme was “highly invasive” and raised serious concerns regarding critical personal and biometric information. A division […]

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SC asks why agencies sat over Radia tapes

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The Supreme Court Wednesday wondered why the agencies that knew about instances of illegalities that surfaced in former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s tapped phone calls in 2009 did not act for four years. The court’s observation came as it perused the files of the Income Tax Department relating to Radia tapes that gave details of […]

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Poll panel acts on apex court ruling on convicted lawmakers

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Acting on the apex court’s verdict, the Election Commission Wednesday asked chief secretaries of states and union territories to track and immediately report cases of conviction of lawmakers to the presiding officers of the assembly and the poll panel “so that they don’t go unnoticed”. Acting within a month of the Supreme Court’s July 10 […]

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Mayawati’s disproportionate assets: SC disposes off petition

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In a relief to Mayawati, Supreme Court Thursday disposed off a petition seeking review of its earlier judgement quashing CBI investigation into alleged disproportionate assets of BSP supremo. Disposing off the petition, the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said that by its earlier judgement it has only said that the investigation […]

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Ensure no forcible shutdown, court tells Mamata

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In the wake of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM)-sponsored indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling Hills, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to ensure there was no forced shutdown and asked it to submit a compliance report in seven days. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the court’s intervention against forced […]

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NHRC petitioned on Dalit thinker’s arrest over Facebook post

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The arrest of Dalit writer Kanwal Bharti by Rampur police for an alleged Facebook post over the suspension of IAS official Durga Shakti Nagpal reached the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday. A local social activist Nutan Thakur filed a complaint with the panel, seeking its intervention on Tuesday’s arrest of Bharti. Terming the arrest […]

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Court refuses judicial custody of former Andhra ministers

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Two former ministers of Andhra Pradesh received reprieve when a special court here Wednesday rejected a CBI plea seeking their judicial custody in the alleged illegal assets case involving YSR Congress party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had sought judicial custody of former ministers Sabitha Indra Reddy and Dharmana Prasada […]

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Animal board wants glass-coated kite strings banned

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The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has urged all the states and union territories to ban glass-coated, plastic, metal and other cutting forms of ‘manja’ – the thread used in kite-flying contests ahead of Independence Day. “In order to uphold our nation’s animal protection laws, the sale and use of glass-coated, metal, plastic or […]

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