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2G: Court notice to DoT, CBI

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Dec 16 (IANS) A special court hearing the 2G case Monday issued notice to the CBI and the department of telecommunications (DoT) on a plea filed by Loop Telecom Ltd seeking directions for referring the matter to the Lok Adalat. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Judge O.P. Saini issued notice to CBI and DoT […]

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Court denies bail to Stock Guru scam accused

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A court has dismissed the bail pleas of two accused in the multi-crore rupee Stock Guru scam, a lawyer said Monday. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Pandey had Saturday dismissed the bail application of Ulhas Prabhakar and Raksha J. Urs observing that 14,000 complaints are filed against them, said the prosecuting lawyer. The court however expressed […]

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For sexual offences, fast-track courts are really not so fast!

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Trials in fast-track courts are running at a snail’s pace compared to last year. Six fast-track courts in Delhi, designated for speedy disposal of sexual offences cases, have disposed of only around 400 cases till the end of November. At least 1,090 sexual offence cases are still pending. Interestingly, regular courts last year decided over […]

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Nirbhaya Fund will be utilised soon, says home minister

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Home Minister Sushil kumar Shinde said Monday that the Nirbhaya Fund for ensuring safety of women, set up in memory of the young woman brutally gang-raped in the national capital Dec 16 last year, would soon be utilised. “The Nirbhaya Fund that was set up for women’s safety will be utilised soon,” Sushil kumar Shinde […]

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US court asks Sonia to respond to 1984 case by Jan 2

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A US federal court has given Congress president Sonia Gandhi till January 02 to respond to a Sikh body’s charges of protecting and shielding party leaders allegedly involved in the November 1984 anti-Sikh violence. Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) had filed an amended class action complaint against Gandhi on December 4 citing what it called “specific […]

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No over-zealousness in Ganguly issue: Indira Jaising

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Raising the pitch for removal of former apex court judge A.K. Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, as West Bengal human rights panel chief, Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising Sunday rubbished allegation of over-zealousness in the issue. “What the Supreme Court has done is an internal as well as just procedure to look […]

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Apex court orders transport money to deaf and dumb

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The Supreme Court has directed the central and state governments to grant transport allowance to deaf and dumb employees as is given to blind and orthopaedically handicapped people, and said any distinction between the two was discriminatory. “We are inclined to allow and direct to grant transport allowance to deaf and dumb people at par […]

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Pass Lokpal bill in din if needed: Anna Hazare

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Activist Anna Hazare today said the government should pass the Lokpal Bill in din if needed. He also said the session should be extended if needed to pass the proposed legislation. “I would say if some parties are creating ruckus, pass the bill in din… so many bills are passed in din,” he said. “If […]

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Government’s Lokpal bill not strong: AAP

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday rejected the Lokpal bill under consideration in parliament, saying it was weak and would not prevent corruption, but work instead to “protect the corrupt”. “This Lokpal bill does not provide for formation of Lokayuktas, there is no provision for whistle blower protection, and it is not free of the […]

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Amnesty fears attacks on Bangladesh Hindus

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Jamaat-e-Islami leader and war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah could trigger more violence with the country’s minority Hindu community bearing the brunt. Mollah, who was also the Jammat’s assistant secretary general, was hanged at 10.01 p.m. Thursday, hours after the country’s highest court dismissed his petition to review his death sentence. Mollah was sentenced to death […]

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Musharraf trial: Court wants security tightened

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The Islamabad Anti-Terrorist Court Friday granted former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s request for exemption from appearing before it in the judges’ detention case, and directed police to improve security arrangements. The court adjourned the hearing to Dec 20, Dawn online reported Friday. Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) Judge Atiqur Rehman heard the case relating to the detention […]

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Court raps UP for withdrawing cases against terror accused

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Uttar Pradesh’s Akhilesh Yadav government came in embarrassment Thursday when the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court rapped it on its move to withdraw cases against terror accused. A bench of Justice Ashok Pal Singh, Justice Devi Prasad Singh and Justice Ajay Lamba, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a local […]

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