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HC fixes final hearing on PIL on CM’s housing quota

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The Bombay High Court on Monday fixed for July 28 the final hearing on a PIL challenging double or multiple allotment of houses from the Maharashtra Chief Minister’s discretionary quota. A bench, headed by Justice Abhay Oka, asked petitioner Ketan Tirodkar to file an additional affidavit within a week and ordered the state to file […]

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Malegaon blasts: ATS says it has evidence against 9

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The Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra police opposed the discharge applications of nine Muslim accused arrested in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case on Monday. The court had directed ATS to submit its say on the discharge applications, after one of the accused belonging to a right-wing Hindu group demanded that court seek replies of CBI and […]

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Kidney sale racket kingpin surrenders, sent to jail

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The kingpin of the Cuttack kidney sale racket Rashmi Ranjan Khatua on Monday surrendered before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Court of Cuttack Sadar. Magistrate Anup Swarup Seth remanded Khatua to 14-day judicial custody after rejecting his bail application. Khatua, who had been on the run ever since the sensational kidney sale episode had unfolded […]

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Two PILs in Bombay HC challenge rail fare hike

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Two PILs filed in the Bombay High Court have challenged the steep hike in suburban railway fares announced by the Centre last week. Former journalist Ketan Tirodkar has filed one petition while Mumbai Grahak Panchayat, a consumers’ organisation, has filed the other. Tirodkar’s PIL was today mentioned before the division bench headed by Justice Abhay […]

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Rhea Pillai accuses Leander Paes of domestic violence

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Model Rhea Pillai has demanded Rs 4 lakh as monthly maintenance and protection against dispossession from her matrimonial home in Bandra, by her estranged live-in partner tennis player Leander Paes, over a month after he moved the family court for custody of their minor daughter. Pillai has sought from Leander a monthly maintenance of Rs […]

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Adani brothers discharged in cheating case

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In a major relief to Gautam and Rajesh Adani, a local court has discharged the industrialists in a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy related to purchase and sale of shares. The Serious Fraud Investigating Office (SFIO) had, in 2012, filed a charge sheet against twelve accused including the Adani brothers, Adani Exports Limited and […]

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Keep guards, inmates away for TIP by children: HC

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Delhi High Court has directed Tihar Jail authorities to ensure a “congenial and conducive environment” during participation of child witnesses of below 12 years of age by keeping them away from inmates and “gun- toting guards” in the main prison complex. “Face-to-face” confrontation of children with criminals has to be strictly avoided and deployment of […]

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Satyam fraud case verdict date may be fixed

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Nearly five-and-half-years after the multi-crore accounting fraud surfaced in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services Limited, a special court set up to try the sensational case is likely to fix today the date for pronouncement of the much-awaited verdict. The trial in Satyam fraud case concluded last week before the special court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate […]

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HC relief for SRK, wife on petition about sex determination

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The Bombay High Court today upheld the order of a magistrate`s court rejecting the plea seeking documents regarding the sex determination test allegedly undergone by actor Shah Rukh Khan`s wife prior to the birth of the couple`s third child. Justice Reveti Mohite-Dhere, in her judgement on the petition filed by activist Varsha Deshpande, rejected the […]

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Mukul Rohatgi takes charge as Attorney General

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Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi today took charge as the new Attorney General and made a strong pitch for a multi-pronged approach to reduce backlog of cases by increasing number of court working days and fixing a time limit for advocates to argue the case. A noted corporate lawyer, 59-year-old Rohatgi, who will have a three […]

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HC notice to Adani for collecting deposits

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Admitting a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging charging of unauthorised deposits from consumers with domestic PNG connection, the Gujarat High Court issued notices to Adani Gas Ltd and Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board here today. A two-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala, issued a notice and posted further […]

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Badaun rape case: Court nod for lie detection test

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A local court on Thursday gave permission to CBI to conduct lie detection tests on all the five accused in the alleged rape and murder of two Dalit cousins in Badaun district last month. “Passing the order on an application moved by CBI, Additional District Judge SN Tripathi said the court gives permission for lie […]

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