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HC lets govt intervene in PIL on mediclaim policy

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The Bombay High Court today allowed the Maharashtra government to intervene in a public interest litigation about the problems faced by Mediclaim policy holders. The government told a bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah that it wanted to intervene to protect its own scheme, `Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Arogya Yojnaa’, meant for the persons below […]

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Eight persons accused of killing a thief, acquitted

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A local court today acquitted eight persons here, accused of killing a thief in 2010, on benefit of doubt. Additional Sessions Judge A S Waghwase in the order delivered today acquitted eight persons saying the prosecution failed to prove charges against the accused beyond doubt. According to the prosecution, two persons who were trying to […]

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Pune techie murder: HRS chief, 20 others sent to JC

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A magistrate court here on Thursday remanded chief of Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) Dhananjay Desai and 20 others in 14 days judicial custody in connection with the murder of 28-year-old IT professional in Hadapsar following uploading of a Facebook post denigrating King Shivaji and late Bal Thackeray. Public prosecutor who earlier pleaded for extended police […]

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Pune techie murder:HRS head remanded in one-day police custody

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The chief of right wing outfit Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) Dhananjay Desai was today remanded in police custody for a day after being arrested for his alleged involvement in murder of 28-year-old techie Mohasin Shaikh by a violent mob at suburban Hadapsar following surfacing of a Facebook post denigrating King Shivaji and late Bal Thackeray. […]

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“DV Act can’t be used against sister or sister-in-law”

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The Union Government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that a woman cannot invoke the Domestic Violence Act to lodge a complaint against her own sister or the brother’s wife. A division bench, headed by Justice Mohit Shah, is currently hearing a petition filed by a mother-daughter duo challenging the validity of section 2(q) […]

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Prof accused of sexual harassment gets 2-day PC

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Dr Shaileshwar Natarajan, a professor at Rajiv Gandhi Medical College here, arrested for allegedly molesting or misbehaving with several female students, was today remanded in a two-day police custody by a local court. Natarajan, arrested last night, was today produced before a magistrate. He is facing a case under section 354 A (sexual harassment) of […]

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Chargesheet filed in Jalgaon ketamine seizure case

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The Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has filed a chargesheet in the case related to the seizure of 1.2 tones of illegally manufactured ketamine in Jalgoan district of Maharashtra last December. The seized quantity was valued at around Rs 118 crore at the time, making it one of the biggest drug-haul in Western India. […]

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Grounds for imposing ban on Lt Gen Suhag was ‘premeditated’: Centre to SC

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The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the alleged lapses which were made as grounds to impose disciplinary ban on Army Vice Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag by then Army Chief V K Singh between April and May 2012 were “premeditated”, “vague” and “illegal”. Gen Singh, who is a now Minister of State in the […]

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Salem’s photograph with ‘wife’ seems morhped: CBI

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The CBI lawyer today told the special TADA court here that the photograph of gangster Abu Salem and his alleged wife, published by a city-based tabloid, appeared to be a morphed one. “The photo appears to be morphed, but I will take instructions from the agency and will make submission before the court,” said special […]

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Act against RTOs for not following rules: HC to state

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Observing that Regional Transport Offices in Maharashtra were not following the Central Motor Vehicles Rules when renewing fitness certificates of transport vehicles, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered action against the concerned officials. The court also asked the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to conduct surprise visits at all the RTOs in the […]

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HC to hear appeal by Pune bus driver against death penalty

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The Bombay High Court will from February 20 commence hearing into the appeal filed by a bus driver awarded death penalty by a Pune court for killing nine persons and injuring 37 others in a 2012 road rage incident. Santosh Mane (36), a state transport bus driver, was awarded death penalty by a Pune sessions […]

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U’khand fake encounter:17 Cops get life term, escape death penalty

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Seventeen Uttarakhand policemen convicted in a fake encounter of a 22-year-old MBA student today escaped the gallows with a Delhi court awarding them life imprisonment, much to the disappointment of the victim’s family, who vowed to challenge it in a higher court for death penalty. The cops were handed down with life term as the […]

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