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Godhra case: HC lets Centre withdraw appeal

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The Gujarat high court has allowed the Centre to withdraw its appeal against an earlier order which had termed as illegal the Justice U C Banerjee Commission appointed by the then UPA government in 2004 to to probe the Godhra train burning incident. The high court, in its order passed on July 25, granted permission […]

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Bail plea of riot accused rejected

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A local court has rejected the bail plea of a man accused of murdering a villager during the riots in the district last year. Additional District and Sessions Judge Jitender Kumar on Saturday rejected the bail plea of the accused Kala alias Vijai in the  murder casein Kharad village of the district. According to prosecution, […]

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Twinkle challenges HC order to give will copy to Anita Advani

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Twinkle Kumar, former actor and daughter of Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna, today filed an appeal before a division bench of Bombay High Court against a single judge’s order asking her to give a copy of her late father’s will to his former companion Anita Advani. Justice R D Dhanuka, on July 30, had allowed Advani […]

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Passport case:SC junks Salem’s plea against conviction

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The Supreme Court today dismissed the appeal of underworld don Abu Salem challenging his conviction and seven-year jail term for possessing fake passport. A bench of justices F M I Kalifulla and S K Singh rejected the appeal filed by Salem in which he contended that he was wrongly convicted. Salem, 46, was convicted and […]

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CJM court issues NBW against Anuraag Thakur

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A Dharamsala court on Friday issued non-bailable warrants against Hamirpur MP and Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) president Anurag Thakur and former Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) state chief Narender Attri in case of obstructing a public servant from discharging his duty. Chief judicial magistrate Jaswant Singh rejected Thakur’s application for exemption from personal appearance […]

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Katara case convicts deserve death: Cops to HC

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Delhi Police today told the Delhi High Court that Vikas Yadav and two others, convicted for killing Nitish Katara, deserve death sentence as the offence was “pre-meditated” and committed in a “cold blooded” manner. “The accused persons (Vikas, Vishal and Sukhdev Pehalwan), in furtherence of their common intention, murdered the victim Nitish Katara in a […]

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Border row: SC notice to Mah on Karnataka plea

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The Supreme Court today issued notice to Maharashtra government on a plea of Karnataka seeking to restrain its neighbouring state from setting up Marathi-speaking school in the disputed border area. A bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha also expressed concern over the Karnataka police allegedly beating Marathi- speaking population after some snaps of […]

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Give copy of Rajesh Khanna’s will: HC

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The Bombay High Court has asked Twinkle Khanna, daughter of the late Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna, to give a copy of probate proceedings and the probated will of her father to his former companion Anita Advani. Justice RD Dhanuka, who yesterday allowed Advani to secure a copy of the will, also declined to stay his […]

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Bury the hatchet: HC tells Gadkari and Kejriwal

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The Delhi High Court on Thursday suggested to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Arvind Kejriwal to “bury” the hatchet over the alleged statement made by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and “shake hands” with each other in larger “public interest”. A bench of justices Reva Khetrapal and S P Garg observed there would be […]

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Tutor Puja Singh in judicial custody

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Home tutor Puja Singh, who was caught on camera brutally beating up a three-year-old child at Lake Town in the northern fringe of the city, was Saturday remanded in police custody by a court in Salt Lake. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Apurba Kumar Ghosh of Bidhannagar court remanded her to five days police custody. She […]

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“Hospitals should be transparent in treating patients”

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The Bombay High Court today said that hospitals are not transparent in treating the patients, and sometimes even move the ailing persons straight to the operation theatre while asking their relatives to deposit a hefty sum. Although hospitals have a right to issue legitimate bills, they must act more compassionately in the cases where relatives […]

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School head gets life term in Kumbakonam tragedy, 10 convicted

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A decade after the Kumbakonam school fire case was reported, the Principal District and Sessions Court convicted 10 accused including the school founder and four education department officials while acquitting the remaining 11 others from the case on Wednesday. The main accused ‘Pulavar’ R. Palanisamy (85) – the founder of the Sri Krishna Middle School […]

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