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HC notice to Sonia on plea challenging her election

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The Allahabad High Court on Thursday issued notice to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on a petition challenging her election from Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency. Justice Tarun Agarwal of the bench here issued the notice on the petition filed by Ramesh Singh, a voter of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, seeking direction for quashing her election. […]

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Provide details of your property: HC to Rajpal Yadav

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The Delhi High Court today asked Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav to provide the valuation details of his properties in order to facilitate the process of discharging his liability of Rs 5 crore borrowed from a businessman who has filed a recovery suit against him and his wife. A bench of Justice Gita Mittal and Justice […]

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HC ‘pained’ by violence against NE people

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“Pained” by continuing incidents of violence against people from Northeast despite its orders, the Delhi High Court today sought a report from the government on the steps taken by it to curb “the menace plaguing the society”. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw made the observations while referring to […]

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SC refuses to stay execution of Koli’s death sentence

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The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the execution of death sentence awarded to Nithari rapist-cum-serial killer Surinder Koli and dismissed his plea seeking review of its verdict by which it had upheld the sentence. “Application for stay of execution is rejected. There is a delay of 1153 days in filing the review petition […]

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SC commences hearing on States”” power on remission

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced the crucial hearing to examine the power of the Union and States to grant remission for releasing convicts whose death sentences are commuted to life term with the Centre asserting that the rights of the victims cannot be overlooked. The issue of remission reached the apex court after the […]

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High Court notice to Censor Board

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The Madras High Court today ordered issue of a notice to Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Central Board of Film Certification, Chennai, on a petition filed by a Hindu organisation seeking a direction to revoke the censor certificate to Tamil movie ‘Sorgam Yen Kaiyel’, a film dubbed from Kannada. The petitioner ‘Hindu Dharma Sakthi’, […]

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SC drops contempt charges against Giriraj Kishore

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The Supreme Court Wednesday dropped contempt charges against VHP leader Giriraj Kishore, who died after judgement on the issue was reserved, for allegedly making defamatory statement in 1994 on Ayodhya controversy. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha also dropped contempt proceedings against editor and reporter of a daily Khabardar India […]

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2G: Kanimozhi moves SC seeking urgent hearing

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DMK MP Kanimozhi has filed apetition in the the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing on her plea to quash the charges framed against her in the 2G case. In her plea, Kanimozhi said that two-and-a-half years have passed since she first moved the Delhi High Court and later the apex court seeking quashing of […]

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Police officials appear in court

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Three police officers, including a woman SP, who are facing contempt of court proceedings in connection with the arrest of a Magistrate who allegedly cheated a woman SI after promising to marry her, today appeared in the Madras High Court. The court had on July 8 held that prima facie a case has been made […]

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SC refuses to release Subrata Roy on bail or parole

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The Supreme Court today refused to release Sahara Chief Subrata Roy, who has been behind bars for nearly five months, on interim bail or parole but allowed selling of his luxury hotels in New York and London to raise money to deposit Rs 10,000 crore with SEBI as directed to get regular bail. The apex […]

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HC sentences man to simple jail term for a week

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The Madras High Court today sentenced to simple imprisonment for one week a man who declared himself as an advocate and threatened the High Court- appointed Advocate Commissioner for seizing a vehicle. Justice M.Duraiswamy, who initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against one Senthil Prabhu, also imposed a fine of Rs. (Source: PTI)

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3-yr jail term for ex-insurance company official

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A CBI court today awarded a three-year jail term to a former senior divisional manager of an insurance company in a disproportionate assets case. Principal judge for CBI cases G Anupama Chakravarthy held former United India Insurance Company Ltd official Merugu Francis Showry guilty and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 besides the simple […]

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