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IPL spot fixing: Chandila key conspirator police tell court

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The investigating agency, in its reply before Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Kumar Jain, said: “For accused Ajit Chandila, it is reiterated that this player has emerged as the key conspirator in the entire chain acting on behalf of the syndicate.” Opposing the bail plea of Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila, arrested in connection with IPL […]

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SC lets tenants stay on in unsafe Mumbai building

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The Supreme Court on Friday permitted some residents of a dilapidated building in Mumbai’s Mazagaon to continue staying in it for next fortnight at their own risk and with no liability to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai in case of any accident. A bench of Justice Gyan Sudha Misra and Justice Madan B Lokur […]

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Goa public service chairman under court scanner

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The Bombay High Court’s Goa bench Friday issued notice to the state government, asking it to explain the process of K.D. Row being chosen as chairman of the state public service commission (PSC). . The notice was sent on a plea challenging his appointment, filed by lawyer-activist Aires Rodrigues a few weeks ago. He claimed that Row is […]

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Unable to afford treatment, parents kill baby girl

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Unable to afford costly treatment for their six-month-old daughter, a daily-wage labourer and his wife strangled her to death and dumped her body in a ditch near their home, Tripura Police said Friday. Police Thursday arrested Laba Debnath, 53, the father of the ill-fated child, who confessed that he and his wife killed their baby […]

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Court denies maternal grandmother unwilling minors’ custody

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A plea filed by a woman seeking custody of her grandchildren, who are at present living with their paternal grandmother, was turned down by a Delhi court after the minors said they were not desirous of living with her or even meeting her. The court’s order came after minors – a girl studying in Class […]

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Delhi court gives woman police protection from parents

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The Delhi High Court has directed the city police to provide adequate protection to a 21-year-old woman apprehending threat to her life from her parents as she opposed their plan to marry her off against her wishes. Justice VP Vaish allowed the plea of the woman saying: “The State is directed to provide adequate protection […]

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SC refuses to intervene in IPL scandal probe

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The apex court bench of Justice Gyan Sudha Misra and Justice Madan B Lokur asked the petitioner, Mumbai-based law lecturer Sharmila Ghuge, to wait and watch the ongoing investigation while posting the hearing for July 23. Ghuge sought the handing over of investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as multiplicity of investigation could […]

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Jharkhand legislator surrenders: sent to jail

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Jharkhand legislator Arup Chatterji surrendered in a Dhanbad district court Thursday and was sent to jail in connection with a 2007 case related to obstruction of official work at a coalfield, a lawyer said. The case dates back to 2007, and Chatterji was charged with obstructing official work at the Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) in […]

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Uphaar cinema victims’ kin still fighting litigations

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Sixteen years after the tragic Uphaar cinema fire here, the kin of the 59 killed on that faithful day said they “feel cheated” with several offshoots of their legal battle still pending in various courts. Neelam Krishnamoorthy, who lost both her children in the fire that engulfed the theatre, has been fighting the litigations for […]

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SC gives cement makers more time to pay part of penalty

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The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to interfere with the Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) order directing 11 cement makers to deposit 10 percent of Rs.6,200 crore penalty imposed on them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for alleged cartelisation to control cement prices. The apex court bench of Justice Gyan Sudha Misra and Justice Sudhansu […]

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Cops forced me to name Kundra in betting case: says Goenka

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Umesh Goenka, a friend of IPL’s Rajasthan Royals team owner Raj Kundra, Wednesday told a court here that he was forced to name Kundra in the cricket betting case to save himself from Delhi Police torture. Goenka, business partner of Kundra, whose statement has been recorded as a witness in the case, claimed in the […]

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SC stays Panipat-Jalandhar highway hand-over to NHAI

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The Supreme Court Wednesday suspended the Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to take over 291-km Panipat-Jalandhar highway project as buiders had failed to complete it within the scheduled time. Suspending the operation of the high court order till the hearing of the matter July 23, a […]

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