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SIT terms Zakia’s petition ‘instigating’

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The Supreme Court-appointed SIT  on Monday termed as “instigating” the petition filed by Zakia Jafri, opposing the closure report filed by SIT giving a clean chit to Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and alleged that it could again create communal disturbances in the state. SIT made this submission before metropolitan magistrate B J Ganatra who was hearing the ‘protest’ petition […]

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Complaint against Dikshit for misusing govt funds

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A complaint has been filed in a here court seeking registration of an FIR against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misusing government funds in an advertisement campaign ahead of the 2008 Assembly polls. The complaint, filed over a week after the Delhi Lokayukta held that Dikshit had abused her official position and conducted an […]

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Hearing on Meiyappan, Vindoo’s bail pleas 2morrow

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A local court today reserved till tomorrow its order on the bail applications filed by CSK team principal Gurunath Meiyappan and actor Vindoo Randhawa arrested in the IPL betting scandal, after they were sent in judicial custody till June 14. Meiyappan and Vindoo filed bail pleas soon after the metropolitan magistrate remanded them in judicial […]

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FIR against Karnataka sr cops on Delhi court order

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An FIR was today lodged against the superintendents of Bellary Police in Karnataka and the central prison there for not producing an undertrial in a Delhi court and illegally confining him in prison despite him being on bail. The case was registered against Bellary SP Chandragupta and P V Reddy, superintendent of central prison, Bellary, […]

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Another PIL in SC challenging Sharma’s appointment as CAG

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The former Chief Election Commissioner, N. Gopalaswami, and eight other eminent citizens on Monday challenged the appointment of Shashi Kant Sharma as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India. Their public interest litigation petition is to be listed in July first week along with a similar petition filed by advocate Manohar Lal Sharma. In […]

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HC upholds acquittal of bank security guard

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The Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court’s acquittal of a bank security guard after accepting his argument that he was only discharging his duties when he fired at a man, who later died, to prevent him from running away after forging some papers. A bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna dismissed police’s appeal […]

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Railways to pay over Rs 50K for 2yr delay in refund

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Pulling up Indian Railways for taking over two years to process a passenger’s refund request and then “illegally” rejecting it, a consumer forum here has directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to the complainant. The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum held Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) directly responsible […]

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Court allows Centre to extradite fugitive to US

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A fugitive criminal, wanted in the US to serve 41-month jail term in a bank fraud case, has been allowed to be extradited to the requesting state by a Delhi court. Allowing the plea of External Affairs Ministry, which had forwarded the extradition request of the US administration, the court recommended to the Centre to extradite 57-year-old […]

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IPL betting: Bookie Paresh Bhatia remanded in PC

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Alleged bookie Paresh Bhatia has been arrested by Mumbai police in connection with the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting scandal after being released on bail in Goa, and remanded in police custody till June 6, by a local court. Mr. Bhatia was arrested on Saturday night by the city police’s crime branch soon after he […]

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HC acquits man of murder, orders case file scrutiny

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Rejecting the prosecution’s claim of last seen theory, Delhi High Court has acquitted a man who was sentenced to life imprisonment by a lower court for ‘killing’ a mentally unstable woman in a park in July 2007. The court also directed a senior police officer to examine the case files and the allegations against Roshan […]

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Maha PWD officials arrested in bribery case get bail

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The sessions court here on Friday granted bail to two Public Works Department officials, facing bribery charges, on personal bonds of Rs 50 lakh each. Judge KK Tantrapale directed that both the accused should report at the Anti-Corruption Bureau office from Monday to Saturday next week between 10 am and 6 pm. Later, they would […]

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Dixit’s campaign before election challenged in SC

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  The Sheila Dixit government’s reported plan to spend Rs 25 crore of public money for highlighting its achievements before coming assembly elections in Delhi has been challenged in the Supreme Court. The PIL filed in the apex court has also named the Chief Minister as one of the parties in the case along with […]

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