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Spot-fixing case : Raj Royals player becomes witness

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Rajasthan Royals player Siddharth Trivedi today recorded his statement before a Delhi court in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, in which his teammates S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan are arrested. His statement assumes importance as the court sources said he is understood to have revealed some more names for their alleged involvement in the scandal. Trivedi’s statement recorded under Section […]

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HC allows 93 blasts convict to attend daughter’s wed

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The Bombay High Court on Friday granted permission from June 1 to June 6 to a life-term convict of the 1993 serial blasts to attend his daughter’s wedding in Ahmedabad with the police escort. A vacation bench headed by Justice AM Thipsay was hearing a petition filed by Mohammad Mushtaq Tarani seeking to be released […]

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Police custody of Meiyappan, Vindoo extended till June 3

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A Mumbai court on Friday extended the police remand of CSK team owner Gurunath Meiyappan, actor Vindoo Dara Singh and two others arrested in the IPL betting case till June 3 after prosecution sought further custody to unravel their connection with absconding bookies. Additional Metropolitan Magistrate A. A. Khan granted the Crime Branch’s plea for […]

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Ajay Chautala told to foot travel bill of CBI witnesses

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A Delhi court today directed INLD MLA Ajay Chautala to bear travel expenses of two prosecution witnesses who could not be cross-examined due to non- appearance of his counsel in a disproportionate assets case, while the jailed lawmaker too was absent due to “dehydration”. Special CBI judge Manu Rai Sethi imposed cost on Chautala after […]

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IPL spot-fixing: Chavan gets interim bail for marriage

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Cricketer Ankeet Chavan, who was arrested by Delhi police recently for his alleged role in spot-fixing during IPL games, was on Thursday granted bail till June 6 by a city court for his wedding. Chavan was granted interim bail to tie nuptial knot on June 2. The court granted bail to Chavan on Rs 1 lakh […]

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If bowler was fixed, what was batsman doing: Court

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“If the bowler was fixed, what was the batsman doing?” the query was posed by a Delhi court to the investigators today. The court said it was posing this query as it wanted to know if the Delhi Police was probing the role of any batsman in the IPL spot-fixing case. “If the bowler was […]

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CBI for Anil & Tina Ambani as witness in 2G trial

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Injecting a new element in the 2G spectrum allocation case trial, CBI Thursday asked a Delhi court to “summon” Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani as prosecution witnesses to “arrive at the truth” and for a “just decision” in the case. CBI moved an application in the court saying Anil Ambani, […]

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Zaheda was insecure because of Masood: claims witness

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A prosecution witness in the RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case told the court here today that the main accused, Zaheda Parvez, had become “possessive” about BJP MLA Dhruvnarayan Singh and resented Masood’s friendship with him. Deposing before the special CBI court here, Sanjay Gupta, a Bhopal-based industrialist and the BJP MLA’s friend, said that […]

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HC quashes order summoning MP: 3 kins in rape case

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The Delhi High Court today set aside a trial court order summoning Congress MP Mahabal Mishra and his three family members in a case of kidnapping and rape of a minor girl in 2006. The court said that instead of summoning the persons named in the case directly, the trial court should have made a […]

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Court pulls up police for flip flop in IPL scandal probe

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Delhi Police was on May 29 pulled up by a court here for its flip flop in the handling of the IPL spot-fixing case and hiding the arrest of Abhishek Shukla, a friend of cricketer S Sreesanth, and termed it as a “bad practice”. The court was also anguished that Shukla, who was arrested this […]

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HC issues contempt notice to Army Chief

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from Army Chief Bikram Singh on a contempt plea of Lt. Gen (Retd) Tejinder Singh for not complying with its order to take disciplinary action against five Army officers including ex-Army chief VK Singh. Besides the Army Chief, the court also issued a contempt notice to […]

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CBI opposes Sunil Mittal & Ravi Ruia’s plea in court

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Relying on the legal authority and the careful scrutiny of evidence by the trial court judge, the CBI has urged the Supreme Court not to interfere with the coercive orders against Sunil Bharti Mittal, CMD of Bharti Airtel, and Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia, and dismiss their appeals. The duo have challenged the summoning orders […]

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