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Jessica murder case:Manu Sharma gets parole

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The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted 15 days’ parole to Manu Sharma to appear for his post-graduate examination in human rights.Manu Sharma is serving a life term in the Jessica Lal murder case. Justice Sunita Gupta allowed Sharma’s plea seeking parole for appearing in the examination and said he should not leave the capital […]

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Beas tragedy:Dissatisfied HC asks HP Govt to file fresh report

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Expressing deep dissatisfaction over the status report on the Beas tragedy submitted by the state government, the Himachal Pradesh High Court today directed it to file a fresh one by June 19. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan also expressed dismay over the slow progress of […]

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Jagan”s quid pro quo case: Hearing on July 21

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Hearing in the quid pro quo investments case allegedly involving YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy will commence in a special CBI court here from July 21. The court will also take up hearing on the discharge petitions filed by some of the accused in the case on the same day. Meanwhile, for the […]

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Purkayastha murder: court to decide verdict date

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A sessions court hearing the murder case of city-based lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha will decide on the date of pronouncing the verdict next week. “The court today adjourned the case till next week and will decide on the date to pronounce the judgement then,” said Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam. It is prosecution’s case that the accused […]

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2 BARC workers move HC to stop Bhabha’s house bid

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The Bombay High Court today declined to stay the auction of the heritage bungalow belonging to the father of India’s atomic energy programme Homi Jehangir Bhabha. The Court said even if the auction takes place before the next hearing, it can be revoked, if required. Two employees of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) moved the […]

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Mir to take oath as CJ of Himachal HC on Jun 18

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Acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir will take oath as Chief Justice of the High Court on June 18. Governor Urmila Singh would administer the oath at Raj Bhawan here, a High Court release said. Justice Mir, hailing from Rajpora in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, had taken […]

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Rationale behind passing judgement can’t be revealed under RTI: SC

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The rationale behind passing judgements or orders by courts cannot be disclosed to litigants under the Right to Information Act, Supreme Court has said. An appellate authority of the Supreme Court, constituted under the RTI Act, dismissed the plea of an RTI activist who had sought information on the rationale for passing orders on review […]

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Man disabled in road mishap gets over Rs 10 lakh

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A 54-year-old man who suffered physical disability in a road accident involving a rashly driven bus has been awarded compensation of over Rs 10 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in New Delhi. The tribunal directed National Insurance Company, insurer of the offending bus, to pay Rs 10.24 lakh to Kuwar Pal Singh, […]

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Court slams DP IO for “sham” probe in murder case

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The Delhi Police Commissioner has been directed by a court here to take action against its official for conducting a “sham investigation” and not probing “hate crime” or “honour killing” angle in a murder case in which five men have been acquitted. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said there was no direct or last seen […]

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HC acquits man in case of rape and murder of minor

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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday acquitted an 82-year-old Pune resident who was sentenced to life for raping and murdering a minor girl in 2009. While setting aside the conviction, the high court observed that the prosecution had failed to prove the case against the accused. A division bench of justices PV Hardas and AS […]

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No bail for DU teacher Saibaba accused of Naxal links

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The Gadchiroli sessions court in Maharashtra Friday rejected the bail plea of G N Saibaba, the Delhi University lecturer arrested for alleged connections with Naxals. Saibaba, who teaches English at Ram Lal Anand College of Delhi University and is wheelchair-bound, is the deputy secretary of ‘Revolutionary Democratic Front’. He is in custody since May 9 […]

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Mechanism must to prevent custodial deaths: HC

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The State Government on Friday informed the Bombay High Court that nine cops of Wadala GRP (Government Railway Police) including a senior police inspector were booked for their alleged complicity in the custodial death of a youth and sexual abuse of three others held in a robbery case. The court was also informed that these […]

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