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Salem’s photograph with ‘wife’ seems morhped: CBI

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The CBI lawyer today told the special TADA court here that the photograph of gangster Abu Salem and his alleged wife, published by a city-based tabloid, appeared to be a morphed one. “The photo appears to be morphed, but I will take instructions from the agency and will make submission before the court,” said special […]

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Act against RTOs for not following rules: HC to state

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Observing that Regional Transport Offices in Maharashtra were not following the Central Motor Vehicles Rules when renewing fitness certificates of transport vehicles, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered action against the concerned officials. The court also asked the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to conduct surprise visits at all the RTOs in the […]

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HC to hear appeal by Pune bus driver against death penalty

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The Bombay High Court will from February 20 commence hearing into the appeal filed by a bus driver awarded death penalty by a Pune court for killing nine persons and injuring 37 others in a 2012 road rage incident. Santosh Mane (36), a state transport bus driver, was awarded death penalty by a Pune sessions […]

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U’khand fake encounter:17 Cops get life term, escape death penalty

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Seventeen Uttarakhand policemen convicted in a fake encounter of a 22-year-old MBA student today escaped the gallows with a Delhi court awarding them life imprisonment, much to the disappointment of the victim’s family, who vowed to challenge it in a higher court for death penalty. The cops were handed down with life term as the […]

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HC grants anticipatory bail to DMK spokesman

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The Madras High Court today granted anticipatory bail to DMK spokesman I Leoni in a poll-related case. The case was registered against Leoni by Thiruthuraipoondi police charging that he had spoken at a political meeting during Lok Sabha polls in Tiruvarur district for which permission was not granted by authorities. In his anticipatory bail plea, […]

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Bollywood actor accused of rape and assault gets bail

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Inder Kumar was arrested for raping a model after luring her with a promise of getting roles in films. The sessions court granted bail to Bollywood actor Inder Kumar Saraf who was arrested for allegedly raping and assaulting a 23-year-old model after luring her with a promise of getting roles in films. The sessions court […]

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Beas tragedy: HC askc govt to file status report

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Taking suo motu notice of the Beas tragedy involving Hyderabad-based engineering students, the Himachal High Court Monday directed the state government to file the status report by June 16. The High Court treated the news reports in this regard as PIL and issued a notice to the state government to file the status report within […]

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Realty firm told to pay over Rs 8L for ‘unfair trade practice’

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A Delhi-based real estate firm has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay over Rs 8 lakh to a senior citizen for its “unfair trade practice” of taking the booking amount and not providing him with a flat. The New Delhi Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed Intime Promoters Ltd to refund the booking […]

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Judges seek creation of All India Judicial Services

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The All India Judges Association today passed a resolution seeking creation of an all-India judicial services (AIJS) to reduce discrepancies in subordinate judiciary. The meeting of executive body of the Association, which has nearly 15,000 judges from subordinate judiciary as members, was held at Gujarat Bhawan, where 16 resolutions were unanimously passed. “In order to […]

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Rape-murder accused mechanic acquitted.

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A 30-year-old man, accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in 2011, has been acquitted by a local court on the benefit of doubt. Additional Sessions Judge M C Khadke in the order delivered yesterday let off Dashrath Rampat Yadav saying that prosecution has failed to prove the charges against him beyond reasonable doubt. […]

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Man gets life term for killing wife.

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A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment while his parents were awarded a 10-year jail term by a court in neighbouring Saharanpur district for killing his wife for dowry. Additional District Sessions Judge Chawan Parkash also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the convicts Deepak, his father Ramesh and mother Urmila after […]

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Verma urges Asian Cricket Council to shun Srinivasan

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The unrecognised Cricket Association of Bihar Secretary Aditya Verma on Friday called on the Asian Cricket Council to bar N Srinivasan from heading the body, saying that allowing him to do so would be in violation of a Supreme Court order. “…As on date Mr Srinivasan is debarred from functioning as the President of BCCI. […]

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