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HC orders judicial inquiry into delay in autopsy

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The Delhi High Court Wednesday ordered a judicial inquiry into the delay in conducting the post-mortem examination of a prisoner who died of pneumonia while in custody last month. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan expressed displeasure over the incident, saying: “You stop giving medicines when people are alive. But […]

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WBHRC orders action on letter threatening Ganguly

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The West Bengal Human Rights Commission Wednesday issued orders that action be taken against a woman law clerk who earlier sent a letter threatening to implicate its chairman AK Ganguly in a case of molestation. Asima Mallik, a clerk in Burdwan district court, addressed a letter to the office of the WBHRC in the city, […]

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Jessica Lal murder: Manu Sharma gets parole

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted parole for nine days to Siddharth Vashishtha alias Manu Sharma to appear in examinations for a post-graduate degree in human rights. Manu has been serving life imprisonment in the sensational Jessica Lal murder case in which the young ramp model was shot dead at point blank range in […]

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2,464 cases of cyber crimes in 2012: Milind Deora

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Crime data or information maintained by National Crime Record Bureau (CRB) revealed that 2,464 cases of crime such as hacking and others were registered during 2012, Milind Deora, minister of state for communications and information technology, said here Wednesday. “749 persons were arrested for committing such offences during 2012,” he said in a reply in […]

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Home, law ministries meet to discuss Ganguly case

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The union home ministry is consulting the law ministry on demands for removal of Justice (retd) AK Ganguly as the chief of the West Bengal human rights panel following allegations of sexual harassment against him, official sources said. The sources said consultations have begun over letters written by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to […]

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Salient features of Lokpal bill

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Following are the salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill passed on Tuesday by the Rajya Sabha. 1. Lokayuktas: The new bill mandates states to set up Lokayuktas within 365 days. States have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta. The old bill said the law shall be applicable to states only […]

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No need of government sanction to probe public servants: SC

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the approval of the Central Government was not necessary under Section 6A of the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act (which governs the Central Bureau of Information) for investigation and prosecution of senior officials where inquiry/investigation into the crime under the Prevention of Corruption Act was being monitored by […]

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HC restrains TRAI from action against TV channels over ads

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The Delhi High Court Tuesday restrained the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) from taking coercive action against news broadcasters in a case related to advertising cap on TV channels. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan also directed broadcasters to submit a weekly report to the TRAI on the duration […]

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Hazare grateful to Rahul for Lokpal bill ‘commitment’

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Fasting social crusader Anna Hazare expressed his gratefulness to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for the passage of the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2013 in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday evening. He thanked Gandhi for showing “commitment” which ensured the passage of the bill, but demanded the recommendations of the select committee be included in the proposed […]

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Bring PM under Lokpal, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded the prime minister should be brought under the Lokpal bill while supporting the anti-graft legislation. “The prime minister should come under it,” BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said while speaking during a debate on the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha. “Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had […]

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SC restrains UP police from acting against Taslima

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained Uttar Pradesh Police from taking any coercive step against self-exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen following her criticism of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal meeting cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan just before Delhi assembly elections. The apex court bench of Justice BS Chauhan and Justice SA Bobde also issued notice to […]

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SC to hear Campa Cola illegal flats case Jan 6

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In a huge relief to hundreds of agitating residents of the Campa Cola Compound in South Mumbai’s posh Worli area, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the demolition of illegal flats built there till May 31, 2014. Taking suo motu cognizance of the issue, the apex court directed the officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation […]

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