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Musharraf trial: Court wants security tightened

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The Islamabad Anti-Terrorist Court Friday granted former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s request for exemption from appearing before it in the judges’ detention case, and directed police to improve security arrangements. The court adjourned the hearing to Dec 20, Dawn online reported Friday. Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) Judge Atiqur Rehman heard the case relating to the detention […]

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Court raps UP for withdrawing cases against terror accused

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Uttar Pradesh’s Akhilesh Yadav government came in embarrassment Thursday when the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court rapped it on its move to withdraw cases against terror accused. A bench of Justice Ashok Pal Singh, Justice Devi Prasad Singh and Justice Ajay Lamba, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a local […]

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SC pulls up UP over Muzaffarnagar riot victims’ plight

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Pulling up the Uttar Pradesh government over the plight of victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots, the Supreme Court has ordered it to immediately supply blankets and medical help to people living in relief camps. The apex court reacted sharply to media reports of death of some 50 children due to cold and poor facilities in […]

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A.K. Ganguly must quit, says BJP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday demanded the resignation of West Bengal Human Rights Commission chief A.K. Ganguly, a former judge of the Supreme Court accused by a law intern of sexual harassment. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj raised the demand for the resignation of Ganguly as soon as the house […]

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SC grants bail to Lalu Prasad

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In a relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him bail in a fodder scam case. Lalu Prasad was awarded five years’ imprisonment by the special Ranchi court for his alleged involvement in the fodder scam. There were 44 accused in the case and 37 of them […]

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Justice Jillani sworn-in as Pakistan chief justice

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Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani took oath Thursday as Pakistan’s 21st chief justice, succeeding Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the man responsible for military dictator General Pervez Musharraf’s downfall. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath of office to Justice Jillani at the Presidency here, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. According to APP, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif […]

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Kolkata LGBT activists to continue fight for rights

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With the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that a same-gender sexual relationship is an offence, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Kolkata asserted that their fight would only get even stronger. The movement is “strong” and will, with “renewed vigour”, take on the verdict, said the members who gathered at the […]

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Dec 16 gang rape: Two convicts say arrest process not followed

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Two convicts in the Dec 16, 2012 gang rape case told the Delhi High Court Wednesday that police did not follow the proper procedure while arresting them. M.L. Sharma, counsel for convicts Mukesh and Pawan Kumar Gupta, said his clients were arrested on the basis of media reports. Delhi Police arrested them without having any […]

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Coffin scam: Court finds no evidence against three ex-armymen

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A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged three former army officers in the 2002 “coffin scam” related to the Kargil war, observing that no prima facie evidence was found against them. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special judge Poonam Bamba discharged then military attache in the Indian embassy in the US, Maj Gen (retd) Arun Roye, […]

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Undertrial branded in Uttar Pradesh jail

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An undertrial inmate of Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad of Uttar Pradesh has told a local court that he was branded on his waist with a hot iron rod by a jail official for refusing to cough up a bribe. The matter came up in court Tuesday as a local lawyer filed an application before the […]

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Apex court’s anti-gay verdict misjudgement, say celebs

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Celebrities like Madhur Bhandarkar, Kunal Kohli and Shruti Haasan have strongly disapproved of the Supreme Court’s verdict that holds same-gender consensual sex as an offence. The verdict, they feel, has pushed people to the dinosaur era. The Supreme Court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhayay, Wednesday setting aside the Delhi High Court […]

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Tejpal sent to judicial custody for 12 days

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Tehelka founder and former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, who has been accused of sexually assaulting his female colleague, was on Wednesday sent to 12-day judicial custody by a court in Goa. The court also ordered to lodge him in a separate cell in prison for two days and said it will decide later on security to […]

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