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Trial court to hear the case tomorrow in Bofors case

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A BJP leader, who has been pursuing the politically-sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case for over a decade, today filed an application before a Delhi court asking it to grant permission to the CBI to reinvestigate the case. Advocate Ajay Agrawal, who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Rae Bareli against the then […]

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Exercise caution while passing strictures against officials : Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has cautioned the trial courts to exercise restraint while making adverse comments against an official or authority in judicial orders, saying an uncalled for stricture can be very damaging to the reputation of a person. Justice Ashutosh Kumar told the lower courts that passing of strictures “should be resorted to with […]

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Pachauri suit: Delhi HC asks trial court to record evidence from Aug

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The Delhi High Court has asked a trial court-appointed local commissioner to start recording evidence of former TERI chief R K Pachauri in a suit seeking to restrain media houses from reporting his court cases and seeking damages of Rs one crore from lawyer activist Vrinda Grover and another woman for allegedly defaming him. Justice […]

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Judges vulnerable, says court, awards 10-yr term to attackers

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Judges are “vulnerable” to murderous assaults for their verdicts which always go against one of the parties in a case, a Delhi court has said while awarding 10-year jail term to three convicts for assaulting three trial court judges in a road rage case here in 2012. The incident has “shaken the conscience” of the […]

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Rail scam: Delhi HC upholds trial court order allowing CBI plea

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The Delhi High Court has upheld a trial court order allowing the CBI to place on record two CDs containing purported telephonic conversations intercepted during its probe in the cash-for-post bribery case in the railways. The case allegedly involves former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla and others. Besides Singla, the other accused […]

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Transport scam: Case in SC, trial court to hear in Mar

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Arguments on the appointment of special public prosecutor (SPP) in the Rs 100 crore transport scam case would be heard by a special court in March as the matter is pending before the Supreme Court. Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry put up the matter for March 27 after the court was told that the case is […]

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Relief for Salman, acquitted in Arms Act case

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In a relief for Salman Khan, a trial court today acquitted the Bollywood star of all charges in the Arms Act case in the alleged poaching of two black bucks 18 years ago, holding that the prosecution permission given by the district administration was a “mindless move”. In a 102-page long order, the chief judicial […]

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Affair during subsistence of marriage is cruelty: Delhi HC

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Having an affair during subsistence of marriage by either of the spouses amounts to cruelty, the Delhi High Court has observed while setting aside a trial court’s judgement granting divorce to a man who was in an “open adulterous relationship”. A bench of Justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Yogesh Khanna allowed the appeal filed by a […]

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Trial court judges should have broad mindset: Delhi HC

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Judges of subordinate courts here should have a “broad mindset” and not take “hasty decisions” while dealing with matters, Delhi High Court today said while hearing a plea for contempt action against some CBI officials for allegedly intimidating a trial court judge. The trial court judge had written to the high court to initiate contempt […]

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Sessions court pulls up trial court for perverse order

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A sessions court has pulled up a magisterial court for framing of charges against a man in a domestic violence case saying the order is “perverse and cannot be sustained” as on similar allegations his mother has been discharged. “I wonder how the Metropolitan Magistrate has directed framing of charges against petitioner (man) when allegations […]

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In-laws can’t be burdened with liability towards woman: Court

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In-laws cannot be burdened with any kind of liability towards a woman, whether directly or indirectly, and all such responsibilities should be of her husband, a Delhi court has said. The court’s observations came on an appeal filed by the father-in-law of a woman, in a domestic violence case, against a trial court order directing […]

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SC defers proceedings against Sunil Mittal in 2G case

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The Supreme Court today postponed till April 16 the proceedings in the Special CBI court against Sunil Bharti Mittal, CMD of Bharti Cellular Limited, who has been summoned as an accused in a corruption case related to allocation of additional 2G spectrum in 2002. The CBI, which told the apex court that investigation into the […]

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