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SC turns down the petition of Ashok Jadeja

   06 August 2009 at 16:31

The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a petition filed by Ashok Jadeja, who had allegedly duped thousands of people of about Rs 1,800 crore, seeking transfer of all the cases registered against him to one place.A Bench headed by Chief Justice ..

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SC asks Guj govt to pay Sohrabuddin Sheikh's family compensa

   06 August 2009 at 16:29

The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat Government to pay compensation to the family of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, an alleged gangster killed in a fake encounter along with his wife Kausarbi by the state police in November 2005.A bench comprising Justi ..

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Delhi HC grants interim bail to R K Sharma in Shivani Bhatna

   06 August 2009 at 16:29

The Delhi High Court today granted interim bail for two months to former Inspector General of Haryana Police R K Sharma, who is facing life imprisonment for the murder of Indian Express reporter Shivani Bhatnagar.Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, while gra ..

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Delhi: Court asks for Salem trial through video conferencing

   06 August 2009 at 16:26

A local court today inquired from Arthur Road Jail, Mumbai, where underworld don Abu Salem is presently lodged, whether evidence in a 7-year-old extortion case against him, for which he was facing trial here, could be recorded through video conferenc ..

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Disproportionate Assets cases probed by CBI

   06 August 2009 at 15:55

During the period from 01-01-2000 to 30-06-2009, 920 cases of Disproportionate Assets were registered by the CBI. Charge sheets were filed in 529 cases and 60 cases of Disproportionate Assets resulted in conviction. 139 such cases are pending trial i ..

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Bribery case: Court to hear Sarabjot's bail plea today

   06 August 2009 at 13:12

A special court in Mumbai will hear a bail plea of National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Chairman Buta Singh's son Sarabjot Singh on Thursday.On Wednesday, the court rejected CBI’s plea for further custody of Sar ..

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Will anyone tie me a rakhi, Kasab asks lawyer

   06 August 2009 at 12:49

Arrested Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab asked his lawyer if anyone would tie him a rakhi on Wednesday — the day of Raksha Bandhan. To which, Abbas Kazmi, his lawyer, said, ‘‘If some one trea ..

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Death for all three accused in 2003 Mumbai blasts case

   06 August 2009 at 12:45

A Mumbai court has awarded the death sentence to all three accused in the 2003 twin Mumbai blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri BazaarHanif Syed, his wife, Fehmida, and third conspirator Ashrat Ansari were convicted for planting the bombs on August ..

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Threat of divorce not ‘cruelty’: SC

   05 August 2009 at 23:26

A husband and his relatives cannot be prosecuted for "cruelty" towards wife merely because the mother-in-law or other family members had kicked her or for that matter threatened her with divorce, the Supreme Court has held. Similarly, if a mother-in- ..

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Sentencing in 2003 Mumbai twin blasts case today

   05 August 2009 at 08:57

A designated POTA court will decide the quantum of punishment to be awarded to three convicts on Thursday who were found guilty for carrying out twin bomb blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in 2003. Special Prevention of Terrorism Act C ..

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