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Shiney Ahuja's judicial custody extended till Aug 13

   30 July 2009 at 17:00

The judicial custody of Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, arrested for allegedly raping his domestic maid, was today extended till August 13 by a local court.Ahuja, who is presently lodged at the Arthur Road jail in central Mumbai, was produced before th ..

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Kerala HC: Petition filed in Sister Abhaya murder case

   30 July 2009 at 11:24

A petition was filed in the Kerala High Court to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against CBI Investigation Officer Nanadakumaran Nair and former FSL Director Dr S Malini, in the Sister Abhaya murder case. The petition filed by Sister ..

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Madras HC stays single judge order in defamation case

   30 July 2009 at 10:09

The Madras High Court today stayed the operation of a single judge's order to impose cost on Union IT Minister A Raja and his wife in a civil defamation case.While admitting the petitions filed by Mr and Ms Raja, a division bench comprising Justices ..

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Delhi HC to hear plea of aggreived in Batla House encounter

   30 July 2009 at 10:07

The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear the plea of the father of a suspected Indian Mujahideen terrorist, killed in the Batla House encounter September last year, converting his letter to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court into a PIL.The le ..

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BMW case: SC upholds R K Anand's conviction, clears I U Khan

   29 July 2009 at 12:04

In an important judgment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of high-profile criminal lawyer R K Anand for contempt of court in the BMW hit-and-run expose and issued notice for enhancement of punishment. The apex ..

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Judicial custody of Ram Sene Chief Mutalik ends today

   28 July 2009 at 17:18

The judicial custody of Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Mutalik, who was arrested for allegedly making inflammatory speech at Kyathamaranahalli, a Mysore suburb, in April this year, ends Tuesday.On July 25, the Sessions Court sent him to judicial custody t ..

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British national rape case: Raj Home Sec to apprise SC

   28 July 2009 at 15:33

Rajasthan Home Secretary Kushal Singh informed the Supreme Court that two senior police officers have already been suspended for not being able to arrest a hotelier from Udaipur, whose bail was cancelled by the apex court as he has been convicted for ..

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Mumbai: First couple to be convicted on charge of terrorism

   28 July 2009 at 15:31

Sayed Mohammad Hanif Abdul Rahim and his wife Fahmida Sayed from the city today became the first couple in the history of Indian Judiciary to be convicted for terrorism under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA). The ‘most notorious couple&rs ..

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‘Keep intact Circuit Bench jurisdiction’

   27 July 2009 at 12:24

Members of the Bellary Bar Association met Governor H.R. Bharadwaj and Union Minister for Law Veerappa Moily here on Sunday and urged them to prevail upon Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court P.D. Dinakaran not to unlink Bellary and Koppal districts ..

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Bihar: Speedy trial in woman stripping case

   25 July 2009 at 17:55

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the state government would ensure conviction of all the accused through speedy trial in the woman stripping case that occurred in full public view in state capital.Mr Kumar told media persons that the state gove ..

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