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Delhi HC grants bail to advocate, bars him from appearing in

   22 July 2009 at 17:37

Granting bail to an advocate who had forged documents for his client, the Delhi High Court barred him from appearing in the courts till the time he is cleared from the disciplinary proceedings initiated by the Bar Council of Delhi.Taking strong excep ..

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MP HC: Suomoto action on minor's gang rape

   22 July 2009 at 13:00

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed police to take proper steps to arrest those accused of a schedule caste girl Belkheda village.Chief Justice A K Patnaik and Justice Pankaj Jaiswal yesterday took suo moto action on the basis of a report in ..

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SC allows mentally challenged woman to give birth

   22 July 2009 at 12:58

The Supreme Court today stayed till further orders the Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment which permitted abortion of a mentally challenged pregnant woman. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chau ..

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Bombay HC reserves verdict on criminal petition against Advo

   22 July 2009 at 12:58

Justice N A Britto of the Bombay High Court today reserved judgment on the Criminal Writ Petition filed by social activist Advocate Aires Rodrigues against Goa’s Advocate General Mr Subodh Kantak. Justice Britto heard arguments advanced by Mr ..

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P&H HC notice to 8, including MP, DGP, Home Secy in rape cas

   22 July 2009 at 12:57

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notices to eight respondents, including Punjab home secretary, police chief and a ruling SAD MP, in a case of alleged kidnapping and gangrape of a minor girl of Tarn Taran district last month.Justice Nawa ..

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Tough to fault HC 377 ruling: Law Ministry

   22 July 2009 at 12:18

The Union Law Secretary has told the government that it’s difficult to find any lacunae in the judgment of the Delhi High Court which struck down provisions in Section 377 of the IPC that criminalised homosexuality.This comes when the Centre ha ..

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Kasab's statement not confession but admission of guilt: Jud

   21 July 2009 at 20:34

The special court trying the lone surviving terrorist in 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, on Tuesday said the Pakistani gunman's statement pleading guilty before it was not a confession but an admission of guilt. Judge M.L. Tahaliy ..

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Social activist approaches SC on agitation in Madras HC camp

   21 July 2009 at 20:32

A Chennai-based social activist has approached the Supreme Court seeking action against the lawyers who had resorted to violent agitation in the premises of Madras High Court in February this year. The petitioner, Vishwanath Swami, pleaded the apex ..

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Frisking of Kalam: Case filed against Continental Airlines s

   21 July 2009 at 20:31

Police on Tuesday registered a case against the "concerned staff" of Continental Airlines for frisking former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at the IGI airport here in breach of protocol. The case was registered after the Bureau of Civil Avi ..

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Madras HC grants conditional bail to doctor, son in markshee

   21 July 2009 at 20:10

The Madras High Court today granted conditional anticipatory bail to a doctor and his son in connection with the mark sheet fudging case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.Justice M Jeyapaul granted the bail to Dr C Krishnamurthy and his so ..

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