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MP: Court acquits all 6 accused in Prof Sabharwal murder cas

   14 July 2009 at 14:09

A local trial court acquitted all the six accused in Prof H S Sabharwal murder case on the grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove charges against the accused.District Judge Nitin Dalvi delivered the judgment this afternoon in a packed court ..

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Ajmal Amir Kasab Trial: Witness conducted autopsy of 21 kill

   14 July 2009 at 14:09

A doctor, who is a witness in the 26/11 terrorist attack case, told the designated court that he had conducted post-mortems of 21 persons killed on that unfortunate day, including Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) Chief Hemant Karkare and joint commissioner ..

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Madras HC fixes Aug 3 for final hearing in Coimbatore bomb b

   14 July 2009 at 14:08

Madras High Court fixed August 3 for final hearing on appeal petitions filed by the convicts in the Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case.When the case came up before a specially constituted Bench comprising Ms Justices Prabha Sridevan and M Sathyanaray ..

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SC gives 6 weeks to Mayawati to respond in corruption case

   14 July 2009 at 14:08

The Supreme Court granted six weeks time to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to respond to the affidavit filed by the CBI seeking its permission to file a chargesheet against her in a disproportionate assets case.A bench comprising Chief Justice ..

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SC acquits rape convict

   14 July 2009 at 14:07

The Supreme Court while acquitting a rape convict, has said that the victim seemed to be a woman of easy virtue.A bench comprising Justices Mukundakan Sharma and B S Chauhan while holding that the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond reaso ..

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Ajmal Amir Kasab Trial: Kasab ssks for envelope to write let

   14 July 2009 at 10:20

The lone captured Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab requested the special court Judge M L Tahilyani, presiding over the 26/11 terror attacks case, to provide him with an envelope as he wanted to write a letter to someone in Saudi Arabia. When Judge ..

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Shiney Ahuja has not admitted to consensual sex: Lawyer

   14 July 2009 at 10:19

Advocate Srikant Shivade, counsel for Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, today said the actor has not admitted before the court that he had consensual sex with his domestic help and he was a victim of a ‘well-hatched conspiracy’.‘What th ..

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BOUNCED CHEQUE: DGM CANNOT BE PROSECUTED

   13 July 2009 at 13:07

The Supreme Court held last week that a deputy general manager is not a person who is responsible to the company for the conduct of the business of the company and therefore he could not be held liable for issuing a cheque which was dishonoured. The ..

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Judgment reserved in Atma Ram murder case

   12 July 2009 at 11:22

The Delhi High Court has reserved its judgment on a bunch of appeals by convicts in the Atma Ram murder case against their conviction by a trial court here in 2006.The Court reserved the judgment on conclusion of arguments by the prosecution and coun ..

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HC takes up first road rage case

   12 July 2009 at 11:17

In what is perhaps for the first time, a car driver who was abused, threatened, assaulted and thrown into a drain for inadvertently ramming another car, petitioned the Karnataka High Court seeking expeditious action against those who had attacked hi ..

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