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HC tells CBI to base its inquiry on court's order and not on police FIR

   03 March 2009 at 10:16

CHENNAI, 3 Mar 2009 :Orally cautioning the Tamil Nadu government against "playing tricks with the court," the Madras high court on Monday said that the CBI should probe the entire gamut of the February 19 violence on court campus, and not just the po ..

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Man Can't Be Forced To Pay Maintenance To Estranged Wife For bail :SC

   03 March 2009 at 00:17

New Delhi, March 02: The Supreme Court has said courts cannot force a man, accused of torturing his wife for dowry, to pay maintenance to her as a condition for granting anticipatory bail in the case. Holding that such conditions are "onerous and exc ..

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ACP under HC scanner for ‘respectable’ order

   02 March 2009 at 21:41

MUMBAI : An order passed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Gamdevi, while exercising his power as a special executive magistrate, asking an accused to produce two sureties - one of a respectable gentleman and one of a respectable woman - ..

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12 Cops Charged With Murder

   02 March 2009 at 21:03

GREATER NOIDA: The criminal investigation department (CID) has filed a report of abduction, murder and rioting against a former Dankor police station chief, two sub-inspectors and 9 constables. The report filed says the then SHO, OP Chowdhary, sub-in ..

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CBI Arrests An Income Tax Officer, Mumbai

   02 March 2009 at 17:07

CBI Arrests An Income Tax Officer, Mumbai Dated : 27-02-2009 Source : CBINew Delhi :TEXT : Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Income Tax Officer, Circle 10 (1) (4), Mumbai, while accepting a bribe of Rs. 4.5 lakhs through a Chartered Acc ..

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Bombay HC: Contempt of Court Case Filed Against Police Inspector

   01 March 2009 at 18:35

Bombay HC: Contempt of Court Case Filed Against Police InspectorDated : 28-02-2009Sourece : UNIDelhi :MUMBAI:Social activist Aires Rodrigues has filed a contempt of court petition before the Goa bench of Bombay High Court against a police inspector f ..

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Calcutta HC: Rs 166 Crore Defamation Suit Against Guinness Book Of World Records

   01 March 2009 at 12:38

Calcutta HC: Rs 166 Crore Defamation Suit Against Guinness Book Of World RecordsDated : 28-02-2009Source : UNIKOLKATTA :TEXT :The Calcutta High Court summoned Guinness Book of World Records (GBWR) officials for not complying with an order directing t ..

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Delhi: HC Acquits Murder Convicts

   01 March 2009 at 12:27

Delhi: HC Acquits Murder ConvictsDated: 1 Mar 2009, 0858 hrs IST,Source : PTI Text: NEW DELHI:Three persons, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a man, have been acquitted by the Delhi High Court which rejected the testimony of the victim's wi ..

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Gujarat Govt moves SC over POTA panel decision in Godhra case

   27 February 2009 at 22:18

The Supreme Court decided to hear a Gujarat govt petition challenging the recommendation of the Central POTA Review Committee for dropping charges under the anti-terror law against the accused in the Godhra train carnage.A Bench headed by Chief Justi ..

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SC seeks details of policy on weapons' sale, issuing licence

   27 February 2009 at 22:15

The Supreme Court has granted extension of time to the Centre to place before it the policy for regulating sale of firearms and granting arms licences. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam asked the Additional So ..

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