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Court transfers human trafficking case to Crime Branch

   29 January 2009 at 00:06

New Delhi, Jan 28 The Delhi High Court Wednesday transferred a case of illegal trafficking of youth through placement agencies to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police after pulling up local police for shoddy probe.A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit P ..

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SC permits AP to consider remission of prisoners

   28 January 2009 at 23:59

The Supreme Court allowed Andhra Pradesh government to consider the cases of those serving lifers who have completed 14 years in jail, for premature release.A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam also ruled that th ..

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SC declines to declare Sadhvi Pragya's arrest illegal

   28 January 2009 at 14:18

The Supreme Court declined to entertain a petition alleging that the arrest of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur in Malegaon bomb blast case was illegal.A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice P Sathasivam dismissed the petition telling the ..

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Addl Sol Gen asks SC for more time to look into Mulayam's case

   28 January 2009 at 14:15

Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parsaran, who appeared in place of Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian, prayed to the Supreme Court to grant him time to go through the brief in disproportionate assets case against former Uttar Pradesh C ..

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Order on Raju, Srinivas bail today

   28 January 2009 at 12:21

A local court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on the bail petition of B Ramalinga Raju, the beleaguered founder of Satyam Computer Services, and the company’s former chief financial officer V Srinivas for Wednesday. The court will also hear the bail ..

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SC dismisses PIL challenging probe by ATS in Malegaon blast

   27 January 2009 at 23:15

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the probe by Anti-Terrorist Sqaud (ATS) of Maharashtra Police into the Malegaon blast case and the arrest of Hindu religious leaders, including Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur."We cannot entert ..

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HC Rejects Plea Of Accused In Trafficking Case

   27 January 2009 at 09:35

HC Rejects Plea Of Accused In Trafficking Case27 Jan 2009, 0319 hrs IST, TNN Text: CHENNAI: The efforts of an accused in an immoral trafficking case, Mohan Reddy, to get out of jail failed with the Madras high court dismissing his habeas corpus petit ..

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PAY FINE , OR END UP IN JAIL

   26 January 2009 at 11:38

PAY FINE , OR END UP IN JAIL26 Jan 2009, 0512 hrs IST,TNN Text: BANGALORE:Were you caught out after one of those night binges? Did you blow into the alcometer, and were left holding a challan in the hand? More importantly, have you paid your fine? Be ..

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SC Commutes Death Sentence For 3 Accused

   25 January 2009 at 15:33

SC Commutes Death Sentence For 3 Accused1/23/2009The Supreme Court has commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the trial court to two brothers for killing their brother-in-law by cutting his body into pieces over his illicit relat ..

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138 OF N.I.Act., One Year Sentence With Fine of Rs. 80,000/-

   25 January 2009 at 14:07

138 OF N.I.Act., One Year Sentence With Fine of Rs. 80,000/- 24 Jan 2009, 2300 hrs IST, TNN KANPUR:Metropolitan magistrate, Kanpur Nagar, Ravindra Kumar Gupta, on Saturday, convicted a property dealer identified as Rizwan Khan, under Negotiable Instr ..

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