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Cricket board officials approach apex court to delay trial

December 2nd, 2008 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Four top officials of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Tuesday approached the Supreme Court against Calcutta High Court's order to put them on ...

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Kolkata court sends industrialist Todi to jail

December 1st, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS -
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) A Kolkata court Monday sent industrialist Ashok Todi to jail till Dec 12 for his alleged role in his son-in-law Rizwanur Rahman's mysterious death last year. Metropolitan Magistrate ...

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BJP, Shiv Sena move Supreme Court against fine for shutdown

BJP, Shiv Sena move Supreme Court against fine for shutdown

December 1st, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena approached the Supreme Court challenging a Bombay High Court order imposing a fine of Rs.2 million on each of ...

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Try Godhra accused in normal court: Supreme Court

December 1st, 2008 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday transferred the trial of 85 Godhra train carnage accused, absolved of terrorism charges but indicted for normal penal offences by a central review ...

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Pilots appeal in Supreme Court against strenuous duty roster

December 1st, 2008 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) A pilots' organisation has approached the Supreme Court against a strenuous duty roster that requires them to undertake up to three flights within their nine-hour daily schedule. ...

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Apex court orders burning of fungus infected Chinese garlic

November 27th, 2008 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ordered that 56 tonnes of fungus infected garlic imported from China be burned immediately as the central government felt that the fungus would ...

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Supreme Court asks CBI to prosecute Punjab Assembly speaker

November 27th, 2008 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ordered prosecution of Punjab Assembly Speaker Nirmal Singh Kahlon for allegedly taking bribes as state minister between 1997 and 2002.A bench of Justice ...

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Poll panel gets notice on party recongnition, symbol rule

November 25th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday issued notice to the Election Commission on a lawsuit questioning the legality of its rule for recognising a political outfit as state-level party ...

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Apex court seeks update on river-linking projects

November 25th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday sought a detailed status report from the government on the implementation of five river-linking projects in southern, western and central India.A bench headed ...

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Supreme Court stops CBI from arresting Ashok Todi

November 25th, 2008 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday stopped the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from arresting Kolkata industrialist Ashok Todi for his alleged role in his son-in-law Rizwanur Rehman's mysterious ...

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Rs.4 mn and a public apology - the cost of a divorce!

November 24th, 2008 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) A whopping Rs.4 million and a public apology to community elders - that is what a Delhi-based man has agreed to before the Supreme Court for ...

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Legislators cannot be unseated on flimsy charges: apex court

November 24th, 2008 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court has reiterated that a legislator cannot be unseated on charges of electoral malpractice and corruption unless charges are "proved to the hilt as in ...

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Apex court resents being treated as police station

Apex court resents being treated as police station

November 21st, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday resented the increasing tendency of litigants to treat it as "a mere police station" and rush to it for its direction for lodging ...

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Pawar moves apex court against impending trial for perjury

November 21st, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Calcutta High Court order to prosecute him on charges of lying to it as a ...

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Sankararaman murder case hearing adjourned

November 21st, 2008 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI -
Puducherry, Nov 21 (ANI): A court in Puducherry today adjourned the hearing of the Sankararaman murder case, in which Kanchi Sankaracharyas, Jayendra Saraswathi and his junior Vijayendra Saraswathi are the main ...

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Apex court lauds rationale, doubts efficacy of MP area scheme

November 20th, 2008 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday appreciated the rationale behind the scheme of funding development projects through parliamentarians in their constituencies but doubted its efficacy due to corruption.A five-judge ...

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Team Sobhraj asks Nepal to ensure client confidentiality

November 20th, 2008 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS -
Kathmandu, Nov 20 (IANS) Stung by the curb imposed by Nepal's prison authorities on visitors for Charles Sobhraj, the celebrity prisoner's team of lawyers has asked Nepal's government to respect the law ...

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Apex court examining legality of MP local area funds

November 19th, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday began examining the legality of allocating approximately Rs.16 billion annually to parliamentarians to help them undertake developmental activities in their constituencies.A five-judge constitution ...

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Supreme Court endorses Uttar Pradesh move to suspend information commissioner

November 18th, 2008 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday temporarily endorsed Uttar Pradesh Governor T.V. Rajeshwar's July 9 order suspending the state's Chief Information Commissioner Justice (Retd) M.A. Khan.A bench of Justice ...

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Same-sex marriage gets court nod in Nepal

November 18th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS -
Kathmandu, Nov 18 (IANS) Close on the heels of an international furore over the state of California's decision to ban same-sex marriages, the apex court of nascent Himalayan republic Nepal has given ...

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Test milk powder brands in Europe for melamine: Dhaka apex court

November 18th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS -
Dhaka, Nov 18 (IANS) Bangladesh's Supreme Court has directed the health ministry to send samples of all brands of powdered milk available in the country to any European country for laboratory tests ...

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Jamiat moves apex court for probe into Malegaon riots, blasts

November 17th, 2008 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Jamiat-Ulama-I-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madani Monday moved the Supreme Court for a judicial probe into the Malegaon riots of 2001 and the subsequent blasts there in ...

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Sharif declines to appear before PCO judges in Supreme Court

Sharif declines to appear before PCO judges in Supreme Court

November 15th, 2008 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Nov 15 (ANI): Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif has categorically stated that he would not appear before the Supreme Court on November 20 because he did not recognise the legal ...

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Apex court declines to act against political parties on tax payment (Lead)

November 14th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Terming the plea "politically inspired", the Supreme Court Friday declined to issue directions to the government and the Central Board of Direct Taxes to proceed against political ...

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Apex court asks NCW for survey of abandoned widows in Vrindavan

November 14th, 2008 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the National Commission for Women (NCW) to carry out a survey of the thousands of abandoned widows living in destitution in the ...

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Mundra Port gets court notice on filling of creeks

November 14th, 2008 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Fishermen in Gujarat's Kutch district have told the Supreme Court that Mundra Port, owned by the Adani Group, was filling the creeks in the Special Economic Zone ...

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Apex court turns down plea against political parties

Apex court turns down plea against political parties

November 14th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday refused to take up a lawsuit questioning some political parties availing income tax exemptions without informing the Election Commission about their annual ...

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Law against criticising Nepal king may be axed

November 14th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS -
Kathmandu, Nov 14 (IANS) Members of Nepal's former royal family, once considered to be above the law, should now be treated as common citizens and all existing laws that still uphold royal ...

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Supreme Court bench declines to hear Uttar Pradesh plea

Supreme Court bench declines to hear Uttar Pradesh plea

November 12th, 2008 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to hear a petition by the Uttar Pradesh government seeking the transfer to the apex court of cases pending before the Allahabad ...

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Rizwan case: Apex court bars CBI from arresting Todi

November 10th, 2008 - 9:03 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday barred the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from arresting industrialist Ashok Todi till Nov 17 in the Rizwanur Rehman suicide case in which ...

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