Are confidential files without notings, asks SC
August 29th, 2012 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government to clarify whether, as a matter of practice, it does not have notings on its confidential files and ... Read more...
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Can’t bypass state government in service matters: SC
August 6th, 2012 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Matters relating to a public servant alleging bias against a state government are service matters, the Supreme Court Monday said while refusing to entrust ... Read more...
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Court allows Sajjan Kumar’s plea in 1984 riots case (Lead)
August 3rd, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday allowed Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea to use the statements of a victim of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots to defend ... Read more...
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Indian woman kills mother-in-law in Britain, jailed
July 19th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 19 (IANS) An Indian-origin woman in Britain has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after she bludgeoned her mother-in-law to death with a rolling pin.Rajvinder Kaur, 37, ... Read more...
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Kalam to give lesson on fundamental duties
July 11th, 2012 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, July 11 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will teach a lesson on fundamental duties at a public colloquium to be held in Shimla Saturday, an official statement said ... Read more...
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NHAI, private firm settle Gurgaon toll plaza issue
July 5th, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Delhi-Gurgaon Super Connectivity Ltd's (DGSCL), which operates the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, Thursday told the Delhi High Court that ... Read more...
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Jagan’s bail plea dismissed (Lead)
July 4th, 2012 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 4 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, who has been arrested in a case ... Read more...
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Court quashes case against two army officers
June 13th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday quashed a police complaint against two Army officers for causing injuries to two civilians last year and told them ... Read more...
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Deaf-mute can be credible witness: Apex court (Lead)
May 21st, 2012 - 11:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday said a deaf-mute need not be prevented from giving evidence in court merely on account of his physical disability as he ... Read more...
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Apex court permits access to Kalighat temple’s sanctum sanctorum (Lead)
May 21st, 2012 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday permitted devotees to access the sanctum sanctorum of Kolkata's Kalighat temple to pay obeisance to the deity.An apex court bench of ... Read more...
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Global Vectra probe to be over in three weeks, court told
May 18th, 2012 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The central government Friday informed the Delhi High Court that a preliminary inquiry has been initiated by it against the Global Vectra Helicorp, the aviation ... Read more...
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Briton jailed for kicking stepson to death
May 15th, 2012 - 9:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 15 (IANS) A man in Britain has been jailed for 17 years for murdering his five-year-old stepson, who was a fun-loving and naughty child.Though Elvis Lee, 34, admitted ... Read more...
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Apex court allows Chisty to visit Pakistan (Second Lead)
May 10th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday permitted octogenerian Pakistani virologist Mohammad Khalil Chisty to visit his country during the pendency of his appeal against his conviction in ... Read more...
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Give Mullaperiyar report to Kerala, Tamil Nadu: Apex court
May 4th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday directed that the report of an expert committee that studied the safety of 119-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala be shared with ... Read more...
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2G trial judge can’t hear cheating case: Telecom firm (Lead)
April 25th, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) A telecom company's counsel told the Supreme Court Wednesday that the special Delhi court conducting the trial of 2G cases under the Prevention of Corruption ... Read more...
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Justice Gogoi joins apex court
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Justice Ranjan Gogoi was Monday administered the oath of office as a judge of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia.Prior to his ... Read more...
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Apex court to hear plea on abducted Odisha legislator (Lead)
April 18th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court will Thursday hear a plea seeking restraint on the Odisha government from freeing 29 imprisoned suspected Maoists and their sympathisers in exchange ... Read more...
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With new judge, Supreme Court has 26 judges
April 2nd, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Justice Mohamad Ibrahim Khalifullah was Monday sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court, taking the strength of the apex court to 26 judges.He ... Read more...
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‘Sholay’ scene enacted in Gurdaspur Central Jail
March 19th, 2012 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Gurdaspur (Punjab), March 19 (IANS) Gurdaspur Central Jail in Punjab witnessed the re-enactment of a Bollywood-style scene when a young under-trial climbed atop a water tank in the jail premises ... Read more...
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Maid case: Court reserves order on government plea (Lead)
March 14th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on the government's plea seeking directions to restrain an Indian domestic help, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief ... Read more...
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Government wants curbs on maid’s claim case in US (Lead)
March 12th, 2012 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The government Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to restrain an Indian maid, awarded nearly $1.5 million relief for alleged ill-treatment by an ... Read more...
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Ex-judge could head shoot-out probe panel, says apex court
February 27th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) After rejecting the Gujarat government's appointee to monitor the probe into 22 alleged staged shoot-out cases, the Supreme Court Monday suggested the name of a ... Read more...
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Woman double-crosses court for son’s custody, gets rap
February 25th, 2012 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Delhi High Court issued a contempt of court notice to a woman for foxing a magistrate into awarding her son's custody to her, hiding ... Read more...
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Gujarat appointee for shootout probe monitoring rejected (Second Lead)
February 24th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Supreme court Friday refused to accept the Gujarat government's appointee to head the monitoring authority which would have overseen a probe into 22 alleged ... Read more...
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Apex Court pulls up Modi for frivolous case against activist (Lead)
February 21st, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up the Gujarat government for filing a frivolous police complaint against social activist Teesta Setalvad in the 2002 riots ... Read more...
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A first: Pakistani PM indicted for contempt (Fourth Lead)
February 13th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was Monday indicted by the Supreme Court in a contempt of court case for refusing to reopen corruption cases against ... Read more...
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In a first for Pakistan, PM indicted for contempt (Third Lead)
February 13th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 13 (IANS) Yousuf Raza Gilani was Monday indicted by the Supreme Court in a contempt of court case for refusing to reopen corruption cases against President Asif ... Read more...
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2G: Court notice to CBI on Goenka’s plea
January 24th, 2012 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the plea of 2G case accused Vinod Goenka, challenging ... Read more...
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2G: Court issues notice to CBI on Behura’s plea
January 20th, 2012 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura's plea for quashing the charges ... Read more...
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Krishna declines comment on court ruling against him
January 20th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 20 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday declined comment on the Karnataka High Court allowing probe into allegations that he had de-reserved large forest area for mining ... Read more...
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CWG scam: After Kalmadi gets bail, Bhanot moves plea
January 19th, 2012 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Organising Committee's (OC) former secretary general Lalit Bhanot and former official M. Jayachandran sought bail from a CBI special court here Thursday after ... Read more...
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Larger apex court bench to decide Pakistani accused’s plea (Lead)
January 12th, 2012 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday referred, to a larger bench, a Pakistani national's petition challenging his death sentence in the 1997 Karol Bagh bomb blast here ... Read more...
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Facebook, Google move court; Delhi Police issued notice
January 11th, 2012 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to Delhi Police on a petition filed against summons issued by a trial court to 21 websites, ... Read more...
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Plea filed to block memo panel notice to Zardari
January 9th, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 9 (IANS) A petition seeking halt to the memo commission's proceedings has been filed, contending that it was parliament's right to probe the president and the commission's notice ... Read more...
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‘Haqqani to survive punishment even if link with memo proved’
January 9th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 9 (IANS) Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's former amabassdor to the US, cannot be punished under the law even if a link is established between him and the controversial ... Read more...
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