Court order on Virbhadra’s bail cancellation Sep 15
September 12th, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 12 (IANS) A local court will decide Saturday whether the bail granted to former union minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife, who have been facing a graft case ... Read more...
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Virbhadra Singh seeks speedy trial in graft case
September 7th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 7 (IANS) The public prosecutor claimed Friday that there were enough indiscriminating evidence for cancelling the bail of former union minister Virbhadra Singh in a graft case, but ... Read more...
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Lawyers strike work in UP, demand security
August 21st, 2012 - 5:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 21 (IANS) Judicial work in Uttar Pradesh was crippled Tuesday as lawyers across the state struck work for a day on a call by the Uttar Pradesh Bar ... Read more...
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Four crude bombs found in Lucknow court premises
August 9th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) Four crude bombs were recovered in the civil court complex here Thursday, police said.The bombs, called 'sutli bombs', were recovered from a flask that was lying ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers file plea against court fee hike
August 7th, 2012 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Bar Association Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court and sought the quashing of a law aimed at a 10-fold hike in ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers form new welfare council
July 30th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Delhi lawyers have formed a coordination council to deal with their fraternity's issues related to housing, insurance and creation of a welfare fund, a lawyer ... Read more...
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Lawyers strike hits court work on day two
July 12th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Court proceedings across the country were hit for the second day Thursday as around 1.7 million lawyers boycotted courts on the Bar Council of India's ... Read more...
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Delhi High Court lawyers join strike
July 12th, 2012 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Lawyers of the Delhi High Court Thursday abstained from attending the court and joined a two-day strike called by the Bar Council of India (BCI) ... Read more...
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Nationwide lawyers’ strike badly hits court proceedings (Roundup)
July 11th, 2012 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Work in courts across the country was badly affected Wednesday as around 17 lakh lawyers joined a two-day strike called by the Bar Council ... Read more...
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Attack on judges: Lawyers threaten strike Friday
May 17th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) To protest an attack on three Delhi judges by four bikers in a road rage incident in south Delhi, lawyers at the Saket district courts ... Read more...
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Three judges attacked in Delhi, one injured
May 17th, 2012 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Three judges from the Saket district courts were attacked by a motorbike-rider in south Delhi after their car hit his vehicle, police said Thursday, adding ... Read more...
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Tejinder’s plea against army chief sent to another court (Second Lead)
May 5th, 2012 - 8:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) A Delhi magistrate Saturday sent to another judge Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh's plea seeking the summoning of army chief Gen. V.K. Singh in a ... Read more...
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Tejinder’s plea against army chief sent to another court (Lead)
May 5th, 2012 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) A Delhi magistrate Saturday sent to another judge Lt. Gen. (retd) Tejinder Singh's plea seeking the summoning of army chief Gen. V.K. Singh in a ... Read more...
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4,793 cases settled at Delhi Lok Adalat
April 14th, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A total of 4,793 cases relating to dishonoured cheques, electricity bills, traffic rule violations and other civil and criminal matters were disposed of in a ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ protest paralyses Delhi courts
April 7th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Work in six district courts here was paralysed Saturday following a day-long strike by lawyers protesting against an attack on two advocates earlier in the ... Read more...
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Rajoana to hang Saturday, rules court (Lead)
March 27th, 2012 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 27 (IANS) Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death in the 1995 assassination of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, is to hang as scheduled on ... Read more...
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Court notice to Delhi bar council
March 7th, 2012 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought a response from the Bar Council of Delhi on a plea by two advocates seeking fresh elections to the ... Read more...
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Delhi Bar Association poll cancelled, rescheduled for Feb 1
January 25th, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) The Delhi Bar Association's election was cancelled Wednesday after few anti-social elements, posing as lawyers, barged into the polling area and disrupted voting, an association ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers strike work against bills
January 20th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Delhi lawyers Friday observed a day-long strike as part of the Bar Council of India's nationwide protest against two bills, including one which they claim ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ strike cripples Delhi district courts
January 12th, 2012 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) District courts in the capital were paralysed Thursday by a day-long lawyers' strike to demand the transfer of property cases from the Delhi High ... Read more...
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Delhi lawyers to strike work Thursday
January 11th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The lawyers of Delhi district courts will observe a day-long strike Thursday to press their demand for transfer of property cases from the Delhi High ... Read more...
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Sohrabuddin case: Shah opposes apex court’s CBI probe order
November 24th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told Thursday that its 2010 order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout ... Read more...
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Opportunities to Tihar inmates incomparable: Minister
October 18th, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Lauding the Tihar Jail's administration, Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh said Monday the environment and opportunities provided to its inmates are incomparable.Inaugurating ... Read more...
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Three new judges join Delhi High Court (Lead)
October 17th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Three new judges took oath of office in the Delhi High Court Monday even as the executive committee of the Bar Association opposed the appointment ... Read more...
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No kidding: Child labour rampant around Delhi courts
October 8th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) The judiciary may be the upholder of law and justice but when it comes to child labour, children below the age of 14 can be ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ strike in Delhi district courts
September 29th, 2011 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) A daylong lawyers' strike to protest a complaint lodged by a policeman, allegedly assaulted by bar association members of Rohini, Thursday affected work in all ... Read more...
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Day-to-day hearing of Dera chief’s rape case
September 28th, 2011 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Panchkula (Haryana), Sep 28 (IANS) The rape case against controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, will be heard on a day-to-day basis from Friday by a ... Read more...
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High court refers security plea to larger bench
September 22nd, 2011 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday referred a plea for adequate security arrangements against terrorism in the national capital to a larger bench.Taking note of the ... Read more...
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Delhi blast suspects brought to capital
September 21st, 2011 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Three people arrested in Jammu and Kashmir for the Sep 7 Delhi High Court blast were brought here Wednesday by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) ... Read more...
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Father-son commit suicide in Amritsar
September 21st, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Sep 21 (IANS) A father-son duo, who had a criminal past, allegedly committed suicide inside a lawyer's chamber in the district courts complex here in Punjab, police said Wednesday.The ... Read more...
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Ex-judge gets bail in cash-in-bag case
August 27th, 2011 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Aug 27 (IANS) Former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmal Yadav was Saturday granted bail by a CBI court here in the multi-million-rupee cash-in-bag scam which rocked this ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ strike to back Anna hits litigants (Lead)
August 17th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Litigants suffered and work in Delhi courts was hit Wednesday as lawyers in all the six district court complexes struck work to protest the ... Read more...
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Lawyers’ strike to back Anna hits litigants
August 17th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Litigants suffered and work in Delhi courts was hit Wednesday as lawyers in all the six district court complexes struck work to protest the arrest ... Read more...
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Jail van rams into bus stop, one dead
July 30th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) A bus ferrying undertrials from Tihar Jail to Rohini district courts ploughed into a bus stop here Saturday, killing one and injuring five, police said.The ... Read more...
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35 percent Indian women suffer domestic violence: UN
July 7th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) Around 35 percent Indian women suffer from physical violence at the hands of their partners while nearly 40 percent men and women think that it ... Read more...
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