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In light of the ensuing controversy surrounding the conduct of the 2017 Haryana Judicial Services Preliminary Examination, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has annulled the same. A three-judge Bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal, Rajan Gupta and GS Sandhawalia was hearing the petition filed by one Sunita, which alleges that the issue is not limited to mere leakage of the […]
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INTRODUCTION The origin of the law of Contempt in India can be traced from the English law. In England Superior Courts of record have formed early times, exercised the power to commit for contempt persons who scandalized the Court or the Judges. The right of the Indian High Courts to punish for contempt was in […]
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Haryana, Punjab, Himachal, Kerala and Chandigarh are the five where the courts have managed to dispose of almost all cases pending for a decade or more Delhi, Assam, MP, Andhra and Karnataka are not too far behind and have brought down pendency of 10-yr-old cases to almost 1% of total pending cases For the first […]
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The Delhi High Court will continue to hear the petitions filed by various parties to get marital rape declared as an offence after Advocate Gaurav Agrawal informed the court today, that the issues before the Supreme Court and the High Court did not overlap with each other. The court also requested Senior Advocate Raju Ramchandran to assist the Court […]
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1993 Mumbai blasts- A special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) Court in Mumbai has sentenced Abu Salem to life imprisonment in connection with the 1993 blasts that rocked the city, according to various news reports. Another accused, Karimullah Khan, has also been handed a life sentence, while two others – Tahir Merchant and Firoz Abdul Rashid Khan – have been awarded the death […]
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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the deadly Blue Whale Challenge in public interest, after coming across news that the game claimed the life of a 19-year-old college student. A Division Bench of Justices KK Sasidharan and GR Swaminathantook up cognizance of the matter last week, observing, “There is no proper mechanism as of now […]
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इस देश में रहने वाले सभी ‘बेटों’ को मैं बताना चाहता हूं कि आप अभी से अपने मां-बाप की सेवा में लग जाएं, नहीं तो अनर्थ हो जाएगा. और हां…मेरी बातों को हल्के में लेने की कोशिश भूल कर ना करें, नहीं तो आप अपने घर में हल्का भी नहीं हो पाएंगे. ख़ैर, अब मुद्दे […]
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The recent move of the Tamil Nadu government to make it compulsory to carry the original driver licence while driving has been temporarily stalled following its challenge by way of three writ petitions filed at the Madras High Court. Two PILs in this regard – one filed by Traffic Ramaswamy and the other on behalf of the […]
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Jagdeep Singh, the Special CBI judge who sentenced Ram Rahim Singh to twenty years’ imprisonment for rape, has been granted Z+ security, India Todayreports. Singh and his family reportedly received threatening calls from supporters of the Dera Sacha Sauda, the organisation headed by the convicted godman. Consequently, a total of 55 policemen, including 10 NSG commandos […]
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The flamboyant self-styled guru ram rahim singh faces charges of murder conspiracy and castration of his disciples. Three more cases, including two pertaining to murder conspiracy, are pending against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Two 10-year prison terms given to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by a special CBI […]
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A special CBI court on Monday sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. The Dera chief was convicted of rape on August 25. Giving details of the sentencing, CBI counsel in the case, said, “It is 20 years punishment and both the sentences shall not run concurrently. It […]
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HIGHLIGHTS The court’s verdict in the case against the 50-year-old Dera chief came after 14 years In 2002, a Dera sadhvi wrote an anonymous letter to then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying she was raped by the Dera chief The verdict was delivered amid unprecedented security as thousands of Dera followers gathered in Panchkula 5 […]
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