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Shashi Tharoor, 6 Journalists Won't Be Arrested For Now: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today barred any agency from arresting Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists in cases relating to their tweets in connection with the Republic Day tractor rally violence in New Delhi. The cases will be taken up for hearing after two weeks, the court said.
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CCTVs, Audio Recording At All Interrogation Rooms, Lock-Ups: Supreme Court
All police stations in the country and investigation agencies including the CBI, National Investigation Agency and Enforcement Directorate, must install CCTV cameras with night vision and audio recording, the Supreme Court said Wednesday in a landmark order meant to prevent excesses in custody.
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Big Day For P Chidambaram, 3 Courts To Hear His Requests For Bail
Three courts - the Supreme Court and two two trial courts - are expected to take a call on several key issues involving former Union minister P Chidambaram today, including the question of whether he would get bail or will be sent to Tihar jail. Mr Chidambaram's 15-day custody with the CBI - during which he was lodged at a room in the ground floor ...
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"Prevention With Capital P": Probe Agency Counters P Chidambaram
The daily courtroom fight between former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and the Enforcement Directorate also involves lawyers on both sides weaponising words to maximum effect.
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P Chidambaram, Facing Arrest, Has To Wait Till Friday Top Court Hearing
Former union minister P Chidambaram, with investigating agencies on his trail, will not get any legal reprieve today with the Supreme Court refusing an urgent hearing on his request for anticipatory bail. The court will hear the petition on Friday.
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CBI To Respond In 2 Weeks On Lalu Yadav's Bail Plea: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today sought the CBI's response on Lalu Yadav's bail plea in connection with the multi-crore fodder scam. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the central probe agency to respond within two weeks on the RJD supremo's plea, challenging the Jharkhand High Court's order, rejecting his bail in three cases.
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"Don't Play Around With The Law": Supreme Court Warns Karti Chidambaram
The Supreme Court today allowed former finance minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad but has warned him that the court will be "forced to take steps" if he is not cooperating with the probe agencies, investigating the Aircel-maxis case. Karti Chidambaram is an accused in the case.
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"None Of You Deserve Hearing": Top Court Fumes Over Leak In CBI Case
Enraged over leaks to the media in the highly-sensitive case centred on corruption charges swapped by two bosses of the country's top investigating agency, the CBI, Supreme Court judges today said: "None of you deserve a hearing." CBI director Alok Verma's petition will be heard on November 29, the top court said, and repeated itself later. Alok Ve...
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7 Rohingya Will Be Deported, Supreme Court Says Myanmar Has Accepted Them
Seven Rohingya Muslims held at a detention centre in Assam will be handed over to Myanmar after the Supreme Court today refused to stop their deportation, the first such move by the government.
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"Kill PM Plot" Can't Be Vague Charge: Justice Chandrachud's Dissent View
Justice DY Chandrachud, one of three Supreme Court judges who ruled today over the arrest of five activists for alleged links to Maoist insurgents, gave a dissenting view, saying that the police appeared to be sponsoring a media trial of the accused. He said the charges against activists of involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narend...
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"We Didn't Incite Anyone To Commit Crime": Top Court vs Centre On Dalit Act
Hearing the centre's request to review its own order, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it was "100 per cent" for the protection of Dalits against atrocities but no one should be "falsely implicated". The government said the court's move in March to make it more difficult to arrest people for crimes against Dalits weakened the law and amounted to ...
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No Court Relief For Karti Chidambaram On Summons In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court today did not stay the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asking Karti Chidambaram to appear before the agency on March 1 in connection with a money laundering case.
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Mayawati's Elephant Statues Usher New Rules About Wasting Public Money
No political party would be allowed to use public funds and government machinery to publicise its political symbol, the Election Commission has said, amid a legal tussle over elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh installed during the Bahujan Samaj Party's rule.
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Triple Talaq Has No Place In A Secular Country: Centre To Supreme Court
The centre is opposed to the Muslim practice of triple talaq, it has informed the Supreme Court, describing it as "misplaced in a secular country."
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'Triple Talaq' Violates Fundamental Rights, Woman Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre on the plea of a Muslim woman challenging the constitutional validity of 'triple talaq' divorce. The petitioner Ishrat Jahan had appealed that divorce through spoken words violated fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution.
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Shashi Tharoor, 6 Journalists Won't Be Arrested For Now: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today barred any agency from arresting Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists in cases relating to their tweets in connection with the Republic Day tractor rally violence in New Delhi. The cases will be taken up for hearing after two weeks, the court said.
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CCTVs, Audio Recording At All Interrogation Rooms, Lock-Ups: Supreme Court
All police stations in the country and investigation agencies including the CBI, National Investigation Agency and Enforcement Directorate, must install CCTV cameras with night vision and audio recording, the Supreme Court said Wednesday in a landmark order meant to prevent excesses in custody.
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Big Day For P Chidambaram, 3 Courts To Hear His Requests For Bail
Three courts - the Supreme Court and two two trial courts - are expected to take a call on several key issues involving former Union minister P Chidambaram today, including the question of whether he would get bail or will be sent to Tihar jail. Mr Chidambaram's 15-day custody with the CBI - during which he was lodged at a room in the ground floor ...
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"Prevention With Capital P": Probe Agency Counters P Chidambaram
The daily courtroom fight between former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and the Enforcement Directorate also involves lawyers on both sides weaponising words to maximum effect.
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P Chidambaram, Facing Arrest, Has To Wait Till Friday Top Court Hearing
Former union minister P Chidambaram, with investigating agencies on his trail, will not get any legal reprieve today with the Supreme Court refusing an urgent hearing on his request for anticipatory bail. The court will hear the petition on Friday.
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CBI To Respond In 2 Weeks On Lalu Yadav's Bail Plea: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today sought the CBI's response on Lalu Yadav's bail plea in connection with the multi-crore fodder scam. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the central probe agency to respond within two weeks on the RJD supremo's plea, challenging the Jharkhand High Court's order, rejecting his bail in three cases.
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"Don't Play Around With The Law": Supreme Court Warns Karti Chidambaram
The Supreme Court today allowed former finance minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad but has warned him that the court will be "forced to take steps" if he is not cooperating with the probe agencies, investigating the Aircel-maxis case. Karti Chidambaram is an accused in the case.
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"None Of You Deserve Hearing": Top Court Fumes Over Leak In CBI Case
Enraged over leaks to the media in the highly-sensitive case centred on corruption charges swapped by two bosses of the country's top investigating agency, the CBI, Supreme Court judges today said: "None of you deserve a hearing." CBI director Alok Verma's petition will be heard on November 29, the top court said, and repeated itself later. Alok Ve...
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7 Rohingya Will Be Deported, Supreme Court Says Myanmar Has Accepted Them
Seven Rohingya Muslims held at a detention centre in Assam will be handed over to Myanmar after the Supreme Court today refused to stop their deportation, the first such move by the government.
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"Kill PM Plot" Can't Be Vague Charge: Justice Chandrachud's Dissent View
Justice DY Chandrachud, one of three Supreme Court judges who ruled today over the arrest of five activists for alleged links to Maoist insurgents, gave a dissenting view, saying that the police appeared to be sponsoring a media trial of the accused. He said the charges against activists of involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narend...
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"We Didn't Incite Anyone To Commit Crime": Top Court vs Centre On Dalit Act
Hearing the centre's request to review its own order, the Supreme Court on Thursday said it was "100 per cent" for the protection of Dalits against atrocities but no one should be "falsely implicated". The government said the court's move in March to make it more difficult to arrest people for crimes against Dalits weakened the law and amounted to ...
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No Court Relief For Karti Chidambaram On Summons In Money Laundering Case
The Supreme Court today did not stay the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asking Karti Chidambaram to appear before the agency on March 1 in connection with a money laundering case.
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Mayawati's Elephant Statues Usher New Rules About Wasting Public Money
No political party would be allowed to use public funds and government machinery to publicise its political symbol, the Election Commission has said, amid a legal tussle over elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh installed during the Bahujan Samaj Party's rule.
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Triple Talaq Has No Place In A Secular Country: Centre To Supreme Court
The centre is opposed to the Muslim practice of triple talaq, it has informed the Supreme Court, describing it as "misplaced in a secular country."
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'Triple Talaq' Violates Fundamental Rights, Woman Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre on the plea of a Muslim woman challenging the constitutional validity of 'triple talaq' divorce. The petitioner Ishrat Jahan had appealed that divorce through spoken words violated fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution.
