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No Proof Of Fake Encounter In Sohrabuddin Case, Says Court: 10 Points
All 22 accused in the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and his friend Tulsiram Prajapati by police officers were acquitted today by a court in Mumbai, which said the evidence was "unsatisfactory" and not enough to prove conspiracy and cold-blooded murder. The CBI had said that the three were murdered by Gujarat police officers as part o...
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Ex-Cop DG Vanzara Wanted Minister Dead, Sohrabuddin Got Contract: Witness
A key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case has claimed in a Mumbai court that ex-police officer of Gujarat, DG Vanzara, had given out a contract to kill Haren Pandya -- former home minister of the state. Sohrabuddin, the witness said, claimed he got the contract, and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati claimed he had carried out the murder.
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No Probe Into Judge Loya Death, Supreme Court Says Petitions "Scandalous"
The death of judge BH Loya in 2014 while deciding on murder charges against BJP president Amit Shah will not be investigated, the Supreme Court said today, calling petitions for an independent probe "scandalous" and a "frontal attack on the judiciary". A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said the petitions were in criminal contempt...
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Independent Probe Into Judge Loya's Death? Supreme Court To Decide Today
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is expected to decide today whether an independent investigation should be held into the death of judge BH Loya. The 48-year-old judge was handling a murder case in which BJP chief Amit Shah was among the accused, when he died of a heart attack in 2014. The judge who replaced him ruled there was ...
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Five-Point Guide To The Judge Loya Controversy
In the stunning "rebellion" against the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, by the four judges who rank just after him, the case of Mumbai judge BH Loya may have been the tipping point. Two petitions asking for an investigation into the judge's death were assigned to a bench that the judges reportedly disapproved of. This morning, the four judges ...
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No, Judge Loya's Death Not Mysterious, Says Judge Who Was At Hospital
When Judge BH Loya complained of chest pains and was taken to a hospital in Nagpur, other senior judges rushed to help out and there was no sign of any cover-up or mystery about how he died, said Justice Bhushan Gavai to NDTV today
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Special CBI Court Frames Charges In Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Tulsiram Prajapati Case
A special CBI court today framed charges in the case of alleged fake encounters of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati under several charges like murder, abduction, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.
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Geetha Johri, Who Probed Sohrabuddin Case, Is Gujarat's 1st Woman Top Cop
Geetha Johri, Gujarat's first woman police officer, is now also its first woman police chief. The 1982 batch officer was appointed Director General of Police a day after the resignation of PP Pandey, an officer whose appointment was challenged because of the murder charges against him in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case.
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea In Sohrabuddin Case
The Bombay High Court has dismissed an application filed by a former bureaucrat seeking inquiry into why Rubabuddin Shaikh, brother of Sohrabuddin, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter, wanted to withdraw his petition challenging the discharge of BJP President Amit Shah from the case.
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Former Rajasthan Minister Gulabchand Kataria Discharged in Sohrabuddin Encounter Case
Former Rajasthan home minister Gulabchand Kataria and marble baron Vimal Patni have been discharged by a special court hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
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"Did We Argue for Only 45 Minutes?" CBI Director on Amit Shah Case
The bad press for the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI seems to be carrying into the New Year. Ever since BJP President Amit Shah was exempted of murder charges for the extra-judicial killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and a witness by a Mumbai court, the investigative agency has been at a loss to explain its future strategy in...
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BJP Chief Amit Shah Speaks After Being Cleared of Charges in Fake Encounter Cases: Highlights
Amit Shah, the president of the ruling BJP, was greeted with garlands and fireworks by party men in Delhi after a court today said he will not face murder charges for the extra-judicial killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and a witness a decade ago.
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BJP Chief Amit Shah Won't be Tried for Murder; Vindicated, Says BJP: 10 Developments
Amit Shah, the president of the ruling BJP, was greeted with garlands and fireworks by party men in Delhi after a court today said he will not face murder charges for the extra-judicial killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and a witness a decade ago.
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Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case: CBI books Rajasthan's ex-home minister for murder
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case which names senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria. The BJP leader faces charges of murder along with three others in this chargesheet.
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Modi minister Amit Shah surfaces, arrested for murder in Sohrabuddin case
Former Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah has been arrested by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. He was taken to the CBI judge A Y Dave's house, who has remanded him to 13 days in judicial custody. Shah will spend the next two weeks in Sabarmati Jail, but can appeal for bail. Shah, who has been charg...
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No Proof Of Fake Encounter In Sohrabuddin Case, Says Court: 10 Points
All 22 accused in the 2005 killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and his friend Tulsiram Prajapati by police officers were acquitted today by a court in Mumbai, which said the evidence was "unsatisfactory" and not enough to prove conspiracy and cold-blooded murder. The CBI had said that the three were murdered by Gujarat police officers as part o...
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Ex-Cop DG Vanzara Wanted Minister Dead, Sohrabuddin Got Contract: Witness
A key witness in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh case has claimed in a Mumbai court that ex-police officer of Gujarat, DG Vanzara, had given out a contract to kill Haren Pandya -- former home minister of the state. Sohrabuddin, the witness said, claimed he got the contract, and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati claimed he had carried out the murder.
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No Probe Into Judge Loya Death, Supreme Court Says Petitions "Scandalous"
The death of judge BH Loya in 2014 while deciding on murder charges against BJP president Amit Shah will not be investigated, the Supreme Court said today, calling petitions for an independent probe "scandalous" and a "frontal attack on the judiciary". A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said the petitions were in criminal contempt...
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Independent Probe Into Judge Loya's Death? Supreme Court To Decide Today
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra is expected to decide today whether an independent investigation should be held into the death of judge BH Loya. The 48-year-old judge was handling a murder case in which BJP chief Amit Shah was among the accused, when he died of a heart attack in 2014. The judge who replaced him ruled there was ...
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Five-Point Guide To The Judge Loya Controversy
In the stunning "rebellion" against the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, by the four judges who rank just after him, the case of Mumbai judge BH Loya may have been the tipping point. Two petitions asking for an investigation into the judge's death were assigned to a bench that the judges reportedly disapproved of. This morning, the four judges ...
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No, Judge Loya's Death Not Mysterious, Says Judge Who Was At Hospital
When Judge BH Loya complained of chest pains and was taken to a hospital in Nagpur, other senior judges rushed to help out and there was no sign of any cover-up or mystery about how he died, said Justice Bhushan Gavai to NDTV today
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Special CBI Court Frames Charges In Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Tulsiram Prajapati Case
A special CBI court today framed charges in the case of alleged fake encounters of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati under several charges like murder, abduction, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.
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Geetha Johri, Who Probed Sohrabuddin Case, Is Gujarat's 1st Woman Top Cop
Geetha Johri, Gujarat's first woman police officer, is now also its first woman police chief. The 1982 batch officer was appointed Director General of Police a day after the resignation of PP Pandey, an officer whose appointment was challenged because of the murder charges against him in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case.
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Bombay High Court Dismisses Plea In Sohrabuddin Case
The Bombay High Court has dismissed an application filed by a former bureaucrat seeking inquiry into why Rubabuddin Shaikh, brother of Sohrabuddin, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter, wanted to withdraw his petition challenging the discharge of BJP President Amit Shah from the case.
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Former Rajasthan Minister Gulabchand Kataria Discharged in Sohrabuddin Encounter Case
Former Rajasthan home minister Gulabchand Kataria and marble baron Vimal Patni have been discharged by a special court hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
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"Did We Argue for Only 45 Minutes?" CBI Director on Amit Shah Case
The bad press for the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI seems to be carrying into the New Year. Ever since BJP President Amit Shah was exempted of murder charges for the extra-judicial killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and a witness by a Mumbai court, the investigative agency has been at a loss to explain its future strategy in...
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BJP Chief Amit Shah Speaks After Being Cleared of Charges in Fake Encounter Cases: Highlights
Amit Shah, the president of the ruling BJP, was greeted with garlands and fireworks by party men in Delhi after a court today said he will not face murder charges for the extra-judicial killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and a witness a decade ago.
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BJP Chief Amit Shah Won't be Tried for Murder; Vindicated, Says BJP: 10 Developments
Amit Shah, the president of the ruling BJP, was greeted with garlands and fireworks by party men in Delhi after a court today said he will not face murder charges for the extra-judicial killings of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife and a witness a decade ago.
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Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case: CBI books Rajasthan's ex-home minister for murder
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case which names senior BJP leader and former Rajasthan Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria. The BJP leader faces charges of murder along with three others in this chargesheet.
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Modi minister Amit Shah surfaces, arrested for murder in Sohrabuddin case
Former Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah has been arrested by the CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case. He was taken to the CBI judge A Y Dave's house, who has remanded him to 13 days in judicial custody. Shah will spend the next two weeks in Sabarmati Jail, but can appeal for bail. Shah, who has been charg...
