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Unnao case: 'In-camera' proceedings to record rape survivor's statement begins at AIIMS

Unnao case: ‘In-camera’ proceedings to record rape survivor’s statement underway at AIIMS

12:18 pm September 11, 2019

New Delhi: ‘In-camera’ proceedings commenced on Wednesday at AIIMS here, where a temporary court has been set up for recording the Unnao rape survivor’s statement in the case of alleged sexual assault by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017. The woman’s statement is being recorded by District Judge Dharmesh Sharma. ‘In-camera’ proceedings are […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

NRC has spawned humanitarian crisis: People’s tribunal

8:42 pm September 9, 2019

New Delhi: Judiciary’s insistence on setting deadlines for the NRC process in Assam has increased pressure on the people involved, a “people’s tribunal” has said, criticising the implementation of the massive exercise as having “spawned a humanitarian crisis”. The tribunal, including former Supreme Court Judges M B Lokur and Kurian Joseph, and former Delhi High […]

Plea seeking live telecast or recording of Ayodhya case be listed before CJI: SC

8:05 pm September 6, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said a plea seeking live telecast or recording of the hearing in the Ayodhya land dispute case be listed before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. A five-judge constitution bench headed by the CJI is hearing the Ayodhya land dispute case. The plea, filed […]

Sexual abuse case: Law student disowns statement against ex-Union minister Chinmayanand

SIT arrives in Shahjahanpur to probe Chinmayanand case

7:37 pm September 6, 2019

Shahjahanpur (UP): A special investigation team (SIT), which was constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government on the orders of the Supreme Court, has arrived in Shahjahanpur to probe the harassment charges levelled by a woman law student against BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand. The SIT, headed by Inspector General Naveen Arora, arrived on Thursday night and […]

Chidambaram likely to be lodged in Jail No.7 in Tihar

7:32 pm September 5, 2019

New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram, who was sent to 14-day judicial custody on Thursday in the INX Media corruption case, is likely to be lodged at the Tihar prison’s Jail No. 7, officials said. Jail No. 7 usually houses those accused in Enforcement Directorate cases. The veteran Congress leader was sent to the […]