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NEW DELHI: From scams in coal, cricket to CBI, the Supreme Court’s orders and observations in dealing with these cases in 2014 dealt a heavy blow to the credibility of the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government indirectly helping the Narendra Modi-led BJP to stage a stunning victory in the general elections. In maintaining the supremacy of […]

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: Islamabad high court on Monday suspended the detention order of ZakiurRehmanLakhvi, the key planner of 2008 Mumbai attacks, according to Times Now. Lakhvi had challenged his detention under a public security order in the high court here after the Pakistan government rejected his plea seeking release. In the petition Lakhvi’s counsel Raja Rizwan

NEW DELHI: Former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti on Friday won relief from the Delhi high court which set aside an NHRC order passed against him unilaterally in connection with the Khirki Extension raid. A vacation bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Manmohan Singh quashed the September 29 NHRC order as it was passed without

NEW DELHI: Startling facts revealed by probe agencies on plots hatched by banned outfits made headlines in 2014 in Delhi courts which noted that Osama bin Laden was still the driving force for terror groups following footsteps of ISIS to create situation like Iraq and Syria. A tug of war was also witnessed between a

ISLAMABAD: Legal loopholes in the Mumbai terror attack case led to the granting of bail to its alleged mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) stated here in a written order. The order added that weak evidence, registration of the FIR invoking irrelevant sections against the suspect, the “never-ending” trial and hearsay evidence went

JALANDHAR (Punjab): Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials are questioning Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia with regard to a multi-million rupee international synthetic drugs racket busted last year. Majithia, who was summoned by ED, appeared at its office in Jalandhar on Friday for questioning in connection with alleged money laundering drugs case. READ ALSO: Drug racket case

HYDERABAD: The much awaited verdict in the Satyam multi-crore scam case filed by the CBI, which was supposed to be delivered on Tuesday, is now scheduled to be pronounced on March 9, 2015. Hyderabad’s 21st additional chief metropolitan magistrate B V L N Chakravarthy, who heard the case on Tuesday, cited the voluminous records involved

NEW DELHI: Terming it “premature”, the Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed AAP leader Somnath Bharti’s plea challenging the NHRC order on the controversial midnight raid early this year. Justice V K Shali said that since National Human Rights Commission has agreed to hear Bharti and is expected to give its decision on January 13,

The Consumer Protection Act excludes services for “commercial purpose” from its purview, but does not define this term. This has lead to chaos as the term is being interpreted differently by different judges and there is no consistency. Hence, outcome of the case has no judicial certainty and depends on the luck of the party.

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama moved to prevent US anger at North Korea from spiraling out of control on Sunday by saying the massive hacking of Sony Pictures was not an act of war but instead was cyber-vandalism. Washington’s longstanding dispute with North Korea, which for years has centered on its nuclear weapons program, has