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Delhi court orders OpIndia to remove articles on Swati Chaturvedi

May 14, 2026 admin

The Delhi High Court said the material filed by OpIndia “prima facie nowhere shows” that Chaturvedi was involved in “running extortion rackets” as alleged in the impugned articles. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A Delhi court recently directed the OpIndia to remove two articles, published around six years ago, about journalist Swati Chaturvedi, holding…

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Delhi Court Dismisses Defamation Case Against AAP’s Saurabh Bhardwaj

February 19, 2025 admin

Additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal dismissed the complaint. (File) New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed a criminal defamation complaint against AAP’s Saurabh Bhardwaj, citing delay in filing the case. Additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal dismissed the complaint filed by BJP’s Suraj Bhan Chauhan, saying the alleged offence of defamation took place…

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Delhi Court Seeks Doctors’ Opinion On Injuries Of Minor Who Alleged Abuse By Adoptive Family

January 31, 2025 admin

New Delhi: A Delhi court has sought doctors’ opinion on the injuries of a seven-year-old girl, saying that though she had retracted allegations of sexual and physical assault of ‘diabolical manner’ against her adoptive family members, her possible “tutoring” cannot be ruled out. Additional Sessions Judge Gomati Manocha passed the directions on January 27, quoting…

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Tuition Teacher Acquitted In Minor Student’s Rape Case

December 6, 2024 admin

The court underlined material contradictions in the girl’s statements. (Representational) New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted a man in an alleged case of rape of his minor student in 2019 and observed the complainant was in a consensual relationship with him. Additional sessions judge Ajay Nagar was hearing the case against a tuition teacher…

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Jailed MP Engineer Rashid Seeks Interim Bail To Attend Parliament

November 25, 2024 admin

Engineer Rashid appeared virtually in court from Tihar Jail. New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid on Monday moved a Delhi court seeking interim bail in a terror-funding case to attend the Parliament session. After Rashid urged Principal District and Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav to grant him the reprieve, the court asked the…

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“Financial Means Not Sole Ground To Decide Child’s Custody”: Court

August 14, 2024 admin

The court said that the mother was “absolutely fit” to take care of the children. New Delhi: Financial means is not the only ground to decide the custody of a child to a parent, a Delhi court has said while awarding interim custody of two children to their mother. Metropolitan Magistrate Sana Khan was hearing…

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Delhi Court To Announce Order On IAS Probationer Puja Khedkar’s Bail Plea On August 1

July 31, 2024 admin

New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on August 1 its order on the anticipatory bail plea of IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused in a case of cheating and forgery. Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala on Wednesday reserved the order after hearing arguments on the application filed by Khedkar, who claimed through…

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Delhi Court Gives 70-Year-Old Man 1 Year Jail Term For Throwing Acid On Dog

July 30, 2024 admin

Advocate Rhythm Sheel Srivastava appeared for the complainant. (Representational) New Delhi: A Delhi court has sentenced a 70-year-old man to imprisonment for a year for hurling a corrosive substance on a dog that caused it to lose one of its eyes, and observed that “life is as dear to a mute creature as it is…

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Court Orders Legal Action On Woman’s False Rape Complaint

July 28, 2024 admin

The court was hearing a bail application of the accused. (Representational) New Delhi: A court here has directed the Delhi Police to take legal action against a woman for registering a false rape case, saying the special privileges given to women should not be used as “sword” to settle personal scores. Additional Sessions Judge Shefali…

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Activist Medha Patkar Gets 5 Months Jail In Defamation Case Filed By Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena

July 1, 2024 admin

Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Medha Patkar. New Delhi: A court here on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months simple imprisonment in a 23-year-old defamation case lodged against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena when he headed an NGO in Gujarat. Metropolitan Magistrate…

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