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Top Court Concerned Over 8.82 Lakh Unimplemented Verdicts In Civil Dispute
The Supreme Court has termed as "highly disappointing" and "alarming" the pendency of over 8.82 lakh execution petitions before different courts across the country.
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Lethal Jab Instead Of Death By Hanging? Court Says "Problem With Centre Is..."
The Supreme Court has taken a dim view of the government's opposition to a suggestion that death row convicts be given an option of lethal injection as a mode of execution.
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2 Days Before Indian Nurse's Execution In Yemen, Supreme Court Will Hear Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to urgently hear a petition to stay the execution of an Indian nurse from Kerala, Nimisha Priya, in Yemen. The top court today issued an advance notice to the Attorney General, seeking the Centre's reply.
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"Without Fail": Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Decisions On Execution Pleas By Civil Courts
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked all high courts to direct civil courts in their jurisdiction to decide the execution petitions within six months, failing which presiding officers would be held liable.
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'Provided All Possible Legal Aid To Her': India On UP Woman Executed In UAE
The Indian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates provided all possible legal assistance to Shahzadi, the Indian national executed in UAE, including sending mercy petitions and pardon requests to the Government of the UAE.
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"Excesses At Hands Of Executive...": Court's Top Quotes On 'Bulldozer Justice'
Hearing a petition against 'bulldozer justice' today, the Supreme Court today said that the Executive cannot replace the Judiciary and the law should not prejudge an accused's guilt.
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre Reply On Delhi Ordinance, But Doesn't Pause It
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre following a petition by Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government, challenging the constitutional validity of the executive order controlling the bureaucrats.
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Nitish Katara Case: High Court Dismisses Convict Vishal Yadav's Parole Petition
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by Vishal Yadav seeking parole to pursue filing of an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging his conviction and life sentence in the killing of business executive Nitish Katara in 2002.
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Amazon Claims ‘Overly Broad and Burdensome’ FTC Probe of Amazon Prime Service Hounding Jeff Bezos, Others
Amazon has petitioned the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to cancel, or extend the deadline for answering, subpoenas sent to former CEO Jeff Bezos and current CEO Andy Jassy. The e-commerce giant is facing an FTC probe into its Amazon Prime service, which is investigating the sign-up and cancellation practices of Amazon Prime starting i...
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Elon Musk Says Doing 'Best' to Boost Birth Rates Amid Reports of Having Twins
Elon Musk took it to Twitter to say that he was helping combat falling birth rates and underpopulation crisis. The tweets come a day after Musk was reported to welcome twins last year with an executive at Neuralink. Meanwhile, one of his children recently filed a petition in a California court to change her name and stated the wish not “to be rel...
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Chanda Kochhar Loses Supreme Court Case Against Being Fired As ICICI CEO
Former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar faced a setback today as the Supreme Court rejected her appeal against her sacking as the bank's chief executive and managing director. Ms Kochhar, who faces charges for alleged money laundering, had approached the top court after the Bombay High Court dismissed her petition against her sacking.
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Nirbhaya Case: Key Moments In 2012 Rape-And-Murder Case That Shocked India
Seven years after a young medical student was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi, four of her killers were hanged at 5.30 am on Friday. The pre-dawn execution took place less than two hours after the Supreme Court dismissed the final petition of the convicts.
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7 Years Later, Nirbhaya's Killers Hanged
Seven years after a young medical student was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi, a crime that shocked India, four of her killers were hanged at 5.30 am on Friday. The pre-dawn execution took place less than two hours after the Supreme Court dismissed the final petition of the convicts.
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Nirbhaya Case Updates: "Our Nari Shakti Has Excelled In Every Field": PM On Nirbhaya Verdict
The four convicts in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student were hanged at Delhi's Tihar Jail at 5:30 am today. After three of the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case moved the Delhi high court Thursday evening challenging the trial court order declining to stay their execution scheduled for ea...
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Nirbhaya Convicts To Be Executed At 5:30 am, Top Court Rejects Petition
A little more than two hour to go for the execution, a three-judge bench took up a last desperate appeal from three men convicted for the horrifying gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi, dubbed Nirbhaya, more than seven years ago.
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Top Court Concerned Over 8.82 Lakh Unimplemented Verdicts In Civil Dispute
The Supreme Court has termed as "highly disappointing" and "alarming" the pendency of over 8.82 lakh execution petitions before different courts across the country.
-
Lethal Jab Instead Of Death By Hanging? Court Says "Problem With Centre Is..."
The Supreme Court has taken a dim view of the government's opposition to a suggestion that death row convicts be given an option of lethal injection as a mode of execution.
-
2 Days Before Indian Nurse's Execution In Yemen, Supreme Court Will Hear Case
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to urgently hear a petition to stay the execution of an Indian nurse from Kerala, Nimisha Priya, in Yemen. The top court today issued an advance notice to the Attorney General, seeking the Centre's reply.
-
"Without Fail": Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Decisions On Execution Pleas By Civil Courts
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked all high courts to direct civil courts in their jurisdiction to decide the execution petitions within six months, failing which presiding officers would be held liable.
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'Provided All Possible Legal Aid To Her': India On UP Woman Executed In UAE
The Indian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates provided all possible legal assistance to Shahzadi, the Indian national executed in UAE, including sending mercy petitions and pardon requests to the Government of the UAE.
-
"Excesses At Hands Of Executive...": Court's Top Quotes On 'Bulldozer Justice'
Hearing a petition against 'bulldozer justice' today, the Supreme Court today said that the Executive cannot replace the Judiciary and the law should not prejudge an accused's guilt.
-
Supreme Court Seeks Centre Reply On Delhi Ordinance, But Doesn't Pause It
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre following a petition by Delhi's Aam Aadmi Party government, challenging the constitutional validity of the executive order controlling the bureaucrats.
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Nitish Katara Case: High Court Dismisses Convict Vishal Yadav's Parole Petition
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by Vishal Yadav seeking parole to pursue filing of an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging his conviction and life sentence in the killing of business executive Nitish Katara in 2002.
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Amazon Claims ‘Overly Broad and Burdensome’ FTC Probe of Amazon Prime Service Hounding Jeff Bezos, Others
Amazon has petitioned the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to cancel, or extend the deadline for answering, subpoenas sent to former CEO Jeff Bezos and current CEO Andy Jassy. The e-commerce giant is facing an FTC probe into its Amazon Prime service, which is investigating the sign-up and cancellation practices of Amazon Prime starting i...
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Elon Musk Says Doing 'Best' to Boost Birth Rates Amid Reports of Having Twins
Elon Musk took it to Twitter to say that he was helping combat falling birth rates and underpopulation crisis. The tweets come a day after Musk was reported to welcome twins last year with an executive at Neuralink. Meanwhile, one of his children recently filed a petition in a California court to change her name and stated the wish not “to be rel...
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Chanda Kochhar Loses Supreme Court Case Against Being Fired As ICICI CEO
Former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar faced a setback today as the Supreme Court rejected her appeal against her sacking as the bank's chief executive and managing director. Ms Kochhar, who faces charges for alleged money laundering, had approached the top court after the Bombay High Court dismissed her petition against her sacking.
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Nirbhaya Case: Key Moments In 2012 Rape-And-Murder Case That Shocked India
Seven years after a young medical student was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi, four of her killers were hanged at 5.30 am on Friday. The pre-dawn execution took place less than two hours after the Supreme Court dismissed the final petition of the convicts.
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7 Years Later, Nirbhaya's Killers Hanged
Seven years after a young medical student was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi, a crime that shocked India, four of her killers were hanged at 5.30 am on Friday. The pre-dawn execution took place less than two hours after the Supreme Court dismissed the final petition of the convicts.
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Nirbhaya Case Updates: "Our Nari Shakti Has Excelled In Every Field": PM On Nirbhaya Verdict
The four convicts in the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student were hanged at Delhi's Tihar Jail at 5:30 am today. After three of the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case moved the Delhi high court Thursday evening challenging the trial court order declining to stay their execution scheduled for ea...
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Nirbhaya Convicts To Be Executed At 5:30 am, Top Court Rejects Petition
A little more than two hour to go for the execution, a three-judge bench took up a last desperate appeal from three men convicted for the horrifying gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi, dubbed Nirbhaya, more than seven years ago.
