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EC Bribery Case: Court Denies Bail Plea Of Alleged Middleman

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New Delhi: A special court in New Delhi on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of an alleged middleman who was arrested in the Election Commission bribery case involving AIADMK (Amma) faction leader TTV Dhinakaran. Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry denied bail to Sukesh Chandrashekar, who was arrested on April 16 and chargesheeted by the Delhi Police on July 14.

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Supreme Courts directs for setting up panels to vet late abortion pleas

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New Delhi:The Supreme Court has advised that permanent medical boards in states could evaluate requests for termination of problematic pregnancies beyond the legally permissible 20 weeks.
 
The court suggested the Centre could discuss with all concerned and said in the absence of a legal framework to deal with abortion requests of an emergency nature, the court of late was witnessing a spurt in petitions from women and rape survivors seeking permission to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
 
Solictor general Ranjit Kumar assured the court that he would convey the suggestion to the Centre without delay. In some cases, the SC was unable to grant relief to women as by the time they approached the court, it was too late and risky for them to undergo abortion.
 
In May, the court turned down the plea of a 35-year-old destitute HIV-positive rape survivor from Patna to abort her 26-week pregnancy as doctors felt the risks were unacceptable.
 
In the last one year, the Supreme Court has been forced to deal with seven such requests from distressed women on grounds such as the fetus being terminally ill or deformed or in some cases, pregnancy was caused by sexual assault.
 
Finding the solicitor general present in the courtroom, Justice Khehar said, "Time is of essence in these cases. The health of the pregnant woman and fetus needs prompt medical examination.
 
A lot of time is wasted in the aggrieved persons moving the court, which in turn directs the concerned administration to set up a medical board to examine the mother to determine the risk and feasibility of the medical termination of pregnancy." In many cases, the women first moved high courts.
 
"Why not set up permanent medical boards which can promptly deal with such requests without pregnant women being forced to rush to courts. You can place our suggestion before the competent authority to incorporate it in the proposed bill," the bench said. The SG said that he would convey the suggestion to the government promptly.
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Arvind Kejriwal Asked Me To Use Abusive Words Against Jaitley: Jethmalani

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New Delhi: Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani has accused his erstwhile client and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of instructing him to use derogatory words against Finance Minister ArunJaitley.

According to a report in Times of India, following up on his July 20 letter to Kejriwal conveying his decision to quit as the CM's counsel, the lawyer claimed that the AAP leader had, in fact, asked him to use far worse words against the finance minister. 

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Framing of charges against Rahul for his alleged statement about Gandhi`s assassination deferred

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New Delhi:A Maharashtra court has deferred till October 27 framing of charges against Rahul Gandhi in the defamation case filed against him by an RSS worker in connection with his alleged statement about Mahatma Gandhi's assassination.

The court in Thane accepted the Congress leader's plea for exemption from appearance, a lawyer said.

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