It was considered previously that Salem may have committed the murder at someone else's behest.
Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam had initially demanded the death penalty
The suspense over whether Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest the polls from Amethi and Raebareli respectively continued.
Congress general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will flag off three Pratigya Yatras from Barabanki on Saturday to take to the people various resolutions adopted by the party ahead of the 2022 assembly elections.
Salem had said his sentence could not exceed 25 years as per a solemn assurance given by India to Portugal for his extradition in 2002.
The lawyer submitted that even though the TADA court had held that it was not bound by the assurances of the government, the top court has the power to decide the issue.
The government is bound by the assurance given by the then deputy prime minister L K Advani to the Portugal government that the maximum sentence handed out to gangster Abu Salem will not exceed 25 years, the Union home secretary has told the Supreme Court.
Salem will also have to be produced in the Ajit Dewani murder case.
The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception of an affidavit filed by the Union home secretary on a plea by gangster Abu Salem, challenging his life imprisonment in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, and said it is an "attempt to lecture the judiciary".
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"In the backdrop of inadequate disclosure levels on share pledging, investment in such companies exposes an investor to severe price volatility in case a promoter is not able to meet payments or provide additional collaterals in a falling market," analysts at Crisil Equities said in a research report.
Housing prices may rise by 5-10 per cent in the next 3-6 months as the cost of funds for developers is expected to increase following the Reserve Bank of India's decision to raise key policy rates by 25 basis points.
Realty prices may go up by anything between 10 to 15 per cent in the next six to nine months, with demand exceeding supply, real estate developers said on Friday.
Urban development minister Jaipal Reddy said on Friday that he would also ask the finance minister to review his decision to bring the real estate sector under the service tax net. Real estate players were unanimous that the extra burden would be passed to the consumer if, indeed, the service tax is imposed.
India Inc on Monday gave a thumbs down to the Interim Budget 2009-10, proposed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, saying it is a non-event and more of a political statement.
Eleven people from Delhi, including three each from two neighbouring families, were among 39 people killed in boat capsize in Kerala's Thekkady, officials said today.
The cash-strapped real estate developer is in talks with banks to restructure its outstanding debt of Rs 1,825 crore (Rs 18.25 billion).
Parsvnath Developers is expected to sack its non-performing staff post Diwali as part of its cost cutting measures. "Non performers have to go. Cost cutting measures will start in 15 to 20 days,'' said Pradeep Jain, chairman of Parsvnath, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in New Delhi on Friday.
Delhi-based realtor Parsvnath Developers will open 10 retail stores this year and develop 21 commercial projects as part of its plan to foray into retail, Chairman Pradeep Jain said.
A day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised the benchmark repo rate and cash reserve ratio (CRR), leading property developers said they are mulling hiking prices of apartments and focusing on the affordable housing segment to counter the impact of a high interest rate regime.
Leading realty firm Parsvnath Developers Ltd on Friday said it has put on hold 12 Special Economic Zone projects across the country due to credit crunch.
Two other accused in the case, Mohammed Naeem Abdul Rahim Khan and Riyaz Siddique, have turned approvers.
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The prosecutor placed on record Salem's consent to undergo the tests.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad has said they need time to find out who the other assailants of Pradeep Jain were.
Senior advocate K T S Tulsi contended that Salem was not extradited from Portugal under charges of conspiracy in the Jain murder and, therefore, he could not be framed on that count.
A special court Friday issued a non-bailable warrant against Anees Ibrahim, younger brother of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim, for his alleged complicity in the builder Pradeep Jain murder case.
He alleged that the ATS officials used a leather belt to torture him.
Relations between Sumaira and Salem soured after starlet Monica Bedi stepped into the latter's life.
The court also allowed Salem's plea for home food and bedding on condition that the food may be provided only by his brother Abdul Lais after undergoing security drill and verification process.
The application of Mumbai crime branch, seeking transfer Salem's custody has been filed with the special TADA court, which is hearing the 1993 bomb blast case.
Salem may have killed Jain at someone else's behest: Police
Earlier, CBI had arrested Salem soon after his extradition on November 11 in the 1993 bomb blast case.
The company reported sales of 3.75 million square feet in FY14.
Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will start the party's general election campaign in Uttar Pradesh next month from the Congress bastions of Kanpur, Jhansi and Bahraich.
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Abu Salem and two other accused were convicted in the 1995 murder case of city-based builder Pradeep Jain.
Thirty-five of the 77 Union ministers have failed to file annual details of their assets and liabilities before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh even over a month after the passage of the deadline.
Although a fiery speaker and mass leader in her own right, Bharti has to necessarily fall back on what is being repeatedly described as a 'Modi lehar' to wrest this seat from the Congress, observes Anita Katyal
CREDAI Chairman Lalit Jain said a long term status quo on interest rates would not help prospective home buyers.
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