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RAWALPINDI: Supermodel Ayyan Ali pleaded for acquittal in a Customs Court Thursday after which she could not be indicted yet again. Ayyan appeared before Judge Rana Aftab's Custom Court in Rawalpindi along with her lawyer and former Governor Punjab Latif Khosa and filed a plea for acquittal after which the public prosecutor agreed to argue on the application immediately.

Self-styled godman Asaram, who was convicted for raping a minor girl, has sent a mercy plea to the governor of Rajasthan seeking dilution of his life sentence. On April 25, a Jodhpur court had sentenced Asaram to life in prison after finding him guilty of raping a minor girl in his ashram 5yrs ago.

On Friday, the Supreme Court announced its judgement on a plea by former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan to prosecute Kerala police officers for falsely framing him in the ISRO espionage scandal. The SC granted Narayanan Rs. 50 lakh and constituted a committee to probe charges against the accused.

The Supreme Court delivered two judgments yesterday, i.e., passed a verdict on the disqualification of MPs and MLAs against whom a charge-sheet has been filed and dismissed a plea seeking to bar lawmakers from practising in courts of law across India. The SC is set to deliver four more key judgments today, including the constitutional validity of Aadhaar.

The SC today adjourned hearing on a plea seeking a stay on the Rafale fighter jet deal between India-France. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Navin Sinha, and KM Joseph adjourned the matter till Oct-10 after petitioner M L Sharma said that he wanted to file some additional documents in the case.

The SC today reserved its verdict on a plea by Romila Thapar and others seeking the immediate release of 5 activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case and a SIT probe into their arrest. The SC bench reserved the judgment after counsel for both parties concluded their submissions.