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NEW DELHI, JANUARY 31: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the power of the Centre to exchange ...

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NEW DELHI, JANUARY 31: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the power of the Centre to exchange three militants for the release of 155 hostages aboard the hijacked Indian Airlines aircraft at Kandahar in Afghanistan.

 

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