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But he added his client had not sought to "minimise or justify" his behaviour that night and had expressed "remorse, regret and recognition that he could have reacted in a way that sought to avoid conflict".

In one plea, the former IPS officer sought transfer of the trial to another sessions court alleging bias and in the second one, he sought directions for audio-video recording of the trial court proceedings.

Policymakers sought to reassure the public that volatility in the crypto market, blighted by scams and charlatans who sought to profit from investors’ fear of missing out, would naturally be contained.

Some applications have sought temporary exemptions for a particular unit, and some applications have sought temporary exemptions for entire buildings, making it difficult to track exactly how many tenants are impacted.

Super-injunctions prohibit the media from publishing any details in relation to the parties who sought the injunction and the reasons for which it was sought.

It is only one project in the field of “prayer studies”; others have sought to evaluate “distant intercessory healing” and even intercessory prayer, in which contemporary supplicants sought to affect the recovery of patients in the past.

Lawmakers set aside issues that had frozen negotiations for months, including liability protections sought by Republicans and state and local government aid sought by Democrats.

The older brother sought truth while the younger brother sought ideals.

The pledge by Government to fulfill the exam conditions sought by the teachers' unions means the urgent chamber application brought by the unions became an uncontested matter, thus prompting the High Court to grant the order sought.

One issue that has changed is that the Taliban sought a nine month US withdrawal, while the US had sought at least 18 months.

While Surjewala has sought vote promising an all-round progress of Jind, Midha has sought to bank upon the developmental works done by the BJP government in Haryana.

According to the complaint, Target used an overly broad and outdated system that screened applicants for prior convictions that happened long before the applicants sought employment with Target or that were not related to the positions being sought.

As he sought to secure resources from abroad to aid post-war recovery, believing deprivation fuelled political agitation, so he also sought to influence Italian politics.

His rule was contested by his brother Cem who sought the support of the Mamluks of Egypt. Defeated by his brother's armies, Cem sought protection from the Knights of St. John in Rhodes.

In the western theatre, the PLA sought to expel Indian forces from the Chip Chap valley in Aksai Chin while in the eastern theatre, the PLA sought to capture both banks of the Namka Chu river.

Just as in the arts the Greeks sought some reality behind appearances, so in mathematics they sought permanent principles which could be applied wherever the conditions were the same.

Longstreet, pp. 32-33, claimed that he sought only appointment as a paymaster, but historians such as Wert believe this was falsely modest and that he sought the glory of infantry command from the earliest days.

Those religious groups most favoured by the 1943 formula sought to preserve it, while those who saw themselves at a disadvantage sought either to revise it after updating key demographic data or to abolish it entirely.

A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula granted the petitioner's counsel the time sought and listed the matter for further hearing on October 18.

Abi went completely "cold turkey" for 18 months without any professional help and then sought professional help.