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HC to hear PIL on swine flu

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Delhi High Court will take up for hearing public interest litigation seeking directions to the Centre and the Delhi Government to take effective measures to deal with cases of swine flu in the Capital. The petitioner, social worker Anjana Jain through her lawyer Sugriv Dubey, has alleged that Delhi’s government hospitals do not have sufficient […]

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Centre tells SC many steps underway to check terrorism

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The central government told the Supreme Court that it had been pursuing a multi-pronged strategy to counter terrorism and had initiated a series of measures to put up a near fail-proof infrastructure for the purpose. Stating this before a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice B.S. Chauhan, it sought dismissal of a lawsuit […]

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SC ready to reveal information under RTI

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Supreme Court told the Delhi High Court that it was ready to reveal information under the Right to Information Act (RTI) on a complaint against an Allahabad High Court judge. Attorney General Ghulam E. Vahanvati, appearing for the Supreme Court, made the submission before the high court that although he does not accept the correctness […]

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SC concerned over failing monsoon, skyrocketing prices

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Supreme Court expressed its concern over the monsoon failure, threat of drought and further rise in the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, and urged the government to provide succor to people. “Prices are rising. Pulses’ prices too are rising. So are those of other food items of the common man,” observed a bench of Justice […]

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Illegal slaughterhouses polluting drinking water in UP: NHRC

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National Human Rights Commission has ordered the closure of illegal slaughterhouses and furnaces used in extraction of animal bone fat in Meerut city of Uttar Pradesh because the blood and animal waste flushed into open drains has started polluting drinking water supply system. An official of the commission said: “The commission has issued a notice […]

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Right To Education Bill raises bar for schools

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With the passage of The Right to Children Free and Compulsory Education Bill, on free and compulsory education to children in Parliament, the quality of education in schools in the country is set to take a forward leap. The Bill, which makes education a right of every child in the age group of six to […]

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court dismisses plea

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Dismissing a PIL petition filed against the unveiling of Thiruvalluvar statue at Ulsoor, the Karnataka High Court gave a free hand to the State Government to initiate action against organisations and persons, including the petitioners, if they organised any bandh or agitation against the function scheduled for Sunday. A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice P.D. […]

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