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Seizure of demonetised notes: Court sends 9 to NIA custody

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A Delhi court today sent nine persons, arrested in connection with the seizure of Rs 36 crore worth of old currency allegedly linked to terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir, to NIA custody. District Judge Poonam Bamba allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to interrogate the accused till November 21. The public prosecutor, appearing for […]

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Bombay HC forms panel to oversee repair, maintenance of roads in Maharashtra

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The Bombay High Court today constituted a two-member committee to look into the repair and maintenance of roads in Maharashtra, observing that despite its several orders, the civic authorities failed to fix potholes and bad roads. Chief Justice Manjula Chellur said that while the HC did not wish to run the administration for the state […]

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Air pollution: Why construction not stopped in Delhi, asks NGT

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The National Green Tribunal today lashed out at the Delhi government and the Central Pollution Control Board for not issuing orders to shut down construction and industrial activities in the capital despite the worsening air quality. It also ordered Punjab, UP and Haryana governments to spell out the steps have they taken to prevent crop […]

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Civic bodies failed to clean even one area of Delhi clean: Delhi HC

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The civic bodies of the national capital have not been able to keep even one area of the city completely clean, the Delhi High Court said today. “You take one step forward, then four steps back,” a bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sanjeev Sachdeva told the civic bodies and asked their officials whether […]

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Mallya to be declared PO; Court asks him to appear by Dec 18

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A Delhi court today initiated the process to declare beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya as a proclaimed offender for allegedly evading summons in a FERA violation case. It has now given him the last opportunity to appear before the court by December 18. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Shehrawat directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take appropriate […]

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ED in court to declare Vijay Mallya proclaimed offender

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The Enforcement Directorate today approached a Delhi court seeking to declare beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya a proclaimed offender in a case of allegedly evading summons in a FERA violation matter. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Shehrawat is likely to take up the matter today itself. Special Public Prosecutor N K Matta, appearing for the ED, told […]

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Madras HC stays operation of tender awarded to pvt taxi firm at

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The Madras High Court today stayed the operation of a tender, awarded to a private taxi aggregator for parking and operating a call taxi stand at the Chennai Central railway station here. Justice K Ravichandrabaabu passed the interim order on a plea by Bharathi Cabs Private Limited, assailing the tender notification issued by the Divisional […]

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NCP MLA levels allegations in court against jail officials

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NCP MLA Ramesh Kadam, arrested for alleged massive irregularities in the state government-run Annabhau Sathe Development Corporation (ASDC), today levelled a number of allegations against the Arthur Road jail officials in the special ACB court. Kadam, who was arrested in 2015, told special ACB judge G A Sanap that the jail authorities charged him around […]

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Jaitley’s suit based on heresay evidence: Kejriwal

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Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today told the Delhi High Court that Union Minister Arun Jaitley’s second defamation suit against him over the usage of ‘scandalous’ words by his former counsel was based on heresay and thus was inadmissible as evidence for fresh action. Jaitley’s counsel, however, termed as “belated” the chief minister’s denial that he […]

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Whole of Delhi is unauthorised: Delhi HC

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Entre Delhi is unauthorised, an anguished High Court remarked today while hearing a plea regarding the ongoing demolition at Kathputli colony in west Delhi. The observation was made by a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar when an NGO representing some residents of the area said that jhuggis were […]

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Don’t let shark run away for catching small fish: Court to ED

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“Don’t let the shark run away while you are busy in catching the small fish,” a Delhi court told the Enforcement Directorate today. While allowing the ED to have the custody of Delhi-based businessman Gagan Dhawan for two more days in a Rs 5,000 crore money laundering case, Additional Sessions Judge Siddharth Sharma directed the […]

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Polavaram case: SC slaps Rs 25,000 cost on Centre

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The Supreme Court today slapped a cost of Rs 25,000 on the Centre for not filing its response on a plea filed by Odisha government in a matter pertaining to Indira Sagar Polavaram Project on river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. The apex court imposed the cost while expressing dissatisfaction at the Centre’s failure to file […]

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