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Row over food: HC allows wife of BSF jawan to meet him

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The Delhi High court today asked the Centre to allow the wife of the BSF jawan, who went public through the social media alleging poor quality food being served to soldiers, to meet and stay with him for two days at the base where he is posted at present. The direction by a division bench […]

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Delhi HC orders polygraph as other leads yield no result on Najeeb

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Delhi High Court today said it has asked the police to explore other avenues of probe, like a polygraph test of persons connected with missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, as all other leads have not yielded any result. “The student had gone missing in October (2016), it is February now. Nearly four months have gone […]

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1997 Uphaar fire tragedy: Gopal Ansal to serve jail

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The Supreme Court today directed real estate baron Gopal Ansal to serve a year’s jail term while his elder brother Sushil Ansal got relief from incarceration with prison term already undergone by him in the nearly two-decade-old case of Uphaar fire tragedy in which 59 people had died. The apex court, in a majority 2:1 […]

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Yamuna cleaning:Water Ministry, Namami Gange to file affidavit

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The National Green Tribunal today directed the Ministry of Water Resources and Director General of ‘Namami Gange’ project to file detailed affidavit regarding compliance of its judgement on cleaning of river Yamuna. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar said that the complete affidavit should be filed within two weeks and listed the matter […]

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Amnesty releases report on Muzaffarnagar gangrape survivors

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Amnesty International’s India chapter today released a report highlighting the plight of gangrape survivors of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots and the delay in the trial of these cases. The report, titled ‘Losing Faith: The Muzaffarnagar gangrape survivors’ struggle for justice’, stated that the state government has failed to protect the women from threats and intimidation […]

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SC declines urgent hearing on PIL against Sasikala

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The Supreme Court today refused to give an urgent hearing on a PIL seeking to restrain AIADMK leader V K Sasikala from being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister till it decides the disproportionate assets case against her. “Sorry. Declined,” a bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and justices N V Ramana and […]

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Row over food: Delhi HC to hear plea of BSF jawan’s wife to trace him

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The Delhi High today agreed to give an urgent hearing on a habeas corpus plea filed by the wife of a BSF jawan, who had posted video on social media alleging that poor quality food was being served to soldiers. The woman has claimed that her husband, Tej Bahadur Yadav, is untraceable and the family […]

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“Why no inquiry into allegations against govt school”

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Delhi High Court today sought response of the city government on whether any inquiry was made into the various alleged irregularities, including collection of donation from parents for admission, by an aided school here and some of its staff. Justice Manmohan asked the lawyer for Delhi government to take instructions on why its Directorate of […]

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Minor’s sexual assault: Court irked over police lapses

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The lapses by cops in probing a sexual assault case of a minor allegedly by her teacher inside the classroom, have drawn flak from a Delhi court which has directed senior police officers, the school principal and several teachers to appear before it. The prosecution version created “doubt” on the genuineness of the investigation as […]

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Delhi HC to hear PIL for strict enforcement of ‘gutka’ ban

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The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea seeking strict implementation of the ban on ‘gutka’ and other chewable tobacco products in the national capital. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal, which initially declined to entertain the plea, said that it would take up the matter on […]

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Online trading scam: Yes Bank official arrested

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A Yes Bank official has been arrested in connection with the Rs 3,700 crore online trading scam by a Special Investigating Team of Uttar Pradesh police. Atul Mishra, a business relationship manager with the bank, is accused of helping the owners of the Noida-based firm that perpetrated the fraud in stashing around Rs 1,000 crore […]

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Jiah case: HC dismisses Rabia’s plea against CBI charge sheet

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The Bombay High Court today dismissed a petition filed by Rabia Khan, mother of late actor Jiah Khan, challenging the CBI’s charge sheet terming Jiah’s death as suicide and not homicide, paving the way for trial to commence against Sooraj Pancholi in the case. Actor Sooraj Pancholi is charged with abetment of Jiah’s suicide. A […]

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