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Seven-week summer vacation for SC

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The practice that Supreme Court has been following for the last eight years for limiting its summer vacation to seven weeks, has been formally made a rule. The rule notified in the gazette said, “the period of the summer vacation shall not exceed seven weeks”. The official gazette notification comes at a time when Chief […]

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Another ex-judge backs Justice Katju, alleges ‘political influence’ in high court appointment

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Former law minister HR Bhardwaj, who served from 2004 to 2009, on Monday admitted that a district judge who was appointed as additional judge of Madras high court in 2003 and was later confirmed despite adverse intelligence reports, had significant political backing. However, Bhardwaj, who was law minister when the controversial judge was given extensions […]

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SC/ST promotions: SC restores relaxed norms

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The Supreme Court has allowed a plea for restoring relaxed norms in central government departmental promotion examinations for Scheduled Castes/Tribes employees which was withdrawn in 1997. The apex court termed as “illegal” the 1997 Office Memorandum containing the instructions to withdraw the norms for departmental promotions to SCs/STs. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief […]

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HC upholds acquittal of man accused of killing wife

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The Delhi High Court today upheld the acquittal of a man who was accused of killing his wife in 1994. While dismissing the appeal filed by deceased’s father against the acquittal of his son-in-law, a bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Mukta Gupta said “no evidence of dowry harassment has emerged against him in the […]

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Kingfisher Airlines withdraws its plea in SC

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Kingfisher Airlines on Monday withdrew in Supreme Court its appeal against Karnataka High Court’s verdict allowing consortium of banks led by SBI to take possession of its prestigious property Kingfisher House in Mumbai. As soon as the matter came for hearing before a bench headed by Justice J S Khehar, the company pleaded the court […]

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HC to hear PIL against Tata’s housing proj in C’garh

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The Delhi High Court today fixed July 30 for hearing a PIL against the grant of approvals by various authorities to the Tata Camelot Housing project near Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh. The apex court had earlier stayed the ambitious housing project by reversing the go-ahead granted to it by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. […]

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HC reserves order on bail plea of Jignesh Shah

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The Bombay High Court Monday reserved its order on the bail plea of Jignesh Shah, promoter of Financial Technologies (Indian) Ltd which holds 99.99 per cent of scam-tainted National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL). He was arrested in connection with the Rs 5,600 crore payment crisis at NSEL. Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Avinash Avhad told Justice […]

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NGT concerned over rampant air pollution in Uttarakhand

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Concerned over rampant air pollution caused by industrial units in Uttarakhand, the National Green Tribunal has constituted an expert committee to look into violation of prescribed standards for emission by iron industries in the state. A bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar pulled up the Uttarakhand State Pollution Control Board (UPCB) for failing to monitor […]

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Five family members sentenced to life imprisonment

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Five members of a family have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court here for murdering three brothers in Tibba Danasher locality here in 2011. The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge S K Sharma convicted a father and his four sons to life imprisonment. In the judgement delivered on Saturday, the […]

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HC rejected plea for 3 months to decide SRA scheme

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Observing that enough time had been given to Maharashtra government to consider a proposal to amend the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme in Thane, the Bombay High Court has refused to grant the state three months time to take a policy decision on the issue. However, the court granted a short time to the state […]

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Man acquitted of charges of harassing a minor

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A man, accused of sexually harassing and stalking a 15-year-old girl, has been acquitted by a Delhi court which said the testimony of the victim was “not trustworthy and reliable”. Additional Sessions Judge Gulshan Kumar acquitted Dongar Singh, a resident of Sangam Vihar here, of the offences of sexual harassment under sections 11 and 12 […]

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Youth suffers disability, gets 34 lakh compensation

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A youth,who was hit by a rashly driven truck in 2012 and suffered 85 per cent permanent disability due to amputation of his right leg, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 34 lakh by a motor accident claims tribunal (MACT) here. MACT Presiding Officer Ajay Kumar Jain asked Bharti Axa General Insurance Company […]

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