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NGT asks builder to pay Rs 40 lakh for ‘environmental damage’

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The National Green Tribunal’s bench here has directed a builder to restore the environmental damage allegedly caused to a housing society in Khandala due to illegal hill cutting and tree felling. The western zonal bench of judicial member U D Salvi and expert member Ranjan Chatterjee asked the Mumbai-based builder to deposit Rs 40 lakh […]

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Biocon, Mylan breast cancer drugs approved by DCGI: HC told

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Swiss pharma major Roche cannot prima facie have a say against the sale and marketing of breast cancer medicines of drug firms Biocon and Mylan once the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved it, Delhi High Court said today. “Once the designated authority has given approval, you cannot say prima facie you have […]

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Maha govt told to identify land parcels to build more prisons

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The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to take immediate steps to identify land in Mumbai and Pune for construction of additional jails to reduce overcrowding at Arthur Road and Yerwada prisons. A division bench of justices A S Oka and A A Sayed also directed the government to see if it can […]

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Govt opposes PIL on LS poll losers getting into RS

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The government today opposed the maintainability of a PIL in the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain candidates defeated in a Lok Sabha election from contesting the Rajya Sabha polls. “Such kind of petitions are not maintainable. There are Supreme Court order also in this regard,” the government told a bench of justices G S […]

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Youth gets life term for killing girlfriend's parents

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Govt must declare computer systems as ‘protected’: Expert

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The government must declare all computer systems as protected or at least bring them under the purview of ‘protected system’ so as to ensure stringent punishment to hackers, advocate and cyber law expert Pavan Duggal said today. “On a normal day in India, more than 10,000 cyber attacks take place and most of them go […]

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“Can’t pick and choose eateries to maintain hygiene”

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Hygiene and safety standards have to be maintained across all eating joints in the city and the Food Safety department cannot just pick and choose restaurants or other eating joints to implement this, the Delhi High Court said today. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva made the observation while ordering withdrawal of notices issued against Kake da Hotel, […]

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Pepsi, Coca Cola allowed to draw water from river

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In a relief for Pepsi and Coca Cola, the Madras High Court today allowed the soft drinks giants to draw water from the Thamirabarani river for their bottling plants in Tirunelveli district. Dismissing a PIL filed by D A Prabakar and Appavo, a division bench of justices A Selvam and P Kalaiarasan lifted the ban […]

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Former Cong MLA sentenced to 4-year jail

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Former Congress MLA Ram Kishan Gurjar and two others were today sentenced to four years imprisonment by a local court in the 2009 suicide case of a journalist. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Arya imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on Gurjar and co-accused Vijay and Ajit and also asked them to pay a compensation […]

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Sreesanth files plea in HC for BCCI nod to play in Scotland

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Tainted Indian cricketer S Sreesanth today filed a petition in the Kerala High Court seeking its direction to the BCCI to allow him to play for a Scottish club in April. In his petition, Sreesanth, challenging the life ban imposed on him by the disciplinary committee of the BCCI, said even the trial court which […]

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No ads to get volunteer for kidney transplant: Govt

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The government today told the Delhi High Court that a person who has no family donor cannot be permitted to issue an advertisement to get a volunteer for a kidney transplant. “Advertisements cannot be permitted,” the Health Ministry told Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva who had sought the views of the government on various aspects of kidney […]

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Ramjas College violence: Plea in Delhi HC for action against cops

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A plea seeking action against the policemen who had allegedly assaulted students and journalists during the violence at Ramjas college last week has been moved in the Delhi High Court. The plea, which has not yet been listed for hearing due to some error, has sought direction to constitute an independent committee of senior cops […]

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JNU students’ stir “peaceful”, says police; Univ disagrees

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Delhi Police today said a “peaceful protest” was being carried out by students in the JNU here, even as the university authorities alleged in the Delhi High Court that the protestors were blocking the administrative block in the campus. When the matter came up for hearing before Justice V K Rao, the police submitted that […]

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