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NGT orders inspection of power firms storing hazardous e-waste

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Power distribution companies storing hazardous e-waste have come under the lens of the NGT which has ordered inspection of their premises here after a plea alleged these were causing massive air pollution. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to jointly inspect areas […]

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Judicial restraint needed to permit compounding of offences:SC

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Judicial restraint should be observed by the courts while permitting settlement between parties on criminal offences which are barred under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the Supreme Court has said. “We are of the considered opinion that encroaching into the right of the other organ of the government would tantamount clear violation of the […]

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Police chargesheets four for gangraping US tourist

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Delhi Police has chargesheeted four men for allegedly gangraping and criminally intimidating an American tourist in a 5-star hotel here last year. In a charge sheet filed before a city court, the agency has alleged that the accused — Aniruddha Singh, a Rajasthan- based tourist guide, Vivek Srivastatva, who was working in the hotel when […]

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Gangrape: 9 men acquitted due to botched up probe

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A Noida police officer left “no stone unturned” to botch up investigation in a 2009 case of gangrape of a 24-year-old MBA student that has led to the acquittal of nine persons by a Delhi court on the grounds that the identity of the real culprits could not be proved. The court pulled up the […]

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Teesta tweet case: Guj HC asks govt to submit report

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The Gujarat High Court today directed the state government to submit its report on police’s investigation after lodging of an FIR against social activist Teesta Setalvad for allegedly posting objectionable pictures of Hindu deities in 2014. During a brief hearing on Setalvad’s plea to quash that FIR, Justice N V Anjaria sought to know from […]

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Sheena Bora murder: Trial begins, adjourned for 2 weeks

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Trial in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case began today only to be adjourned for two weeks when defence lawyers objected to a legal point while a Mumbai police official was deposing as the first witness in a CBI court here. Sub-inspector Ganesh Dalvi had arrested the former driver of Indrani Mukerjea. However, an objection […]

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SC rejects plea on quashing case against Thakur

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The Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal of Himachal Pradesh government challenging the high court verdict quashing a criminal case against HPCA chief and BJP MP Anurag Thakur on allegations of encroaching land to construct the Dharamsala cricket stadium. “We do not see any ground to interfere with the impugned order. The special leave petition […]

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E-waste burning: NGT orders inspection of Ganga floodplains

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The National Green Tribunal has directed inspection of Ganga flood plains to probe dumping and burning of waste after a plea alleged illegal processing of electronic waste on the banks of Ramganga in western UP. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed officials from the Environment Ministry, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) […]

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Haryana recognises Najafgarh lake as a water body

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After claiming there was no natural lake in the Najafgarh area, the Haryana government has now taken a U-turn by telling the National Green Tribunal that it has been accepted as a water body. The re-designation would enable the governments of Haryana and Delhi to check construction and other activities in the dried up water […]

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4-year jail for man for abetting wife’s suicide

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A 25-year-old man, whose wife killed herself due to his extra-marital affair, has been sent to four years in jail, with a court here saying he was mature enough to understand the consequences of his act. Additional Sessions Judge Manoj Jain also said that the man’s relentless involvement with his paramour was enough to drive […]

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Delhi HC asks govt to explore ways to rehabilitate women prisoners

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The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and Delhi government to explore appropriate programmes for mainstreaming and rehabilitating women prisoners. A bench of Justices Gita Mittal and Anu Malhotra observed that the status of women prisoners was extremely “sad and unfortunate”. “In several cases involving women prisoners, we are coming across the fact that, […]

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Zakir Naik’s aide remanded in JC till March 8

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The special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act cases here today remanded Aamir Gazdar, a close aide of the controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, in judicial custody till March 8. The Enforcement Directorate, which arrested Gazdar on February 16, recommended his judicial custody today. In the remand application, the ED said during the interrogation […]

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