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PIL in SC to stall swearing-in of Sasikala as TN CM

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A PIL was today moved in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain AIADMK leader V K Sasikala from being sworn in as Tamil Nadu chief minister tomorrow on the ground that the apex court was likely to pronounce within a week the judgement in a corruption case in which she and late CM J Jayalalithaa […]

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DDCA row: Delhi HC imposes costs on Kejriwal, Azad

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The Delhi High Court has slapped a costs of Rs 10,000 and Rs 30,000 on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and cricketer-turned-MP Kirti Azad respectively for delayed response to the defamation suit filed by DDCA seeking Rs two-and-half crore each as damages from them. The high court said that their written statements to the suit […]

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Court grants time to CBI to file final report in proper format

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A special court today granted two weeks time to CBI for filing in a proper format the final report in a coal block allocation scam case against Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, ex-Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao and others. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed the investigating officers (IO) plea seeking […]

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Minority status in J&K; SC imposes Rs 30k cost

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The Supreme Court today imposed a cost of Rs 30,000 on the Centre for not filing its reply to a PIL alleging that minority benefits are being enjoyed by majority Muslims in Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice N V Ramana allowed the counsel for the Centre to […]

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SC asks Centre to put in place mechanism to verify mobile

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The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to put in place within a year an effective mechanism to verify identities of existing mobile users. A bench comprising Chief Justice JS Khehar and Justice NV Ramana said the verification of existing pre-paid mobile users, running into crores, be done within one year. The bench was […]

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SC asks CPCB, states to prepare plan to check pollution

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The Supreme Court today asked CPCB, Delhi government, EPCA, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan to hold a meeting within two weeks and come out with a comprehensive plan to check pollution in the national capital. A bench headed by Justice M B Lokur also asked the Centre to implement the ban in four weeks on furnace […]

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SC grants bail to Saradha scam accused Manoranjana Sinh

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The Supreme Court today granted bail to Saradha chit fund scam accused Manoranjana Sinh. A bench comprising justices Arunabh Mishra and Amitava Roy said that application for bail has been allowed but with some conditions. Manoranjana Sinh, lodged in a jail in West Bengal, is the estranged wife of former union minister Matang Sinh. Matang […]

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NGT seeks response of Centre, others on oil spill off Tamil

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The National Green Tribunal today sought the response of the Centre, the Tamil Nadu government and others by tomorrow on pleas seeking compensation to people affected by the recent oil spill off the coast of Tamil Nadu and seizure of the vessels involved. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatantar Kumar issued notice to the […]

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Delhi Police is overstaffed: Delhi HC

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Even as one bench of the Delhi High Court is for increasing the manpower of Delhi Police to segregate crime detection from law and order, another bench today said the force is “overstaffed”. “You are overstaffed. Each gypsy has three to four officers. They all drive personal vehicles, so why do they need a driver. […]

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DA case agst Chautala: Court order on CBI plea

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A Delhi court today said it would pronounce on February 9 its order on CBI’s plea seeking permission to file a list of additional witnesses to prove documents in a disproportionate assets case lodged against former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala. Special Judge Sanjay Garg, who was scheduled to pass the order today, fixed […]

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Jigisha’s killer sentenced for murdering taxi driver moves Delhi HC

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A death row convict in the Jigisha Ghosh murder case today moved the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court’s order awarding him life imprisonment in another case of killing a cab driver. Convict Ravi Kapoor’s appeal came up for hearing before a bench of Justices G S Sistani and Vinod Goel, which issued notice […]

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Toddler moves NGT ag’st air, noise pollution by school

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A toddler, along with her mother and grandmother, has approached the National Green Tribunal alleging noise and air pollution due to the activities of a reputed private school here operating in a residential area, causing health problem to the residents. The residents of Ashok Vihar Phase-IV sought shifting of DAV Public School from the residential […]

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