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Bombay HC allows MCGM to carry out Mithi river widening

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The Bombay High Court today permitted the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to carry out the widening project of Mithi river here to ensure smooth flow of water to the sea. A division bench headed by Justice V M Kanade said in public interest the widening project will have to be allowed so that […]

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Defamation case: Kejriwal fails to get relief from SC

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today failed to get relief from the Supreme Court which dismissed his plea for a stay on proceedings in a criminal defamation case filed by Union Minister Arun Jaitley against him. His counsel Ram Jethmalani tried to give a political colour to the matter by saying the case is a […]

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Coal scam: Court lets Naveen Jindal travel abroad

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Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, an accused in a coal block allocation scam case along with 14 others, has been allowed by a special court to travel abroad for business purposes. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed the plea filed by Jindal seeking the court’s permission to visit Oman, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and […]

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Delhi HC to hear pleas against demonetisation on Dec 8

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The Delhi High Court today fixed December 8 for hearing the pleas against demonetisation which questioned the government allowing certain public utilities including hospitals and petrol pumps to use the old notes. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice V K Rao said that it will take up the matter in December as […]

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Hotel Taj Mansingh not be auctioned for now: SC

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The Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) will continue to run iconic Taj Mansingh hotel situated in the heart of national capital for now as the Supreme Court today ordered status quo and restrained NDMC from auctioning the property. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and U U Lalit also refused to accept the prayer […]

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What’s quantity of waste generated by Delhi: NGT

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The National Green Tribunal today directed the Delhi government and civic bodies here to inform it about the total quantity of municipal solid waste generated in the national capital daily. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar expressed concern over functioning of waste-to-energy plants in the city and said the authorities should be […]

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PIL filed in Madras HC to declare Rs 2k notes invalid

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A PIL was filed in the Madras High Court today for declaring the new Rs 2,000 currency notes as “invalid” on the ground that the value was printed in “Devanagari form of numerals”, which is not authorised by the Constitution. Petitioner K P T Ganesan, a local DMK functionary, submitted that the numerals on the […]

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SYL row: SC judge recuses from hearing matter

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A Supreme Court judge today recused himself from hearing a batch of pleas, including one filed by Haryana which alleged that Punjab was violating the earlier interim order that the status quo on land meant for Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal be maintained. “I won’t hear this matter,” said Justice U U Lalit, a member of […]

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Demonetisation: SC to hear transfer plea on Nov 23

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on November 23 a plea of the Centre seeking transfer of all demonetisation cases to either one high court or the apex court. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice D Y Chandrachud listed the matter after Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi mentioned it and sought […]

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Bombay HC seeks RBI’s response on co-operative banks’ petition

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Observing that prima facie there were some inconsistencies in the two circulars issued by the Reserve Bank to district co-operative banks on demonetisation issue, the Bombay High Court today sought RBI’s response to a batch of petitions filed by these banks. The Mumbai and Solapur District Central Co-operative banks had approached the high court last […]

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SC orders status quo in Taj Mansingh hotel auction process

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The Supreme Court today directed that status quo be maintained with regard to New Delhi Municipal Council’s auctioning process of the iconic Taj Mansingh Hotel here, run by Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL). A bench of justices P C Ghose and U U Lalit, which is hearing IHCL’s plea against a high court order allowing […]

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Delhi HC sets free two men accused of raping colleague

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Delhi High Court has set free two men of the charge of raping their colleague, saying there was “inconsistency” in the woman’s version about the incident. Holding that the two convicts, who have been in custody since June 2009, “deserve the benefit of doubt”, Justice S P Garg directed their release from jail immediately. “…Nothing […]

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