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No worry till judiciary’s independence is intact

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Terming the debate on intolerance as a “political issue”, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today said there is no need to fear or worry till the judiciary is “independent” and upholds the rule of law. “Yeh siyasi pahlu hain (this is a political issue). We have a Rule of Law. So long as […]

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Deviant behaviour by judges can’t be tolerated:CJI

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Deviant behaviour and corruption by judges would not be tolerated, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur said today while making it clear that benefit of doubt will be given to the institution and not to individuals. Maintaining that among the top-most challenges for him as the CJI was to maintain the “credibility” of the […]

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Kailash Satyarthi deceiving society in name of social work

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Trustees of a charitable trust, who have filed a suit in 1997 against Kailash Satyarthi for alleged misappropriation of funds, told a Delhi court on Saturday that the Nobel laureate was deceiving the society in the name of social work, an allegation that he has denied. Mr Satyarthi said the litigation and allegations were aimed […]

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Kejriwal’s exemption plea to be decided on 9/12

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A magistrate’s court here today reserved its order on a plea for permanent exemption from appearance sought by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is facing a case for holding a rally in Mumbai without the required permission. Kurla Magistrate Richa Khedekar is likely to pronounce the order on December 9. Kejriwal’s lawyer Rishikesh Kumar […]

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Maharashtra law on beef curtails right to liberty: lawyer

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The lawyers arguing against Maharashtra government’s controversial amendment which prohibits even possession of the bovine meat and its import today said it interfered with the Constitutional right to liberty. The division bench of the Justices Abhay Oka and S C Gupte of the Bombay High Court started final hearing on a bunch of petitions which […]

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Do compensatory plantation before felling trees for flyover: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has told the city government to carry out compensatory plantation before any trees are felled for building a three-lane flyover parallel to the single-lane flyover on Rao Tula Ram (RTR) Marg on the outer ring road. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva issued the direction to Delhi […]

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Allahabad HC asks UP’s reply on PIL for removal of IAS officer

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The Allahabad High Court today directed Uttar Pradesh government to file its reply on a Public Interest Litigationseeking the removal of senior IAS officer Rajiv Kumar from the post of Principal Secretary (Personnel). In the PIL, it has been alleged that Kumar was sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment by a CBI court which has held […]

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Dikshit defamation case: HC shifts case to trial court

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Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s defamation suit against BJP leader Vijender Gupta seeking one rupee as compensation from him was today transferred from Delhi High Court to the Patiala House court. The matter was sent to the subordinate court as per the high court’s November 24 office order which states that cases of value […]

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SC favours transfer to itself pleas against DMAT scam

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The Supreme Court today said that it may transfer to itself a batch of pleas, pending in the Madhya Pradesh High Court, seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in Dental and Medical Admission Test (DMAT) to fill management and NRI seats in private medical colleges in the state. “We are seized of the matter […]

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Madras HC directs TN to preserve ponds

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The Madras High court today directed authorities in Sattur block in Virudhunagar district to preserve ponds meant for drinking purpose and prevent their contamination by sewage water. Justice K Ravichandra Babu disposed of the petition filed by president of N Muthusamypuram Panchayat M Nagarajan saying the block development officer should ensure that sewage water is […]

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Cong could have written off loan to Herald, why assign it?: Delhi HC

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Reserving its verdict in the pleas against summoning Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, the Delhi High Court today felt that the Congress party could have written off the loan of Rs 90.25 crore owed to it by the publishers of National Herald, instead of assigning it to a charitable company in which some of its leaders […]

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Court reserves order on plea for FIR against MoS V K Singh

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A Delhi court today reserved its order on a criminal complaint seeking lodging of an FIR against Union ministerV K Singh for his alleged “dog” remark in wake of an incident in Faridabad where two children of a Dalit family were allegedly burnt alive. Metropolitan Magistrate Muneesh Garg fixed the matter for pronouncement of order […]

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