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Cab driver freed of rape charge

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A taxi driver, accused of raping a woman passenger in his cab five months ago, has been acquitted by a Delhi courton the grounds that the victim’s statements were contradictory and medical evidence did not support her allegations. The court said it appeared from the evidence that some quarrel and struggle had taken place between […]

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HC extends Red FM licence for Del, Mum, Kolkata

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In a relief to radio channel Red FM, Delhi High Court today extended its licence to operate in the national capital as well as in Mumbai and Kolkata till further orders on the company’s plea seeking direction to the Centre to allow it to migrate to phase III from II. Justice R S Endlaw extended […]

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SC junks Essar’s plea challenging Spl 2G court’s jurisdiction

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The Supreme Court today dismissed pleas of Essar Teleholdings Ltd and its promoters challenging the Special CBI court’s jurisdiction to hold trial against them in the case arising out of the probe in 2G spectrum scam. “We dismiss the appeals and the writ petition,” a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and justices A […]

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HC admits plea challenging validity of Article 370

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The Delhi high court today agreed to hear a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 that gives special status to J&K. A bench of chief justice G Rohini and justice Jayant Nath posted for October 19, the hearing on a plea by a 22-year-old girl who contended that Article 370 was a temporary […]

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No evidence against ex-PM in coal scam case, CBI tells court

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CBI today opposed in a special court the plea of ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others as additional accused in a coal scam case, saying the application was “devoid of any merits”. Special Public Prosecutor R S Cheema told the court that the records of […]

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Have preventive attitude to check dengue: HC

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Delhi High Court has asked the civic agencies in the national capital to have a “preventive” attitude, and not curative, in order to contain spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria. “Attitude should be preventive and not curative,” a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said, adding that proper cleaning of […]

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‘Except for law and order & land, LG a figurehead’

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The Lieutenant Governor (LG) is merely a “figurehead” except for matters related to public order, police and land, the AAP government has told Delhi High Court. The submission was made before a bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath by senior advocate Dayan Krishnan during the hearing of a bunch of petitions […]

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NGT to hear plea challenging fine on Akshardham

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The National Green Tribunal will hear on October 5 a plea challenging its order in which it had quashed two office memoranda of the Environment and Forests Ministry and imposed a fine on Akshardham Temple for carrying out expansion without prior environmental clearance. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar had on July […]

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How can e-commerce sites be retailers for tax and not for FDI?: Delhi HC

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The Delhi High Court has observed that if the central and state governments were not treating e-commerce sites likeFlipkart and Amazon as retailers for foreign direct investment (FDI), they cannot be treated as retailers for taxation purposes. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw was of the “prima facie” view that if governments were treating transactions by e-commerce […]

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Govt proposes panel to decide MPs’ pay and perks

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Amid demands that MPs should not be allowed to decide their salaries, the government has proposed to set up a three-member panel to recommend pay and perks of lawmakers. The ministry of parliamentary affairs has proposed a 3-member independent Emoluments Commission to recommend salaries and other allowances for the Members of Parliament. The proposal is […]

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HC upholds conviction of man under POCSO Act for abusing minor

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The Bombay High Court has upheld the conviction of a man under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences?(POCSO) Actfor sexually assaulting a minor girl. The judgement was delivered recently by Justice Abhay Thipsay who dismissed the appeal filed by Yogesh A. M., challenging the 3-year sentence and Rs 2,000 fine awarded to him by a […]

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India should aspire to be hub of neutral arbitration: SC Judge A K Sikri

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India should aspire to become a hub of neutral arbitration, a Supreme Court judge today said while claiming that most people in the country have immense faith in this alternative form of dispute resolution. Speaking at a conference on international arbitration, SC judge Justice A K Sikri referred to a survey that indicated that 80 […]

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