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Nurture conciliation at village level, says chief justice

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Chief Justice of India Justice P. Sathasivam Friday urged the legal fraternity that would operate Village Legal Service Clinic to nurture the culture of conciliation instead of litigation so people could settle their disputes outside the court. He said this while inaugurating Village Legal Service Clinic being set up by the National Legal Service Authority […]

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Court notice over BPL benefits for disabled

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The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a plea seeking inclusion of families with disabled members in the list of those identified in the 2011 Census as below poverty line (BPL) families.  A bench of Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Siddharth Mridul issued notice to the central government, Planning Commission […]

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How was BPL percentage calculated, asks Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court Wednesday slammed the Planning Commission, asking it to explain how the percentage of people below poverty line (BPL) was fixed at 36 percent and how their purchasing power has remained unchanged since 1991. Judges Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma asked Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia to file within a week an affidavit […]

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