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Maggi ban: NCDRC orders fresh sample testing

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The apex consumer court today issued notice to NestleIndia Limited on a Rs 640-crore suit against it by the Centre for alleged unfair trade practices and other charges pertaining to Maggi noodles and directed the Government to test the samples afresh at accredited labs. A bench of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission headed by Justice […]

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Coal scam: Koda seeks summoning of Manmohan Singh

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Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand Madhu Koda on Monday moved an application in a special court, seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as an accused in a coal scam case. The fresh application by Koda comes months after the Supreme Court stayed the summons issued by a special CBI court. The CBI had summoned Singh […]

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Delhi HC grants protection from arrest to AAP MLA till Oct 14

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The Delhi High Court today granted protection from arrest to AAP MLA Gulab Singh, who has been accused of assaulting and obstructing a public servant from discharging his duties during a demolition drive carried out here. A bench of Justice Ashutosh Kumar, while allowing the AAP MLA’s anticipatory bail plea, said police will not take […]

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Court refuses to set aside sentence in DUI case

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A Delhi court has refused to set aside the sentence of a 45-year-old man who was convicted for drunken driving, saying safety of people on roads is of paramount importance. The court, however, modified his jail term from 10 days to four days, considering that he was the sole earning member in his family and […]

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HC quashes ban on Maggi noodles, orders fresh test in 3 labs

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HC quashes ban on Maggi noodles, orders fresh test in 3 labsIn a major relief to Maggi noodles manufacturer Nestle India Ltd, the Bombay High Court today quashed the orders of the Indian food regulators banning the nine variants of noodles in the country after observing that principles of natural justice were not followed. A […]

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SC stays Guj HC order on judges’ plot allotment PIL

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The Supreme Court today stayed the Gujarat High Court order issuing notices to its sitting and former judges and also a sitting apex court judge over the allotment of residential plots to them by the state government in a posh locality in Sola area in Ahmedabad. “The high court was in mortal hurry. This should […]

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Delhi Court frees 4 men in false gangrape case lodged by sex worker

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Four men have been acquitted by a Delhi court of the charge of raping a woman after she admitted she was a sex worker and had lodged a false complaint in a fit of rage when they refused to pay her money. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat absolved the four Delhi residents of the charge […]

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Aadhar will be optional for availing various govt schemes: SC

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Aadhar card will be optional for availing various welfare schemes of the government, the Supreme Court today said and ordered that no personal information of the holders of such cards shall be shared by any authority. A three-judge bench, which in the forenoon referred to a larger Constitution Bench a batch of petitions challenging the […]

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Husband duty-bound to maintain his wife: Court

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A Delhi court has directed a man to pay Rs 5,000 per month as maintenance to his estranged wife and minor son in a domestic violence case saying he was duty bound by law to maintain them. In an ex-parte order against the husband and in-laws of the woman, Metropolitan Magistrate Richa Parihar also directed […]

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Drunken driver is like suicide bomber: Court

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A drunk driver is like a suicide bomber, who has set out to kill himself as well as other road users, a Delhi court has observed while proposing that a stringent punishment should be awarded to offenders. “It won’t be inappropriate to say that a drunk driver is like a suicide bomber, who has set […]

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Can’t allow people to take law in their hands: Court

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If people are allowed to take law in their own hands or enter residential premises of others to take forcible possession of properties, then it will be a difficulty for society as a whole, a Delhi court has said. Denying benefit of probation to three convicts sentenced to varying jail terms in a nearly 27-year-old […]

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1,598 PILs pending before SC; oldest goes back 23 yrs

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There are 1,598 public interest litigations pending before Supreme Court with the oldest of them having been filed 23 years ago, the apex court has said in its response to an RTI query. The oldest pending PIL with WP(C) 537/1992 was filed by Sureshwar D Sinha and relates to water pollution linked to industries, domestic […]

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