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No Rafale probe Supreme Court dismisses PILs

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said today dismissed all the four petitions seeking a court-monitored investigation into the Rafale deal and said there won’t be any probe into the pricing or the decision-making process.  The verdict was given by a three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. In its last hearing, the court had reserved […]

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Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking immediate execution of death row convicts in December 16 gangrape case

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking directions for the immediate execution of the four men convicted in December 16 gangrape.  A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta asked the petitioner, “What kind of prayer are you making?” It further said, “You are making the court a joke.” The PIL filed […]

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Canada court grants bail to Huawei CFO Trump might intervene

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NEW DELHI: Meng Wanzhou, 46, the chief financial officer of the Chinese telecoms giant, was granted bail on Tuesday by a Canadian court, a move that could help soothe Chinese anger over her arrest.  Meng Wanzhou, 46, Huawei’s chief financial officer and the daughter of its founder, faces US claims that she misled multinational banks about Iran-linked transactions, […]

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Madras HC sets aside order transferring army man to J&K

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CHENNAI: Observing that it is the duty of the Army to motivate youngsters to join the armed forces not only for good salaries but better service conditions, court made the observations when setting aside a transfer order of a havildar to Jammu and Kashmir. Justice S Vimala set aside the order transferring Havildar B Sakthivel from Chennai […]

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Madras HC notice to TN govt on plea seeking for reservation of transgender in govt jobs

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CHENNAI: Madras high court has ordered notice to Tamil Nadu state government on a plea seeking special reservation for transgenders in appointments for government jobs. Justice S Vimala passed the order on the plea moved by P Sudha, a transsexual and resident of Chennai.  Though transgenders have been identified as the third gender, no proper welfare measures are […]

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Calcutta High Court denies Permission to BJP’s Rath Yatra in Bengal’s Cooch Behar

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KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday  6 December, denied permission to the BJP for a ‘rath yatra’ which was scheduled to take place from Cooch Behar district on Friday. BJP chief Amit Shah was to flag off the mega rally that was supposed to cover a number of districts across the state. The single bench of Justice Tapabrata […]

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Uttarakhand HC dismisses plea seeking ban on Kedarnath for hurting religious sentiments

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UTTARAKHAND: The Uttarakhand High Court Thursday dismissed a PIL filed against Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Kedarnathfor allegedly hurting religious sentiments and ‘lowering the dignity’ of the eponymous deity. The Uttarakhand government has now decided not to impose any prohibition on the screening of the film. Set against the backdrop of the 2013 deluge, the […]

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CBI top 2 were fighting like cats we watched with amazement: Centre defends tells SC

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NEW DELHI: The central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the top two officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation Alok Verma and his deputy, Rakesh Asthana  were fighting like cats, and was becoming critical and matter of public debate asserting it was forced to strip CBI director Alok Verma on leave. “Slamming both Verma and special CBI director […]

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AgustaWestland Scam: ‘Middleman’ Christian Michel to be produced before CBI court

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NEW DELHI: Fourteen days after the Supreme Court of Dubai passed an order to extradite AgustaWestland the UAE has extradited Christian Michel to India the alleged middleman in the multimillion-dollar AgustaWestland helicopter deal. The 54-year-old is wanted in the Rs. 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal, which involves the purchase of 12 luxury helicopters for use by the President, Prime […]

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SC approves Centre’s draft witness protection scheme

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NEW DELHI: The draft witness protection scheme of the Central government was on Wednesday approved by the Supreme Court and asked all the states to implement it till the Parliament comes out with a legislation. A bench headed by Justice AK Sikri said that they have made some changes in the scheme. The issue of witness protection scheme […]

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Pune-based company fired employee for being HIV positive back job after 3 years

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PUNE: A Pune-based woman was reportedly terminated by her company, after she was diagnosed with HIV+ finally got her job back and got justice from the Labour Court which ruled in the complainant’s favour and ordered the company to reinstate her in the same post she was in. The court ordered the company to restore her in the same […]

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Petition in HC challenging Maharastra govt’s Maratha quota move

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MUMBAI: A petition was filed in the Bombay High Court on Monday seeking to strike down the reservation to Marathas as it is unconstitutional. According to the petitioner, advocate Gunaratna Sadavarte, the 16 per cent quotas for the Marathas recently announced by the state government was violative of the Constitution. On Nov 29, the Maharashtra legislature passed […]

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