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Delhi HC to hear tomorrow plea against demonetisation

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Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea against demonetisation which said once the currency was invalidated then how could the government direct certain public utilities including hospitals and petrol pumps to accept old notes. A bench of Justices B D Ahmed and Jayant Nath listed for hearing tomorrow the plea which also sought […]

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Bombay HC seeks RBI’s response on co-operative banks’ petition

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Observing that prima facie there were some inconsistencies in the two circulars issued by the Reserve Bank to district co-operative banks on demonetisation issue, the Bombay High Court today sought RBI’s response to a batch of petitions filed by these banks. The Mumbai and Solapur District Central Co-operative banks had approached the high court last […]

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SC orders status quo in Taj Mansingh hotel auction process

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The Supreme Court today directed that status quo be maintained with regard to New Delhi Municipal Council’s auctioning process of the iconic Taj Mansingh Hotel here, run by Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL). A bench of justices P C Ghose and U U Lalit, which is hearing IHCL’s plea against a high court order allowing […]

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Delhi HC sets free two men accused of raping colleague

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Delhi High Court has set free two men of the charge of raping their colleague, saying there was “inconsistency” in the woman’s version about the incident. Holding that the two convicts, who have been in custody since June 2009, “deserve the benefit of doubt”, Justice S P Garg directed their release from jail immediately. “…Nothing […]

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Court discharges man of charge of raping widow

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A Delhi court has discharged a 28-year-old man from the charges of allegedly raping a 35- year-old widow on the pretext of marriage, noting that their relationship was consensual and she was a mature woman who knew its implications. Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Kumar passed the order after observing that “there was no compulsion for […]

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Kin of ship captain to get Rs 1.03 cr compensation

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Motor Accident Claims Tribunal has directed an insurance firm and a tempo owner to jointly pay a compensation of Rs 1.03 crores to the family of a former ship captain who was killed in a road mishap in 2011. Chairman of the tribunal and Principal district judge S M Gavhane, in his recent order, directed […]

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Aircel-Maxis: Court’s order on charge on Nov 30

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A special court has reserved its order on the issue of framing charges against former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal case lodged by CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED). Special Judge O P Saini would pronounce on November 30 the orders on framing of charge as well […]

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My religion is nobody else’s business, says CJI Thakur

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The relationship between man and God is “very personal” and should be “nobody else’s business”, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur said today as he stressed on tolerance for peace in society. More lives have been lost in religious wars than due to political ideologies, Justice Thakur said during the release of a book […]

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Order regarding media restraint only advisory: Madras HC

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The Madras High Court today clarified that the administrative order of the Madurai bench, restraining print and electronic media from publishing names of judges and advocates, was only advisory in nature. The first bench, comprising Chief Justice S K Kaul and Justice R Mahadevan gave the clarification on a petition moved by two journalists, who […]

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APSC chairman remanded in 14 days judicial custody

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Assam Pradesh Service Commission (APSC) chairman Rakesh Paul was today remanded in 14-day judicial custody by a special court here. Paul was arrested on November 4 in connection with an alleged cash-for-job scam and other cases of corruption in the Commission and his 14-day police custody ended today. Special judge A Bhattacharya directed that he […]

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Delhi HC refuses to defreeze NGO’s a/c to use foreign funds

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The Delhi High Court today refused to defreeze an NGO’s account enabling it to use its foreign funds as the Centre claimed the decision not to renew the foreign funding registration under FCRA was taken in “public interest”. “I am not inclined to give any interim relief with regard to defreezing of the petitioner account. […]

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Demonetisation: No urgent hearing to plea by SC

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The Supreme Court today refused to grant urgent hearing to a plea seeking quashing of the Centre’s November 8 notification demonetising Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes on various grounds, including that political parties and religious institutions have not been allowed to deposit the old notes in banks. “We cannot hear demonetisation issue every […]

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