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Madras HC reserves order on petition filed by Nalini Chidambaram

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Madras High Court today reserved its orders on a petition filed by senior advocate Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, challenging the summons issued to her by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its money laundering probe in the Saradha chit fund scam case. After hearing arguments by senior counsel Vijaynarayan and […]

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Inform within 24 hr rule by insurance cos harsh:Consumer Forum

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Thane Consumer Redressal Forum has ordered an insurance firm and a third party administrator (TPA) to jointly pay Rs 10,000 as compensation beside claim money to a man, observing that the rule to inform insurance firm and TPA within 24 hours of hospitalisation is “harsh.” Forum president N D Kadam and Sneha Mhatre in their […]

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Mallya cheque bounce cases posted to Sept 22

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A local court today posted to September 22 the two cheque bounce cases filed against businessman Vijay Mallya by GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. Third Special Court Magistrate M Krishna Rao had on April 20 convicted Mallya, A Raghunathan, a senior official of Kingfisher Airlines Ltd, in connection with two cheque bounce cases involving Rs […]

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SC junks plea on quota for Marathas in Maharashtra

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Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea alleging that petitions challenging Maharashtra government’s decision to grant 16 per cent quota to Marathas in jobs and education in the state were still pending adjudication. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and A M Khanwilkar, however, allowed the petitioner to approach the Bombay High […]

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Mallya flew away just like ”Kingfisher” bird: Bombay HC

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The Bombay High Court today observed that businessman Vijay Mallya aptly named his company ‘Kingfisher’, as like the bird of the same name he too flew away without bothering about boundaries. The remark was made by a division bench of justices S C Dharmadhikari and B P Colabawala while hearing an appeal filed by the […]

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SC seeks Shahabuddin’s response on pleas against grant of bail

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Controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin could be in for trouble as Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week a plea seeking quashing of a Patna High Court order granting him bail in the murder of a person who had witnessed the gruesome killing of his two younger siblings at Siwan in Bihar. The apex court, […]

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SC grants 6 months for trial in a Guj riots case

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The Supreme Court today granted six more months to a lower court in Gujarat to conclude trial in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case, one of the nine post-Godhra riots matters probed by the apex court-appointed SIT pertaining to the killing of eleven members of a community. “The City Civil & Sessions Court (at Ahmedabad […]

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SC questions appointment of AMU Vice Chancellor

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The Supreme Court today raised questions on the appointment of a person of non-teaching background as the Vice Chancellor of prestigious Aligarh Muslim University. “You (AMU) are a central university. UGC regulations apply to you as they are mandatory. The VC must be an academician and he should be a person who has worked for […]

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Plea in HC against sr adv designation:Govt seeks time to reply

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The Centre today urged Delhi High Court to grant them more time to file their response to a plea challenging legal provisions and Supreme Court rules for designation of lawyers as senior advocates. The request was made before a bench headed by Justice S Ravindra Bhat, who on August 1 had issued notice to the […]

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SC seeks Shahabuddin’s reply on plea challenging his bail

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The Supreme Court today sought response from controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin on a plea challenging the bail granted to him by the Patna High Court in a murder case. The apex court, however, did not grant any interim stay on operation of Patna High Court’s bail order and said “We intend to give him (Shahabuddin) […]

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Bombay HC asks Maha to serve summons by post to reduce pending cases

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In a move to bring down the huge pendency of cases of cheque bounce, the Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra Government to amend laws to provide for serving warrants and summons to accused and witnesses through registered post, in addition to the procedure followed by the police machinery. “We are of the view that […]

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Life sentence awarded to four in murder case

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A local court has awarded life sentence to four persons in a four-year-old murder case. District Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar Yadav yesterday awarded life sentence to Aamir, Islam, Munna and Hakim for killing one Jalil on May 27, 2012 in Pure Kewal village in Lalganj area of the city. The court also imposed fine of […]

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