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Environment Law News

NGT notice to MoEF on Noida-Greater Noida metro line

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The National Green Tribunal has sought the response of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and Uttar Pradesh government among others on a petition challenging the construction of upcoming Noida-Greater Noida metro line. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Delhi and Noida Metro […]

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Criminal Law News

Video-conferencing feasibility in Asaram trial to be checked

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The Gujarat government today told a court in Gandhinagar that it will need some more time to check the feasibility of producing self-styled godman Asaram through video-conferencing facility to expedite the rape trial process against him. After considering the arguments put forward by Special Public Prosecutor R C Kodekar on behalf of the government, Additional […]

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Criminal Law News

Youth gets 7 yrs in jail for raping Delhi Police employee

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A 26-year-old youth who repeatedly raped a woman employee of Delhi Police on a false promise of marrying her has been sent to seven years rigorous imprisonment by a court here which relied on the victim’s testimony despite her turning hostile in cross-examination. “Though prosecutrix, during her cross-examination, resiled and took a U turn from […]

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Top Law News

Disputes to be shifted to HCs commercial benches

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Thousands of high-value business disputes are set to be transferred to commercial benches in select high courts in the coming weeks after promulgation of an ordinance, which seeks to improve the ease of doing business in India. The government had last week approved an ordinance to set up commercial benches in select high courts to […]

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Criminal Law News

HC quashes conviction of court clerk in bribe case

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The Bombay High Court has set aside the conviction and one-year sentence awarded to a clerk of the HC who was allegedly caught taking bribe after a trap was laid by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on a complaint of a lawyer. The court noted that “mischievously” setting “bait to a public servant” and then trapping them […]

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Police against removal of archaic words from proceedings

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Delhi Police has opposed in the high court a PIL seeking a direction to replace “archaic and difficult” Persian and Urdu words and phrases with simple Hindi or English words for day-to-day work at police stations. “The language used by the police is understood by a common man very well and to call this language […]

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Criminal Law News

Court remands Hardik Patel in 7 days police custody

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An Ahmedabad court on Sunday sent Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel in seven days remand of Crime Branch of city police in connection with an alleged case of sedition and waging war against the State. Metropolitan Magistrate SJ Brahmbhatt passed the order on an application of the probe agency seeking 14 days remand. The […]

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Top Law News

Road mishap: Nearly Rs 14 lakh for kin of victim

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Family members of a 47-year-old man, who died after being hit by a rashly-driven car, have been awarded compensation of nearly Rs 14 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. The tribunal directed the driver-cum-owner of the offending Maruti van, which caused the accident, to pay as compensation Rs 13,99,516 to the wife […]

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Riots case:Bailable warrant against Union Minister,BJP leaders

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A bailable warrant has been issued against Muzaffarnagar riot accused including Union Minister Sanjeev Baliyan, BJP MP Bhartendu Singh, party MLA Suresh Rana and Sadhvi Prachi by a local court for not appearing before it in a case of violating prohibitory orders and inciting communal tension by making speeches. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sitaram yesterday […]

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HC defers hearing on plea regarding poll-code breach

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The Gujarat High Court today adjourned the hearing on a plea alleging election code violation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Justice J B Pardiwala posted the hearing to October 27 after public prosecutor Mitesh Amin sought time. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Nishant Verma moved the high court against the verdict of a local court […]

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HC orders eviction of street food vendors in Mumbai

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In a significant order, the Bombay High Court today directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai to evict the hawkers who prepare food on the streets, lanes and pavements in the city within two months. The order was passed by the division bench of justicesAbhay Oka and Revati Mohite-Dere on petitions filed by Vile Parle […]

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Ministers should find time to perform duties: HC

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The Bombay high court has taken a serious view of the stand taken by a Maharashtra minister that he will not be available until January 2016 to hear an appeal filed by a cooperative society. The appeal — which had been filed before the appellate authority (minister) — had challenged the supersession of the society’s […]

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