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Meghalaya: NGT extends time to pay royalty on coal

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In a relief to coal mine owners in Meghalaya, the National Green Tribunal today extended the time for payment of royalty of already extracted coal in the state by a month after the state government said heavy rains had hampered the transport of coal. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also directed […]

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HC extends Red FM licence for Del, Mum, Kolkata

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In a relief to radio channel Red FM, Delhi High Court today extended its licence to operate in the national capital as well as in Mumbai and Kolkata till further orders on the company’s plea seeking direction to the Centre to allow it to migrate to phase III from II. Justice R S Endlaw extended […]

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Court grants 3-month bail to Maoist leader Ghandy

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Top Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy, accused of trying to set up a base for banned outfit CPI (Maoist) here, has been granted interim bail for three months by a Delhi court on health grounds. The court said that 65-year-old Ghandy, who is in custody in this case since September 2009, was suffering from various ailments […]

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Court sends bus driver to 1 yr jail, suspends license

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A Delhi court has refused to set aside a year’s jail term to a bus driver convicted of killing a 50-year-old woman by negligent driving, while modifying his sentence from simple to rigorous imprisonment saying the trial court had already taken a lenient view towards him. “As far as sentence is concerned, already the magisterial […]

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SC junks Essar’s plea challenging Spl 2G court’s jurisdiction

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The Supreme Court today dismissed pleas of Essar Teleholdings Ltd and its promoters challenging the Special CBI court’s jurisdiction to hold trial against them in the case arising out of the probe in 2G spectrum scam. “We dismiss the appeals and the writ petition,” a bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and justices A […]

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AAP MLA Somnath Bharti arrested in domestic violence case

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AAP MLA Somnath Bharti was arrested here early today, hours after he surrendered in connection with the attempt to murder and domestic violence case filed by his wife. He was arrested around 4 AM, Dependra Pathak, Joint Commissioner of Police (Southwest) said. Bharti, who evaded arrest for nearly a week, had surrendered last night hours […]

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HC admits plea challenging validity of Article 370

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The Delhi high court today agreed to hear a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 that gives special status to J&K. A bench of chief justice G Rohini and justice Jayant Nath posted for October 19, the hearing on a plea by a 22-year-old girl who contended that Article 370 was a temporary […]

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No evidence against ex-PM in coal scam case, CBI tells court

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CBI today opposed in a special court the plea of ex-Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda seeking summoning of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others as additional accused in a coal scam case, saying the application was “devoid of any merits”. Special Public Prosecutor R S Cheema told the court that the records of […]

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Centre to reply on plea seeking place for crackers

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The National Green Tribunal today sought response from the government on a lawyer’s plea seeking designated time and place for use of firecrackers during festivals like Diwali. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi issued notice to Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation and […]

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SC rejects Bharti’s bail plea, asks him to surrender by evening

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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti in domestic violence case and asked him to surrender by evening. Bharti’s wife Lipika has filed the domestic violence and attempt to murder case against the AAP MLA. “First surrender, then we will see whether matter should be […]

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Rape case:US girl repeats allegations agnst Farooqui

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The American research scholar today said the alleged incident of rape involving Bollywood movie ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui had indeed taken place. The US national, who is being cross-examined by the counsel of Farooqui in-camera, reiterated the allegations against the accused and denied suggestions that the alleged incident of rape did not take place. […]

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Have preventive attitude to check dengue: HC

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Delhi High Court has asked the civic agencies in the national capital to have a “preventive” attitude, and not curative, in order to contain spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue and malaria. “Attitude should be preventive and not curative,” a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva said, adding that proper cleaning of […]

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