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Court, Judiciary & Legal System

Calcutta HC lawyers stay away due to heat, litigants suffer,CJ unhappy

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Lawyers stayed away from Calcutta High Court Wednesday as part of a three-day cease work citing hot and humid conditions, causing harassment to thousands of litigants and prompting the Chief Justice to term the advocates’ action as “irritating and painful”. All the court rooms were open on today with the judges in their seats, but […]

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High Profile Cases

Delhi HC refuses to suspend home ministry order on ACB

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to put on hold the union home ministry’s May 21 notification that barred the Delhi government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) from acting against the central government officers for criminal offences. A division bench of Justice S. Murlidhar and Justice I.S. Mehta refused to suspend the notification, saying a similar […]

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Intellectual Property News

CM quota flat allotment files missing: Govt tells HC

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Over 1,300 files pertaining to alloment of flats since 1982 to beneficiaries from Chief Minister’s housing quota have gone missing, the Maharashtra Government informed the Bombay High Court today. “At least 1,300 files of Housing Department alone are missing,” public prosecutor Jayesh Yagnik told Justices Abhay Oka and Reveti Mohite-Dhere, who were hearing a PIL […]

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Public Utilities

Maharashtra ​govt seeks HC nod for auto, taxi fare hike

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The Maharashtra government on Tuesday sought the Bombay High Court’s approval for the proposed auto and taxi fare hike announced by the Mumbai Metropolitan Road Transport Authority (MMRTA). The MMRTA had on May 11 proposed a hike in the basic fare for autos and taxis. The minimum fare for autos will go up from Rs […]

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Public Utilities

Drunk driving: Court reduces man’s jail term to one day

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A Delhi court has reduced the 10-day jail term of a 31-year-old man, convicted for driving his commercial vehicle in an inebriated state, to one day while observing that he had remorse for the act. District and Sessions Judge Ravinder Kaur modified the sentence of Bijender Kumar, a Gurgaon resident, but upheld his conviction, saying […]

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Top Law News

Helmets for 2-wheeler riders must from July 1 in TN

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Two-wheeler riders in Tamil Nadu must wear helmets from July 1 or risk impounding of their driving license, according to a Madras High Court order. Observing that it was disheartening to note that a number of precious lives are lost due to non-wearing of protective headgear, the Madras High Court today made it clear that […]

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Criminal Law News

HC extends parole of Priyadarshini Mattoo killer

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The Delhi High Court on Monday extended till June 19 the parole granted to Santosh Kumar Singh, serving a life term for the rape and murder of Priyadarshini Mattoo in 1996. Singh was earlier granted parole on May 15 to appear in the examinations for the Post Graduate Diploma in Criminology and Forensic Science course, […]

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Intellectual Property News

Ex-Delhi govt official gets 3 yrs jail in DA case

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A 67-year-old retired motor vehicle inspector in Delhi government’s transport department has been sentenced to three years in jail for amassing disproportionate assets of over Rs 11 lakh by a court here which expressed concern over increasing corruption. The court observed that corruption by public servants has created a sense of insecurity for the common […]

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Public Utilities

No ‘Victoria’ rides after a year as HC orders ban

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Observing that the horse-drawn carriages, famously known as ‘Victoria’ carriages, plying in the city were “illegal and violative of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act”, the Bombay High Court today directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to completely ban them after a year. A division bench of Justices A S Oka and A K Menon […]

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Bar, Bench & Firm News

HC orders status quo on FOXCONN issue

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The Madras High Court today ordered status quo on removal of machinery by FIH India private Limited, formerly known as FOXCONN India Private Limited, from its closed Sriperumbudur unit in Kancheepuram district, as alleged by some workmen in their petition. The court also ordered status quo on the issue of approving the closure of the […]

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Environment Law News

NGT asks SDMC to control pollution in Lajpat Ngr

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Coming to rescue of the residents of Lajpat Nagar here, the National Green Tribunal has directed South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to take immediate steps to control air pollution in an area in the locality. A bench headed by P Jyothimani, which impleaded SDMC in the case, directed it to file a status report while […]

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Criminal Law News

Charges framed against 10 accused in J Dey murder case

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A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court here on Monday framed charges against 10 accused, including arrested scribe Jigna Vora, in the journalist J Dey murder case of 2011. “The court has framed charges against Vora and nine others under sections of MCOCA, Indian Penal Code, besides other acts. All the accused […]

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