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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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SC sticks to Collegium recommendations, trashes Centre”s stand

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The battle of nerves between judiciary and executive over appointment of judges for high courts intensified as the Supreme Court today stuck to its Collegium’s recommendations by rejecting Centre’s objections on 43 names. The apex court threw the ball back in the Centre’s court by asking it to reconsider the names which have not been […]

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Long queues outside banks a ‘serious issue’, says SC

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The Supreme Court today dubbed as a “serious issue” the long queues outside banks and post offices and expressed its reservation on the Centre’s plea seeking a direction that no other court in the country should entertain petitions challenging the November 8 notification demonetising Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes. “It is a serious […]

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Man gets life imprisonment for youth’s murder

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A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a district court for murdering a youth in his neighbourhood two years ago. District Judge Mridula V K Bhatia, while pronouncing the sentence yesterday, also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Yuva Ankush Mane, from Airoli in Navi Mumbai here. The prosecution examined as […]

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Cannot disclose details on release of new Rs 500 notes: RBI

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The Reserve Bank of India today informed the Madras High Court that it cannot disclose details regarding the release of new Rs 500 denomination currency to the banks for distribution due to security reasons. The submission was made by the counsel for RBI on a petition seeking a direction to the Registrar of Co-operative Societies […]

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SC to hear next week Swamy’s plea on Ayodhya dispute

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The Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea as to why Ayodhya temple dispute matters should be heard on a day-to-day basis. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A R Dave listed the plea of Swamy for next week after he sought an urgent hearing […]

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Suspected ISIS operative in 7-day police custody

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Suspected ISIS operative Jamil Ahemad, who was arrested by Anti-Terrorist Squad yesterday, was today remanded on seven days of police custody by a court here. Ahemad was arrested from his ancestral village in Fatehpur in Sikar. He had been allegedly raising funds from India, Bangladesh and UAE and transferring to the ISIS for the last […]

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Hate politics practised in south India: Madras HC

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The Madras High Court today observed that politics of hate is practised by parties in south India without being cordial and friendly unlike politicians of the north. The observation was made while hearing a plea by president of Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam, Logu Iyyappan of Puducherry related to bypoll campaign. He had sought quashing of an […]

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SC stops Kerala vigilante groups from killing dogs

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The Supreme Court today restrained vigilante groups in Kerala from imparting training to children and distributing airguns to the people at a subsidised rate to kill stray dogs and publically propagate that there was a “war” against canines in the state. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy said it failed to understand […]

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