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Delhi-Meerut Expressway may be allowed: Expert panel tells NGT

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The permission to NHAI to build a bridge and its approach roads across the river for the Delhi- Meerut Expressway should be allowed to help ease traffic congestion, an expert committee today told the National Green Tribunal. The Principal Committee, headed by Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources, told a bench headed by NGT Chairperson […]

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Give notice to Sundar before moving against her: SC to C’garh

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The Supreme Court today asked the Chhattisgarh government to give advanced notice of four weeks to social activist Nandini Sundar and others before proceeding against them in the case relating to the alleged murder of a tribal man in Naxal-affected areas of the state. The apex court also took on record the assurance given by […]

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Sheila Dikshit’s son-in-law sent to 2-day police custody

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Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s son-in-law was today sent to two-day police custody by a city court in a case of theft and misappropriating his wife’s property. Syed Mohammad Imran, who was arrested from Bangalore and brought here on transit remand, was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma who remanded him to police custody […]

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Travel firm pay Rs 6.3 L to ex-HC judge for discomfort

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A major travel company has been directed by a district consumer forum here to pay a compensation of over Rs 6.3 lakh to a former Delhi High Court judge for deficiency in service to him and his family during their leisure trip to South Africa. The forum, headed by its president S K Sarvaria, also […]

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Delhi HC dismisses PIL for ban on burqa, other face veils in Delhi

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The Delhi High Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a ban on burqas and other face veils in public places due to security threat to the capital, saying it is not a public interest matter. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangeeta Dhingra Sehgal dismissed the plea saying, “If it […]

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Introduce vacuum cleaning of roads: NGT

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Manual cleaning of road dust must be stopped immediately, the National Green Tribunal directed the Delhi government, asking it to introduce mechanical cleaning in the national capital. The green panel said manual removal of dust from roads only regenerates pollution in the environment and police should ensure that wherever mechanised cleaning of dust is introduced, […]

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Rlys to pay Rs 60K to retd judge, kin for discomfort

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The State Consumer Commission here has refused to set aside the fine of Rs 60,000 slapped on the Railways for causing discomfort to a former High Court judge and his family by shifting their seats, saying doing so without informing them was deficiency in service. Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission upheld the 2014 order […]

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SC to hear pleas on demonetisation of Rs 1,000 and 500 notes

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Amidst unprecedented panic rush in banks and ATMs across the country, the Supreme Court would tomorrow hear a batch of PILs seeking quashing of the government’s decision to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes on the grounds that it infringed citizens’ right to life and trade among others. A bench comprising Chief Justice […]

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Kerala HC denied pre-arrest bail to local CPI(M) leader

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Kerala High Court today rejected the anticipatory bail application of a local CPI(M) leader, who has been named as an accused in a criminal case, and directed him to surrender. Justice P Ubaid asked petitioner Zakir Hussain, who has been booked on the charge of threatening a man over a business deal, to surrender before […]

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Delhi HC seeks CBSE’s reply on plea for name change in certificates

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The Delhi High Court has sought CBSE’s response as to why it has not issued fresh certificates to a girl, who has changed her name and already been been issued a passport, PAN card and Aadhaar having her new name. Justice V Kameswar Rao issued notice to the Ministry of Human Resource Development and Central […]

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‘Expedite process on satellite maps of Sainik Farms’

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The Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government to expedite the process of getting high resolution satellite maps of the posh Sainik Farms colony here from 2007-2016 to find out if any unauthorised constructions have taken place there during the period. The direction by a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar […]

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Delhi HC sets aside man’s 10-year jail term in rape case

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The Delhi High court has set aside the conviction and ten-year jail term awarded to a man, who was held guilty of raping his 30-year-old tenant, saying that the woman’s version was not “convincing”. Justice S P Garg directed immediate release of the convict who was in custody since November 2009, holding that there were […]

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