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Delhi HC verdict finds place in elite Yale Law School journal

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A landmark judgement of the Delhi High Court, which had struck down an 1870 law on court fees, has found place, along with four others from around the world, in a prestigious international journal published by the Yale Law School of the United States. The judgement penned in 2013 by Justice Gita Mittal had struck […]

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Delhi HC seeks Centre’s reply on plea for electoral reforms

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Delhi High Court today sought the Centre’s reply on a plea seeking a slew of electoral reform measures, including setting aside of the six-year cap on the period of disqualification from contesting polls on being convicted and sentenced to two years or more. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal […]

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SC to hear plea to cancel bail to Md Shahabuddin on Monday

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Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to convicted gangster-turned-RJD leader Md Shahabuddin by Patna High Court in a case pertaining to the killing of a youth in Siwan town of Bihar. A few hours after the development, Bihar government too moved the apex court with its […]

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Criminal Law News

Court notice to jail authority on plea alleging threat to MLA

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An advocate today claimed that AAP MLA Sandeep Kumar, arrested on rape charges, was beaten up in prison, but the sacked minister’s wife denied the allegation saying it was a “political conspiracy” as the lawyer had not been appointed by him. Hours after Special Judge Poonam Chaudhry issued notice to jail superintendent on the plea […]

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Bombay HC declines stay on BMC resolution on yoga

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The Bombay High Court today declined to grant an interim stay on implementation of a resolution making yoga and ‘Surya Namaskar’ (sun salutation) mandatory in civic schools in the metropolis, saying it is just a form of exercise which is good for the body. Masood Ansari, a social worker, had filed a public interest litigation […]

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High Profile Cases

SC extends Subrata Roy’s parole till September 23

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Supreme Court today extended the parole of Sahara chief Subrata Roy till September 23, granted to him in May on humanitarian grounds after his mother passed away. The parole continued later to enable him arrange money to refund his investors. The decision to extend the relief was taken by a bench headed by Chief Justice […]

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Calcutta HC asks Narada News chief to file affidavit detailing events

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The Calcutta High Court today directed Narada News chief Mathew Samuel to file an affidavit detailing all the events leading to the news portal’s sting operation in which persons resembling senior Trinamool Congress leaders are shown to be purportedly taking money. Observing that the sting tapes are only the climax of a story, a division […]

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Man gets 10-year jail term for possessing heroin

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A Delhi court has sentenced a man to 10 years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on him for possessing 500 grams heroin after considering that he was carrying commercial quantity of the banned drug and its impact on the youth. Special Judge Narinder Kumar held Uttar Pradesh native Jane Alam […]

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PIL says only 1 lab in Mumbai for swine flu test; HC tells Maha to set up more

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Hearing a PIL that claimed there is only one laboratory for testing swine flu in the city, the Bombay High Court has asked Maharashtra government to inform how many such labs exist in the state and take steps to increase such facilities all over. The Public Interest Litigation claimed that there was only one laboratory […]

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MSEB rapped for disconnecting power of small industrial units

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A consumer court here has rapped the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) for its deficient service, and asked it not to disconnect power supply to small scale units at an industrial estate in the city. It also directed the MSEB to pay the complainants small units Rs 3,000 each towards legal expenses in the case. […]

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SC stays NGT order against Railways, DMRC

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The Supreme Court today stayed the operation of a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order asking Indian Railways and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to seek environmental clearances for their projects. A bench comprising Justices T S Thakur and A M Khanwilkar prima facie agreed to the submission of Delhi Metro and Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation […]

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No interim order on Britannia’s plea: Delhi HC

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Delhi High Court today refrained from passing an interim order on Britannia Industries Ltd’s plea challenging a single judge’s order restraining them from using the packaging of its ‘Nutri Choice Digestive Zero’ biscuits in its present form. “In the meantime, nothing,” a bench of justices B D Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar said when the counsel […]

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