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SC unhappy over delay in judges’ appointment by Centre

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The Supreme Court today expressed unhappiness over Centre’s failure to implement the collegium’s decision on transfer and appointment of judges and chief justices of high courts, observing “why there is mistrust”, and asked the Attorney General to seek instruction from the government. “The collegium has cleared 75 names of high court judges (for transfer/ appointment) […]

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IRCTC asked to compensate for wrong train schedule

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A consumer court has directed the IRCTC to pay a compensation of Rs 7,000 along with ticket and RTI costs to a Thane resident for his sufferings due to the rail corporation’s deficient service in giving wrong train schedule to him. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), is a subsidiary of the Indian Railways […]

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Criminal Law News

CBI opposes anticipatory bail plea of TV actor

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CBI today opposed the anticipatory bail plea of TV actor Anuj Saxena before a Delhi court in a graft case involving Director General of Corporate Affairs B K Bansal, alleging he played an active role in the commission of the offence. The agency submitted before Special CBI Judge Gurdeep Singh that Saxena, also the Chief […]

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All taxis to charge govt-set fares after Aug 22: HC

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Clamping down on surge pricing by app-based cab service providers like Ola and Uber, the Delhi High Court today set August 22 as the deadline after which such entities and other taxi operators cannot charge passengers more than the government-fixed rates. The August 22 deadline was fixed after Uber told Justice Manmohan that it needs […]

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Criminal Law News

Two get life sentence for killing labourer

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A court here today sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of a 35-year-old labourer last year. Additional sessions Judge Mridula V Bhatia sentenced Vicky Thakur (22) and Gopal Giri (37), both residents of Bhiwandi, to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000. They were asked to pay a […]

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HC no to allow provisional admission in 2 institutes

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The Delhi High Court today refused to interfere with a single judge’s decision of not allowing two institutes here to admit students in professional courses for the 2016-17 session on a provisional basis, saying the interim order will be “against the interest of the students”. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Sangita […]

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Madras High Court issues notice to Election Commission

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The Madras High Court today issued notice to the Election Commission on two petitions challenging the election of DMK and All India NR Congress (AINRC) candidates from their respective assembly constituencies. R Sakkarapani’s (DMK) election from Oddanchatram constituency in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul district has been challenged by a local voter while that of AINRC candidate […]

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HC seeks status report in Bulandshahr gangrape case

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The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to produce by tomorrow a status report on the investigation in the Bulandshahr gang rape case after it failed to submit the report today. A division bench comprising Chief Justice D B Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma, which has taken suo motu cognizance of the […]

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Dalit flogging case: Guj HC seeks probe report

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The Gujarat High Court today asked the state government to file a report on progress of the investigation into the incident in Una tehsil last month where some Dalit youths were flogged after being caught skinning a cow. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi was hearing a […]

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HC frowns upon AAI, DGCA over safety issues

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“It seems that passenger safety is of no priority to you,” the Bombay High Court’s told Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) as it rapped them for failing to ensure safety of air passengers and those living around airports. A division bench of justices V M Kanade and M […]

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Asaram witness murder case: Cops seek 2-day PC

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Police today sought two-day custody of close aide of Asaram, Niraj Kumar in connection with the Akhil Gupta murder case. Chief judicial magistrate Grima Choudhry has fixed tomorrow the date for hearing the application filed by the police. Police has requested in court for two days remand of Asaram’s close aide Niraj Kumar, who had […]

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HC quashes govt order on appointment of guest teachers

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The Uttarakhand High Court today quashed a Government Order which had paved the way for appointment of 6,214 guest teachers in government intermediate colleges across the state. Quashing the May 25 order, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia observed it was violative of the right to equality. However, the court permitted the state government to continue with makeshift […]

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