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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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Criminal Law News

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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Criminal Law News

Court extends alleged LeT operative’s JC till Oct 14

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A special court today extended the judicial custody of Bahadur Ali alias ‘Saifullah’, a Pakistani national allegedly working for terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, for a month. According to court sources, Ali was produced before District Judge Amar Nath from Tihar Central Jail, and during in-camera proceedings, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) moved an application seeking extension […]

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Suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma refused bail

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A special PMLA court here today refused to grant temporary bail to suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, who is in jail in an alleged money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate. Special judge A C Joshi turnd down the Sharma’s plea for a five-day bail to pay homage to his late mother during […]

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IPS officer again seeks charge sheets in Ishrat case

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IPS officer Satish Verma, who had probed the 2004 Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, today filed fresh applications in courts here seeking copies of two charge sheets to “expedite” the trial in the case. He filed the applications in the courts of the special (sessions) judge for CBI cases and an additional chief judicial magistrate […]

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Fake degree row: Order on summoning Irani on Oct 1

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A Delhi court would next month decide on whether to summon Union Minister Smriti Irani on a complaint filed against her for allegedly giving false information regarding her academic qualifications in affidavits to the poll panel for contesting various elections. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh, who was scheduled to pronounce the order today, fixed the matter […]

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Consumer Law News

Navy officer to pay Rs 35K maintenance to wife, kid

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A Lieutenant Commander in Indian Navy has been directed by a Delhi court to pay Rs 35,000 per month as maintenance to his estranged wife and minor daughter, observing that the woman was entitled to enjoy the status and standard of living as she was in her matrimonial home. Additional Sessions Judge Lokesh Kumar Sharma […]

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Environment Law News

NGT notice to Centre, UP on encroachments in lake

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Rampant dumping of waste and encroachments on Arthala Lake located close to Hindon River in Ghaziabad today came under the lens of the National Green Tribunal today which sought response from the Centre and UP government on the issue. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notices to the Ministry of Environment […]

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