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Bombay HC lets US couple adopt 2 kids abandoned by mom

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The Bombay High Court has cleared the decks for adoption of two minor children, who were abandoned by their biological mother in 2012, by a US-based couple. The children’s adoption was held up since 2013, as the biological mother, after initially abandoning them, sought their custody when the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) put the kids […]

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Good health is fundamental right: Delhi Court

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“Good health is a justiciable fundamental right”, a Delhi court has said while observing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious project for health insurance cover for everyone would bring about an “evolution” in India’s health insurance model. The court’s observations came while pulling up the United India Insurance Company Ltd, a Public Sector Unit (PSU), for rejecting […]

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First phase of NEET tomorrow, SC says allow exam to be held

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The first phase of the single entrance test NEET for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses across the country will be held tomorrow as the Supreme Court today refused to accord an urgent hearing of a plea seeking modification of its earlier order. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, which is […]

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Roopa Ganguly surrenders before court in assault case

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BJP candidate Roopa Ganguly today surrendered before a Howrah court in connection with the case of an alleged assault on a Trinamool Congress activist during the Assembly polls. The actress-turned politician was later granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 500. The case was lodged against Roopa by TMC activist Soma Das for allegedly […]

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Bihar court rejects regular bail plea of 7 businessmen

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A district court today rejected a plea for regular bail to seven businessmen, six of them from Gujarat and one from Uttar Pradesh, who were jailed for consuming liquor in breach of total prohibition in Bihar two days ago. Judicial Magistrate of Patna District Court Kiran Chaturvedi rejected the application moved by the jailed persons’ […]

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Man gets three-year RI for selling drug

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A 31-year-old man from Mumbra in the district was today convicted and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years by a local court for possessing and selling MD powder, a party drug. District Judge N N Shrimangale found Firoz Shaukat Khan guilty under section 328 of IPC (causing hurt by means of poison) and also […]

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3.08 crore cases pending in HCs, lower courts: Govt

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Despite disposal of over two crore litigations last year, over three crore cases are still pending in the 24 high courts and various lower courts in the country, Rajya Sabha was told today. The latest figures have come even as Chief Justice of India T S Thakur had on Sunday lamented that the judge-to-people ratio in […]

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Bombay HC for Adarsh demoliton, stays order for 3 months

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Holding that the scam-tainted 31-storey Adarsh apartments was illegally constructed, the Bombay High Court today directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to demolish the tower in Colaba area of South Mumbai and sought criminal proceedings against politicians and bureaucrats for “misuse” of powers. However, on a plea made by the Adarsh Housing Society, a […]

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Calcutta HC directs CFSL to analyse Narada tapes

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The Calcutta High Court today directed CFSLHyderabad to ascertain whether the Narada tapes and devices used to record an alleged sting operation against Trinamool Congress leaders are genuine or not. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice A Banerjee ordered the director of Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory at Hyderabad to make preliminary […]

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Rebel Cong MLA moves U’khand HC a’nst unseating

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One of the nine disqualified Congress MLAs today filed an application before the Uttarakhand High Court seeking urgent hearing of his petition on the ground that he will “suffer irreparable loss and injury” if it is not heard immediately. Rebel Congress MLA Umesh Sharma Kau, in his application moved before Justice U C Dhyani, has […]

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Indian’s body to be brought back from Saudi: Delhi HC told

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The Delhi High Court was today informed that the mortal remains of a 27-year-old man from Jharkhand, who was allegedly killed by his employers in Saudi Arabia last year, would be brought to India tomorrow. Justice J R Midha was apprised by the counsel appearing for the petitioner, Naushaba Bano, wife of deceased Mohammed Afsar […]

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Kanchi seer acquitted in auditor assault case

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First Additional Sessions Judge P Rajamanickam in his brief judgement acquitted all the accused. “I acquit you all. You may go,” the judge said in the packed open court where the accused had appeared before him. The Judge said approver-turned hostile witness Ravi Subramanian will be tried separately. Jayendra Saraswathi, 80, who was the prime […]

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