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Environment Law News

NGT slaps Rs 25 crore fine on Adani-Hazira Port

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The National Green Tribunal has slapped a penalty of Rs 25 crore on Adani-Hazira Port Pvt Ltd (AHPPL) and its associate Hajira Infrastructure Pvt Ltd for carrying out work at their Hazira-based port near Surat without acquiring environment clearance. The Pune-based Western Zone bench of NGT also ruled that the environment clearance (EC), granted by […]

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‘Can rules for dispute settlement with AIBA be made’

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The Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to decide within three months whether there should be a specific provision for dispute settlement with international sports bodies like Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA). A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath asked the sports department to decide the issue after a plea […]

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High Profile Cases

Coal scam: Accused seeks joint trial of three cases

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A businessman, facing prosecution in three separate coal block allocation scam cases, has approached a special court seeking joint trial in all of them saying the FIRs were “closely knitted” and the alleged offences pertained to same transaction. Businessman Manoj Kumar Jayaswal is accused in three cases pertaining to the alleged irregularities in allocation ofcoal […]

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Criminal Law News

CBI opposes Peter’s bail plea; hearing adjourned till Jan 30

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The CBI today opposed former media baron Peter Mukerjea’s bail plea in Sheena Bora murder case on the ground that he was part of the murder conspiracy and had concealed information about the victim’s disappearance from his son and Sheena’s fiance Rahul. “Peter was in touch with prime accused and his wife Indrani Mukerjea from […]

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HC seeks Maha govt, BMC reply on odd-even plea

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The Bombay High Court on Friday issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, seeking their responses to a public interest litigation for introduction of the odd-even rule for private cars in Mumbai on lines of the pattern adopted in Delhi. Apart from the state government and BMC, a division Bench of […]

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Kin of CRPF man killed in road mishap to get over Rs 68 lakh

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Family members of a 35-year-old CRPF employee, who died in a road accident after being hit by a DTC bus, have been awarded a compensation of over Rs 68 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) here. MACT Presiding Officer Naveen Arora directed United India Insurance Company Ltd, insurer of the offending DTC bus, […]

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High Profile Cases

Coal scam: Court grants bail to Directors of Adhunik Corp Ltd

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Two directors of Adhunik Corporation Ltd, who were summoned as accused in a coal scam case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of Patrapara coal block in Odisha to the firm, were on Friday granted bail by a special court. Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar granted the relief to Nirmal Kumar Agarwal and Mahesh Kumar […]

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Criminal Law News

SC asks Maudany to move trial court for clubbing blast cases

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The Supreme Court today asked Abdul Nazir Maudany, leader of Kerala-based People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to move the trial court with his plea seeking clubbing of nine cases registered against him and others in the 2008 Bangalore serial bomb blasts. A bench, comprising Justices J Chelameswar and A M Sapre, asked Maudany to move the […]

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Corporates can allot 2 pc of profits for hospital bills of

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The Bombay High Court today suggested corporate companies to allot two per cent of their profits towards settling hospital bills of patients who cannot afford to pay. The suggestion was made by a division bench of justicesV M Kanade and Revati Mohite Dere while hearing a petition filed by a man named Sanjay Prajapati urging […]

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Criminal Law News

Man sentenced to 4 years RI for sexually assaulting minor girl

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A court here has sentenced a 38-year-old man to 4 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl. Additional Sessions Judge Lakhanlal Garg also imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on convict Bhukan Rajak. Rajak had gone to the house of the 14-year-old girl, his neighbour, and asked her to help him in work […]

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Children home guard gets 10-yr jail for sodomizing HIV+ boy

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Security guard of a children’s home has been sent to 10 years in jail for repeatedly sodomizing a seven-year-old HIV positive orphan by a Delhi court. The court accepted the minor’s testimony and medical evidence that proved the guilt of assaulter Amardeep Kujur, a Jharkhand native, saying the child’s deposition was credible and trustworthy as […]

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Unitech top bosses face tough questions from court

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Real estate major Unitechs top bosses today faced tough questions from a Delhi court, which also asked them by when they would settle the pending dues of “hundreds” of other investors. The court also pulled up the groups chairman Ramesh Chandra, Managing Directors Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra and Director Minoti Bahri for not fulfilling […]

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