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SC to decide CBI’s appeal against Karti on September 18

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The Supreme Court today fixed on September 18 the appeal of the CBI challenging the Madras High Court order staying government’s look out circular against Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, in a graft case. The FIR lodged by the CBI on May 15 had alleged irregularities in Foreign Investment Promotion Board […]

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Can’t expect children to walk 3 km to attend school: SC

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Children cannot be expected to walk three or more kilometres to attend school, the Supreme Court has said. It said to make the right of education meaningful, efforts should be made to have upper primary schools in such a manner that no children has to walk such a distance only to attend schools. The court […]

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Transparency in polls: SC seeks response of Centre, EC

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A plea seeking transparency in the poll process by making it mandatory for candidates to furnish information relating to any criminal offence today prompted the Supreme Court to seek responses from the Centre and the Election Commission. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra issued notices to the Ministry of Law and Justice and […]

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Delhi HC to continue hearing marital rape issue, appoints amicus

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The Delhi High Court today said there was no obstruction before it to hear petitions seeking to make marital rape an offence, as the issue raised before the Supreme Court was different. The court appointed senior advocate Raju Ramachandran as amicus curaie to assist it in the matter, considering its importance. A bench of Acting […]

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Delhi HC seeks Centre, Delhi govt replies on plea to bring schools under state

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The high court today sought responses from the Centre and the Delhi government on a plea seeking implementation of an NCERT-panel recommendation to bring all public-funded schools under the city government for betterment of education. The court also asked local bodies like the municipal corporations, the Delhi Cantonment Board and the NDMC to examine the […]

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SC sets aside Allahabad HC orders summoning UP chief secretary

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The Supreme Court today set aside three orders of Allahabad High Court summoning the Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary of the state in a matter in which the state’s Advocate General Raghvendra Singh was rebuked for not appearing before it. The apex court observed that the three High Court orders summoning the Chief Secretary was “unnecessary” […]

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Ensure no agitation takes place over NEET: SC to TN govt

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The Supreme Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to ensure that no agitation takes place in the state over the NEET examination issue. The apex court directed that anybody involved in any kind of activity that stalls normal life of citizens in the state should be booked under the appropriate law. A bench headed […]

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Special TADA court disallows marriage application of Salem

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The special Tada court today disallowed the marriage application of gangster Abu Salem, terming it infructuous and disposed off the issue. “The application is disposed off as its infructuous,” the special court said. In 2015, a photograph of Salem with a girl had surfaced after which the Tada court had asked Thane police to conduct […]

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ED opposes bail of hawala dealer, alleges he brought Pak money

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The Enforcement Directorate today opposed the bail plea of alleged hawala dealer Mohammad Aslam Wani in a city court, saying that he had a key role in bringing money from Pakistan for terror activities in Kashmir. The probe agency, in its written response to Wani’s bail plea, said the investigation in a decade-old money laundering […]

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Aarushi murder case: Allahabad HC verdict on Oct 12 on Talwars’ appeal

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The Allahabad High Court will deliver on October 12 its verdict on an appeal filed by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar challenging the CBI court order convicting them for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. A division bench comprising Justices B K Narayana and A K Mishra today reserved its judgement on […]

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Madras HC stays indefinite strike by TN govt employees, teachers

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The Madras High Court today stayed an indefinite strike by government employees and teachers in Tamil Nadu, after a PIL was filed seeking ban on the stir. Hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by T Sekaran, Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan of the High Court’s Madurai bench passed an interim order […]

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NTR’s son gets 6 months in jail in cheque bounce case

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A local court has sentenced former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao’s son Nandamuri Jayakrishna to six months’ simple imprisonment in connection with a 2015 cheque bounce case. The tenth Special Magistrate court yesterday found Jayakrishna, proprietor of Rama Krishna theatre at Abids here, guilty under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. […]

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