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Uttar Pradesh asked to fill rights Commission vacancies

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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to fill vacancies in the state Human Rights Commission within a month. A bench of Chief Justice Shiva Kirti Singh and Justice D.K. Upadhyay gave the direction while hearing a public interest litigation filed by activist Nutan Thakur. The state commission […]

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No 12-hour work shift: AITUC

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A proposal in the Goa government’s draft investment policy, released by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar last week, to increase work shifts to 12 hours, has attracted objection from the All IndiaTrade Union Congress (AITUC). Parrikar Monday promised to look into the matter, if a formal objection was filed by the AITUC with the state government. Speaking to reporters Monday, AITUC general secretary […]

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Men oppose ‘biased’, woman-friendly marriage legislation

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A group of men, who met here over the past two days to discuss  the marriage laws amendment bill, Saturday passed a resolution terming it  “unconstitutional” and biased in favour of women. They also demanded that all family laws should be gender neutral. “We have passed a resolution and declared that Marriage Laws Amendment Bill […]

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Uphold esteem, credibility of judiciary: CJI

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Supreme Court Chief Justice P. Sathasivam Saturday expressed concern over the decline of the peoples’ faith in the judiciary and appealed to the members of the legal profession to uphold and preserve its public esteem and credibility. The CJI, who was here to inaugurate a building of the Gauhati High Court, stressed on the need […]

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Sports bar fined for racial discrimination against Indo-Canadians

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A human rights tribunal in Canada has ordered a popular sports bar to pay C$10,000 each to three Indo-Canadians for racially discriminating against them. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has found the Shark Club of Langley in the Canadian province of British Columbia guilty of denying Surinderjit Rai, Manjit Gill and Manjinder entry to […]

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Court suspends CAS decision on Ukrainian club

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The Supreme Court of Switzerland suspended a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which said Ukraine’s FC Metalist Kharkiv was guilty of match-fixing. The court suspended the ruling Friday that the Ukranian football club and some of its officials were guilty of match-fixing in relation to a match between FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Metalis Kharkiv […]

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3 Brazilian men convicted of raping tourist in bus

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A Brazilian court has found three men guilty of raping a female US tourist in a microbus in Rio de Janeiro last March, authorities said on Thursday. Two of the men, Jonathan Froudakis de Souza and Walace Aparecido Souza Silva, each were sentenced to 49 years, three months and 11 days in prison for robbery, […]

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Indian origin woman charged with murder of ex-lover’s fiancee

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A woman of Indian origin, charged with stabbing to death the fiancee of her former lover, has been denied bail by an Australian court. Manisha Patel, 30, allegedly stabbed Purvi Joshi, 28, several times in the stomach before leaving her for dead in Sydney last month. She was arrested on Wednesday night at Girraween in […]

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PIL against subsidised liquor to defence personnel

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A public interest litigation (PIL) was Friday filed before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court against supply of heavily subsidised alcoholic drinks to defence and paramilitary forces. In the PIL, social activist Nutan Thakur and her husband Amitabh Thakur said while they welcome provision of subsidised food items and household goods to these […]

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Stock Guru scam: Court takes cognizance of charge sheet

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A Delhi court today took cognizance of a supplementary charge sheet in the multi-crore ‘StockGuru’ scam case filed against an alleged agent of prime accused Ullhas Prabhakar. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ajay Pandey also issued production warrants of accused Naresh Kumar alias Naresh Kharb to appear before it on August 30. Kharb, who was arrested in […]

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Gangrape case: Church secretary refutes accused’s claim

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The secretary of a church, deposing before a Delhi court on Friday, refuted a December 16 gangrape case accused’s claim that he was at a music event organised by it on the night of the incident. The brother of a church, also its secretary, was brought as a witness before Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna […]

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Centre seeks opinion on setting up high court bench in UP

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The union government has sought the opinion of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and the Allahabad High Court chief justice on the creation of a high court bench in western Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Saturday. A letter has been sent in this connection by Union Law Minister Kapil Sibal to the state government. […]

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