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Plea in SC questions natural gas pricing

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The Supreme Court was moved Wednesday seeking quashing of the government’s recent decision hiking natural gas prices from April 2014 and direction to the government to cancel the production-sharing contract with Reliance Industries and NIKO Resources related to the Krishna-Godavari basin block. The public interest litigation, filed by NGO Common Cause, former cabinet secretary T.S.R. […]

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Court seeks Lokayukta’s report on Dikshit

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The Delhi High Court on  Wednesday sought the Lokayukta’s report which recommended to the president a censure of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misrepresenting facts about 60,000 low-cost flats ahead of the 2008 assembly polls. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru was hearing a plea filed by advocate Sunita […]

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HC seeks centre’s response on IPL takeover plea

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Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the centre’s response to a PIL seeking a direction for the sports ministry to take over the Indian Premier League (IPL) by separating it from the Indian cricket board. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru asked the Ministry of Sports and Youth […]

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Indian-origin surgeon gets chance to poll jurors

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A court in Australia has given an Indian-origin surgeon, charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a patient, a chance to poll his potential jurors in his trial if they were biased against him due to the negative publicity surrounding him. The Brisbane district court today allowed the questioning of jurors and reserve jurors for […]

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Indian-Canadian man fighting to get visas for parents in India

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An Indian Canadian serving in the country’s air force is fighting to get visas to enable his India-based parents to visit their ailing grandson. Deepak Sharma, a corporal posted at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) at Trenton in Ontario, applied twice – in March and May – for visas for his parents, Ashok Sharma and […]

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Apex Court has lived up to constitutional mandate: Eminent jurists

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A strong judiciary may sometimes be a thorn in the flesh of the government or the political class, but in the Indian context, it has – barring a short dark stint during emergency – acted as pillar of the Indian state which celebrated its 67 Independence Day Thursday, eminent jurists say. Despite lackluster governance, a […]

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Disability awards presented

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The NCPEDP-Mphasis Universal Design Awards 2013 were Wednesday presented to people who have made a mark in working for the disabled. The awards were given in three categories – persons with disability, working professionals and organisations. Nekram Upadhyay of the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre here was awarded for his work in helping improve the functional […]

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Court asks GJM why it should not pay for shutdown

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The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the GJM why it should not be made to pay compensation for infringing the fundamental rights of the people by calling a shutdown in West Bengal’s Darjeeling hills. Hearing a public interest litigation seeking prevention of shutdowns, a division bench of Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Joymalyo […]

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Air India to compensate Dubai-bound passenger for cancelled flight

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Air India’s unexplained cancellation of a flight to Dubai has led to the Delhi Consumer Commission ordering it to compensate the affected passenger Rs.1.07 lakh for not making alternate arrangements for 11 days. Commission President Barkat Ali Zaidi and Member Salma Noor accepted the plea of Deepak Kumar Chaudhary, a Delhi resident employed in Abu […]

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BCCI may move court on NCA land deal: Dalmiya

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The Indian cricket board may move court on the National Cricket Academy land deal, its interim head Jagmohan Dalmiya said here Tuesday. With the Karnataka High Court ruling the land deal illegal, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has landed in a spot. The BCCI had reportedly paid nearly Rs.50 crore for procuring […]

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Delhi court sends tax inspector to jail for bribe

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A Delhi court has sent an entertainmenttax inspector of the city government to two years imprisonment for accepting Rs.4,500 bribe from a cable service provider who had tax dues. Central Bureau of Investigation Special Judge Manoj Jain imposed a fine of Rs.20,000 and sentenced Krishan Sharawat to two years in jail. In 2007, the then […]

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Rajya Sabha passes bill on overseas Indians’ citizenship

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The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill, paving the way for registration of Overseas Indian Cardholders (OIC) instead ofOverseas Citizens of India (OCI) and seeking to bring within the scope of citizenship a person “who is ordinarily a resident” instead of the person who has been residing in India for a specified period. However, no person who […]

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