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SC to hear plea to destroy 550 ton of Maggi on Sep 30

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The Supreme Court would next week hear Nestle India’s plea seeking its nod to destroy about 550 tonnes of recalled stock of Maggi noodles which have passed shelf life. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan today posted the matter for hearing on September 30, after Food Safety and Standards Authority of India […]

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SC junks plea on quota for Marathas in Maharashtra

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Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea alleging that petitions challenging Maharashtra government’s decision to grant 16 per cent quota to Marathas in jobs and education in the state were still pending adjudication. A bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and A M Khanwilkar, however, allowed the petitioner to approach the Bombay High […]

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SC seeks Shahabuddin’s response on pleas against grant of bail

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Controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin could be in for trouble as Supreme Court today agreed to hear next week a plea seeking quashing of a Patna High Court order granting him bail in the murder of a person who had witnessed the gruesome killing of his two younger siblings at Siwan in Bihar. The apex court, […]

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SC grants 6 months for trial in a Guj riots case

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The Supreme Court today granted six more months to a lower court in Gujarat to conclude trial in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case, one of the nine post-Godhra riots matters probed by the apex court-appointed SIT pertaining to the killing of eleven members of a community. “The City Civil & Sessions Court (at Ahmedabad […]

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SC questions appointment of AMU Vice Chancellor

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The Supreme Court today raised questions on the appointment of a person of non-teaching background as the Vice Chancellor of prestigious Aligarh Muslim University. “You (AMU) are a central university. UGC regulations apply to you as they are mandatory. The VC must be an academician and he should be a person who has worked for […]

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SC seeks Shahabuddin’s reply on plea challenging his bail

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The Supreme Court today sought response from controversial RJD leader Shahabuddin on a plea challenging the bail granted to him by the Patna High Court in a murder case. The apex court, however, did not grant any interim stay on operation of Patna High Court’s bail order and said “We intend to give him (Shahabuddin) […]

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SC to hear plea to cancel bail to Md Shahabuddin on Monday

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Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a plea seeking cancellation of bail granted to convicted gangster-turned-RJD leader Md Shahabuddin by Patna High Court in a case pertaining to the killing of a youth in Siwan town of Bihar. A few hours after the development, Bihar government too moved the apex court with its […]

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SC extends Subrata Roy’s parole till September 23

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Supreme Court today extended the parole of Sahara chief Subrata Roy till September 23, granted to him in May on humanitarian grounds after his mother passed away. The parole continued later to enable him arrange money to refund his investors. The decision to extend the relief was taken by a bench headed by Chief Justice […]

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SC stays NGT order against Railways, DMRC

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The Supreme Court today stayed the operation of a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order asking Indian Railways and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to seek environmental clearances for their projects. A bench comprising Justices T S Thakur and A M Khanwilkar prima facie agreed to the submission of Delhi Metro and Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation […]

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SC quashes murder charge, spares Govindachamy from noose

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The Supreme Court today commuted the death sentence of Govindachamy, a convict in the brutal rape and murder case of 23-year-old Soumya, to seven-year jail term after dropping the murder charge against him. A bench of justices Ranjan Gogoi, P C Pant and U U Lalit, however, upheld charges under section 376 (Punishment for rape), […]

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Swamy moves SC on security nod to FM radio cos.

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BJP MP Subramanian Swamy today moved the Supreme Court seeking clarification on the process to grant security clearances to companies for FM broadcast and restraining them from taking part in auctions if they are involved in criminal cases. The Rajya Sabha MP, in his plea, said that Ministry of Information & Broadcasting had issued a […]

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Victims’ family to challenge Shahabuddin’s bail in SC tomorrow

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Chandrakeshwar Prasad of Siwan, whose three of four sons were murdered allegedly by gangster- turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin, would tomorrow file an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging Patna High Court’s order granting bail to the former RJD MP. Advocate Prashant Bhushan’s office said they were giving final shape to the petition in which they are […]

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