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2 BARC workers move HC to stop Bhabha’s house bid

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The Bombay High Court today declined to stay the auction of the heritage bungalow belonging to the father of India’s atomic energy programme Homi Jehangir Bhabha. The Court said even if the auction takes place before the next hearing, it can be revoked, if required. Two employees of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) moved the […]

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Mir to take oath as CJ of Himachal HC on Jun 18

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Acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir will take oath as Chief Justice of the High Court on June 18. Governor Urmila Singh would administer the oath at Raj Bhawan here, a High Court release said. Justice Mir, hailing from Rajpora in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, had taken […]

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Rationale behind passing judgement can’t be revealed under RTI: SC

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The rationale behind passing judgements or orders by courts cannot be disclosed to litigants under the Right to Information Act, Supreme Court has said. An appellate authority of the Supreme Court, constituted under the RTI Act, dismissed the plea of an RTI activist who had sought information on the rationale for passing orders on review […]

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Man disabled in road mishap gets over Rs 10 lakh

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A 54-year-old man who suffered physical disability in a road accident involving a rashly driven bus has been awarded compensation of over Rs 10 lakh by a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in New Delhi. The tribunal directed National Insurance Company, insurer of the offending bus, to pay Rs 10.24 lakh to Kuwar Pal Singh, […]

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Court slams DP IO for “sham” probe in murder case

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The Delhi Police Commissioner has been directed by a court here to take action against its official for conducting a “sham investigation” and not probing “hate crime” or “honour killing” angle in a murder case in which five men have been acquitted. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau said there was no direct or last seen […]

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HC acquits man in case of rape and murder of minor

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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday acquitted an 82-year-old Pune resident who was sentenced to life for raping and murdering a minor girl in 2009. While setting aside the conviction, the high court observed that the prosecution had failed to prove the case against the accused. A division bench of justices PV Hardas and AS […]

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No bail for DU teacher Saibaba accused of Naxal links

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The Gadchiroli sessions court in Maharashtra Friday rejected the bail plea of G N Saibaba, the Delhi University lecturer arrested for alleged connections with Naxals. Saibaba, who teaches English at Ram Lal Anand College of Delhi University and is wheelchair-bound, is the deputy secretary of ‘Revolutionary Democratic Front’. He is in custody since May 9 […]

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Mechanism must to prevent custodial deaths: HC

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The State Government on Friday informed the Bombay High Court that nine cops of Wadala GRP (Government Railway Police) including a senior police inspector were booked for their alleged complicity in the custodial death of a youth and sexual abuse of three others held in a robbery case. The court was also informed that these […]

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RInfra justifies Metro fare in HC; says it’s cost-based

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Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure today justified in the Bombay High Court its decision to charge fares in the range of Rs 10-40 for various destinations for the Mumbai Metro route connecting Versova and Andheri in the west to Ghatkopar in the East. In an affidavit, RInfra said the fares were fixed on the basis of […]

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Survey ranks Jindal Global Law School 2nd in 2014

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Sonipat-based Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) has been ranked second by a survey for top emerging law colleges in the country this year. The survey was conducted by India Today-Nielsen. JGLS, a part of O P Jindal Global University (JGU), was started in 2009. Reacting to the achievement, C Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of JGU, […]

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Don Babloo Srivasta moves SC alleging violation of extradition terms

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Underworld don Babloo Srivastav, who is in jail since 1995 after being brought from Singapore, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to all DGPs that he be tried in only those cases which were part of his extradition terms. Srivastav, who was initially extradited to face trials in four criminal cases, was made […]

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’02 Guj riots: HC adjourns hearing on Zakia’s petition

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Gujarat High Court today adjourned hearing on the petition filed by Zakia Jafri, the widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging the order of a local court which upheld special investigation team’s a clean chit to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others in a 2002 riots case. Justice S G Shah posted the […]

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