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onsumer court slams HUDA attempt to penalise allottee

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The apex consumer court has said that it is unfair on the part of a land owning agency to keep an open-ended clause in its allotment letter that does not lay down a time limit for handing over a plot. The decision came in the case of a Gurgaon plot allottee who was given possession […]

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Kerala panel to frame strict anti-child abuse laws

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A committee comprising top state government officials would be formed to frame strict anti-child abuse laws in Kerala, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Wednesday. “We decided to form this committee after two recent incidents were reported where children faced violence at the hands of their parents,” Chandy told reporters after emerging from a weekly cabinet meeting here. The […]

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SC poser on government nod preceding graft probes

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The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government why its sanction was necessary for the investigation of its officials by the CBI in corruption cases being monitored by the court. An apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha sought the government’s response in respect of the court-monitored corruption cases as it (government) strongly resisted […]

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Court rejects BJP leader’s plea in Dikshit defamation case

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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to suspend the proceedings in a criminal defamation case filed by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijender Gupta. Justice JR Midha said he would pass an order in the case before July 22, the date fixed by a trial court in its order […]

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UP panel seeks report on SC/ST police officers’ postings

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The Uttar Pradesh Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) Commission has ordered a probe into an allegation that the SC/ST police officers are neglected in postings of station house officers, an official said Tuesday. The panel has directed the director general of police to submit before it a detailed factual report on the issue […]

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Special court set up to hear Bodh Gaya bombing

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A special court has been set up here to hear the case of serial bombings at the Mahabodhi temple in Bihar, a police officer said Tuesday. The court has been established in the Patna civil court, said the official who is assisting the National Investigation Agency’s probe into the July 7 terror attack. The move […]

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Why food security ordinance, not a bill, asks Amartya

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Ruing that the Food Security Bill was promulgated as an ordinance and not a parliamentary bill, Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen Monday stressed that the provision needs to be viewed in the context of curtailing expenses on health and education. “What I do have a view on is to compare it with cutting other things like education […]

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Delhi gangrape accused to also face dacoity trial

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A Delhi court Monday framed charges of kidnapping and dacoity against four accused being tried in another court for the Dec 16, 2012 gang-rape and brutalisation of a woman in a moving bus. Additional Sessions Judge Daya Prakash put on trial accused Akshay Kumar Singh, Mukesh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma for dacoity, under section […]

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SC urged to direct re-evaluation of CIL’s worth

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A PIL Monday urged the Supreme Court to order re-evaluation of Coal India Ltd’s worth and sought the cancellation of its shares issued through an IPO in October 2010 on account of their “gross undervaluation” which caused a Rs.175,000 crore loss to public exchequer. The PIL petitioner, Ehsan Khalid, told the court that though the […]

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Ads on Delhi autorickshaws: Court to hear plea Tuesday

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The Delhi High Court is likely to hear Tuesday the plea of a group of autorickshaw drivers against the government’s June 6 order prohibiting them from putting advertisements and posters on their commercial vehicles. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru, which was to hear the plea Monday put […]

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Court to hear why school denied admission to sisters

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A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court by the father of three young sisters against a government-run school which allegedly refused to admit them. The petition is likely to come up Tuesday for hearing. The father, Hari Ram, said in the petition filed through advocate Ashok Agarwal that he approached the Rajkiya […]

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SC tells petitioners to move high court on CAG appointment

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The Supreme Court Monday asked the former chief election commissioner N. Gopalaswami to move the Delhi High Court as it declined to entertain his petition challenging the appointment of former defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as the CAG of India. “Go to high court,” said the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir […]

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