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Huge gaps in implementing RTE: CRY

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Even three years after the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act was implemented, many government schools still have huge infrastructural gaps, a report by an NGO said Wednesday. According to a survey by Child Rights and You (CRY), 11 percent of government schools did not have toilets, only 18 percent had […]

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Panchayat polls: SC issues notice to centre West Bengal

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central and West Bengal governments on a petition by the state’s election commission seeking adequate security for holding panchayat elections in the state. The apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued the notice after West Bengal State Election Commission’s (SEC) counsel […]

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Don’t misuse law against Dalit performers: rights body

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Indian authorities should conduct an independent review of apparent politically motivated terrorism charges filed against performers in a Dalit cultural group, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. Members of Kabir Kala Manch, charged in 2011 under counterterrorism laws, remain subject to prosecution for their alleged support of Maoist militants. One of them, eight months pregnant, […]

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Step up rescue and relief operations further: says apex court

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the government to step up the rescue and relief operations in calamity-struck Uttarakhand as it was told that that 95,500 stranded people have been evacuated so far. “We will not pass any order. Please step up your rescue and relief activities,” the court said. The action taken report by […]

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Sibal wants court verdicts on litigants’ cellphones: Naik

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Court judgments should be made available on mobile phone screens, union Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal said Tuesday, according toRajya Sabha member Shantaram Naik. Sibal, who was addressing a meeting of the Advisory Council of the National Mission For Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms here, also said the litigants should be the focus of all judicial reforms, said the statement […]

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SC taking over legislature’s power: Congress MP

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  The Supreme Court is taking over the law-making powers of the legislatures and there is a need to restore the right of the legislatures and their constitutional dignity, said Rajya Sabha MP from Goa Shantaram Naik on Tuesday. The Congress MP, who is also the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, […]

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SC dismisses PIL seeking curbs on sale of Ranbaxy drugs

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The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a petition for prohibiting Ranbaxy from producing and marketing its alleged “adulterated” medicines in the Indian market in the wake of reports of the pharma major having sold misbranded drugs in the US. A bench of Justice A.K.Patnaik and Justice Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by advocate M.L. Sharma, asking him […]

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NHRC seeks report from Uttarakhand; centre on flood relief

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Tuesday sought reports from Uttarakhand and the central government over the measures being taken for the evacuation and rehabilitation of flood-affected victims in the hill state. “We have asked Uttarakhand’s chief secretary to submit a report on the progress of steps taken by the state to provide relief to […]

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Court decision on lax Tripura cop Thursday

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A Tripura court is expected to deliver its verdict Thursday against a police official accused of breach of trust and negligence in duty, a charge for which the prosecution has demanded life imprisonment for him, a lawyer said here. Special Public Prosecutor Lutfur Rahman Khadim said West Tripura district’s Additional Sessions Judge Kripankar Chakraborty was […]

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India, US to remove hurdles in business, investments

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US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday called for removing  “impediments” to doing business with India and noted that India-US economic cooperation had grown five-fold in the past five years to surpass $100 billion. Addressing a joint media interaction with his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid at the Hyderabad House, Kerry said both sides in their […]

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We treat minister and ordinary person alike: say SC judges

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On issues related to right to life and personal liberty, a minister and an ordinary person are treated alike in the Supreme Court, a bench of two judges said on Monday. The apex court bench of Justice A.K. Patnaik and Justice Ranjan Gogoi said “before the Supreme Court a minister and an ordinary person under […]

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Court declares Bengal Entry Tax Act unconstitutional

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In another setback to the Trinamool Congress government, the Calcutta High Court Monday struck down a law levying tax on entry of certain goods into the state, calling it unconstitutional. “Justice Indira Banerjee in an order today (Monday) struck down the legislation and described it as ultra vires the constitution. The court has given a […]

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