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Govt acted on its own in excluding Subramanium’s name: CJI

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Sending a strong message to Centre that “at any cost the independence of judiciary can not be compromised”, the Chief Justice of India RM Lodha on Tuesday came down heavily on Modi government for “unilaterally” segregating the file pertaining to senior advocate Gopal Subramanium from other three names for the appointment of SC judges. Lodha […]

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HC directs Registrar file report on destitute home

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Madras High Court today directed Registrar of the court to visit the Akshaya Trust Destitute Home here along with Medical Officers and ascertain the mental and physical conditions of the inmates there. They should file a report about the conditions prevailing there along with the desires of the inmates, Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice V […]

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Mullaperiyar dam: Kerala govt files review petition

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The Kerala government has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking review of its May 7 verdict holding 120-year-old Mullaperiyar dam safe and allowing Tamil Nadu to raise water level to 142 feet and ultimately to 152 feet after completion of strengthening measures on the dam. The five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice […]

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Petitioner against Maratha quota says he fears for life

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Former journalist Ketan Tirodkar, who has filed a public interest litigation against Maharashtra cabinet’s decision to provide 16 per cent reservations to the Maratha community, has informed the Bombay High Court that he is getting “death threats”. In a letter to the High Court Registrar, Tirodkar said he received death threats from some people belonging […]

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Ex-PM, Cabinet were under confusion: Raja

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Former telecom minister A. Raja told a Delhi court on Tuesday that former prime minister Manmohan Singh and his Cabinet members were “completely under confusion” created by “vested interests” about policy and procedure of the Department of Telecommunication (DoT) in the allocation of 2G spectrum. Deposing as a witness to defend himself in the ongoing […]

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Veerappan’s brother moves HC seeking pre-mature release

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The Madras High Court has ordered notices to Tamil Nadu government on a plea by slain forest brigand Veerappan’s brother Mathaiyan, serving life term in a murder case, to release him prematurely as he had already spent 26 years in jail. In a habeas corpus petition, Mathaiyan said he had sent a representation to the […]

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Hingora kidnapping: accused’s property attached

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A local court on Monday issued a warrant of attachment of property of the 12 accused in the a case relating to abduction of a Gujarat industrialist in which the kidnappers had allegedly taken Rs 9 crore as ransom. Chief Judicial Magistrate Brajesh Kumar issued the warrants against prime accused Chandan Sonar, Assistant Sub-Inspector of […]

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HC transfers probe into girl’s death to CB-CID

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The Madras High Court has ordered a CB-CID probe into the mysterious death of a 16-year old girl of a boarding school in Tiruchengode in Namakkal district in 2007. A division bench, comprising Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice M Sathyanarayanan, transferred the case to CB-CID police on a petition by the girl’s father who […]

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MCX promoter Jignesh Shah files fresh bail plea in HC

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MCX promoter Jignesh Shah, held in the Rs 5,000 crore NSEL scam, has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court challenging an order of a special court refusing to grant him bail. The designated judge of Maharashtra Prevention of Investors Deposits Act Court D P Surana, had on June 24 rejected Shah’s bail on […]

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Accident claim settled in 6 months

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A Lok Adalat on Saturday settled an accident claim in a record six months, awarding Rs 79 lakh to the family of a 37-year-old Kanjurmarg resident, who lost his life in an accident on November 12, 2013. Organized by the District Legal Services Authority, the Lok Adalat was held in the Thane court. Disposing the […]

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Court frowns at DP over Manipur man custody

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Delhi Police has faced the ire of a local court for ignoring its order regarding handing over to Manipur Police a man from the northeastern state who was arrested in a cheating case here. The court took strong exception to goof up by Delhi Police by not complying with its order of June 26 asking […]

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Forum raps 2 women for evidence tampering

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A consumer forum here has rapped two women for filing a complaint on “frivolous grounds” against a beauty parlour by “tampering” with its receipts for availing benefits of life time services. The West Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, while dismissing the complaint against the parlour in Paschim Vihar here, also imposed a cost of […]

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