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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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HC lets govt intervene in PIL on mediclaim policy

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The Bombay High Court today allowed the Maharashtra government to intervene in a public interest litigation about the problems faced by Mediclaim policy holders. The government told a bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah that it wanted to intervene to protect its own scheme, `Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Arogya Yojnaa’, meant for the persons below […]

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Eight persons accused of killing a thief, acquitted

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A local court today acquitted eight persons here, accused of killing a thief in 2010, on benefit of doubt. Additional Sessions Judge A S Waghwase in the order delivered today acquitted eight persons saying the prosecution failed to prove charges against the accused beyond doubt. According to the prosecution, two persons who were trying to […]

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Pune techie murder: HRS chief, 20 others sent to JC

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A magistrate court here on Thursday remanded chief of Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) Dhananjay Desai and 20 others in 14 days judicial custody in connection with the murder of 28-year-old IT professional in Hadapsar following uploading of a Facebook post denigrating King Shivaji and late Bal Thackeray. Public prosecutor who earlier pleaded for extended police […]

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Pune techie murder:HRS head remanded in one-day police custody

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The chief of right wing outfit Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) Dhananjay Desai was today remanded in police custody for a day after being arrested for his alleged involvement in murder of 28-year-old techie Mohasin Shaikh by a violent mob at suburban Hadapsar following surfacing of a Facebook post denigrating King Shivaji and late Bal Thackeray. […]

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“DV Act can’t be used against sister or sister-in-law”

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The Union Government on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that a woman cannot invoke the Domestic Violence Act to lodge a complaint against her own sister or the brother’s wife. A division bench, headed by Justice Mohit Shah, is currently hearing a petition filed by a mother-daughter duo challenging the validity of section 2(q) […]

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Prof accused of sexual harassment gets 2-day PC

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Dr Shaileshwar Natarajan, a professor at Rajiv Gandhi Medical College here, arrested for allegedly molesting or misbehaving with several female students, was today remanded in a two-day police custody by a local court. Natarajan, arrested last night, was today produced before a magistrate. He is facing a case under section 354 A (sexual harassment) of […]

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Chargesheet filed in Jalgaon ketamine seizure case

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The Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has filed a chargesheet in the case related to the seizure of 1.2 tones of illegally manufactured ketamine in Jalgoan district of Maharashtra last December. The seized quantity was valued at around Rs 118 crore at the time, making it one of the biggest drug-haul in Western India. […]

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Grounds for imposing ban on Lt Gen Suhag was ‘premeditated’: Centre to SC

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The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the alleged lapses which were made as grounds to impose disciplinary ban on Army Vice Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag by then Army Chief V K Singh between April and May 2012 were “premeditated”, “vague” and “illegal”. Gen Singh, who is a now Minister of State in the […]

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