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HC bars Haryana from prosecuting Maruti

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The Delhi High Court restrained Harayana government from “prosecuting” car maker Maruti Suzuki for not having prior environment clearance (EC) for its unit in Rohtak after the company gave an undertaking that it will apply for the green nod. The court held that the company will have to get environment clearance prior to constructing any […]

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Nusli Wadia to depose before CBI court on June 30

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Industrialist Nusli Wadia will depose before a city court on June 30 in a 23-year-old-case of attempt to murder on him. The sessions court on Monday fixed the date of deposition of Mr. Wadia. The prime accused in the 1991 case is Kirti Ambani, a senior executive of Reliance Industries Limited who reported directly to […]

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Road accident victim’s family gets over Rs 35L

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The family of a 30-year-old man, who was crushed to death by a rashly driven truck in 2012, has been awarded a compensation of over Rs 35 lakh by a motor accident claims tribunal (MACT) here. The tribunal directed ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, with which the offending truck was insured, to pay compensation of […]

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Andhra HC lifts stay on Ranbaxy, Sun Pharma merger

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Shares of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Ranbaxy Laboratories are trading higher by up to 3% in early morning deals after the Andhra Pradesh High Court cleared the decks for the $4-billion deal to go through by lifting the stay. The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Saturday vacated a status quo order it had issued earlier […]

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Firm denied car insurance claim due to fake licence

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A consumer forum here has rejected the plea of a tourism firm seeking direction to an insurance company to pay the insured amount of its car, which met with an accident in 2010, on the ground that the driving licence of its driver was not valid. The South Delhi Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided over […]

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Man gets 10-yrs jail for raping Air Force staffer’s wife

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A 55-year-old man has been awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court for raping and pouring hazardous “chemical” on the private parts of the wife of an Air Force staffer. The convict, who was friendly with the 40-year-old victim’s husband, committed the heinous offence at her residence. Additional Sessions Judge MC Gupta handed […]

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Court to hear plea against security to tainted MPs

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A Delhi court today agreed to hear a plea filed by a local resident seeking order to restrain the police and other central forces from providing security to newly-elected tainted MPs. The plea was taken up for hearing in the court of additional civil judge Prashant Sharma, who posted the hearing for July 25. Petitioner […]

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Kejriwal’s jail stay extended till June 6, Court chides him

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AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal’s jail stay was extended till June 6 today as he remained adamant on not furnishing bail bond in a criminal defamation case against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, with a Delhi court chiding him for “legal illiteracy” and asking him to be “sensible”. Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha remanded the former […]

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HC directs police to give protection to married girl

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The Delhi High Court today directed police to ensure protection of a 22-year-old girl, who entered into a inter-caste marriage against the wishes of her parents, as her husband expressed apprehension of “honour killing”. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and G P Mittal also asked police to produce the girl before it on a […]

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Bhushan’s CD case: HC slams Delhi police

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The Delhi High Court on Friday slammed city police for not filing a rejoinder on its appeal against a CIC direction to it to make public forensic reports of a CD, purportedly containing conversation among senior lawyer Shanti Bhushan and politicians Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav. Justice Manmohan also directed Delhi government standing counsel, […]

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NIA Hy’bad gets transit remand of 2 IM operatives

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A special court today allowed the plea of NIA Hyderabad seeking three days transit remand of suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman alias Waqas, wanted for their alleged roles in the Dilsukhnagar twin blasts in February last year. (Source: PTI)

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HC restrains Centre from encashing bank guarantee

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The Delhi High Court today stayed the Centre’s move to invoke the bank guarantee furnished by private firm Bhushan Steel Ltd in relation to de-allocation of a coal block in Chhattishgarh. “The Union of India is restrained from invoking the bank guarantee till further orders. The petitioner (firm) is directed to keep alive the bank […]

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