Category: LEGAL NEWS

New Delhi, Jul 27 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today asked the Centre to explain why it was not releasing the bank guarantee of Reliance Power after it exited the Tilaiya Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP), saying it was easy to delay a decision when it is someone else’s money. “It is very easy to sit on a decision when it is not your money,” Justice Vibhu Bakhru told the Centre while giving it three weeks to file an affidavit indicating its stand on Reliance Power Ltd’s (RPL) plea…

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New Delhi, Jul 27 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today sought the Centre’s response on a PIL seeking direction to utilise biometric and Aadhaar details of missing persons, including children, aged and mentally challenged, so that they can be re-united with their families. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs on the plea which also sought direction to the authorities to spread awareness in this regard to track the pre-existed biometrics and Aadhaar details for re-uniting…

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New Delhi, Jul 26 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi government today told the Supreme Court that it will install hydraulic lifts in 1,000 standard-floor buses to be procured under the cluster scheme on its own cost to make them accessible for differently-abled persons, especially those on wheel chair. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government and the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) has challenged an order of the Delhi High Court by which it had barred them from procuring 2,000 standard-floor buses. The top court, had yesterday asked the government to explain by…

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Mumbai, Jul 26 (DIN NEWS) The Bombay High Court today upheld the Maharashtra government’s state quota eligibility rules-2018 for admissions to medical colleges under the state quota. The rules were mentioned in an information brochure by the state’s admission cell for 2018 medical admissions. A bench of Justices SC Dharamadhikari and Bharati Dangre refused to interfere with the state’s rules that mandate that an applicant seeking admissions to one of the 31 private and government medical colleges across the state under the state quota must possess a domicile of Maharashtra.…

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New Delhi, Jul 25 (DIN NEWS) The city police today told the Delhi High Court that all of its stations and ‘chowkis’ will have CCTV cameras by mid October as a step towards ensuring more transparency in the agency’s functioning. The Delhi Police and the AAP government also told a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Chander Shekhar that they will submit a joint report after identifying vulnerable spots in the city where cameras are urgently required. The court was also informed that 3,100 posts of police personnel have been…

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New Delhi, Jul 25 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today said that a scheme proposed by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) for compensating victims of sexual assault and acid attack should be modified to “some extent” to make it applicable to child victims of such assaults. A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said that slight modifications could be done in the ‘Compensation Scheme for Women Victims/Survivors of Sexual Assault/Other Crimes-2018’ to also include child victims. “The scheme can be implemented with slight modifications in case…

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Taking note of violation of environmental norms by educational institutions across the country, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to issue guidelines in this regard. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel expressed concern over air and noise pollution caused by schools and other such institutions in contravention to green laws and asked the ministry to look into it. “We consider it appropriate to direct the Secretary, MoEF, to have an interaction by way of video-conferencing or otherwise with…

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The Supreme Court today expressed dissatisfaction over the Centre’s response on appointment of search committee members for a Lokpal. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, R Banumathi and Navin Sinha asked the Centre to file a fresh affidavit giving relevant details of the search committee. During the hearing, Attorney General K K Venugopal submitted an affidavit and said a meeting of the selection committee was held but the names for the search committee were not finalised. He said another meeting would be held soon for appointing members of the search…

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New Delhi, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today lifted a blanket ban on rallies, dharnas or sit-ins at the Jantar Mantar and Boat Club areas here, saying there could not be an “absolute” ban on protests in such localities. The top court also asked the Centre to frame guidelines within two months for according sanctions to such events. A bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said, “There is a need to strike a balance between conflicting rights such as the right to protest and the…

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New Delhi, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today allowed a transgender, who had undergone sex change in 2014, to amend her plea challenging Air India’s decision to deny her a job as a cabin crew to assail the grounds of conducting personality test for third gender candidates by the national carrier. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud allowed senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing for the petitioner, to file the amendment which raised some additional issues. “Let the matter…

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