Category: LEGAL NEWS

Kochi, Jul 22 (DIN NEWS) “Love is blind and an innate humane instinct. It is all about individuals and their freedom,” the Kerala High Court has said, quashing a Kochi college order expelling a woman and her senior for being struck by Cupid and eloping. In a recent judgment, Justice A Muhamed Mustaque observed that the love affair and eloping termed as immoral amounting to a breach of discipline by the college was based on moral values of the persons in the management. “It is a sin for some and…

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New Delhi, Jul 22 (DIN NEWS) Will artisans make Ravana effigies after Dusshera, an annoyed Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government and municipal corporations which are yet to identify temporary sites to be alloted to them. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar directed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation Deputy Commissioner to appear before it on Monday. The court said it was “absolutely appalling” that the situation was the same even after one year of the pendency of the matter relating to…

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Jaipur, Jul 21 (DIN NEWS) A 19-year old youth was today given death penalty by a court for raping a seven-month-old child in Alwar district of Rajasthan in May, the first such sentencing in the state after a law entailing capital punishment to those convicted of raping a child below 12 years of age came into force, according to police. A special court hearing cases of SC/ST Act and POCSO Act in Alwar sentenced to death Pintu, who was found guilty of raping the infant in Laxmangarh area in Alwar…

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New Delhi, Jul 21 (DIN NEWS) Senior Congress leader Motilal Vora today approached a Delhi court seeking to restrain BJP leader Subramanian Swamy from sharing information about the National Herald case on social media. Swamy has filed the case against Vora, Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi and others. In an application moved before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal, Vora said he has “time and again noticed that the complainant (Swamy) has been putting up various posts on social media regarding the daily proceedings of the instant case for…

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New Delhi, Jul 20 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today rejected a bail plea of a juvenile, accused of killing a seven-year-old boy in a private school in Gurgaon. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra rejected the plea which sought default bail on the ground that charge sheet was not filed within 60 days. The bench said it is a heinous offence under section 302 of IPC and the time limit for filing the charge sheet was 90 days and not 60 days. The Punjab and…

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New Delhi, Jul 20 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today expressed concern over deaths in accident caused by potholes on roads across the country and observed that the number fatalities caused due to such accidents was more than those in terror attacks. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepka Gupta observed that a large number of people were dying in accidents caused due to potholes on roads and asked the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety to look into the matter. “So many people are dying in the…

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New Delhi, Jul 19 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today refused to stay the Madras High Court order upholding the Centre’s decision to nominate three BJP members as MLAs to Puducherry Assembly. The apex court asked the speaker of Puducherry Assembly to allow the nominated members to function as MLAs till the adjudication of petition. A bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan issued notice to the Centre and the Puducherry government and asked them to file counter affidavit on the plea. The order came on pleas filed…

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New Delhi, Jul 19 (DIN NEWS) The CBI today filed a supplementary charge sheet against former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti, naming them accused in the Aircel Maxis deal case. The charge sheet was filed before special CBI judge O P Saini who has fixed July 31 for considering the document. The senior Congress leader’s role had come under the scanner of investigating agencies in the Aircel-Maxis deal of Rs 3,500 crore and INX Media case involving Rs 305 crore. It was during his tenure as the…

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Mining major Vedanta, which has challenged the Tamil Nadu government’s order to permanently shut down its Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin, today opposed in the National Green Tribunal a plea by the MDMK general secretary Vaiko to be impleaded in the case. Senior advocate C A Sundaram, appearing for Vedanta, said the leader of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Thayagam was already a member in a special committee appointed by the tribunal in 2013 which was yet to submit a report on health hazards. The tribunal in August 2013 had…

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The Madras High Court today directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to provide counselling within 24 hours to a 11-year-old hearing impaired girl who was allegedly sexually assaulted by 17 men here. The first bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P T Asha gave the direction when a mention was made about the incident and also the alleged rape of a Russian tourist. When advocate Suryaprakasam and Padam Narayanan of NGO Change India made the mention, the chief justice observed that the incidents were unfortunate. Noting that…

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