Category: LEGAL NEWS

Mumbai, Jul 6 (DIN NEWS) The Bombay High Court was told today that an expert team from IIT-Bombay had inspected the site of a wall collapse in Wadala and backfill work was underway as per its suggestions. A division bench of justices A S Oka and Riyaz Chagla had last week asked the director of the IIT to set up a team comprising structural engineers and others to inspect the site and suggest both immediate and permanent measures. The order was passed in a petition, filed by the Dosti Blossom…

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New Delhi, Jul 6 (DIN NEWS) Aasiya Andrabi and two other Kashmiri separatists were today handed over by a Delhi court to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) for 10 days’ custodial interrogation in connection with a case of allegedly waging war against the country. Amid tight security, the trio, who were brought here from Srinagar, were produced before District and Sessions Judge Poonam Bamba. During the in-camera proceedings, the judge allowed the plea of the NIA that Andrabi, who is chief of the banned outfit Dukhtaran-e-Milat, and others were required…

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New Delhi, Jul 5 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) challenging the anticipatory bail granted to senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, an accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. The top court observed that 34 years have passed since the incident and it is high time that these cases were tried and taken to the logical conclusion. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan issued notice to Kumar and sought his response in two weeks. “34-years…

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New Delhi, Jul 5 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today agreed to examine a plea seeking reservation in educational institutions and government jobs for orphans, who have no linkage in society, on par with those belonging to the SC/ST and OBC category. A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi issued notice to the Centre seeking its response to the plea which has also sought provision of other benefits to the orphans, including bank loans and incentives for setting up businesses. The petition, filed by Uttar Pradesh resident Poulomi…

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Nainital, Jul 4 (DIN NEWS) In a unique ruling, the Uttarakhand High Court today accorded the status of “legal person or entity” to animals in the state, saying “they have a distinct personal with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.” A division bench of justices Rajiv Sharma and Lokpal Singh bestowed the unique status on animal kingdom while issuing a series of directions to prevent cruelty against animals. …to protect and promote greater welfare of animals including avian and aquatic, animals are required to be conferred with…

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New Delhi, Jul 4 (DIN NEWS) The real power and “substantive” accountability in democratic system of governance vests with the elected representatives and not the Lieutenant Governor, Justice D Y Chandrachud said today. “The LG must bear in mind that it is not he, but the council of ministers which takes substantive decisions and even when he invokes the proviso, the LG has to abide by the decision of the President,” Justice Chandrachud said in a separate but concurring verdict on the power tussle between the LG and the Delhi…

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Allahabad, July 3 (DIN NEWS) The Allahabad High Court has sought the stands of the Uttar Pradesh government and the Central Pollution Control Board on a plea for running electric buses for public transport in major cities and on national highways in the state. A bench Chief Justice DB Bhosale and Justice Yashwant Varma issued the direction on a public interest lawsuit by a Jaunpur district resident, demanding running of electric buses as per the National Auto Fuel Policy 2003 and implementing Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) Electrical Vehicles…

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New Delhi, Jul 3 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today passed a slew of directions on police reforms in the country and restrained all states and union territories from appointing any police officer as acting Directors General of Police (DGPs) to avoid favouritism and nepotism in such high-level appointments. The top court’s direction came on an application filed by the Centre in which it claimed that certain states have been appointing acting DGPs and then making them permanent just before the date of their superannuation to enable them get the…

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New Delhi, Jul 2 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today took note of the problem of pollution in the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and the surrounding areas and made it clear that the Jammu and Kashmir government and the shrine board would have to “protect and preserve” both. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also asked them to protect the pony and mule owners, who are operating there for a long time ferrying devotees to and from the shrine, and look into issues of their…

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New Delhi, Jul 2 (DIN NEWS) Not a single tree would be cut and status quo be maintained on tree felling till further orders in seven South Delhi colonies by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the National Buildings Construction Corporation, the National Green Tribunal directed today. A bench headed by Acting NGT Chairperson Justice Jawad Rahim issued notices to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, NBCC, Central Pollution Control Board, Central Public Works Department, South Delhi Municipal Corporation and others, asking them to file their responses…

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