Category: LEGAL NEWS

New Delhi, Jun 15 (DIN NEWS) Supreme Court judge U U Lalit today recused himself from hearing a matter relating to renovation work of ponds in the Braj area of the pilgrimage town Govardhan in Uttar Pradesh. “I cannot hear this,” said Justice Lalit while giving the reason that before becoming a judge of the apex court, he had given some opinion as a lawyer to one of the parties in the case. Justice Lalit was sitting with Justice Deepak Gupta in a vacation bench. Now, the matter will be listed…

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New Delhi, Jun 14 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today refused to stay the UP Public Service Commission mains examination slated for June 18 and set aside the Allahabad High Court order for a re-evaluation of answer sheets of the preliminary test. A vacation bench of justices U U Lalit and Deepak Gupta allowed the appeal of UPPSC against the high court order. The bench dismissed a batch of petitions by some students, who had demanded a stay of the mains examination saying UPPSC has not complied with the high court…

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Chennai, Jun 12 (DIN NEWS) The Madras High Court today issued notice to all respondents in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case on a petition by CBI challenging the order of discharge of former Union Minister Dayanithi Maran and others. When the petition by CBI came up, Justice G Jaichandran directed issuance of notice to all those involved in the case, returnable by June 20. A special CBI court had in March last discharged Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and others accused in the case. Special judge S Natarajan had…

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New Delhi, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) A monitoring committee, which is mandated by the court to identify and seal unauthorised constructions in Delhi, today claimed in the Supreme Court that civic bodies have refused to carry out sealing drive on the ground that amendments in Master Plan of Delhi-2021 were not finalised yet. Master Plan of Delhi-2021 is a blueprint for urban planning and expansion in the metropolis to ensure overall development and the proposed amendments are aimed at bringing a uniform floor area ratio (FAR) for shop-cum-residential plots and…

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Thane, Jun 12 (DIN NEWS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi today pleaded not guilty in a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker in a court here. Gandhi arrived at the court in Bhiwandi at 11.10 am amid heavy security cover and was greeted by hordes of people raising slogans in his support. Inside the court, when Judge A I Sheikh, read out charges against him, Gandhi said, “I am not guilty.” The court had on May 2 asked Gandhi to appear before it today to record…

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Thane, Jun 12 (DIN NEWS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi today pleaded not guilty in a defamation case filed against him by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker in a court here. Gandhi arrived at the court in Bhiwandi at 11.10 am amid heavy security cover and was greeted by hordes of people raising slogans in his support. Inside the court, when Judge A I Sheikh, read out charges against him, Gandhi said, “I am not guilty.”  The court had on May 2 asked Gandhi to appear before it today to record…

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New Delhi, Jun 11 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today requested the Delhi Legislative Assembly not to take coercive steps against the three bureaucrats summoned by the Speaker to appear before the House after their departments allegedly failed to answer certain questions of legislators. Justice C Hari Shankar also said that no precipitative action be taken against the bureaucrats till June 13. Earlier in the day, the court agreed to hear pleas of the three senior bureaucrats against Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel’s warning of strict action “as…

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New Delhi, Jun 11 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today requested the Delhi Legislative Assembly not to take any “coercive steps” against three senior bureaucrats summoned by the Speaker of the House to appear before it for allegedly failing to answer certain questions of legislators. Justice C Hari Shankar said that no “precipitative action” be taken against the three bureaucrats, who on June 7 were asked by Speaker Ram Niwas Goel to be present in the visitors gallery of the House today. The court said its interim order against…

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Kolkata, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) The Calcutta High Court has rapped the West Bengal government for failing to implement an order it passed 28 years ago on restoring employment benefits to a reinstated police constable. A division bench of the high court directed the state Advocate General in the presence of the West Bengal Home secretary that it has to retrieve relevant records of Hasibar Rahaman, who has since retired from service, by August 13, when the matter will come up for hearing again. The bench observed that it is…

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New Delhi, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court has sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea by a death-row convict challenging the Allahabad High Court’s judgement upholding the capital punishment awarded to him for burning alive his son and two brothers. A vacation bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan issued notice to the state on the appeal and called for the original records of the case. The counsel representing convict Irfan requested the apex court to stay the execution of sentence. “When the appeal…

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