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Mumbai: Use of loudspeakers is not an essential part of any religion, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday, directing the law enforcement agencies to take prompt action against loudspeakers that violate the noise pollution norms and rules. A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and S C Chandak said noise was a major…
New Delhi: Former IAS Trainee officer Puja Khedkar, who made headlines last year over claims that she lied about disabilities, changed her surname and forged a backward class certificate to clear the civil services exam, has approached the Supreme Court against a Delhi High Court order denying her anticipatory bail. In strong comments while turning…
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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned whether a woman with intellectual disability has no right to become a mother. A division bench of Justices R V Ghuge and Rajesh Patil was hearing a petition filed by a 27-year-old woman’s father, seeking permission for medical termination of her 21-week pregnancy on the ground that…
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has acquitted a man in a POCSO case, saying the use of the phrase “physical relations” by the minor survivor cannot automatically mean sexual assault. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Amit Sharma allowed the appeal by the accused, who was given imprisonment for the rest of…
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The court asked the authorities to undertake all safety measures during the transportation. Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to dispose of the toxic waste lying at the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, and said even 40 years after the gas disaster, the authorities are in a “state of…
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The Supreme Court thereafter posted the hearing on November 27. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed “shock” over some retired high court judges getting a meagre pension ranging between Rs 6,000 and Rs 15,000. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan was hearing a petition filed…
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The school’s principal had also been arrested. Chennai: The Madras High Court on Thursday said the report of the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority (TNSLSA) relating to the alleged sexual abuse of girls at a fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp in the state’s Krishnagiri district was “shocking”. The first bench comprising Acting Chief…
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The petitioner had demanded that her OMR sheet be evaluated manually. Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday said that a NEET aspirant who had alleged in her petition that the National Testing Agency failed to declare her result and that her OMR answersheet was found torn had submitted forged documents and the NTA can…
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New Delhi: The Delhi government has “come to a standstill” after the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the High Court said today while hearing a petition on the state of education in schools run by the city civic body. A Chief Minster’s post in a buzzing capital like Delhi is not ceremonial and it…
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The Supreme Court invoked extraordinary jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution. New Delhi: Twenty-eight years after a man applied for a job in the postal department, the Supreme Court has ordered his appointment noting that there was an error in holding him ineligible for the post. Ankur Gupta had applied for the post of…
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