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View AllThane MACT grants Rs 63.8 lakh compensation to kin of man killed in 2018 accident
MACT member R V Mohite on Friday directed the truck owner, Rajaram R Gupta, and the insurer, Shri Ram General Insurance Co. Ltd., to jointly and severally pay the compensation along with an interest of 9 per cent per annum from the date of the filing of the petition in 2018 until the realisation of the amount.
Thane court sentences man to life imprisonment for killing cousin
In his order of August 5, a copy of which was made available on Saturday, Additional Sessions Judge R V Tamhanekar from Kalyan also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict, Husen Harun Shaikh, a resident of the Ulhasnagar area.
Six additional judges sworn in at Karnataka High Court
The newly appointed additional judges are Raghavendra Seetharam Shrivatsa, Hema Kulkarni, Subrahmanya Rangarao, Tadagawadi Prakash Vivekananda, Bakkeshwara Pramod and Hombegowda Shanthi Bhushan.
National Legal Academy to be set up on IIULER campus in Goa: BCI chairman
Addressing the orientation programme for the 2026 batch of IIULER students at Dharbandora, Mishra said the decision to locate the academy at the BCI Trust-run university campus was taken following the Supreme Court’s recent direction to establish the NLA.
NCW chairperson calls for time-bound trials in heinous crimes against women
The NCW chairperson also cited another recent case in Maharashtra's Nasrapur, where a three-year-old girl was brutally sexually assaulted and murdered by a 65-year-old habitual offender.
Madras HC gets 15 new judges
The newly appointed permanent judges were Krishnaswamy Govindarajan, Rajnish Pathiyil, Natarajan Ramesh, G K Muthukumaar and Ramakrishnan Rajesh Vivekananthan. Additional judges appointed for a period of two years from the Bar were Sankaranarayanan Raveekumar, Nagarajan Dilip Kumar and Ellappan Manoharan.
SC collegium recommends elevation of 4 judges as Chief Justices of different high courts
Justice V Kameswar Rao, presently posted at the Delhi High Court, has been recommended for elevation to the Patna High Court as chief justice, while Justice Ravindra V Ghuge, who is judge at the Bombay High Court, has been recommended for elevation to the Calcutta High Court as its Chief Justice.
Delhi tribunal awards Rs 44 lakh to children of couple killed in UP road accident
In an order dated July 30, the tribunal said, "The respondent number 1 was driving the offending vehicle in a rash and negligent manner at the time of the accident. The mechanical inspection report of the offending vehicle also corroborates the version of the petitioners."
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SC asks authorities to set up to 2 special courts to deal with Manipur violence cases probed by CBI, NIA
Taking stock of the status of investigations into cases arising from the ethnic violence in Manipur, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and J...
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Ram temple donation row: SC urged to adjourn hearing on pleas due to unavailability of SG
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SC to hear on Aug 13 plea of Tamil Nadu for release of its share of Cauvery water from Karnataka
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SC to hear plea seeking time-bound NDPS probes, confiscation of traffickers' properties on Monday
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SC to hear plea against order upholding rejection of waqf suits for non-payment of court fees
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Kerala High Court Mandates Equal Leave Benefits for Contractual Employees Under Kerala Service Rules
Contractual Employees Entitled to Hysterectomy Leave Under Rule 101A; Government's Discrimination Deemed Unsustainable
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Intervention Of Third Parties Including Defacto Complainant In Criminal Proceedings
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Voice of Dissent under the Shadow of LATHI and Rule of Law
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Hierarchy Of Revenue Officers Under Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887
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Hospital 'callous, insensitive' for delaying newborn's discharge over insurance: Consumer panel
The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC), in an order passed last month in the 2017 case, asked the hospital to pay a compensation of ...
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Mumbai consumer panel orders insurance firm to cough up Rs 1.2 cr for liquor stock ruined in floods
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Delhi consumer commission fines railways Rs 25,000 for making two passengers share same blanket
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Men in 'ladies only' tour: Travel firm directed to pay compensation for service deficiency
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ITAT Delhi Bench Upholds Taxation of Excess Share Premium on CCPS Issued by OYO to Holding Company; Rejects Disallowance of Management Fees
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CESTAT Orders Remand in Elora Tobacco Case Over Cross-Examination Denial
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ITAT Delhi Bench Quashes Reassessment Proceedings Against Lalit Kumar Modi
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You want us to run entire country, asks SC; dismisses plea seeking sweeping directions
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ITAT Rules Against PCIT's Revisionary Powers in Mukul Rohatgi Case
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NCLT Orders Repossession of EV Fleet Amidst Insolvency Proceedings
GENSOL EV Lease Ltd. Directed to Return 124 Vehicles to Resolution Professional as Part of CIRP...
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NCLT Approves Amalgamation of Piombino Steel with JSW Steel: Dispensation of Meetings Granted
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Mumbai Bench greenl...
NCLAT Curtails IBBI's Blanket Suspension of Resolution Professional
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NCLT Rejects Resolution Plan for Vas Infrastructure Ltd Due to Material Irregularities
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NCLT Kochi Bench Dismisses Union Bank's Application for Withdrawal of Insolvency Proceedings
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Violations in 'deep burial' of medical waste by 17 states, UTs: CPCB to NGT
In an order dated August 5, a bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Afroz Ahmad noted that CPCB had filed a report (d...
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NGT seeks fresh report on illegal vehicle washing centres in Noida, Greater Noida
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NGT seeks fresh disclosure on waste accumulation at Singhola dump site in city
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Forest encroachment in south Delhi village: NGT issues notice to Delhi govt, others
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How to inspect locked premises? NGT seeks Delhi Police commissioner's clarification
The green body passed the direction while hearing a matter r...