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The National Green Tribunal has directed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to take action against ceramic industries allegedly operating without consent and not adhering to mandatory pollution norms in Uttar Pradesh’s Khurja city. A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi also directed UPPCB and its regional officer to submit list of such industries […]

Unidentified assailants on Wednesday allegedly shot another key witness in the rape case against Narayan Sai, son of self-styled ‘godman’ Asaram, in Haryana’s Panipat district. This is a sixth case of attack on a witness in rape cases against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai. The incident occurred in Sanauli village in Panipat district where

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused immediate reference to an 11-judge bench the adjudication of constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act and said its five-judge bench would hear arguments on both the NJAC as well as reference to a larger bench. The five-judge bench of Justices J S Khehar,

MUMBAI: The Crime Against Women cell on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against Indian Police Service officer Sunil Paraskar (57) for allegedly raping a 29-year-old model. The cops filed the charge sheet in a Borivili court. Paraskar is the first Maharashtra IPS officer to be charge sheeted on rape case.Evidence has been found against Paraskar,

LONDON: Sweden’s highest court on Monday rejected whistleblower Julian Assange’s appeal against his arrest warrant. A 4-1 decision saw the jury decide in favour of not lifting the warrant against the WikiLeaks founder, who is charged with allegations of rape and sexual assault. Unable to draw him out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London for

NEW DELHI: In a major embarassment to the NDA government, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the Centre’s plea for referring the constitutional validity issue to a 11-judge bench. A five-judge bench took a mid-way 37 minute break and returned to announce that it would not refer NJAC matter to 11-judge bench as was vehemently

Supreme Court has reportdedly stayed Enforcement Directorate’s proceedings against IT major Tech Mahindra in money laundering case. On May 7, Tech Mahindra sought urgent intervention by the Supreme Court to quash money laundering charges pursued by the Enforcement Directorate related to Satyam Computer Services, the scam-tainted company that was acquired and later merged with it

BENGALURU: AIADMK supremo and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa scored a sensational legal victory on Monday, as the Karnataka high court acquitted her of all corruption charges in the 19 year old Rs 66.65-crore disproportionate assets case that had been hanging like an albatross around her neck for nearly two decades. Justice C

NEW DELHI: Greenpeace India – the NGO whose seven bank accounts were frozen by the government for alleged violation of foreign currency rules – on Friday submitted its reply to home ministry’s month-old ‘show cause’ notice and rebutted all the charges made against it. The group, in its response, also accused the ministry for imposing

Describing them as a “menace to the society,” the Supreme Court on Friday sentenced to death a cab driver and his male friend for “brutally” raping and murdering an “innocent and helpless” BPO employee in Pune in 2007. Jyoti Chowdhari, 22, was traveling in her company’s pick-up cab on November 1, 2007, when the driver