9 July 2018


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Delhi HC Asks Air India to Replace Probe Panel Chief on Air Hostess' Sexual Harassment Complaint - 16.07.2018

Air India agreed to replace the chairperson of its internal complaints committee (ICC) after the high court made it clear that it would otherwise stay the proceedings before the panel.

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Delhi HC Sentences Man to Life Term for Sodomising Minor - 16.07.2018

The bench noted that the three-and-a half-year-old child was "too young to depose" in the court and the failure to examine him was not fatal to the prosecution's case.

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Ex-Judge Joins Congress, Supreme Court Removes Him from Panel to Settle Maharashtra Disputes - 16.07.2018

The judges on the bench smiled when the state counsel handed over the letter, apprising the bench of Thipsay joining the political party.

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Shashi Tharoor Summoned by Kolkata Court Over 'Hindu Pakistan' Remark - 16.07.2018

The petitioner alleged that Shashi Tharoor's 'Hindu Pakistan' comment created disharmony and was "a deliberate and malicious act intended to outrage religious feelings".

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Babri Masjid Was Destroyed by 'Hindu Taliban', Litigant Tells Supreme Court - 16.07.2018

Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for the legal heirs of original litigant M Siddiq, also questioned the locus of the Shia Central Waqf Board in the case.

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Bibek Debroy Says Vacancy in Judiciary Not High, Questions Vacations Enjoyed by SC Judges - 14.07.2018

Debroy wondered whether the country needs more judges as huge amount of tax payers' money is involved.

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Second Priest Arrested in Kerala Rape Case, 2 Others Still on The Run - 14.07.2018

The Crime Branch made the first arrest on Thursday after Job Mathew, the vicar of a local church, surrendered, a day after the high court dismissed his anticipatory bail plea and that of two other priests, observing they acted as "predators" and took "undue advantage" of the woman

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Can Petrol, Diesel Prices be Made Same for Four Wheelers: SC asks Centre - 14.07.2018

A bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta suggested that the government could contemplate fixing price of diesel and petrol on par for four wheelers, other than goods vehicles.

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Coal Scam: Court Orders Framing of Additional Charge Against Naveen Jindal - 13.07.2018

In Friday's order, the court said the charge of bribery (punishable under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act) is made out against Rao, but since he was deceased, the charge will not be framed against him.

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Regulating Social Media Will Turn India Into 'Surveillance State', Says Supreme Court - 13.07.2018

Under the proposed move by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the mechanism is to be made operational at the district-level for collecting and analysing digital and social media content.

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