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HC appointments under challenge

   13 August 2009 at 11:08

Appointments by the high court, by way of a notification in 2008, to the posts of second division assistants have been challenged. Ramesha had filed an application pursuant to the June 23, 2008, notification. He has, however, claimed in his petition ..

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HC to rescue of stray dog lovers

   13 August 2009 at 11:03

The next time you think of feeding stray dogs in your locality, take care. Some irate residents have now taken upon themselves to assault and abuse neighbours who feed stray canines. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday came across seven such complaints ..

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HC dismisses plea on swine flu

   13 August 2009 at 11:02

Supporting the government in its efforts to tackle Swine flu, Delhi High court on Wednesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought court's directions to the government to take effective measures to deal with the epidemic ..

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Justice P K Misra is new Chief Justice of Patna HC

   13 August 2009 at 10:34

Justice Prafulla Kumar Misra, a senior Judge of the Madras High Court, has been elevated and posted as the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court. Justice Misra was accorded a farewell here yesterday. Madras High Court Chief Justice H L Gokhale and ot ..

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Allahabad HC: Entry given by DM to gazetted officer is final

   13 August 2009 at 10:33

The Allahabad High Court in an important judicial verdict held that entry given to a gazetted officer by the District Magistrate (DM) in his service book would be treated as the final entry awarded to officer, in case reviewing and accepting authorit ..

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Jharkhand HC: Intervener petition filed against Soren

   13 August 2009 at 10:32

An intervener petition was filed against former Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha supremo Shibu Soren in the Jharkhand High Court regarding alleged amassing huge property disproportionate to his known sources of income.The application was fi ..

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HC asks govt to pay pension to freedom fighter

   12 August 2009 at 16:44

The Madras high court on Tuesday asked the government to pay pension to an 86-year-old freedom fighter who was denied the benefit over a dispute over his date of birth. While HR Balaraman claimed that he was born on October 4, 1922, the Dharmapuri di ..

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Swine flu: PIL seeks HC's intervention

   12 August 2009 at 16:37

Even as more and more people are being diagnosed with swine flu in the nation capital region, a public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking its directions to the government to take appropriate measures to tackle th ..

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Haryana third state to invoke Epidemic Act

   12 August 2009 at 16:34

Haryana government has decided to invoke the Epidemic Disease Act of 1897 to tackle the spread of swine flu in the state. Regulations under this Act will remain in force up to one year. These regulations will be called Haryana Epidemic Disease, A H1N ..

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SC directs centre to find solution for drought

   12 August 2009 at 13:25

Expressing serious concern over the drought situation prevailing in several parts of the country, the Supreme Court today directed the Centre, States and Union Territories to provide all assistance to the Expert Committee headed by Mr T Ramaswamy to ..

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