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Another PIL in HC against tuition fee hike

   05 August 2009 at 23:45

Another petition challenging the recent hike of tuition and development fees by two schools run by the IAF Educational Society has been filed by the parents’ association before the Delhi High Court. Filing a petition through counsel Ashok Aggarwal, t ..

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HC orders removal of woman-child AIDS campaign posters

   05 August 2009 at 23:44

he Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered removal of photographs of a 25-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter from AIDS awareness campaign banners across Tamil Nadu within a week after she complained that they gave an impression as if the tw ..

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presumption of marriage: SC

   05 August 2009 at 23:32

The Supreme Court has held that if a man and a woman are residing together for a long time and have been accepted by the society as husband and wife, a presumption could be drawn that their marriage is valid. "A long cohabitation and acceptance of so ..

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MPs for tougher judges’ assets law

   05 August 2009 at 23:30

Setting the stage for another round of tension between the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary, the Opposition today refused to accept the Government’s Bill that makes it mandatory for judges to declare their assets but insulates them from any q ..

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Threat of divorce not ‘cruelty’: SC

   05 August 2009 at 23:26

A husband and his relatives cannot be prosecuted for "cruelty" towards wife merely because the mother-in-law or other family members had kicked her or for that matter threatened her with divorce, the Supreme Court has held. Similarly, if a mother-in- ..

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The office of CJI is distinct from the apex court

   05 August 2009 at 23:24

After expressing reservation in making public assets of its judges, the Supreme Court appears to be reluctant in revealing what action it has taken on a complaint of alleged misconduct against a High Court Judge. The apex court has approached the Del ..

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Sentencing in 2003 Mumbai twin blasts case today

   05 August 2009 at 08:57

A designated POTA court will decide the quantum of punishment to be awarded to three convicts on Thursday who were found guilty for carrying out twin bomb blasts at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in 2003. Special Prevention of Terrorism Act C ..

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Parliament passes the Right to Education bill

   05 August 2009 at 08:56

The Parliament has unanimously passed the Right to Education bill envisaging free and compulsory education for children in the age group of 6 to 14 years Debate on the Bill was taken up in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, which passed the bill.Speaking abou ..

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RS passes bill to extend reservation of seats for SCs/STs

   05 August 2009 at 08:55

A Constitutional amendment bill seeking to extend by another 10 years reservation of seats for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The Bill also seeks to extend nomination of Anglo-Indian communi ..

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SC refers to Sohrabuddin fake encounter killing to SIT

   05 August 2009 at 08:54

The Supreme Court has ordered the SIT probing post-Godhra riots of 2002, to investigate the killing of alleged gangster Soharabuddin Sheikh in a fake encounter in Gujaratafter it found "certain loose ends" in chargesheet filed by the state ..

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