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New Delhi, Nov 18. The Supreme Court on Friday refused to recall an earlier order allowing rights activist Gautam Navlakha to stay under house arrest and directed the investigating agency to give effect to its Nov 10 order within 24 hours. The NIA had accused Navlakha of not revealing to the court that he would stay in a place which houses a CPI library. That is suppression of facts, NIA through Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, claimed. This was vehemently contested by Navlakha’s counsel Nitya Ramakrishnan. Mehta argued that the activist, who has been in jail for his alleged Maoist links…
Women in live-in relationships can also file complaints of domestic violence with the police but the law is let down by lax implementation and bad policing as the Shraddha Walker case shows. Shradhha Walker, 28, was chopped into pieces by her live-in partner who removed all the evidence in the months no one looked for her. Walker was in an abusive relationship and must have contemplated reporting the matter to police many times. But such is the police’s low credibility in this country that girls in live-in relationships would rather face the situation alone than allow police to sit in judgement…
नई दिल्ली, नवंबर 16 केंद्र सरकार ने बुधवार को सुप्रीम कोर्ट में एक हलफनामा दाखिल कर कहा है कि 2016 में हुई नोटबंदी देश में आर्थिक सुधारों में एक अहम कदम था और इससे देश को काफी फायदा हुआ है। इससे नकली मुद्रा पर रोकथाम, आतंकवादी गतिविधियों पर रोक, काला धन रोकने और चोरी जैसे मामलों को रोकने में काफी मदद मिली है। इस मामले के 6 साल बीत चुके हैं और अदालत इस मामले को अब आगे न बढ़ाए। सरकार ने 8 नवंबर 2016 को 500 रुपए और 1000 रुपए के नोट को रात 12 बजे से लीगल टेंडर…
New Delhi, Nov 16. The central government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that demonetisation was part of a series of economic measures intended to shore up the formal economy and nudge a huge section of the informal economy to the formal economy so that they could reap its benefits. The policy push has yielded the desired results, the government claimed. It urged the court not to further engage in dealing with the legality of the government notification of Nov 8, 2016, on demonetisation. The top court is hearing a slew of petitions which had been filed in court challenging…
ला रेसिडेंसिया नाम की एक सोसाइटी की लिफ्ट में कुत्ते ने बच्चे को काटा, इसके बाद सोसाइटी के लोग दहशत में है। बच्चे के परिवार ने कुत्ते के मालिक पर मुकदमा दर्ज कराया है। नोएडा अथॉरिटी ने कुत्ते के मालिक पर 10 हजार रुपए का जुर्माना लगाया है, बच्चे का पूरा इलाज कराने का आदेश दिया है। https://nitiriti.com/%e0%a4%87%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8-%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%80%e0%a4%82-%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a8%e0%a4%b5%e0%a4%b0-%e0%a4%b8%e0%a4%82%e0%a4%ad%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%b2%e0%a4%bf%e0%a4%8f/
New Delhi, Nov 15. The Supreme Court has recalled an earlier order capping interest rates to be charged from builders at 8 per cent but asked the authorities in Noida and greater Noida to calculate their dues based on a June 9, 2020, order passed by the Uttar Pradesh government capping it at SBI’s MCLR rate plus one percent interest. Under Construction building of Amrapali The Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rate (MCLR) refers to the minimum interest rate below which financial institutions can’t lend, except in certain cases. The current MCLR rate is between 7 to 8 per…
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New Delhi, Nov 10. The Supreme Court has said that state governments and High Courts must include in their rules a draft rule, which makes it mandatory for all evidence and material to be shared with the accused to ensure that he gets a fair trial. Draft rule 4 had introduced a requirement of providing a list (at the commencement of trial) of all documents, material, evidence, etc. seized during the course of investigation or in the possession of the prosecution, regardless of whether the prosecution plans to rely on it. Only some states have incorporated Draft rule 4 into…