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Cases in SC where govt is party see spike in last 1 year: Law Ministry
The number of cases in the Supreme Court where the government is a party has seen a spike in the last one year, with law ministry officials attributing the spurt to note ban, implementation of the GST and taxation issues. According to latest law ministry data, between January 1 and December 31 last year, 4,229 …
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February 25, 2018 -
Not all cases against politicians will be withdrawn: UP minister
Seeking to clear the confusion over the proposed withdrawal of 20,000 “politically-motivated” cases in Uttar Pradesh, Law Minister Brijesh Pathak has said that not all cases filed against politicians will be dropped. “Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided that politically-motivated cases will be withdrawn. Unfortunately, the message got circulated that all cases registered against politicians …
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January 25, 2018 -
Railways biggest govt litigant with over 66,000 cases: Law Min
The railway ministry is the biggest litigant among the government departments as it is a party to over 66,000 cases pending in courts across the country, the law ministry says. Government litigation includes service matters, disputes with private entities as well as disputes between two government departments and two PSUs, according to a law ministry …
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July 16, 2017 -
Over 500 cases lodged by anti-Romeo squads in two months
Anti-Romeo squads, which undertook a massive exercise to check eve-teasing at public places, lodged 538 cases and initiated legal action against 1,264 people in Uttar Pradesh in the past two months. According to an official release, 3,38,344 people, mostly youths, were let off with warnings by the squads of policemen. During the period between March …
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May 30, 2017 -
Over 500 cases lodged by anti-Romeo squads in two months
Anti-Romeo squads, which undertook a massive exercise to check eve-teasing at public places, lodged 538 cases and initiated legal action against 1,264 people in Uttar Pradesh in the past two months. According to an official release, 3,38,344 people, mostly youths, were let off with warnings by the squads of policemen. During the period between March …
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May 30, 2017 -
No govt data on drug abuse cases, finds panel
Considering the co-relation between drug abuse and mental disorder, absence of any up-to-date statistics on the number of persons affected with the problem of drug addiction is seriously hampering the efforts to deal with the twin issues of drug abuse and mental illness in the country. The investigations by the parliamentary standing committee on social …
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April 15, 2017 -
Over 1000 cases pending with CBI: Minister
A total of 1081 cases and 75 preliminary enquiries are pending investigation/enquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as on December 31, 2016, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the house, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh further said that the government has increased the …
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February 2, 2017 -
Dengue cases rise to nearly 1,700 in Delhi
The number of dengue cases in the national capital has increased to 1,692, with 921 of them being recorded this month, according to a municipal report released on Monday. At least 314 fresh cases of the vector-borne disease have been reported last week, South Delhi Municipal Corporation said in the latest report. At least 19 …
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September 26, 2016 -
National Lok Adalat settles one lakh cases today
Over one lakh pre-litigation and pending cases were settled by the National Lok Adalat held in the high courts and other courts across the country on Saturday. The ‘Lok Adalat’ held by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) disposed of the pre-litigation and pending cases relating to criminal compoundable matters and those of other nature. …
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September 10, 2016 -
Weaker sections get easy access to legal services in Himachal
The Himachal Pradesh state legal services authority took up around four lakh cases between December 2013 to August 2016 of which 2.64 lakh cases were settled by holding 3799 Lok Adalats, officials said on Sunday. Constituted in December 1995 to provide free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of the society, the authority&’s …
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August 28, 2016 -
Dengue looms large 200 cases reported
With 109 fresh cases reported till August 13 in the city, the number of patients affected with the vector-borne diseases has crossed the 200-mark this year. Two persons have died of the disease so far, with the latest fatality a 38- year-old woman, relative of an AAP lawmaker in southeast Delhi. She is the second …
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August 16, 2016