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The bench issued notice to the Centre and the Delhi government directing them to file their replies to the plea by NGO Prahari Sahyog Association, which has contended that releasing the photographs and IQ scores of the women amounts to 'discrimination'.

Bar Council chair Manan Kumar Mishra said that the police are 'abusing the judiciary' and demanded government intervention. He also said that the council will also act against lawyers who broke the law.

Clashes broke out between policemen and lawyers in the Allahabad district court premises in March 2015, following the death of a lawyer by a stray police bullet.

Addressing the protesting policemen, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Satish Golcha also said the injured policemen will get an ex-gratia of at least Rs 25,000.

Delhi L-G Anil Baijal observed that advocates and police are important pillars of criminal justice system and they should work in complete harmony.

In a video of the purported incident, lawyers were seen beating up the policeman riding a bike.

The External Affairs Ministry also issued a note verbale on September 9 to authorities in the UAE to not let the man leave the country.

As the capital chokes in a toxic haze that was described by the Supreme Court on Monday as “worse than the Emergency”, and politicians across parties blame each other, experts point out that the 2009 Punjab Preservation of Subsoil Water Act changed the “t...

Mehbooba is among the many political leaders, including erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir's former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and his son Omar Abdullah, who have been under detention in Srinagar since August 5.

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Another girl was found dead on the rail tracks in the same area under mysterious circumstances. She had also left her home to attend coaching classes when the incident occurred.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman expressed optimism that both ICEDASH and ATITHI would be key drivers for further improvement especially as they reduce interface and increase transparency of customs functioning.

The Supreme Court said that a large number of pilgrims visit the temple every day and it is a pious duty to provide proper 'darshan' in systematic manner and to take care of the aged, the infirm and children.

The jail authorities had informed the Nirbhaya gangrape case convicts that they had exhausted all legal remedies and were only left with the provision of filing a mercy petition against the death sentence before the president.

The CBI said it had no objections to the Madras High Court monitoring the investigation and filing progress reports for its perusal and for further orders.

On the deteriorating air quality in the national capital, the NGT said there is an urgent need to have proper planning to address the gaps in existing enforcement strategies and existing undesirable situation.