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Lawyer moves SC against MDR, claims it will burden customers

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging the Centre's newly notified framework allowing Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified high-value commercia... Read More


SC allows child to take stepfather's name, alters custody terms

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- A child's wish to bear the name of the man who lives with and cares for her became a decisive factor in an unusual intervention by the Supreme Court. The court rewrote the terms... Read More


SC bars lenders from forceful loan recovery

Bengaluru, Sept. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said banks and finance companies cannot use strong-arm tactics to recover loans or treat a loan default as "a licence" to forcibly seize a borrowe... Read More


All 10 convicts IN '13 BASTAR MAOIST ATTACK GIVEN death PENALTY

raipur, Sept. 17 -- A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Wednesday sentenced all 10 convicts in the 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack ca... Read More


top court mulls exclusive court to hear cases against unitech

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday mooted designating an exclusive court to hear criminal cases against the former promoters of Unitech Group, observing that nearly a decade had pas... Read More


sr. nda leaders to lead 'seva sankalp' events in varanasi for pm's birthday

VARANASI, Sept. 17 -- A host of dignitaries, including defence minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu, will participate in Prime Minister Naren... Read More


Guj ATS nabs state Cong leader's son for 'getting passport with fake docs'

Ahmedabad, Sept. 17 -- The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested Harikesh Patel, son of Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Congress president Gitaben Patel, for allegedly obtaining a second passport on forged... Read More


No probe of 'clashing' claims on July 20 stir

India, Sept. 17 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a fact-finding inquiry into "conflicting' accounts by police and media over the alleged use of lathis by Delhi Police ... Read More


HC sets aside order to vacate WB MP's office

India, Sept. 17 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday set aside an order by the state fire and emergency services department to vacate two floors of a high-rise building housing Trinamool Congress M... Read More


'Sought access for unused ECC funds'

New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- Delhi has sought the Supreme Court's permission to utilise unused environmental compensation charge (ECC) funds to finance electric mobility measures under its new EV policy, De... Read More