FIR FILED AGAIN INORBIT MALL FOR COLLECTING LARGE AMOUNT OF PARKING CHARGE

A resident of Hyderabad filed an FIR against Inorbit mall after he was told to pay Rs 30 for using the parking lot for just 10 minutes. He is particularly annoyed at the large amount demanded by malls as parking charge.

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AADHAAR LINKAGE TO SOCIAL WELFARE SCHEMES EXTENDED TO DEC 31, 2017

The Central government informed the Supreme Court that it had extended the September 30 deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar number to social welfare schemes for availing their benefits till December 31, 2017.

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SUPREME COURT PUT CONTROL ON STATES' LAND DONATIONS TO POLITICOS, BABUS

The Supreme Court said that State governments may not be able to allot residential plots in cities to serving and former MPs, MLAs, bureaucrats, journalists and judges of their choice by exercising their discretionary power, and decided to frame guidelines for allotting public land at subsidized rates.

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CBI BEGINS PROBE INTO 18 LAND DEALS, INCLUDING ROBERT VADRA-LINKED FIRM’S

The CBI began its probe into 18 cases referred to it by the Rajasthan government for alleged irregularities in land deals in Bikaner by companies, including one linked to Robert Vadra. CBI sources said the agency has re-registered 18 FIRs in connection with these land deals, which were earlier probed by the Rajasthan Police.

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COURT ORDERED INVESTIGATION AGAINST MONSTER.COM ON DATA SALE

A trial court in Delhi ordered a probe against online jobs portal Monster.com for allegedly selling data on website users to a third party. Chief metropolitan magistrate Naresh Kumar Laka said online companies could not share personal information of users to a third party without their informed consent.

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EIGHT COPS INCLUDING IGP OF HIMACHAL PRADESH HELD OVER DEATH OF ACCUSED IN CUSTODY

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Inspector General of Police (Himachal Pradesh) Zahur Haidar Zaidi and seven other policemen in connection with the custodial death of an accused in the Kotkhai rape and murder case.

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ADVOCATES OPPOSED ADVOCATES ACT (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2017

Advocates from the Hyderabad High Court owing allegiance to the All India Lawyers Union (AILU) protested near the Bar Council demanding immediate withdrawal of Advocates Act (Amendment) Bill, 2017.

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SUPREME COURT QUESTIONED DELAY IN ASARAM RAPE CASE

The Supreme Court asked the Gujarat government to explain the inordinate delay in the trial of the rape case involving self-styled godman Asaram Bapu.

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DERA CHIEF GETS 20 YEARS RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT

A special CBI court sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment 10 years each for raping two sadhvis in the Dera complex, and also slapped a fine of Rs 30 lakh on Gurmeet.

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SUPREME COURT PRIVACY JUDGMENT BOOST FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DIE WITH DIGNITY

The Supreme Court Judge Chelameswar stated that ‘an individual's right to refuse life-prolonging medical treatment or terminate his life is another freedom which falls within the zone of the right to privacy.

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EVEN A COURT ORDER CAN'T BE RUN CONTRADICTORY TO LAW

Any order passed by any court cannot be run contrary to the statute or the law made there under. The statute of the Cooperative Societies Act provides filing of an appeal within a period of 60 days from the date of receipt of the order. Even if the High Court directs the parties concerned to file an appeal within 15 days, the same cannot be contrary to a provision.

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MONITOR COURT ADJOURNMENTS: CENTRE TO HIGH COURTS

The Central government wanted that all High Courts to monitor and regularly provide figures to it on the cases disposed of by district courts in which the courts have adhered to the limit of three adjournments as mandated in the Civil Procedure Code (CPC).

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TELANGANA GOVERNMENT EXPLAINED STEPS TAKEN TO AVOID BORE-WELL DEATHS TO HIGH COURT

A division bench of Hyderabad High Court was informed by the Telangana state government that they have evolved stringent mechanism to see that no more lives are lost due to open disused bore wells.

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ENABLE ROBUST DATA PROTECTION REGIME: SUPREME COURT TO CENTRE

The Supreme Court ruled that privacy as a fundamental right and mandated the Union government to draw up a robust data protection regime to shield people's private information from intrusion in today's internet era.

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SUPREME COURT RULED PRIVACY AS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT

In a landmark judgment, a nine-Judge bench of the Supreme Court declared that privacy to be a fundamental right saying that right to privacy is an intrinsic part of Right to Life and Personal Liberty under Article 21 and entire Part III of the Constitution.

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RAPED MINORS SHOULD GET NOD FOR ABORTION FAST: SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court said that minor rape victims should not be forced to knock on the doors of a court for getting permission to terminate pregnancies arising out of sexual offence, agreed with the submission of senior advocate Indira Jaising who contended that pregnancy was also life threatening in case of minor girl and it was the duty of doctors to allow her to undergo abortion.

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30 DEAD IN VIOLENCE IN PANCHKULA AFTER DERA CHIEF RAPE VERDICT

At least 30 people were killed and 250 injured in Panchkula and other parts of Haryana after supporters of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect went on the rampage as news broke that their chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh had been convicted of rape by a CBI special court.

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VERDICT ON RIGHT TO PRIVACY: SUPREME COURT

A nine-judge Supreme Court bench will pronounce judgment on Thursday on the complicated issue of whether the privacy of an individual was a part of his/her inviolable fundamental rights.

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MOTORISTS WILL FACE JAIL IF DON’T HAVE VALID DRIVING LICENCE

The Visakhapatnam Road Transport Authority (RTA) regional department said that the motorists will be jailed if they caught without a valid driving licence or any other serious offences like drunken driving under Section 3 and 4 of the Central Motor Vehicle Act.

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AADHAAR MANDATORY FOR REGISTRATION OF ALL VEHICLES: TELANGANA TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT

With effect from Aug 22, 2017, the Telangana state transport department has made Aadhaar mandatory for registration of all vehicles, and Aadhaar must to avail of any service offered by the RTA in the state, and the new rule does not even spare those wanting to transfer vehicle ownership for second or third time sales.

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SUPREME COURT BENCH 3 OF 5 SAID CENTRE CANNOT INTERFERE WITH RELIGIOUS LAWS

While declaring triple talaq (divorce) as an unconstitutional practice, the Supreme Court's five-judge bench by a majority said that the personal laws of every religious denomination enjoyed the status of fundamental rights and could not be invaded by government.

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CENTRE WON’T BRING LAW TO BAN TRIPLE TALAQ (DIVORCE)

A top government source said that the government does not planning to bring any legislation to ban triple talaq (divorce) as the five-judge Supreme Court bench by a majority verdict has held instant divorce as unconstitutional and illegal.

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MAN ARRESTED FOR POSTING MORPHED IMAGES OF ANDHRA PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER

Chittoor district police has lodged an FIR against Basavaraju, a native of Kaliganooru village of Santhipuram Mandal and arrested him for uploading morphed photographs of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and insulted him on social media.

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TELANGANA STATE LAUNCHED HELPLINE NUMBER 181 TO HELP DISTRESSED WOMEN

The Telangana government launched women helpline number 181 for women to lodge complaints related to sexual harassment, immoral trafficking, and stalking, domestic violence or dowry harassment among others. The helpline will be functioning on all the 365 days, 24X7 and will also help in providing information related to women’s welfare schemes.

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HIGH COURT ISSUED NOTICE TO TELANGANA GOVERNMENT IN CUSTODIAL TORTURE CASE

The High Court has issued a notice to the Telangana government asking it to respond on a petition which challenged inaction of the authorities in punishing the police officers who were responsible for torturing P Kanna Reddy, an engineering graduate from Erravalli village after taken into custody which leads to damage of his kidneys.

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APPEAR BEFORE CBI ON AUGUST 23: SUPREME COURT ORDER KARTI CHIDAMBARAM

The Supreme Court ordered Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, to appear before the CBI headquarters in New Delhi on August 23 for questioning in connection with a case involving kickbacks paid by INX Media for obtaining clearance from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board.

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PAY RS 10L COMPENSATION TO RAPED WOMAN: SUPREME COURT ORDERS BIHAR GOVERNMENT

The Supreme Court directed the Bihar government to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to a destitute woman who was allegedly raped and not allowed to abort her 26-week pregnancy after a medical board’s opinion.

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CENTRE MAY NOT GIVE TRANSGENDERS EXEMPTION FROM SECTION 377 OF IPC

Transgender persons may not to be exempted from the ambit of the law criminalizing homosexuality. Sources said that the legality of Section 377 (criminalizes sexual activities against the order of nature, including homosexual sexual activities) of IPC, which makes homosexuality a crime, is pending before the Supreme Court, a reason why the government would not want to touch the sensitive issue.

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SHE SHUTTLE FOR IT WOMEN STAFF LAUNCHED IN RACHAKONDA

Hyderabad police commissioner M Mahender Reddy launched the ‘SHE shuttle’, a private bus in Rachakonda to provide safety for IT women employees.

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EXPLAIN MEASURES TAKEN TO PREVENT BORE-WELL DEATHS: HYDERABAD HIGH COURT TO TELANGANA STATE

The Hyderabad High Court asked the Telangana State government to inform it of the measures being taken to implement the guidelines of the Supreme Court to prevent small children from falling into unused borewells.

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AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING OF PROCEEDINGS IN ALL COURTS: SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court favored the installation of CCTV cameras with an audio recording in all courts in India, including in the apex court itself, to record proceedings.

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SUPREME COURT SAID REMOVE GENDER-BIAS TO REDUCE ACID ATTACKS

The Supreme Court has said that having stringent laws and enforcement agencies may not be sufficient unless deep-rooted gender bias is removed from the society to reduce acid attack incidents on hapless women. The court made this statement while awarding life sentence to the accused Patra, who raped and thereafter thrown acid on the face of a woman, as Supreme Court faulted the Calcutta High Court for acquitting the main accused patra. 

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WRIT ORDERS MUST BE FOLLOWED IN LETTER AND SPIRIT: HYDERABAD HIGH COURT

The Hyderabad High Court said that the writ orders has to be obeyed and implemented in letter and spirit by the parties concerned without any reservations.

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RELIEF FOR MAN AGAINST WIFE’S FALSE CASES

A man who had faced a criminal case in which his wife had falsely accused him of dowry harassment, and adultery to his superiors was finally saved by the Delhi Court after the court rejected the plea of his wife, and upheld the verdict of trial court stating that she was failed to produce evidence against her husband actions.

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