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GOVT FORMS PANEL TO REVIEW MOTOR VEHICLES ACT

   19 September 2009 at 15:27

The government has constituted a 10-member expert committee to review the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, so that its provisions meet the present days requirements of the road transport sector. The committee will be chaired by S Sunder, former secretary, M ..

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Railway to review its land acquisition policy

   17 September 2009 at 09:53

With Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee having indicated her opposition to the proposed law on land acquisition, her Ministry on Wednesday came out with a notification promising a comprehensive review of its land acquisition policy for rail projects. T ..

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Now, computers become lawyers!

   15 September 2009 at 20:04

Now, computers become lawyers!Washington: European researchers have created a legal analysis query engine that combines artificial intelligence, game theory and semantics to offer advice, conflict prevention and dispute settlement for European law.Eu ..

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Admission tangle now shifts to SC

   08 September 2009 at 15:41

The admission tangle involving two medical colleges run by Mangalore-based deemed universities have shifted to the Supreme Court with the high court refusing to pass a modified order. The 47 students who were allotted seats by Karnataka Examination ..

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RTI's penalised PIOs escape paying fines

   07 September 2009 at 14:47

A majority of Public Information Officers (PIO)s appointed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act who have been penalised by central information commissioners for providing incomplete or delayed information have escaped paying fines thus far. Only ..

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Centre directs States/UTs to enforce HSRPS for vehicles

   03 September 2009 at 12:04

The Centre has directed all the States/Union Territories to enforce the Supreme Court directive, under the Motor Vehicle Act, of fixing High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) for all vehicles forthwith to check their theft by criminals.In a letter ..

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NO TELCOM DISPUTES IN CONSUMER COURT

   03 September 2009 at 10:41

IMPORTANT JUDGMENT ON CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT RELATING TO TELEPHONE DISPUTES. If you are a telephone subscriber and have a dispute with the service provider over an inflated bill or disconnection, then you can no longer rush to the neighbourhood con ..

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Delhi HC dismisses DLF's petition

   02 September 2009 at 10:23

Delhi High Court dismissed the petition of real estate major DLF Ltd which challenged the Land and Development Officer’s(L&DO) decision refusing a No Objection Certificate(NOC) for prime land situated at Chanakya Puri.Justice Sanjive Khann ..

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J&K: TRCF move to consumer court against 6 mobile companies

   31 August 2009 at 21:23

The Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation (TRCF) has moved to consumer court against 8 leading cellular mobile companies, accusing them of poor service and not including ringtones tune and other service in Gojri language.Dr Javid Rahi, National Sec ..

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Hospital told to pay Rs 17 lakh to kin over patient's death

   26 August 2009 at 10:47

National Consumer Commission has directed a hospital to pay Rs 17 lakh compensation to kin of a patient who lost her life during an operation due to medical negligence. The commission, comprising members R C Jain and P D Shenoy, also imposed a fine ..

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