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Delhi HC stays trial court order summoning Make My Trip CEO in cheating case
The high court also issued notice to the state and the lawyer, who had lodged the cheating complaint against MMT, its CEO and a company employee, seeking their response on Kalra's plea by February 10, the next date of hearing.
Delhi riots: High Court asks police to file report on vigilance inquiry on leakage of confessional statement
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RTI activist Saket Gokhale plans to file injunction petition in Bombay HC against Facebook
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British equity firm "Actis" & 12 others booked by EOW on charges of cheating & conspiracy
The FIR has been registered a day after a local Court directed the EOW to register an FIR against the British company and its associates.
Navy to seek ban on unauthorised sale of armed forces uniform
Impersonation of service personnel by others is a cognizable offence and those indulging in such activities would be subject to stringent measures in order to avoid anti-national elements from utilizing this method for ulterior motives, which pose a potentially grave threat to national security, the navy said in a statement.
Jack Dorsey photograph row: Rajasthan HC quashes FIR against Twitter CEO, says investigation 'uncalled for'
The FIR was filed by Raj Kumar Sharma, a Jodhpur resident.
No proposal to link social media accounts of individuals to Aadhaar: Ravi Shankar Prasad
"There is no such proposal with the government for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals," Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. He was replying to a specific query on whether the government proposes to enact a law for linking Aadhaar with social media accounts of individuals.
UK health policy body says e-cigarettes less harmful: Trade representatives' letter to Harsh Vardhan
The Union Health Ministry has put the draft of a bill, that will replace an ordinance issued in September to ban e-cigarettes, in public domain seeking feedback and comments from public. The ministry intends to introduce the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Bill, 2019, in the forthcoming session of Parliament.
E-cigarettes still being sold month after ordinance, experts call for awareness programmes
"The government has to understand that its vigil needs to be strengthened since the illegal sale of e-cigarettes flourishes whenever there is any such ban," said Mukul Bajpai, associate professor in Clinical Microbiology at Guwahati's Base hospital.
FCRA case: CBI moves SC against Bombay HC order giving interim protection to Grover, Jaising
The probe agency said the HC has not rendered any finding as to how the FIR registered against the accused parties is "unsustainable and bad in law". The CBI had registered a case against Grover and the NGO over alleged violation of the FCRA.
Imports of e-cigarettes, components banned: Commerce ministry
In 2018-19, India has imported these products worth USD 91.2 million. During April-July this fiscal, the imports stood at USD 58 million.
Govt issues ordinance to ban e-cigarettes
First time violators will face a jail term of up to one year and a fine of Rs 1 lakh. For subsequent offences, a jail term of up to three years or a fine of Rs 5 lakh, or both according to the ordinance.
Why pleas for quashing money laundering FIR against Bhandari, Vadra not be heard together: HC
The court was hearing an application by the ED that Bhandari's plea seeking quashing of the money laundering case be transferred to the bench which is hearing Vadra's petition in the same matter.
No "cognisable offence" against Rahul Gandhi for remarks against PM Modi: Police tells court
The court had on April 26 directed the police to file an ATR on a plea seeking registration of FIR against the Congress President.
Dec 20 order limits, not widens, scope of snooping: Government to SC
Snooping will be done only as a last resort if other options aren’t available, the government claimed.
