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The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the State of Uttarakhand two months time to come up with a rehabilitation scheme for nearly 50,000 people, who have allegedly encroached upon properties belonging to the Indian Railways in Haldwani. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order on an application filed by the Union of India/Railways seeking modification of the order staying the eviction of the affected persons. The petition filed by Rai...

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Jignesh Shah run- 63 Moons Technologies, the prime accused in the Rs 5,600 crore National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) scam, has siphoned off crores from attached assets breaching Supreme Court order, an investigation by the Maharashtra Government Competent Authority found. Legal experts are of the firm belief this is a clear-cut case of contempt. The Competent Authority appointed by Government of Maharashtra in the NSEL case in an affidavit filed in the Bombay High Court dated August 14, sa...