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Traveller claims Russell Brand was rude to Qantas staff before cancelling gig over coronavirus fears

The British comedian announced on Monday he decided to cancel his sell-out gig in Perth after a woman who attended the venue was found to have contracted the deadly illness.




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How the coronavirus will affect Australians' travel plans

Qantas became the latest airline to slash flights on Tuesday as the travel industry battles a sharp reduction in bookings amid the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus.




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Virgin Australia fires back at Qantas' warnings the coronavirus will cause an airline survival fight

The CEO of the Qantas Group, Alan Joyce, announced on Tuesday that major capacity cuts would be brought in to fight the plunging demand for international travel.




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Qantas is found to have underpaid hundreds of workers up to $7.1MILLION over the past eight years

The national carrier on Friday said they entered an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman to rectify a misclassification issue.




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Qantas allows customers to cancel their flights and use credit for later trips amid coronavirus

Qantas passengers will be able to cancel booked flights and use the credit to reschedule trips later on.




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Qantas and Jetstar have slashed NINETY per cent of their international flights due to coronavirus

Qantas and Jetstar have slashed 90 per cent of their international flights. The cuts would initially be in place from the end of March until the end of May this year.




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Coronavirus Australia: 30k Qantas staff to take unpaid leave

Qantas has told 30,000 staff members to take unpaid leave until May.




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Woolworths offers jobs to some of the 20,000 Qantas workers forced on unpaid leave amid

The airline has told 20,000 staff members to stand down and cut schedules from late March until May after the government recommended Australians do not travel overseas




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Coronavirus: BHP offers 1,500 roles at mines around the country

The roles include machinery and production operators, truck drivers, mechanics, electricians, boilermakers, cleaners and warehouse roles.




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The jobs that are thriving in the coronavirus pandemic as thousands are laid off in Australia 

Almost 90,000 Australians lost their jobs on Monday as the government moved to shut all pubs, bars, cinemas and gyms in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19.




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Six Qantas baggage handlers test positive for coronavirus and other staff are told to quarantine 

South Australia Health on Tuesday said they are investigating a COVID-19 cluster at Adelaide Airport.




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Qantas and Virgin to bring desperate Australians stranded overseas back during coronavirus pandemic 

Both airlines announced 13 flights this month for Australians stuck overseas during the coronavirus pandemic after the government agreed to subsidise service costs.




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Four Qantas flight attendants exempt from 14-day hotel quarantine test positive for coronavirus

The crew flew from Santiago to Sydney on March 29, with all passengers on the flight taken to hotels to quarantine for 14 days.




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Virgin Australia will give back annual leave to workers who were stood down amid coronavirus

Virgin Australia will give back annual leave to thousands of workers that were stood down amid the outbreak of coronavirus after the federal parliament passed the $1500 fortnightly wage subsidy.




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Qantas staff consider class action alleging airline failed to protect them from coronavirus

Worrying clusters have emerged in recent days of Qantas cabin crew and their family being infected with COVID-19 - including 15 reported cases from a rescue flight from Santiago on March 29.




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Virgin Australia announces another trading halt due to coronavirus ahead of potential bailout

Virgin Australia has plunged into another trading halt during the coronavirus crisis as the airline waits on a potential bailout package from the federal government.




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Qantas workers launch legal action after they were refused sick leave in airline's stand-down period

The Transport Workers Union took the airline to the Federal Court on behalf of workers on sick leave who can no longer access the entitlement after Qantas stood down two thirds of its workforce.




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Qantas bows to furious Australian customers and overhauls its coronavirus credit policy

Qantas has moved to revamp its credit policy during the coronavirus crisis after a wave of anger from out-of-pocket customers.




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Royal Navy veteran says he was 'treated like a leper' after coronavirus hospital discharge

Veteran Robert Embleton, 79, was left devastated by residents' response when he returned to his Plymouth retirement home after beating coronavirus in hospital.




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'Dedicated and loving' nurse dies of coronavirus after five weeks fighting for life on ventilator

51-year-old 'dedicated and loving' nurse Onyenachi Obasi died after fighting for her life for five weeks on a ventilator in intensive care. Her niece has set up a fundraising page to pay for her funeral.




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Rapist dubbed the Beast of Kavos strikes again

The 'Beast of Kavos', who was previously named as 47-year-old Dimitris Aspiotis (pictured left) , was given early release in August 2019, under a controversial new law.




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Italy's parks are filled with sunseekers as coronavirus deaths rise by 194 to 30,395

The Italian public took to bicycles around the Piazza Venezia and the Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome while people of all ages walked and cycled to Ruffini Park in Turin during Phase Two of lockdown.




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FDA approve new type of coronavirus antigen test which provides results in 15 minutes

The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced emergency authorization for antigen tests which rapidly detects fragments of virus proteins in samples from nasal swabs.




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Boy, 4, who beat coronavirus and battled rare cancer is allowed outside for first time in two months

Essex cancer patient Archie Wilks, four, (right) was allowed outdoors for a family walk after testing negative for coronavirus. He walked through fields with his twin brother Henry (left) and parents.




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Three children in New York die from a rare inflammatory syndrome that may be linked to coronavirus

Three children in New York have died and 73 more cases have been reported of a rare inflammatory syndrome exhibiting symptoms similar to Kawasaki disease or toxic shock-like syndrome.




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Up to 50,000 coronavirus test samples are sent to the US for analysis after 'operational issues' 

Daily coronavirus tests fell the below 100,000 target for a seventh day in a row. Health Secretary Matt Hancock urged Boris Johnson to 'give me a break' in a furious bust-up over the coronavirus crisis.




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One-third of US coronavirus deaths are nursing home residents or workers with one-fifth in New York

At least 25,600 residents and workers at US nursing homes or long-term care facilities for the elderly have died from coronavirus as of Saturday, new statistics show.




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Metropolitan police officers' spokesman blasts coronavirus response as 'wishy washy'

The Metropolitan Police Federation's Ken Marsh said British authorities 'needed to be firmer right from the beginning'. Pictured: Sunbathers in Greenwich Park, London yesterday.




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Boris Johnson will tell public to 'stay alert, control the virus and save lives'

Boris Johnson is expected to drop the 'stay at home' slogan during a televised address to Britain on Sunday at 7pm in an effort to reopen parts of the economy damaged during the coronavirus crisis.




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Major sport returns for first time during coronavirus pandemic as UFC 249 takes place in Florida

Major sport returned for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic as UFC 249 took place without fans in Florida. The leading mixed martial arts promotion overcame controversy




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Democrats propose coronavirus relief package to send $2,000 to each American every month

Senators Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Ed Markey introduced the Monthly Economic Crisis Support Act Friday.




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Fire breaks out in Moscow coronavirus hospital killing one

One person was killed after a fire broke out tonight at a Moscow hospital treating patients infected with the new coronavirus, authorities said.




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Indusind Media & Communications ... vs Perfect Octave Media Projects Ltd on 20 March, 2020

os Nobody has appeared on behalf of the respondent even after service of notice and as a result the petition has been heard ex parte. The respondent has not appeared at any stage and has filed neither reply nor any affidavit of evidence

2. The petitioner company carries on the business of receiving signals from broadcasters of various television channels and of redistributing the same through franchisee cable network. The respondent company carries on business as a broadcaster/eontent provider. Both the parties are service providers and as such amenable to the jurisdiction of this Tribunal.

3. Through this petition, the petitioner is seeking recovery of Bs.13,41,756/- said to be the outstanding dues inclusive of interest as on 15.03.2016 along with interest @ 18% til the date of realization from the respondent. The dues are towards carriage fee for the services availed by the respondent from the petitioner for carriage of its television channels.




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Sudiep Shrivastava vs Union Of India Ors on 25 September, 2014

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Swatanter Kumar (Chairperson) Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.S. Nambiar (Judicial Member) Hon'ble Dr. D.K. Agrawal (Expert Member) Hon'ble Prof. A.R. Yousuf (Expert Member) Dated: September 25, 2014

1. Whether the judgment is allowed to be published on the net?

2. Whether the judgment is allowed to be published in the NGT Reporter?

JUSTICE SWATANTER KUMAR, (CHAIRPERSON) The Ministry of Environment and Forest (for short 'the MoEF'), Government of India vide their letter dated 21st December, 2011 accorded Environmental Clearance for Parsa East and Kanta Basan Opencast Coal mine project of 10 MTPA production capacity along with a Pit Head Coal Washery (10 MTPA ROM) to M/s Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited involving a total project area of 2711.034 hectare under the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006 (for short 'EIA Notification, 2006') subject to the specific conditions stated in that Order. 2




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Shri Praveen Narayan Mule vs Moef Ors on 1 October, 2014

2. There is no dispute about fact that Respondent No.2 formulated a policy as published in Government Resolution dated 12th March 2013. Case of the Appellant is that, Respondent No.5 auctioned various sand-beds of Yavatmal District as per guidelines issued by the Government of Maharashtra in its Policy OM dated March 12th, 2013. He alleges that due to such illegality, extraction of sand by lease holders including Respondent No.6, one of such auction lease holder, being carried out. The Appellant is more concerned with sand-beds at village Babhulgaon. He would Misc Appln. No.155/2014 Page 3 submit that before grant of Environmental Clearance, State Environment Appraisal Committee (SEAC) ought to have considered whether the sand-bed is below 5 ha. area and distance between two (2) sand-beds is atleast 1 k.m. The SEAC failed to consider such kind of parameters and recommended the case to the SEIAA (Respondent No.4). The SEIAA thereafter granted the EC without proper assessment and appraisal. Consequently, the Appellant challenges the EC and the auction proceedings.




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Cp Cell, Directorate General ... vs M/S Avr Enterprises & Other on 21 February, 2020

Ref. Case No. 05 of 2019 1

2. The Informant in the present case had issued RFP for procurement of Cloth Cotton Pagdi for quantity of 7,42,426 Mtrs and Mattress MK-II (Improved Version), quantity 57,761 (in numbers). The Informant has stated that out of 04 firms which participated, only 03 firms could qualify for opening of commercial bids for Cloth Cotton Pagdi and out of 10 firms only 04 could qualify for opening of commercial bid for mattress. The tender for procurement of Cotton Pagdi was floated on 22.10.2018, and for Mattress was floated on 08.11.2018, respectively.

3. The Informant has averred that Commercial Negotiation Committee ('CNC') observed that the rates may have been quoted after collusion by the said two firms. As submitted by the Informant, details of the bid are reproduced in the table below:




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Cp Cell, Directorate General ... vs M/S Avr Enterprises & Other on 21 February, 2020

Ref. Case No. 05 of 2019 1

2. The Informant in the present case had issued RFP for procurement of Cloth Cotton Pagdi for quantity of 7,42,426 Mtrs and Mattress MK-II (Improved Version), quantity 57,761 (in numbers). The Informant has stated that out of 04 firms which participated, only 03 firms could qualify for opening of commercial bids for Cloth Cotton Pagdi and out of 10 firms only 04 could qualify for opening of commercial bid for mattress. The tender for procurement of Cotton Pagdi was floated on 22.10.2018, and for Mattress was floated on 08.11.2018, respectively.

3. The Informant has averred that Commercial Negotiation Committee ('CNC') observed that the rates may have been quoted after collusion by the said two firms. As submitted by the Informant, details of the bid are reproduced in the table below:




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Gurav Chauhan @ Goru vs State Of Rajasthan on 8 May, 2020

1. Gurav Chauhan @ Goru S/o Rakesh Chauhan, aged about 20 years, Resident of Ward No. 25, Suratgarh, Police Station Suratgarh, District Sri Ganganagar

2. Jitendra Singh @ Jeetu S/o Umaid Singh, aged about 22 years, Resident of Ward No. 9, Near Baba Ramdev Temple, Suratgarh, Police Station Suratgarh, District Sri Ganganagar.

(Presently lodged at District Jail, Sri Ganganagar)

----Appellants Versus State of Rajasthan

----Respondent For Appellant(s) : None present For Respondent(s) : None present HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINIT KUMAR MATHUR Order 08/05/2020 Lawyers are abstaining from work in view of the unprecedented situation being faced by the country due to pandemic of novel corona virus (COVID-19).




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Dinesh Srivastava S/O Shri Jay ... vs State Of Rajasthan on 8 May, 2020

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PANKAJ BHANDARI Order 08/05/2020

1. Heard counsel for the petitioner through video conferencing. Learned Public Prosecutor is present in person in the Court.

2. Petitioner has filed this bail application under Section 439 of Cr.P.C.

3. F.I.R. No.300/2019 was registered at Police Station Murlipura, District Jaipur Metropolitan for offence under Sections 323, 341, 504, 427, 302, 34 of I.P.C.

4. It is contended by counsel for the petitioner that there is inordinate delay of seven days in lodging of FIR. Co-accused has been enlarged on bail.

5. Learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application.




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Satyavan S/O Lakkhiram vs The State Of Rajasthan on 8 May, 2020

2. Petitioner has filed this bail application under Section 439 of Cr.P.C.

3. F.I.R. No.26/2019-20 was registered at Police Station Excise Police Jhunjhunu (North) for offence under Sections 14/54, 19/54, 54-A, 14/57 of Rajasthan Excise Act.

4. It is contended by counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is driver of the vehicle. He was not aware that there is no valid permit of transportation of the liquor. Petitioner is not having any criminal antecedents of like nature.

5. Learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail application.

6. I have considered the contentions.

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Mr. Rajnish Yadav vs The North Delhi Municipal ... on 6 May, 2020

2. Summons in the present suit were issued on 24th October 2014 and vide order dated 3rd April 2018, following issues weresettled: -

i. Whether the plaintiff is entitled to a money decree against the defendant, if so for what amount? OPP ii. Whether the plaintiff is entitled to interest, if so at what rate and for what period? OPP iii. Relief.

3. Briefly stated, case of the plaintiff is that he is a duly registered Class- I contractor, under the name Bharat Construction Company, a CS(COMM) 719/2017 Page 1 of 18 proprietorship firm with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The plaintiff was awarded construction work of outfall drain from A-74, Phase-I, Naraina Industrial Area to DTC Nallah at Loha Mandi Naraina in Karol Bagh Zone vide work order No. EE-Project Karol Bagh/SYS/2011- 2012/14 dated 10th February 2012. The contractual amount of the work was Rs. 4,05,26,960 and the time for completion was of 6 months.




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Bhavya Nain vs High Court Of Delhi on 8 May, 2020

1. The petitioner has preferred the present writ petition to assail the notice/ result dated 21.05.2019 published by the Registrar General, Delhi High Court, whereby the candidature of the petitioner for Delhi Judicial Services-2018 (in short, 'DJS 2018') under the category of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) was rejected on account of his mental disability not being found to be permanent W.P.(C.) No.5948/2019 Page 1 of 50 in nature. For this, the Disability Certificate issued by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi (in short 'AIIMS') has been relied on by the respondent.

2. Briefly stated that the facts of the present case are as follows:




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Avr Enterprises vs Union Of India on 8 May, 2020

CM(M) 769/2018 with CM APPL. 27219/2018

1. Petitioner impugns order dated 18.04.2018 whereby the Trial Court has rejected the preliminary objection raised by the Petitioner that the petition filed by the Respondent under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter called the Arbitration Act) impugning award dated 14.07.2016 was liable to be dismissed because Respondent had not deposited 75% of the awarded amount as stipulated in Section 19 of the Micro, Small and Medium CM(M) 769/2018 Page 1 of 16 Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the MSMED Act).

2. Respondents had issued a Tender Enquiry for procuring Cover Water Proof 9.1 M x 9.1 M. The bid of the Petitioner was accepted by the Respondents and contract dated 05.04.2005 was entered between the parties.




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Pappu @ Virendra Yadav vs The State Of Madhya Pradesh on 8 May, 2020

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

This criminal appeal under Section 397 and 401 of Cr.P.C. assails the judgment of the trial Court dated 05/03/2020 passed by VI Additional Sessions Judge, Guna, whereby applicants have been convicted under Sections 452 and 323/34 (2-counts) of IPC to undergo 1-1 year and 3-3 months alongwith fine of Rs. 1000/-, and Rs. 500/- each respectively with default stipulation.

Also heard on I.A. No.2537/2020, an application under THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH Cr.R-1428-2020 (PAPPU @ VIRENDRA YADAV AND OTHERS Vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH) Section 397(1) of Cr.P.C. for suspension of jail sentence on behalf of the applicants.




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Pitambar Yadav vs The State Of Bihar on 17 March, 2020

... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Syed Rizwanul Haque, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 17-03-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Ariyari PS Case No. 86 of 2016 dated 30.06.2016 instituted under Sections 302, 307 and 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code.




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Manish Yadav vs The State Of Bihar on 17 March, 2020

... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjan Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Binay Krishna, SPL PP For the Informant : Mr. Indrajit Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 17-03-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant, who has suo motu appeared.




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Avinav Apurwa @ Bam Singh @ Baban ... vs The State Of Bihar on 17 March, 2020

... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vijay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the State : Mr. Satyendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 17-03-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Barauni (Refinery) PS Case No. 521 of 2018 dated 06.11.2018 instituted under Sections 307/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act.




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Gaurav Kumar @ Raja Bhardwaj vs The State Of Bihar on 17 March, 2020

... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. N K Agrawal, Sr. Advocates Mr. Vikramaditya and Mr. Amnesh Kumar Sinha, Advocates For the State : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 17-03-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.




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Lalu Kumar Yadav vs The State Of Bihar on 17 March, 2020

... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pawan Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 17-03-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bihariganj PS Case No. 294 of 2019 dated 01.09.2019 instituted under Sections 25(1-B)(a)/26/35 of the Arms Act.




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Sonu Kumar Yadav @ Sonu Kumar vs The State Of Bihar on 17 March, 2020

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Md. Naushad Uzzoha with Mr. Shafiur Rahman, Advocates For the State : Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 17-03-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Gopalganj Excise Case No. 374 of 2019 dated 29.10.2019 instituted under Section 30(a) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Act, 2018

3. It is alleged that from the house of the petitioner 6.480 litres of wine was recovered.