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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: Fines

Lawyers suspect ‘black magic’ as murder accused surgeon throws rice on court floor during hearing

Chander Vibhas, a surgeon, accused in a 2011 murder case lodged at Delhi's Hari Nagar police station and facing his trial now, threw rice on the courtroom floor during a 11 August hearing.

CCI bars WhatsApp from sharing user data with other Meta apps for 5 years, imposes $25.4 million fine

The decision follows a 2021 probe into WhatsApp's privacy policy, highlighting growing regulatory scrutiny on tech giants as India plans stricter digital competition laws.

Shubman Gill fined 15% of match fees for criticizing umpire over his dismissal in WTC final

Indian captain Rohit Sharma expressed his disappointment over the dismissal mentioning that unlike the IPL, just a few camera angles were available.

Australia fines Uber $14 mn for misleading on inflated estimated fares & cancellation fees

The court fined the American ride-sharing app Wednesday for breaking consumer law, decieving customers with cancellation fee threats & overstating fare estimates from 2017 to 2021.

‘Govts can’t walk into SC any time’ — this judge has a lesson for Centre, states on delays

Since January 2020, Supreme Court has pulled up Centre & states in at least 40 cases for filing late pleas. Time period to file appeal in SC is 90 days, but many were filed after 400-600 days.

Will pay Re 1 fine, but have right to file review against SC judgment, says Prashant Bhushan

Prashant Bhushan defended his tweets, saying they were not intended to disrespect SC or judiciary but to express anguish at what he felt was a 'deviation from its sterling past record'. 

Fines, not fear, will work for Indian ‘daredevils’ using coronavirus off-time to socialise

PM Narendra Modi asked for a daylong ‘janata curfew’. But for Indians to do this for a longer period, there has to be rewards or fines.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.