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Unitech ‘Can’t refund money’ to home buyers

New Delhi: Beleaguered real estate firm Unitech ltd on Friday expressed its inability before the Supreme Court to refund money to the home buyers over its two delayed housing projects in Noida and Gurgaon.

"We don't have money. If we had money, we would have constructed the flats and buildings and given to them," senior advocated A M Singhvi, the counsel for Unitech ltd, told a bench of Justices Dipak Misra and UU lalit said.

SC fines Centre for not replying to plea

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on the Centre and imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on it for not replying to a plea seeking framing of guidelines for vehicles carrying protruding objects like iron rods and stationary ones which cause thousands of fatal mishaps across the country.

SC special bench to hear Army docs’ plea

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Armed Force Tribunal (AFT) to constitute a special bench to hear and decide the plea of Army doctors seeking raising of their age of superannuation, from 58 years to 65 years in view of the public announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and U U lalit directed the tribunal to expeditiously decide all the matters pending before it on the issue within three months.

molestation charge: lab assistant held

New Delhi: A class VII student was allegedly molested by a lab assistant of a Government girls school in the school premises in north east Delhi's Nand Nagri area on Thursday. Police said after molesting the girl, the accused had fled but was later arrested on Friday.

The accused Netram who worked as a a lab assistant at the school was arrested on Friday in a case of molestation registered at Nand Nagri, said AK Singla, DCP(north east).

The accused had allegedly molested the girl on the pretext of giving her a pen. The girl was shocked and went back home and complained to her parents.