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PIL for former Baddi SP’s reinstatement: Afroz opted for transfer, home secy, DGP tell HC

Himachal Pradesh home secretary and director general of police told the high court on Saturday that 2018-batch Indian Police Service officer Ilma Afroz had ‘opted to be transferred’ from Baddi. The state apprised the high court that Afroz had written a letter to the government, seeking the transfer and was then shifted to headquarters, where she has been serving since …

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Hyderabad: A house owner and her tenant filed counter cases following a violent altercation over unpaid rent, leading to injuries to many. Jahangeer Bee rented out her home in Attapur to a tenant named Afroz after taking security deposit of Rs 5 lakh for a one-year period, according to the police complaint filed by Jahangeer Bee's daughter Amreen Begum, who …

Do Some Real Social Work, Go Clean A Beach; Bombay HC Directs 'Habitual Litigant' To Work For Afroz Shah

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed a litigant Rakesh Chavan to work for lawyer and environmentalist Afroz Shah and "do some real social work" to prove his bona fides. Division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing the PIL filed by Chavan wherein it was alleged that respondent company NESCO had filled a lake …

World Environment Day 2019: Citizens have enormous power in bringing about climate action, says Afroz Shah

In October 2015, a young lawyer in Mumbai and his neighbour, an 84-year-old gentleman who has passed away since then, didn’t plan on sparking a citizen-action revolution across India when they decided to clean up their messy neighbourhood beach in Versova, one of the multiple beaches along the Mumbai coastline. And today, the name “Afroz Shah” has become synonymous with …

9-yr-old Afroz dies after hospital refuses ambulance in Shahjahanpur

A critically ill boy died after he was allegedly refused an ambulance by the state-run district hospital in Shahjahanpur. Afroz, 9, was brought to the district hospital in Shahjahanpur with complaints of high fever and was referred to Lucknow for specialised treatment. His parents said they had approached the hospital for an ambulance to ferry Afroz to the state capital, …