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Greater Noida, Nov 10 (PTI)  A district court here awarded a compensation of Rs 2.28 lakh to a man for a 2010 accident following which he could not work for 22 months, a senior official said today. "Additional session judge Shivani Jaiswal awarded a total of Rs 2.28 lakh toward compensation to the victim," Lalit Mudgal, Senior Prosecution Officer, said. On August 20, 2010, Mahesh Tyagi was headed toward Vijay Nagar, in Ghaziabad, from Noida Sector 41 on his motorcycle when a speeding tempo hit him near Kendriya Vihar here. Tyagi suffered critical injuries and his motorcycle was badly damaged. He had to undergo treatment for a few months. He has already spent Rs 2 lakh as medical expenses. The court awarded him Rs 1.10 lakh toward loss of wages for 22 months, Rs 68,845 toward medical treatment, Rs 50,000 for transport and mental suffering. Before the accident, he worked as a purchase manager with a Jaipur-based distillery s Noida office at a monthly salary of Rs 10,000...

We do not like anonymous lists i.e. lists that purport to name  sexual predators  compiled by 1 person on the saying of other unnamed persons. We do not like them as we subscribe to old-school journalism viz. attribute, get-the-other-side, verify. Those lists seem unlikable to us as they legitimize all sorts of lists from ‘shameless women’ to ‘dog haters’... Here’s what happens to ‘due process’. The woman complains that her boss has itchy fingers. If she is lucky, her place of work is compliant with the law & has an internal committee (IC) that regularly undergoes training & includes 1 external member. If she is part of 90% that works in the unorganized sector that’s supposed to be protected by the law – at least on paper – then her tale of woe ends right here. The IC will summon the woman, as it must. Here’s what some woman recently have been asked – do you drink, do you have a boyfriend, do you go to the Club? In January 2017, the Indian National Bar As...