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Bombay HC slaps Rs 5 lakh cost on Lilavati Trust

Mumbai, June 9: (UNI) The Bombay High Court Tuesday declined interim relief to Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust and imposed Rs 5 lakh cost, holding that HDFC Bank’s press release against the trustees was not defamatory.
Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan observed that the bank’s statement followed a “spree of frivolous litigation” by trustees . The Trust was directed to pay the cost to HDFC Bank within six weeks.
The high court passed the ruling on the interim application in a defamation suit seeking Rs 1,000 crore in damages against HDFC Bank and others for allegedly running a “deliberate and sustained smear campaign” against the Trust, pertaining to recovery and enforcement actions initiated by the bank.
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Mumbai boy, 10, drowns in Andheri lake; search ops underway

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Govt promoting addiction instead of fighting it, alleges prohibition crusader

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Pune, Jul 13 (UNI) The Maharashtra government is encouraging addiction rather than curbing it through its policies, alleged Avinash Patil, chief of the Vyasanmukt Maharashtra Samanvay Manch on Monday. The Manch is a coalition of over 100 organisations and individuals working in the fields of addiction awareness, prevention, treatment and policy advocacy,
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