Yangon, July 14 : At least 10 people were killed in a massive landslide in Myanmar's Kachin state on Saturday.

The pit wall of an old jade mine site collapsed and some workers were buried by mud near San-Khar village and Lone-Khin village in the region, an official from Lone-Khine local police department told Xinhua news agency.

Over 10 bodies were found and 20 people were brought to nearby hospitals for treatment, the official added.

The landslide occurred at about 2 p.m. (local time). Rescue operations and investigation into the accident were underway.



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New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday deprecated lawyers for filing "bulky" appeals which run into a number of pages and annexing unnecessary documents.

A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said, "What is this tendency? In synopsis, case law is cited, grounds are there in synopsis. And there is a very bulky compilation. Every matter we see now in Supreme Court, in first part of synopsis people cite quotations then the grounds of appeal are reproduced in synopsis. This must stop."

The bench went on, "What kind of bulky compilation is being thrown at us? The bulk of the compilation depends upon the monetary capacity of the litigant and capacity to engage senior advocate. This is happening everyday. We have forgotten the basic rule that pleadings should not contain law."

The top court expressed "shock" on finding in such compilations synopses of cases, grounds of challenge aside from case laws.

"We deprecate this tendency. A copy of this order shall we forwarded to the Supreme Court advocates on-record association," it added.