“Bail in bailable offence is absolute right”The right to claim bail under Section 436 of the Criminal Procedure Code in a bailable offence is an absolute and indefeasible right and court cannot have any discretion to reject bail, the Supreme Court ha ..
The Bar Council of India (BCI) at an emergency meeting on Sunday, condemned the “dastardly” attack by the police on advocates, litigants and staff of the Madras High Court, including a High Court Judge, inside the court premises on February 19. It de ..
President Pratibha Patil has cleared the transfer of the Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court H.L. Gokhale as the new Chief Justice of the Madras High Court. He will assume charge at a time when the Bar is agitated over the police attack on lawyers ..
List of winners at the 81st annual Academy Awards, presented late Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:# Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire# Best Actor: Sean Penn, MilK# Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader# Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog ..
NOTA- NEGATIVE VOTING WHAT is NOTA Well, lets start, Politicians are under constant attack following 26/11. A new movement has now asked for change in the election process to allow voters ‘negative voting”. Though the Conduct of Elections Rules has s ..
P&H HC: Unshorn Hair Basic For SikhDated : 21-02-2009Source : UNIDelhi :Text : The unshorn hair is not only vital but basic for a Sikh and those who do not adhere to this most important ingredient prescribed by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of th ..
J &K Law Dept Seeks Public Opinion On Revised RTI BillDated : 21-02-2009Source : UNIJammu :TEXT :Jammu and Kashmir Law Department has appealed people to peruse the Draft Legislation of the Bill, proposed to repeal and replace the J&K Right to Informa ..
Lawyers' Strike: Karunanidhi Threatens To Go On FastDated : 22 Feb 2009, 2236 hrs IST, Source : PTI CHENNAI: Text: Piqued by the violent clashes in the Madras High Court on February 19 and subsequent agitation by lawyers, Tamil Nadu chief minister M ..
The Madras High Court has directed city police to name on whose authority cops entered the court and lathicharged lawyers on 19th Feb that left many injured and destroyed property and asked TN govt why it should not pay compensation for repairing the ..
Chargesheet Against Kasab To Be Filed "within Three Days"22 Feb 2009, 1631 hrs IST, Sources : PTI MUMBAI : Text: Chargesheet against Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist in the 26/11 terror attacks, will be iled "within two to thre ..