US Airline Apologises To Muslim Fmily3 Jan 2009, 1425 hrs IST, PTI WASHINGTON: A US airline has apologised to members of an Indian-origin Muslim family including three children, who were off loaded from a plane after co-passengers overheard what the ..
Man Gets Life Term For Killing Nine-Yr-Old Son3 Jan 2009, 0503 hrs IST, TNN THANE: Vashi resident Pralhad Kharadkar (35) would spend the rest of his life in jail for killing his nine-year-old son, Yatish, whom he had stoned to death in June 2006 and ..
Court Gives Vijit 5 Days To File Reply3 Jan 2009, 0349 hrs IST, TNN JAIPUR: The session court on Friday granted hit-and-run case accused Vijit Singh five days' time to reply to the bail cancellation application filed by the police. Vijit, the step-g ..
CBI To Hand Over Scarlett's Organs3 Jan 2009, 1559 hrs IST, PTI PANAJI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has agreed to hand over vital organs of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling, which were removed during autopsy in India, her lawyer ..
New Delhi: The Law Commission of India has rejected as “non-feasible” a parliamentary panel’s proposal to introduce Hindi as a compulsory language of work in the Supreme Court. In its report submitted to Union Law Minister H R Bhardwaj on Friday, La ..
Judges Can Lower The Sentence Only In Exceptional Cases: Ruling New Delhi: The Supreme Court has disapproved the wide discretion exercised by higher court judges in reducing the sentence imposed by trial courts, sometimes even going below the minimum ..
New Delhi, Jan. 2: The Central government has finally decided to take the ordinance route to provide a three-fold salary hike to judges of the Supreme Court and high courts. The decision to promulgate an ordinance was taken at a meeting of the Union ..
Ordinance To Provide CISF Cover To Private Industries2 Jan 2009, 1616 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: Having failed to get the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Bill, 2008, passed by Parliament, the government on Friday decided to promulgate an ..
Three Youths Get Life Sentence For Murder2 Jan 2009, 0532 hrs IST, TNN PUNE: Sessions judge B D Kapadnis on Monday sentenced three youths to life imprisonment for murdering a footwear shop owner in a hotel in Swargate in 2005. The convicts are Kaila ..
Disability e-newsletter launchedThe Human Rights Commission has today launched an e-newsletter highlighting activities and information for people with disabilities.The newsletter – released on the International Day of Disabled Persons – is part of a ..