National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended nearly Rs one-crore compensation to kin of victims of 75 custody deaths cases reported since 2005, the Lok Sabha was informed.Uttar Pradesh Government has topped the compensation pay out list as ..
PENSION PART OF RIGHT TO LIFE : BOMBAY HC23 Dec 2008, 0300 hrs IST, Swati Deshpande, TNN MUMBAI: Pensioners now have a reason to smile. In a landmark judgment, the Bombay High Court has held that pension is a vital aspect of social security and that ..
MUMBAI ATTACKS :POLICE TO FILE CHARGESHEET IN 60 DAYS21 Dec 2008, 2300 hrs IST, PTI PANAJI: Maharashtra's Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Sunday said that the state police will club all the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack cases together and cha ..
SINHALA COUPLE REMANDED TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY Rameswaram (PTI): A Sinhalese couple, who arrived here along with a batch of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, have been remanded to judical custody by a local court. The two, who recently got married, fled from C ..
CASE FILED IN HC TO STAY " GHAJINI " RELEASE 23 Dec 2008, 0304 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: Two days before Aamir Khan-starrer ‘Ghajini' is supposed to hit the screens, a suit was filed in the Bombay High Court on Monday, seeking a Aamir Khan with one of his ..
MURDERD INDIAN STUDENT'S FATHER LAUD UK JUDICIAL SYSTEM London (PTI): The family of Indian student Samrajya Jyothirmai Vempala, who was battered to death in Birmingham on May 6, has praised the UK judicial system for the pace at which the killer was ..
MADRAS HC ORDER NOTICES TO MINISTER, SECRETARY12/23/2008Madras High Court ordered notice of motion to Tamil Nadu Minister Veerapandi S Arumugam and State Home Secretary Ms Malathi, on a writ petition filed by 23 residents of Angammal Colony in Salem, ..
MADRAS HC SETS ASIDE ORDER OF ACP12/23/2008Madras High Court set-aside an order of the City Police Commissioner denying permission to Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Kattchi (VCK) to hold a meeting.While disposing off the petition filed by Era Selvam, Centra ..
JHARKHAND HC DIRECTS RAJ THAKRAY TO SURRENDER IN 20 DAYS12/23/2008Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray was directed by the Jharkhand High Court to surrender before a local court in Jamshedpur within next 20 days. The High Court dismissed th ..