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Experts divided over a single law

   19 November 2008 at 15:19

Chennai: Do we need a new, single and comprehensive law to cover all facets of child abuse? Yes and No, say jurists and child right activists who are divided on this issue. Yes, because child abuse is a new form of offence very different from regular ..

Posted in Others |   274 Views


Police re-open old case against Saravana owner

   19 November 2008 at 15:19

Chennai: In a new development to the human trafficking case filed against P R Sivakumar, managing director (overseas), Saravana Bhavan hotel, the airport police on Tuesday arrested him for sending one of his employees, Ragu Chandran, to the US in 200 ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   466 Views


Madras high court upholds Kaduvetti Guru’s detention

   19 November 2008 at 15:19

Chennai: The Madras high court has upheld the detention of Pat t a l i M a k k a l K at ch i (PMK) leader Kaduvetti J Guru under the National Security Act, saying he had not denied having delivered a speech which was “abnormal, inflammatory, fuelling ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   290 Views


HC pulls up govt for ACP’s affidavit

   19 November 2008 at 15:19

Chennai: The state government’s attempt to explain the November 12 Law College campus clash by suspending an assistant commissioner of police backfired on Tuesday, with the Madras high court describing it as an “affront to the court.” Wondering as t ..

Posted in Others |   417 Views


Regressive political action is a threat: CJI

   18 November 2008 at 23:13

Coming down heavily on senseless violence and disruption of life in different parts of the country, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said that regressive brand of political action is threatening to undo the very foundation on which the constit ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   236 Views


Narco Analysis Test is relevant in terror cases: HC

   18 November 2008 at 23:13

Amidst criticism over subjecting accused persons to Narco Analysis Test, the Delhi High court has upheld its validity stating that the test is essential in view of growing terrorism related cases and heinous crimes."The use of Narco Analysis is of pa ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   298 Views


SC vacates stay on UP CIC's suspension

   18 November 2008 at 23:13

The Mayawati Government on Tuesday received a boost with the Supreme Court vacating the stay imposed by the Allahabad High Court on the suspension of the State Chief Information Commissioner, Justice (retd) Azgar Ali Khan.A bench of Justices B N Aggr ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   203 Views


SC grants Centre 4 weeks to give content code for TV channels

   18 November 2008 at 23:13

The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave four weeks time to the Centre to submit guidelines for regulating contents of programmes telecast by TV channels on the lines of those evolved by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), a conglomerate of over 200 c ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   242 Views


New owner of property has to pay predecessor's power dues: SC

   18 November 2008 at 23:13

In a decision which may bring cheer to power distribution companies, the Supreme Court has ruled they are entitled to recover unpaid electricity bills of a property's former occupier from its new owner or occupier.A bench of Justices R V Raveendran a ..

Posted in Property Law |   530 Views


Court fines eBay over fake goods

   18 November 2008 at 09:16

Court Fines eBay Over Fake GoodsA French court has ordered eBay to pay 40m euros (£31.6m; $63m) to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing online auctions of fake copies of its goods. LVMH said eBay's French site had not done enough to stop the sale of ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   315 Views