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Tamil film star Vijay expresses regret to advocates for offe

   06 August 2009 at 16:18

Tamil Film star Vijay has expressed regret to advocates in an affidavit before the Madras High Court, for possibly offending them through scenes in his film Sivakasi. In response to 13 complaints filed by advocates claiming that he had defamed advoca ..

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Corruption in Judiciary

   06 August 2009 at 15:56

Allegations of corruption in the higher judiciary have come to the notice of the Government time to time. As for the subordinate judiciary, the administrative control over its members vests with the concerned High Courts and the State Governments as ..

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Women Judges in Courts

   06 August 2009 at 15:56

Appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts is made under Articles 124 and 217 of the Constitution of India respectively, which do not provide for reservation for any caste or class of persons. The Government has, however, addressed le ..

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Court extends Ramalinga Raju's remand by 14 days

   05 August 2009 at 23:50

HYDERABAD: A local court on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of Satyam founder B Ramalinga Raju and eight other accused in the multi-crore rupee fraud case in the IT company by 14 days. The XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate extended ..

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Another PIL in HC against tuition fee hike

   05 August 2009 at 23:45

Another petition challenging the recent hike of tuition and development fees by two schools run by the IAF Educational Society has been filed by the parents’ association before the Delhi High Court. Filing a petition through counsel Ashok Aggarwal, t ..

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HC orders removal of woman-child AIDS campaign posters

   05 August 2009 at 23:44

he Madras High Court on Wednesday ordered removal of photographs of a 25-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter from AIDS awareness campaign banners across Tamil Nadu within a week after she complained that they gave an impression as if the tw ..

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presumption of marriage: SC

   05 August 2009 at 23:32

The Supreme Court has held that if a man and a woman are residing together for a long time and have been accepted by the society as husband and wife, a presumption could be drawn that their marriage is valid. "A long cohabitation and acceptance of so ..

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MPs for tougher judges’ assets law

   05 August 2009 at 23:30

Setting the stage for another round of tension between the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary, the Opposition today refused to accept the Government’s Bill that makes it mandatory for judges to declare their assets but insulates them from any q ..

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The office of CJI is distinct from the apex court

   05 August 2009 at 23:24

After expressing reservation in making public assets of its judges, the Supreme Court appears to be reluctant in revealing what action it has taken on a complaint of alleged misconduct against a High Court Judge. The apex court has approached the Del ..

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Irony — SC was one that forced MPs to come clean

   04 August 2009 at 10:27

Behind the angry chorus of the political establishment today —against judges’ assets not being made public — and the judiciary’s apparent reluctance is a telling reversal of roles.For, six years ago, the government and the le ..

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