DELAY IN JUSTICE TO UNDERTRIALS IN PANJAB, DUE TO VISIT OF VIP'S29 Dec 2008, 0531 hrs IST, TNN BATHINDA:Excessive security to VIPs is not only leaving the common man unprotected but is delaying justice as happened in 21,990 cases of undertrials in n ..
NEARLY 2.94 CRORE CASES ARE PENDING : JUSTICE S B SINHA12/29/2008Supreme Court Judge S B Sinha said as many as 2.94 crore cases, including petty cases, were pending with the court till date.Addressing a two-day inauguration meeting on the legal aware ..
SC HOLDS 29 GUILTY OF RIOTING, MURDER OF DALITS12/29/2008SUPREME COURT :The Supreme Court has held twenty nine persons guilty of rioting leading to the murder of five Dalits in Andhra Pradesh. The accused belonging to Kamma community had attacked the ..
MADRAS HC DIRECTED STUDENTS TO BEHAVE PROPERLY12/29/2008MADRAS:Madras High Court has observed that students should behave properly in colleges as misbehaviour in college campus would not only tarnish the image of the institution, but also affect othe ..
STUDENTS CAN SEEK EXAM MARKS DETAILS UNDER RTI29 Dec 2008, 0125 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: In a landmark judgment that will change how examinations are conducted in the country, the Central Information Commission has ruled that authorities must usher in t ..
MARAD KILLINGS : FIVE YEARS ON,63 FOUND GUILTY28 Dec 2008, 0234 hrs IST,TNN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Five years after what was Kerala's worst ever communal carnage, a special court in Kozhikode district on Saturday held 63 people guilty in the Marad kill ..
UK: VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO GET BETTER PROTECTION12/26/2008The guidelines outline the respective roles the OPG, the Court of Protection and local authorities play so that areas of overlap can be harmonised. These agencies will work together to help prev ..
KASAB TAKEN FOR IDENTIFICATION PARADE MUMBAI: Captured terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir, alias Kasab, was shifted on Saturday to the fortified Arthur Road Jail in south Mumbai for an Kasab at CST in Mumbai on the day of terror attack.(TOI) identificatio ..
SC HANDS-OVER 100 PETITIONS TO CONSTITUTION BENCHThe Supreme Court has referred to a larger bench a batch of over 100 petitions, challenging the constitutional validity of levying entry tax by state governments on goods.A bench comprising Justices Ar ..
END TO CITY'S PROPERTY DISPUTES ? NEW LAW TO MAKE TITLE CLEAR.28 Dec 2008, 0422 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: The film ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’ was an iconic depiction of Delhi’s ugly property disputes. But a new title law that is on the cards may make disputes ..