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Govt not to implement amendments in CrPC

   11 March 2009 at 23:18

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) The Union Government has decided not to implement in the near future the recent amendments in Criminal Procedure Code(CrPc) giving discretionary powers to a police officer not to arrest a person facing allegations on an offenc ..

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Courts starts functioning in TN, section of lawyers boycott

   11 March 2009 at 23:17

Chennai, Mar 11 (UNI) After a gap of nearly three weeks, the Madras High Court and other courts of Tamil Nadu have started functioning, even as a section of lawyers continued their boycott of courts, demanding action against police officials, respons ..

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Court ruling on motor insurance policy

   11 March 2009 at 23:10

Tamil Nadu In a package policy or a comprehensive policy of motor insurance, gratuitous passengers travelling in private car or pillion riders carried on two-wheelers are automatically covered, the Madras HC has ruled. ..

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Plea to shift family courts

   11 March 2009 at 23:06

BANGALORE: The Federation of Bar Associations in Karnataka on Tuesday urged the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court to take expeditious steps to shift the family courts from Nyayadegula on Siddaiah Road to the District and Sessions Court Comple ..

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Insurance firm’s appeal against tribunal order dismissed

   11 March 2009 at 21:13

The risks of the occupants carried in the vehicle are automatically coveredInsurance companies will consider publishing instructions in the language of the State: courtUnder a package policy or a comprehensive policy of motor insurance, gratuitous pa ..

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Needed urgently: Law for lawyers?

   10 March 2009 at 23:12

It has for long been argued and suggested that policing the police in India was a long pending need. However, the unprecedented acts of hooliganism and vandalism by a group of lawyers in the premises of Madras High Court has raised another relevant i ..

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SC upholds dismissal of erring IAF officer

   10 March 2009 at 23:08

Failure to pay property tax on time is a conduct most unbecoming of an officer of the Indian Air Force, ruled the Supreme CourtNew Delhi: In a judgement that gives the government wide discretion to include various acts of forbidden character as misco ..

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CJ Recommends transfer of Justice Mukhopadhyaya

   10 March 2009 at 23:01

Madras HC CJ recommends transfer of Mukhopadhaya to save HC decorum3/10/2009Newly appointed Madras High Court Chief Justice H L Gokhale recommended to the Supreme Court that former acting Chief Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, who came under attack by the S ..

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Conviction can be based even on "deficient" evidence: SC

   09 March 2009 at 17:58

The Supreme Court has held that an accused can be convicted even on deficient evidence as long as the same was credible and cogent."It is the duty of court to separate grain from chaff. Where chaff can be separated from grain, it would be open to the ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   260 Views


Justice Gokhale sworn in Chief Justice of Madras High Court

   09 March 2009 at 17:45

Justice Hemant Laxman Gokhale was on Monday sworn-in as the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.The Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala administered the oath of office to Mr. Justice Gokhale at the Raj Bhavan here.Mr. Justice Gokhale, who was ..

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