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Advocates decry assault on senior lawyer'

   24 July 2010 at 01:05

HUBLI: The members of Hubli Bar Association on Friday boycotted the court proceedings and staged a rasta roko agitation at Court Circle here, seeking the arrest of a man who "allegedly" assaulted a senior advocate. The traffic movement at ..

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Woman lawyer undergoes sex change

   08 July 2010 at 02:21

BHUBANESWAR: In a curious turn of events a woman lawyer underwent a sex reassignment surgery (SRS) allegedly to save herself from forced marriage by her family. "I did not want a family life which is being forced on girls in our society," ..

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Lokayukta resignation rocks Karnataka assembly

   30 June 2010 at 00:55

The resignation of Santosh Hegde as Lokayukta rocked the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday crippling official business following a stand-off between the BJP government and Opposition over the form of debate. ..

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Karnataka: New CJ known for tough decisions

   12 April 2010 at 00:43

BANGALORE: The new Chief Justice (CJ) of the Karnataka High Court JS Khehar is well known for his tough decisions. When he was the judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, he had imposed Rs 20 lakh fine on a petitioner for filing a frivolous peti ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  2 comments |   440 Views


Justice Srikrishna panel for Telangana

   05 February 2010 at 02:31

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday announced the Telangana panel, which would consider the demand for splitting Andhra Pradesh. The government, however, is yet to frame the terms of reference for the panel headed by B N Srikrishna, a retired jud ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   382 Views


Court orders release of 42 undertrials

   29 January 2010 at 00:24

NEW DELHI: Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of New Delhi Ajay Pande presided over a special sitting of the Patiala House Courts here on Wednesday. The court took up 46 cases and ordered release of 42 undertrials. Union Law and Justice Minist ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   665 Views


Apex court dismisses former DGP’s plea

   29 January 2010 at 00:21

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by the former Director General of Police (DGP), Kerala, P. Vijayan, challenging his prosecution by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the alleged fake encounter killing of ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   631 Views


Kerala HC admits PIL against rallies

   28 January 2010 at 23:39

Kerala High Court on Thursday issued notice to the state government on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking a direction to ban processions or rallies with the participation over 500 people in the city.A Division Bench comprising Actin ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   624 Views


26/11: court rejects plea to examine Rane

   28 January 2010 at 02:44

The defence in the 26/11 trial on Wednesday submitted that it wanted to call upon Maharashtra Revenue Minister Narayan Rane to depose before the court, in the light of his public statement about a political link in the terror conspiracy. The court h ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   361 Views


Compulsory voting not feasible, says Chawla

   28 January 2010 at 02:40

Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla on Wednesday felt that it was not possible to make voting compulsory nationwide. It was for Parliament to debate and decide on the subject. “I have to preface this by saying that it is for Parliament to ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   377 Views