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Importance Of Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods Stressed: CJI 2/15/2009 Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan underscored the need for changing the style of functioning of lawyers and courts and promoting alternative dispute resolution methods for speedy and affordable resolution of disputes. ‘Our lawyers and the courts should change their style of functioning to redress the huge p..

Primacy Be Given To Situation To Balance Individual, Nation: Arun Shourie 2/15/2009 Noted Journalist and Economist Arun Shourie asserted that when balancing an individual’s liberty and national security, primacy should be given to the situation prevailing in the country. Addressing the fourth Justice P D Desai Memorial Lecture on ‘Individual Liberty and National Security’, he said the Ind..

British Diplomats To Visit Detainee At Guantanamo 14 Feb 2009, 2247 hrs IST, REUTERS Text: LONDON: British officials are en route to the US prison at Guantanamo Bay to visit Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who has been held there for five years, the Foreign Office (FCO) said on Saturday. "The visit will make preparations for his return, should the ongoing US review into Guan..

Mangalore Mayor Serves Legal Notice To Renuka Chowdhury 12 Feb 2009, 1649 hrs IST, PTI Text: MANGALORE: Mangalore City Corporation Mayor and five others have served a legal notice on union minister for women and child development Renuka Chowdhury demanding an apology for her statements 'tarnishing' the image of the city. Mayor Ganesh Hosabettu (BJP) and five others have decri..

'We Want To Go Beyond ATS Report' 11 Feb 2009, 0410 hrs IST, TNN Text: CHANDIGARH: It is once bitten twice shy for UT IG SK Jain when it comes to reacting to the report sent by anti-terrorist squad (ATS) of Mumbai police. Jain told reporters on Tuesday that they want to probe more than what the report has suggested. He added that the report was weak enough to firmly point fingers ..

Justice Costs Rs 6,327/Min In Delhi HC 11 Feb 2009, 0312 hrs IST, Abhinav Garg, TNN Text: NEW DELHI: If you just fought a case in the Delhi High Court and felt the hearings were all too brief, here is why. With a staggering number of 3,32,141 cases that came up before the High Court during 2007-08, each case barely received five minutes of hearing (4 minutes 55 seconds, to be p..

Landlords Play Moral Police 10 Feb 2009, 0435 hrs IST, TNN Text: BANGALORE: It’s one thing to check out potential tenants for possible links with unwanted elements, but quite another to cast aspersions on unmarried 20-somethings. House owners in the city are now asking single working women to furnish character certificates on company letterheads, before renting out their h..

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State Fares Poor On Awareness On RTI 26 Jan 2009, 0400 hrs IST, Ajay Parmar, TNN Text: JODHPUR: The people of Rajasthan are at the rock bottom when it comes to awareness on Right to Information Act, despite the fact that the seeds of the movement were sown in the state. According to Transparency International India,(TII) an NGO, just 5.5% people of the state are aware about the..

India To Set-Up Air & Space Law Centre 1/24/2009 The Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University (RMLNLU) would shortly start courses on air and space law, which would provide to those aspiring to become legal experts in various airlines and research organisations like Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The university would have a specific centre for the purpose, which, in associati..

US Woman Held For Not Returning Library Book 25 Jan 2009, 0914 hrs IST, AP Text: INDEPENDENCE, IOWA: An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book. Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested on Thursday night on a fifth-degree theft charge. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary," which she checked out from the public library in ne..

Judges Are Not Above The aw: Lok Ayukta 24 Jan 2009, 2227 hrs IST, TNN Text: MANGALORE: Lok Ayukta Justice N Santhosh Hegde on Saturday regretted the Supreme Court judges hesitating to make public details regarding their assets. "Why judges are hesitating to declare details about the assets they possess. Judges are not above the law. Why can't they be transparent," he said w..

CRIME AND REDEMPTION 25 Jan 2009, 0050 hrs IST Text: CHENNAI: Some spend their time plotting to break out of prison or pine away for life in the real world, others pick up pen and paper and write about it. Over the course of history, revolutionaries and leaders from Malcolm X to Jawaharlal Nehru have used their time behind bars to write powerful literature. While they many n..

'SC STAND ON JUDGES' ASSETS MAY HARM RTI ACT'24 Jan 2009, 1945 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of a legal tussle over disclosure of assets by judges, the head of a parliamentary panel has hinted that the apex court registry's move to challenge in High Court a CIC order on the issue may have a serious impact on the Right to Information Act. "T..

SC JUDGES TO MAKE THEIR ASSESTS PUBLIC 1/23/2009 Rattled by the increasing demand to make their assets public, the Supreme Court judges have reportedly decided to put the details of their assets on the website or may request the Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan to do so as he already has the same with him. Refusal of eminent senior lawyer F S Nariman to assist Delhi High Court as amicus cur..