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India Bans Chinese Toys For Six Months 24 Jan 2009, 0526 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: India on Friday slapped a ban on import of toys from China after cheap supplies from the neighbouring country upset the applecart of the domestic manufacturers. The ban, notified by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, will remain valid for six months. While the government notific..

Hunt On For `BROKER' Rajaiah 23 Jan 2009, 0244 hrs IST, TNN Text: HYDERABAD: The shortest distance between two points, geometrically speaking is a straight line. But in business, it is a middleman/broker. That's what Akula Rajaiah was for the disgraced Ramalinga Raju, who allegedly brokered deals for Maytas Infra and Maytas Properties and the Crime Investigation Department (CID) is..

New Delhi: The controversial film "Deshdrohi" could not be released in Maharashtra despite Supreme Court rejecting the plea of the state Government that screening of the movie would lead to law and order problem. The film, scheduled to be screened in nearly 70 theatres across the state, could not be released as police "refused" to provide protection to theatre owners who have been allegedly re..

US President Barack Obama took his first steps in the White House since taking office and was likely to spend some time in the Oval Office he inherited from George W Bush. . In his first official act since taking the oath of office on Tuesday, Obama issued a proclamation decreeing his inauguration day to be a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation and calling for a national commitment ..

SC Asks Cidade To Clear Way To Beach 21 Jan 2009, 0315 hrs IST, TNN PANAJI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Fomento Resorts and Hotels to demolish the extended portion of their Cidade de Goa hotel building within three months and open access to Vainguinim beach. The judgement arose from an appeal filed by the hotel against the order of the Bombay high court in April 25,..

Lawyers here staged a rally in protest against Indian cricket team touring Sri Lanka and urged the Central Government in New Delhi to intervene and stop alleged atrocities on Tamils in the island nation. The protesting advocates held placards and raised slogans against the Government of India of betraying the cause of Tamil people by sending Indian cricket team to Sri Lanka. E-mail Arti..

Washington, Jan 20 (PTI) Hours before his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama appointed leading Indian-American lawyer Preeta Bansal as the General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in his administration. Bansal, who was mentioned as possible Solicitor General in the Obama Administration, is currently partner at law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, ..

289 Cases Settled In Two Lok Adalat Camps Press Trust Of India Rourkela, January 20, 2009 A total 289 cases including long pending civil and criminal cases were settled in two different lokadalat held at Biramitrapur and Rajgangpur in Sundergarh district on Sunday last. A total fine amount of Rs 7,62,870 was collected in the lok Adalats including Rs 3.98,500 in settling 41 revenue cases,..

Advocates of the AP High Court have taken an unprecedented decision to move the Supreme Court to end the delay in appointment of judges. An extraordinary general body meeting of the Bar Association of the AP High Court held here resolved to file a writ petition in the SC seeking a direction to the Chief Justice to fill up the vacancies of judges. This is for the first time in its history that the..

Five-Day Jail For Slapping Pupil 19 Jan 2009, 2334 hrs IST, TNN Ahmedabad: Sixteen-years after he slapped his student, a teacher in Dhandhuka will now have to undergo a five-day jail term as the Supreme Court has upheld an order passed by the Gujarat High Court's order. However, this was not just another case of a teacher's punishment gone awry. The student had committed suicid..

NCDRC: Awarding Of Compensation To Hijacked IC 814 Passengers Stayed 1/18/2009 The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has stayed an order of Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directing the Indian Airlines to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to each of the 160 passengers who were on board on the IC-814 flight which was hijacked and taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan..

10,000 more courts needed to clear backlog: CJI New Delhi (PTI): Warning that the law and order situation would be seriously impacted if criminal courts continued to be flooded with cases, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has proposed that 10,000 more subordinate courts be set up to clear the staggering backlog of 3.5 crore cases. "There are 15,000 subordinate courts but only about ..

CJI UNDER RTI ACT OR NOT? It refers to media-reports indicating that Supreme Court registry may approach Delhi High Court against recent full-bench verdict by Central information Commission (CIC) holding Chief Justice of India (CJI) under purview of ‘Right-To-Information (RTI) Act’. If Supreme Court registry approaches judicial side against CIC verdict on behalf of the CJI, that i..

bar council of andhra pradesh on complaint made by some advocates framed new rules for bar associations in andhra pradesh regarding its elections, powers and functions. and their qualifications....

Advocates Strike Against High Court Order 17 Jan 2009, 0708 hrs IST, TNN KANPUR: The advocates of Kanpur nagar and dehat district continued their strike on second successive day on Friday. The strike was in response to the call of strike given by Allahabad High Court Bar Association to protest the order of high court regarding condolence on the death of an advocate. The Allahabad H..