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New Delhi, Nov. 21: A principal source of concern for India, which explains its alacrity in deploying the Navy to the Gulf of Aden area to fight off Somali sea pirates, is the very high proportion of Indian crew employed in international merchant marine who can become targets for ransom any time, maintains an official familiar with recent developments. The threat of Somali piracy has increased ..

Instead of Waste Paper, Hazardous Waste Had Made Way To Tuticorin Port Chennai: Forty containers of hazardous municipal waste imported from the US and rotting at Tuticorin Port for three years has been ordered out of India. A division bench of the Madras High Court on Friday rapped ITC Limited for importing the “undesired cargo”. The court directed the company to clear out the waste at its..

haryana civil services (judicial) result Preliminary exam declared on Tuesday, not available on net but was displayed in newspaper next day. if any body does not find it anywhere then do call me at 09814303538 to know ur result. i ve got the cutting..

The Union cabinet is reported to have decided to introduce a new version of the Judges (Inquiry) Amendment Bill. The 2008 Bill is believed to provide for establishing a National Judicial Council to inquire into allegations of “misbehaviour” or “incapacity” — the two grounds laid down for the removal of a judge of the Supreme Court or a high court. Action for initiating impeachment proceedin..

Chennai: The AIADMK chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has filed a defamation suit against chief minister M Karunanidhi. Jayalalithaa sent a legal notice to chief minister M Karunanidhi demanding Rs 1 crore in damages for his “baseless and defamatory” comments about her on the law college incident. Jayalalithaa had demanded the resignation of chief minister Karunan..

Time is rapidly running out for the Bharat Insurance Building which survives on Mount Road in a decrepit state. Built in 1897, it is a landmark in Chennai, a symbol of the city’s heritage. However, in recent years, the building, owned by the Life Insurance Corporation of India, has become more a symbol of the losing battles heritage enthusiasts are fighting. Hope that the building will not be..

The lure of easy money and ignorance draw the gullible into this trap time and again — I refer to prize chit schemes and money circulation schemes. In 1977, a woman in Tiruchi started a simple scheme. You pay her Rs 1,000 and, after 21 days, collect goods worth Rs 3,000. This is given from the money collected from others, hoping the chain would go on. Police ignored complaints, saying she h..

Chennai: Holding the government as being vicariously liable for the death of a school student, who died after his classmate banged his head against a wall, the Madras high court has awarded Rs 6 lakh compensation to his parents. Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar directed the chief secretary to pay the amount, along with interest at the rate of 9% per annum, to one P N Kanagaraj of Pollachi. The ..

Chennai: The state government’s attempt to explain the November 12 Law College campus clash by suspending an assistant commissioner of police backfired on Tuesday, with the Madras high court describing it as an “affront to the court.” Wondering as to how a suspended official could file counter-affidavits on behalf of the police and the state government, the first bench comprising Chief Justic..

Chennai: Do we need a new, single and comprehensive law to cover all facets of child abuse? Yes and No, say jurists and child right activists who are divided on this issue. Yes, because child abuse is a new form of offence very different from regular crimes. No, because unless people are taught to take advantage of laws, there is no use in just adding another law to the already-crammed statute boo..

The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday decided to move the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Courts directive to initiate criminal proceedings against six top officials for filing false affidavits in the Jagmohan Dalmiya expulsion case. After consulting top lawyers since Wednesdays development, the BCCI has gone through the papers and will move the Supreme Court soon. It..

jharkhand's 8th year of formation was celebrated across the jharkhand on 15-11-08.Many programmes were organised by the state govt. on this eve...

Human Rights Comm. directs Tamil Nadu govt to pay compensation Tamil Nadu Human Rights Commission has directed the state government to pay Rs 20,000, as compensation to a person who was harassed by the police in a civil matter. In its order, a Commission Bench, comprising Chairperson Justice A S Venkatachalamoorthy and Member K Mariappan, said after making the payment, the state government sho..

There is a slight change in the working schedule of Patna High Court as instead of 10.30a.m now the court will sit at 10.15a.m. Similarly the court will rise at 1.15p.m instead of 1'o clock,after lunch it will sit at 2'o clock instead of 2.15p.m.Again finally it will rise at 4.30p.m instead of 4'o clock.With the order of C.J of Patna High Court. Regards; Apurva-Kr Lawyer High Court Patna-800..

Stressing the need to provide better facilities to advocates, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan said this would improve the efficiency of the legal system and also help the general public. Inaugurating the commencement of the construction work for an advocates Chamber Complex in the High Court here, Mr Balakrishnan said Kerala was the only state in the country which did not provide sepa..