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Articles 6321 through 6420 of 12677:
- State Of The Fiscal Union (Indian Express, ILA PATNAIK, Feb 27, 2006)
How significant are the numbers and policy statements that will bind the finance minister’s budget speech this week? After all, this year the “budget buzz” is almost missing, as no major tax reform is expected.
- Jessica Lall Case: Judge’S Elevation Sparks Row (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2006)
The elevation of Delhi Additional Sessions Judge S L Bhayana, who acquitted all the nine accused in Jessica Lall murder case, to the Delhi High Court touched off a controversy with a Supreme Court lawyer on Sunday demanding that his promotion . . .
- On Prime Time, Be Fair To The Fowl (Indian Express, Shailaja Bajpai, Feb 27, 2006)
: bird flu and cricket receive the same coverage on TV news. Not surprised? Know what President Bush doesn’t?
- Do We Need Governors? (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Feb 25, 2006)
The recent Supreme Court judgment on the dissolution of the Bihar Assembly based on the recommendation of the Governor, Buta Singh, has once again raised the question whether the office of governor can be dispensed with altogether . . .
- Pak Anti-Terror Court Sentences 11 To Death For Attack On Gen (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Feb 25, 2006)
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan today handed down death sentence to 11 members of an al-Qaeda-linked militant group for attacking a top military general in 2004 in which 11 people were killed.
- Conviction At Last (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 25, 2006)
Many Gujarat killers are still at large
It is one of those times when one can set aside the saying “justice delayed is justice denied” — temporarily. Instead, this is a case of “better late than never”.
- Who Could’Ve Heard A .22? (Indian Express, K. P. S. GILL , Feb 25, 2006)
Now that Delhi High Court, taking suo motu notice, has sought from the police the details in the Jessica Lall case, there’s finally some reason for hope: will there be a second shot at justice in a case in which all the nine accused have been . . .
- A Spineless Nation (Deccan Herald, Khushwant Singh, Feb 25, 2006)
No book I have read depressed me more than B N Tandon's PMO, Diary II The Emergency (Konark).
- Malaysian Daily Sorry For Publishing Cartoon Strip (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
A leading Malaysian newspaper today issued a frontpage apology for publishing a comic strip linked to controversy over Prophet Mohammad’s caricatures, prompting Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to announce that no action will be taken against it.
- The Whole Truth About Perjury (Indian Express, R. VENKATARAMAN, Feb 25, 2006)
Two developments in two sensational criminal cases — the Best Bakery case relating to the Gujarat communal riots and model Jessica Lall’s murder — have brought into sharp focus the issue of “perjury”, defined in Indian penal laws . . .
- Justice Triumphs (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 25, 2006)
For modern day Neros, a reminder from the court: you have to pay for your fiddling
- Justice Denied, Justice Restored: Nine Life Terms For Best Bakery (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Gujarat riots Mumbai retrial court judge issues perjury notices to Zaheera Sheikh and other hostile witnesses; says Setalvad didn’t tutor her, eight acquitted
- How Was Jessica Case Botched Up, Hc Asks (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
In the wake of public outrage over the acquittal of all the nine accused in the Jessica Lall murder case, the Delhi High Court on Friday asked city Police Commissioner K K Paul to furnish the details of the case before it.
- 9 Get Life Term In Best Bakery Case (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Delivering the verdict, Judge Abhay Thipsay, who conducted the retrial on Supreme Court orders, also awarded jail terms to the accused ranging from one to ten years on various counts under IPC. The sentences will run concurrently.
- Life Term For 9 In Best Bakery Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
8 acquitted; notice to Zahira
Show cause notice to Zahira Sheikh
Zahira, other family members "deliberately gave false evidence"
Rs. 50,000 compensation for wife of one of the victims
- Delhi High Court Takes Up Jessica Lal Murder Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
Suo motu action after public outcry over acquittal of all accused
- Apex Court's Notice To Centre, Ec (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 25, 2006)
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Government and the Election Commission on a petition that challenged the Constitutional validity of a provision in the Representation of the People Act under which a person would not be disqualified . . .
- Pin The Babus (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Feb 25, 2006)
The Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court need to be congratulated for coming to the aid of the common citizens by issuing specific instructions to take punitive action against major violators who, over the years with active connivance . . .
- Law Up-To-Date (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Feb 25, 2006)
For students of law in this State the latest details about the pending cases in courts across the country should be quite informative.
- Justice Reanimated (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 25, 2006)
Earlier this week when those accused of the murder of Jessica Lall were acquitted, the nation reacted with a sense of shame and anger and an acute sense of helplessness.
- The Murder Of Jessica Lall (Tribune, K.N. Bhat, Feb 25, 2006)
Who killed Jessica Lall? Not known. Why was she killed ? Not known. With what weapon was she murdered? Not known.
- Tapping Issue Takes A New Turn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Amar Singh says he has sent legal notices to TV channels
The issue of phone tapping of Samajwadi Party general secretary and spokesman Amar Singh took a new turn on Thursday with some television channels claiming that they had received audio CDs . . .
- Cabinet Clears Plan To Set Up Technical Varsity (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Institutions and courses directly run by the universities to remain under respective varsities
- Islamic Humanitarian Law (Dawn, Syed Imad-ud-Din Asad, Feb 24, 2006)
International humanitarian law, which is an important part of international law, aims at mitigating the effects of war by: (1) restricting the choice of means and methods of carrying out military actions; and (2) compelling the belligerents to . . .
- Foreign Policy Puts Nation First: Pm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, today made an impassioned plea to the Opposition to res-pect the tradition of national consensus on foreign policy which, he said, has the national interest at its core.
- Burns Admits To “Some Differences”, But Optimistic (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Feb 24, 2006)
India and the US today informally probed each other’s positions on their July 18 civil nuclear energy deal. However, the formal and more substantive talks are slated tomorrow when the two sides would get to know whether they would be in a position . . .
- Killings In Custody (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2006)
Police continues to remain insensitive
There is a sickening regularity about how the menace of custodial deaths is dealt with in the country. Everyone is unanimous that this beastly practice has to stop forthwith.
- Murder Of Justice (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2006)
The killers of Jessica are at large
A YOUNG girl making an honest living as a barmaid was shot for refusing to serve liquor after the bar was formally closed.
- Pm Upbeat On Economy (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today set the road map for the Budget and the forthcoming visit of US President George W. Bush by stating that annual financial statement will tackle the issue of indebtedness of small farmers and the country’s . . .
- Straight From The Bench (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Feb 24, 2006)
The Supreme Court in India seems to have taken on the role of the executive. The ‘bench’ is performing the functions of the ‘cabinet’.
- Of Gags And Licences (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Feb 24, 2006)
On February 21, a court in Austria sentenced the British “historian”, David Irving, to three years’ imprisonment for denying the Nazi Holocaust against Jews in a speech made to a neo-Nazi meeting as far back as 1989.
- Manmohan Hits Back At Opposition For (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2006)
In a hard hitting response to the opposition charge that he was in office but not in power, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today virtually described the BJP as fascist party which allowed "shadowy organisations" to interfere in the work . . .
- Us Supports Kashmir Solution Acceptable To All Sides: Bush (Press Trust of India, Sridhar Krishnaswami, Feb 24, 2006)
Maintaining that the Kashmir issue has to to be resolved between India and Pakistan, President George W Bush has said the US supports a solution to the problem which is acceptable to all concerned parties.
- A Hostile Law (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 24, 2006)
As the nation’s collective conscience accuses the police and the courts for not having done their job in the Jessica Lall murder case, the courts and police in turn point fingers at the witnesses who turned hostile.
- The Cowards We Worship (Indian Express, Suhel Seth, Feb 24, 2006)
On that fateful night about seven years ago, a girl was shot dead in front of 400 people: men and women who are the ones society often hails and fetes.
- The Problem Of Hostile Witnesses (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 24, 2006)
It seemed at first sight an open and shut case. A model who worked as a celebrity barmaid is shot dead at point-blank range after refusing to serve a drink to two young men in a crowded South Delhi watering hole.
- Doctors’ White Coats Turn Black (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Feb 24, 2006)
According to a report doctors have been told to stop wearing ties and white coats, amid fears that they could spread superbugs, such Methicillin-resistant staphy-lococcus aureaus (MRSA). Ties are said to have become carriers of worms as these . . .
- The Kalabagh Dam: The 1986 Episode (Dawn, Vaseem Jafarey, Feb 24, 2006)
The controversy over the Kalabagh dam has abated somewhat, but conflicting views are still being expressed about what happened in the past. Letters and interviews published in newspapers put the blame on various persons and institutions.
- A Rough Journey Down The Line (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Feb 23, 2006)
The third Rail Budget of the UPA Government is all set to be unveiled on Friday and the Railway Minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, will once again show his legerdemain of keeping the rail users happy by not resorting to any hike either in the passenger . . .
- Huntington’S Forebodings (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Feb 23, 2006)
Followers of the great Semitic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam share a common belief in the Old Testament.
- Truth As Defence (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 23, 2006)
Law of contempt needs review
The Contempt of Courts (Amendment) Bill 2004 passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday fulfils a long-felt need.
- Rights Of Minority Institutions (Times of India, Salman Khurshid, Feb 23, 2006)
Allahabad high court's decision regar-ding Aligarh Muslim University's (AMU) minority character has stirred a controversy. The Indian Constitution and law recognise the concept of a minority educational institution.
- Sir Ben To Act In Aid Of Quake-Hit (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 23, 2006)
Bridging the East and West"
Sir Ben Kingsley, who performed the title role in Gandhi, will feature in a documentary film on the survivors of the October 8, 2005 earthquake, which hit parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
- Making A Hero Of A Man Best Ignored? (Hindu, Hasan Suroor, Feb 23, 2006)
The case of British historian David Irving, who was jailed for three years by an Austrian court for denying the Holocaust, is likely to cloud the current debate on freedom of expression just when the liberals seemed to be winning the argument.
- Quattrocchi Storm In House (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
The BJP-led Opposition on Wednesday stalled Lok Sabha proceedings on the Quattrocchi issue, forcing two adjournments in the pre-lunch session.
- Talks On To Build Monorail Along Expressway (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
NICE, Metrail will jointly implement the project
The plan is to put up a monorail on 41 km of peripheral road and the entire 110-km stretch of the expressway
Agreement to be signed after the cost estimates are finalised
- Truth Shall Prevail (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 23, 2006)
Jurisprudence history has been made. Judiciary, our finest institution, . . .
- Filing Of Fir A Must, Rules Apex Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
``Complaint's credibility can't be doubted''
A police officer should mandatorily register a case
The police should not pre-judge the issue
- Free Speech, Even If It Hurts (Dawn, Michael Shermer, Feb 23, 2006)
“MORE women died in the back seat of Edward Kennedy’s car at Chappaquiddick than ever died in a gas chamber at Auschwitz.”
- New Admission Policy Off The Mark: High Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 23, 2006)
"Abolishing common entrance test for State Board students alone is no solution" "Abolishing CET for State Board students alone is no solution"
- So, Crime Does Pay? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 23, 2006)
Clumsy cops, yo-yoing witnesses, poor prosecution — shame after tragedy
- Neoconservatism’S Ends And Means (Deccan Herald, Francis Fukuyama, Feb 23, 2006)
The US needs to reframe its foreign policy not as a military campaign but as a political contest for hearts
- David Irving’S Predicament (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Feb 23, 2006)
At a time when European countries are aggressively defending the right to freedom of speech, the sentencing to three years in prison of British historian David Irving in Austria for speeches he made in 1989 in which he denied the authenticity . . .
- Finally, It’S The Rule Of Law (Indian Express, GAUTAM CHIKERMANE, Feb 23, 2006)
This Court cannot remain a mute spectator when the violations also affect the environment and healthy living of law-abiders.
Judgment of Y.K. Sabharwal, CJI in the Supreme Court, February 16
- Nobel Peace Prize Down The Ages (Dawn, F.S. Aijazuddin, Feb 23, 2006)
Since the Nobel prizes were first instituted in 1901, they have acquired a dignity of purpose and a purity of intent that makes one forget, as do flawless white lotus blossoms growing out of a muddy lake, the murkiness from which they originate.
- Head-Count: Sc Puts Off Hearing (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Refusing to hear a PIL seeking immediate halt to the head-count of Muslims in the defence forces, the Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hear the petition on March 6. There is no urgency to hear the matter, said a three-judge . . .
- Bjp To Raise Scorpene Deal, Indo-Us Nuclear Pact In Parliament (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Main Opposition BJP today decided to vociferously raise the controversial Scorpene submarine deal and the Indo-US nuclear pact during the current session of Parliament.
- Best Bakery Retrial Verdict Deferred Till Feb 24............. (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
A special sessions court here today deferred the verdict in the Best Bakery retrial case till February 24. Judge A M Tipsay, who was to deliver the verdict today, deferred it as soon as the court assembled without giving any reason.
- Ignoring A Noble Soul (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Feb 22, 2006)
JP’s secretary Sachchidanand, who helped many a politician, died without proper medical care
- Strikes, A Matter Of Concern (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Feb 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that nobody has a fundamental right to strike.
- Manu, 8 Others Acquitted In Jessica Murder Case (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
A city sessions court today acquitted prime accused Sidharth Vashist, alias Manu Sharma, son of Haryana Minister Vinod Sharma, in the sensational murder of ramp model Jessica Lal at a South Delhi bar seven years ago.
- All Accused Acquitted In Jessica Lal Murder Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
"Police failed to sustain the grounds on which they had built up their case": Court
- Question Of Lordship (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 22, 2006)
Tossed between the Bench and the Bar
THE cultural complexities and plethora of linguistic nuances that flourish in this country pose innumerable questions about appropriateness of expressions, especially in the matter of addressing others.
- Laws Exist For The People: Not The Other Way Around (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 22, 2006)
The Supreme Court’s directive that all illegal commercial complexes in the Capital’s residential areas be shut down is both right and disturbing.
- What Is On The Farmer's Wish-List (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Feb 22, 2006)
If finance ministers continue to do what they have been doing the last 58 years, the fate of the farmer and his son may be like that of the match-girl of the fable, who froze to death, hungry and forlorn.
- Constitutional Criminals And Crimes (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2006)
Constitutional Criminal and Constitutional crime is lese majesty and is curse and fraud to the nation and constitution, black spot for the democracy. In democracy no one is above law, all are equal in the eyes of law and every one has to . . .
- Salman's Verdict: Trial By Media (Times of India, AMJAD K. MARUF, Feb 22, 2006)
If Salman is guilty of killing the endangered blackbucks and innocent people on streets then he must be severely punished but before the highest court in India delivers its verdict it is only fair that the media,
- A Brand New Concept (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Feb 22, 2006)
In the world of today, new terms and expressions, and new institutions keep cropping up every now and then, especially in the field of trade and finance. They also get introduced in Pakistan, and this has been more noticeable ever since . . .
- Law Of Contempt-Ii (Statesman, Sudhanshu Ranjan, Feb 21, 2006)
The Supreme Court has accepted that its power in this regard was limited. One Handwari Lal, in his reply to an SLP filed against a majority judgment of Punjab and Haryana High Court by Dr Ram Gopal in 1986,
- In Defence Of Beards (Deccan Herald, S. Raghunath, Feb 21, 2006)
Sporting a beard has come to symbolize a wide range of attitudes and ideologies
- Iran, Upa ‘Minorityism’ Targeted In Ls (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Feb 21, 2006)
The BJP signalled a return to full-fledged Hindutva while the Samajwadi Party and the CPI(M) sharply criticised the UPA government’s economic and foreign policies in course of the debate on the motion of thanks on the President’s address that began . . .
- Nepal Oppn Plans To Step Up Protests Against Govt (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Nepal's main opposition parties have threatened to step up protests against the Royal Government and seek freedom for hundreds of pro-democracy activists that have been detained.
- Thanks Jacques, Hello George (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Feb 21, 2006)
French nod for nuclear status isn’t an alternative to dealing with Americans
- Muslim Head-Count: Sc Asked To Warn Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
A retired Army officer on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging the head-count of Muslims in the defence services by the government, on the grounds that such a step would sow seeds of communalism in the secular institution.
- Daya Nayak Surrenders (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
One month after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) raided his house and revealed details of disproportionate assets, "encounter specialist" Daya Nayak and co-accused Rajendra Padte surrendered before the Session's Court here on Monday.
- Two Reliance Commn Firms Write Off Rs 4500 Cr (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 21, 2006)
Post write-off, RCVL net worth stands at Rs 11,000cr.
Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (R-ADAG) today announced that the two companies operating under its telecom holding arm, Reliance Communications Ventures Ltd (RCVL), approved write-offs and . . .
- It's Slightly Harder Than Saying Sorry (The Economic Times, MUKUL SHARMA, Feb 21, 2006)
Sixty-five-year-old Indian American Biswanath Halder had always nursed what he believed was a legitimate grudge against his old college in the US. Three years ago he went berserk conducting a horrific shooting spree on the premises which left . . .
- Nationalism And Culture (Telegraph, Ashok V. Desai, Feb 21, 2006)
Annapurna (a reader of Business Week) says, “I think Europeans, especially the French, are being small minded and racist (as usual) in protesting the attempted takeover. Their problem is not the takeover bid but the fact that an Indian . . .
- Street Violence Is Not The Answer (Dawn, Zia-ul-Islam, Feb 21, 2006)
It is ironic that in the middle of the cartoon crisis, Abu Hamza al Masri, a London-based Muslim leader, should be convicted by a British judge for delivering sermons that “created a real danger to the lives of innocent people in different . . .
- Reservations In Private Educational Institutions (Daily Excelsior, E.C. Thomas, Feb 20, 2006)
The Constitution has been amended to include reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes citizens (OBCs) in private unaided educational institutions. The bill to amend Article 15 of the Constitution . . .
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