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Articles 321 through 420 of 500:
- Judiciary Should Understand Media’S Dilemma (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 08, 2007)
By now former Chief Justice of India Y.K. Sabharwal should have himself requested the government for a CBI inquiry into the two allegations against him:
- Restrain Thyself (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Was it sheer coincidence, or evidence of a certain "realisation", that the Supreme Court's cautionary advice to High Courts about summoning senior officials should follow the Delhi High Court striking down an order of the Additional . . . . .
- No Revival Of Ordinance If Court Annuls It: Pml (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Oct 08, 2007)
Ruling PML chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said today that the National Reconciliation Ordinance would not be re-acted in any form if the courts shot it down.
- Bjp Will File Case Against Karunanidhi (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP has decided to go to court against chief minister and DMK president M. Karunanidhi for his remarks on Ram Sethu, which it said had hurt the sentiments of Ram devotees.
- Whose Victory? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 06, 2007)
IT is now a matter of opinion whether Friday’s short order on the presidential election today has served to remove the political uncertainty that has surrounded the nation since the July 20 decision on the CJ’s case.
- Breather For Foreign Shipping Companies (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 06, 2007)
Taxability of foreign shipping companies (FSC) in India has, traditionally, been a subject matter of judicial analysis.
- Errors And Prejudice (Business Line, H. P. Ranina, Oct 06, 2007)
For the Commissioner to revise any order of the Assessing Officer, the phrase “prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue” has to be read in conjunction with an erroneous order passed by the Assessing Officer.
- Malice In Blunderland? (Indian Express, T S R SUBRAMANIAN, Oct 06, 2007)
I was intrigued to know, via newspaper reports, that the CBI, which is prosecuting Maj Gen V.K. Singh (retd), had told the concerned court that it had not read his book. Presumably, the prosecution is for violation of the
- Ram Setu: Sc Tells Tn To Protect Swami (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
The controversy over Ram, arising from the Sethusamundram project, continues to surface in one form or the other, with a petition being moved in the Supreme Court by a Hindu saint alleging that activists of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu . . . . . .
- Basu Jumps Buddha Gun (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Lalbazar has lived up to its crimson name and moved to Alimuddin Street without telling Writers’ Buildings.
- Conduct Of Judges (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 06, 2007)
THE Indian judiciary was till recently at war with Parliament on who was supreme. The confrontation is far from over.
- Pakistan's Lost It (Pioneer, Wilson John, Oct 06, 2007)
Pervez Musharraf is set to achieve the fruition of a design he had launched in 2001 to finish off Pakistan's democratic institutions.
- It's A Battle Between Ram & Rome: Modi (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Making the forthcoming election a battle between ‘Ram and Rome’, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked every Indian to say Ram was born, so loudly that even “Italy hears it”.
- Debate Contempt (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 05, 2007)
It is difficult not to agree with the widespread criticism of Delhi High Court’s order sentencing four journalists found guilty of contempt of court. Questions can certainly be raised if the mere publication of articles alleging corruption against . . .
- Anand's Nemesis (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 05, 2007)
That former MP Anand Mohan and his accomplices, convicted for the brutal murder of Gopalgunj's then District Magistrate G Krishnaiah, have been awarded stern sentences by a Patna trial court will satisfy all interested in seeing justice done.
- ‘Exact Meaning Of Secret Has Not Been Given In Osa... In Raw, Even Circulars For Tea Parties Are Secret’ (Indian Express, V. K. Singh, Oct 05, 2007)
When I was asked to write this piece, I initially declined. Not because I did not want to do it, but because I felt weak and defenceless.
- Separate Tasks (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 05, 2007)
It is not wise to keep crossing over the fence into a neighbour’s territory.
- Cid To Probe Alleged Police Role In Rahman Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The alleged role of certain senior city police officials in the mysterious death of Rizwanur Rahman, a 30-year-old computer graphics teacher, whose body was found by the side of the railway tracks near here on September 21, is among the issues . . .
- Bandh Fracas (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Oct 05, 2007)
There can be no dispute, except from the camp of the ruling DMK, that the October 1 shutdown in Tamil Nadu constituted a total bandh sponsored by the Democratic Progressive Alliance captained by chief minister M. Karunanidhi.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 05, 2007)
The world must give it to Pervez Musharraf that he has in his own way, however spurious, been able to shore up his image ahead of this Saturday's presidential election.
- Waiting For Justice (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 05, 2007)
A Patna trial court has sentenced three former legislators, including a powerful ex-MP, to death and given life imprisonment to two others for leading and inciting a mob to lynch an IAS officer.
- Dmk’S Ally Wants Sc Judge Off Ram Sethu Cases (Tribune, Arup Chanda, Oct 04, 2007)
A close ally of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi today trained its guns on a Supreme Court judge and appealed to the Chief Justice of India not to allow him to hear cases related to the Sethusamudram project or the recently held bandh in . . . .
- Stop This Farce (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
By enforcing an undeclared bundh in Tamil Nadu over Sethusamudram issue, the DMK government has shown a lofty contempt for the judiciary.
- Buddhadeb In Line Of Fire Over Death Of An It Pro (Deccan Herald, Prasanta Paul, Oct 04, 2007)
The probe over the death of an IT professional could be one more headache for Bhattacharya.
- Karunanidhi Tries To Mend Fences: Sc Order Reached Late, We Obeyed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
With party leaders and allies openly questioning judicial verdicts, even levelling charges of “crossing limits”, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today issued a statement which sought to mend fences by stating that last-minute directions . . . . .
- Ex-Mp Anand Mohan Gets Death (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
A former MP and JD-U leader Anand Mohan was sentenced to death by a local court which also awarded life imprisonment to his wife, also an ex-MP, on Wednesday in a murder case where the then Gopalganj District Magistrate was lynched by a mob 13 years back.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 04, 2007)
Incontrovertibly now, Kolkata’s Police Commissioner, Prasun Mukherjee, is under a cloud in the Rizwan-ur Rehman-Priyanka Todi matter.
- Protecting Ipr (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 04, 2007)
The next corporate battle for supremacy will neither be on the streets of Bangalore nor Mumbai for market share, nor in Dalal Street or Wall Street for large sums of money on beneficial terms.
- A Facility For Fraud (Dawn, I. A. Rehman, Oct 04, 2007)
AS the life of the National Assembly born in 2002 comes to a close, a review of its performance is in order.
- Protection For Women? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Oct 04, 2007)
Pakistani women have taken giant leaps forward on the path to progress — of that, there is no doubt.
- Eklavya's Dharma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 03, 2007)
The selection of Eklavya: The Royal Guard as India's official entry to the Oscars - it will compete in the 'Best Foreign Film' category - has run into controversy with the makers of Dharma, which narrowly lost the race and its makers took the. . . . .
- Is It Contempt? (Indian Express, Jayanth Jacob, Oct 03, 2007)
The editorial in People’s Democracy deals with the subject of contempt in the context of Delhi High Court holding four Mid Day journalists guilty of contempt of court.
- Probe Into Isro Land Deal Not Needed (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
There was absolutely no need for a judicial probe or a CBI inquiry into the ISRO land deal for its Space Institute at Ponmudi as it was clear that ministers were not involved in the deal, CPI's Kerala secretary Veliyam Bhargavan said on Saturday.
- Constitutionally Off-Track (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 03, 2007)
Judges sometimes talk too much, on all manner of subjects, in the course of court hearings.
- Human Rights Commissions In India (Hindu, C. Raj Kumar, Oct 03, 2007)
It is nearly 15 years since the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was established in India through the adoption of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, by Parliament.
- Return Gift (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 03, 2007)
Matters in Pakistan are as democratic as they can be. The supreme court has given a patient hearing to petitions against the candidature of Pervez Musharraf in the forthcoming presidential polls, and thrown them out.
- Sc Right To Rule Bandh Illegal (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Oct 03, 2007)
The Supreme Court would have done well not to suggest the imposition of President’s rule on Tamil Nadu.
- Mush Confidant Is New Army Chief (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
A man, who, by all accounts, holds General Pervez Musharraf's trust on crucial issues such as India, Benazir Bhutto and counter-insurgency, Lt General Ashfaque Kiani will be the new face of the Pakistan army.
- Running A Business Still Not Easy (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
India went up 12 notches in the World Bank’s latest edition of Doing Business, which ranks countries on the basis of 10 parameters, vis-a-vis the facilitation of private enterprise.
- Missing Link To Mystery Of Tsar's Children (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 01, 2007)
There is a "high degree of probability" that bone fragments found recently near the Russian city of Yekaterinburg are those of a daughter and son of the last Tsar, forensics experts said Friday.
- General Has His Way (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 01, 2007)
THE Pakistan Supreme Court delivered a surprising verdict on Friday, allowing Gen Pervez Musharraf to contest the October 6 presidential election without resigning as army chief.
- Fundamental Judgments (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Oct 01, 2007)
No, the Allahabad high court judge did not make the statement he made, in casual fashion, at a seminar or a university debate.
- Memorial Service (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 01, 2007)
In Calcutta, change is always a battle between new kinds of consciousness and existing forms of chaos.
- South Asia's New Czars (Times of India, SWAGATO GANGULY, Oct 01, 2007)
In trademark commando style, General Musharraf stated he would give up his army post only after, and not before, he is re-elected president.
- General Mush Faces Backlash In Pak (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Upping the ante, over 230 opposition lawmakers have resigned from Pakistan's national and provincial assemblies to resist Pervez Musharraf's re-election bid, as journalists observed a 'Black Day' on Sunday condemning the police action during . . . .
- Sc Stops Tn Shutdown By Dmk: Bandhs Are Illegal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Slamming the very concept of a bandh and the perceived defiance of law, the Supreme Court today stopped the DMK-sponsored Tamil Nadu bandh called tomorrow to demand early completion of the Sethusamudram shipping canal project.
- Judiciary Lets Pakistan Down (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 01, 2007)
By washing its hands of the petitions challenging President Pervez Musharraf’s eligibility to contest the October 6 presidential election while remaining army chief, Pakistan’s Supreme Court avoided a head-on collision with the military ruler but . . . .
- I Acted On My Conscience: Bhagwandas (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Oct 01, 2007)
Supreme Court judge Rana Bhagwandas, one of three dissenting judges on the bench that dismissed petitions against President Pervez Musharraf’s bid to seek another term last week, has said that he acted on his conscience.
- Contempt Power And Some Questions (Hindu, V.R. Krishna Iyer, Oct 01, 2007)
Contempt power is a case of survival after death; a vague, vagarious and jejune branch of jurisprudence, which is of ancient British vintage.
- Supreme Court Stays Tn Bandh (New Indian Express, Prabhakar Rao Voruganti, Oct 01, 2007)
In a major decision, Supreme Court has on Sunday restrained the ruling political combine in Tamil Nadu from going ahead with the bandh slated for Monday in seeking early implementation of the Sethusamudram project.
- The Midday Judgment~ii (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Supreme Court observed: “Well, if he is determined to feign that he would not look at any one of those materials as well as the final decision rendered by the President of India regarding the age of Dr Justice AS Anand, and then . . . . ..
- Sc Stays Tn Bandh, Cm To Fast (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The ruling DMK front in Tamil Nadu today suffered a major setback with the Supreme Court restraining it from going ahead with the statewide bandh tomorrow on the Sethusamudram project issue.
- Bandh Stopped, Dmk To Fast (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Sunday directed the DMK-led Democratic Progressive Alliance in Tamil Nadu not to go ahead with its proposed bandh on Monday demanding speeding up of the Sethusamudram project.
- Rights Activists: Persecution And Resistance (Hindu, MUKUL SHARMA, Sep 29, 2007)
Harassment of human rights activists is so often part of their daily life that it goes unreported. Detention or abduction, disappearances and politically motivated imprisonment are used to intimidate them.
- Anger In Pakistan Legal Community (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 29, 2007)
The verdict was not unexpected. But the court’s decision to throw out petitions challenging the eligibility of President Pervez Musharraf to contest the October 6 presidential election caused anger and disappointment in the legal community whose . . . .
- Industrial Leap (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Sep 29, 2007)
SPEARHEADING the drive to make Karnataka an industrial powerhouse, the Directorate of Industries and Commerce has been wooing industrialists, facilitating investments, planning roadshows, offering easy access to government departments . . . .
- Which Model Of Governance? (Dawn, Syed Mohibullah Shah, Sep 29, 2007)
POOR countries are poor not because they lack resources but because they are ruled by indigent laws and institutions of governance that are incapable of addressing challenges and opportunities of the world they operate in.
- Cpi(m) Concerned At Myanmar Incidents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau met here on Friday as a prelude to three days of “very crucial” discussions by the central committee on the India-United States nuclear deal and the political situation, among other issues.
- Judges And Detectives (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Sep 29, 2007)
It is always a good idea to keep in touch. Especially if the people with whom one keeps in touch are also one’s voters and tax-payers.
- Sc: Musharraf Can Contest In Uniform (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Sep 29, 2007)
A nine-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday by 6-3 majority dismissed on technical grounds various petitions challenging the eligibility of President Gen Pervez Musharraf to contest election for another term.
- Day Of The General (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 29, 2007)
If Pakistan were a constitutional state, Musharraf would need to shed his post of chief of army staff before being allowed to contest the presidency.
- Hiv+ Mother Gets Child's Custody (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
A woman who was infected by her HIV positive husband and punished by a lower court which wrenched away her 9-year-old daughter from her saying she was unfit to be a mother, on Friday got custody of the girl thanks to a sessions court in Jaipur.
- Musharraf Can Contest In Uniform (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
SC dismisses petitions against dual-office by 6-3 majority, Six judges including Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Abdul Hamid Dogar, Justice M. Javed Buttar, Justice Nawaz Abbasi, Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar and Justice Falak Sher give . . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 29, 2007)
The plot thickens. A week after the mysterious death of Rizwanur Rahman, it doesn't behove the Chief Minister to make confusion worse confounded.
- Round Two To Musharraf! (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The 9-member bench of the Supreme Court has announced, by a “six-three” majority, that the constitutional petitions by Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Imran Khan and others challenging President General Pervez Musharraf’s bid to be re-elected . . . . .
- In Public Interest (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Sep 29, 2007)
PUBLIC sector utilities such as the Postal Department, the Department of Telecommunications and the Railways have been playing a key role in propelling Karnataka forward.
- Speech As Action (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Sep 29, 2007)
IN the days of the Raj, the speech was very much a form of action for the constitutionalists who first led the freedom movement, alike on the public platform and in the legislatures. They were greatly influenced by British traditions . . .. .
- Supreme Court Says Go Ahead Musharraf (Daily Times, Irfan Ghauri, Sep 29, 2007)
A nine-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday dismissed six identical petitions challenging the holding of two offices by President Gen Pervez Musharraf and his candidature for re-election in uniform, declaring them
“not maintainable”.
- A Little Less Foggy (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 29, 2007)
WITH the Supreme Court judgment dismissing the opposition’s petitions on the dual office issue on Friday, the way is clear for President Pervez Musharraf to contest the Oct 6 election to the nation’s highest office.
- Musharraf Can Contest Poll While Being Army Chief: Court (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Sep 29, 2007)
After two weeks of intense daily hearings, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday cleared the way for President Pervez Musharraf to contest the October 6 presidential election while remaining Army chief, by dismissing as “non-maintainable” . . . .
- Pak Sc Issues Notice To Aziz (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
Pakistan Supreme Court today issued notices to Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and several other top officials seeking their explanation on the deportation of former premier Mr Nawaz Sharif to Saudi Arabia in violation of a court order allowing his return.
- Pirates In The Cyberworld (Telegraph, RAVI VYAS, Sep 28, 2007)
Copyright has always been a sprawling mess because of the opacity of copyright laws.
- Tryst With Sleaze (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
How corrupt are we? A little less this year than last, according to the latest corruption perception index released by Transparency International.
- Cow Slaughter (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 28, 2007)
The refusal of the Supreme Court to ban cow slaughter on the ground that it is a policy matter and for the government to take the decision is in consonance with the fundamental principles of separation of powers, the basic structure of the Constitution.
- Cm Orders Judicial Probe Into Rizwan’S Death (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Bowing to mounting pressure the chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of Rizwan-Ur-Rehman although he refused to heed to his cabinet colleague, Mr Subhas Chakraborty, according to whom no probe . . . .
- Pakistan On The Brink Again (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Sep 28, 2007)
Two decisions to be made today may decide which way Pakistan is likely to go in the days to come.
- Systemic Failure (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Sep 28, 2007)
Nobody really bothered
The apex court was correct in observing that people have begun taking the law into their own hands ~ not that this justifies the Vaishali lynching to which reference was made ~ because they were not. . .
- Pak Cj Orders Release Of Opposition Workers (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
Pakistan’s Chief Justice ordered the immediate release of detained Opposition members on Thursday as President General Pervez Musharraf formalised his disputed candidacy for a new five-year term.
- Judicial Probe Into Rizwanur Case (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya yesterday ordered a judicial probe into the mysterious death last week of a Muslim youth who had married the daughter of industrialist Ashok Todi despite her family's intense opposition.
- Importance Of Being Earnest (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Sep 28, 2007)
THE Chief Justice has broken his silence at long last. This is how the opposition members would like to term his order passed yesterday, directing the authorities to immediately release all political leaders detained by the government over the last . . .
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