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Articles 1621 through 1720 of 4481:
- Rs. 6 Crores Settled At `Maha Lok Adalat' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 20, 2006)
Tirunelveli tops in number of disposals, second position for Madurai Tirunelveli tops in number of disposals, second position for Madurai
- Between The Judicial Lines (Pioneer, Salman Khurshid, Apr 20, 2006)
On the basis of apex court's judgement, Buta Singh cannot be held guilty of the dissolution of Bihar Assembly, says Salman Khurshid
- Minding Those Who Meddle With Money (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Apr 20, 2006)
Papers of a new customer are before you. Your deputies in the bank have already interviewed him and done all the prescribed due diligence.
- Jessica Murder Accused Get Bail (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The Delhi High Court today granted bail to seven accused in the Jessica Lall murder case and also issued a non-bailable warrant against Vikas Gill, one of the accused, after he could not be arrested by Delhi Police even after raiding all his hideouts.
- Suit Filed Against Kerala In Mullaperiyar Dam Row (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Apr 19, 2006)
"The enacted law beyond competence of Kerala legislature" The suit said the dam water was meant for irrigation of 2,08,144 acres in five southern districts of Tamil Nadu as also for generation of 140 MW of electricity
- Blight Of Bonded Labour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 19, 2006)
An international conference on bonded labour has called on the Pakistan government to appoint a judicial commission to eliminate private jails and take measures to rehabilitate freed haris.
- Desperately Seeking Manmohan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 19, 2006)
The Supreme Court has played the leadership role in defusing the situation over the Narmada conflict by finding a way out of the impasse.
- Speedy Justice (Tribune, Joginder Singh, Apr 19, 2006)
Figures available with the Law Ministry show that at the end of November, 2005 there were 33,635 cases pending in the Supreme Court and 34,24,518 cases pending in the High Courts.
- An Agreement And A Problem With Semantics (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Apr 19, 2006)
India would seem to be caught in the semantics of the agreement that equates it with non-nuclear weapons states. It would rather like to see the language used for nuclear weapons states in the Indo-U.S. agreement, though operationally it matters little.
- Cbi Probe Into Rape Of Woman Activist (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Crime graph on the rise in Uttaranchal, alleges BJP
- India To Digitise Law Enforcement (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
An ambitious project to extensively use cutting edge digital technology in investigating crimes and to link police forces with the judiciary was unveiled by Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal here on Monday.
- Crime Investigation To Be Digitised (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
In future, Bangalore Police personnel may arrive at crime scenes with portable computers for recording data that could help investigators and the judiciary to recreate the crime scene as accurately as possible, should the need arise.
- Dangers Of Bilateral Investment Treaties (Business Line, C. P. Chandrasekhar, Apr 18, 2006)
In recent years, bilateral investment treaties (BITs) have proliferated especially for developing countries, yet they remain largely secret and outside the realm of public scrutiny and audit. In this edition of Macroscan, C. P. Chandrasek har and . . .
- "None In Upa Stood Up To Modi" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 18, 2006)
Manmohan still has the opportunity to take a decision: Arundhati Roy
"It seems this Government blinked in the face of fascism and showed itself to be uncertain and unsure of itself"
Women's groups say NBA struggle should not be given "confrontational
- Narmada Project: Clearing The Confusion (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Apr 17, 2006)
The factual answers to ten relevant questions are clear. Now the Prime Minister needs to act justly and responsibly, in line with the Supreme Court's judgment.
- Jaipal Succumbs (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 17, 2006)
All the abundant articulation-skills S Jaipal Reddy can muster cannot camouflage degrading reality ~ he has wilted under pressure from the Capital’s unique trader-politician nexus.
- ‘Vulgarity Is What You Can’T See With Your Family’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 17, 2006)
The Bombay High Court order striking down the ban on dance bars has been seen as a slap in the face for Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil, who has been waging a war against what he perceives to be immoral. Mahesh Mhatre spoke to Patil soon . . .
- Those Unfunny Guys In Iran (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Apr 17, 2006)
There’s an sms revolution taking place in Iran. And smileys have become its most potent weapon against the country’s ultra-conservative regime.
- Who Has The Right To The Child? (Tribune, Anil Malhotra, Apr 15, 2006)
The world is a far smaller place now than it was a decade ago. International and intercontinental travel is easier and more affordable than it has ever been. As a natural corollary,
- Third Grunt (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Apr 15, 2006)
Any debate on the third front is not only ridiculous but also totally irrelevant in the current political scenario.
- Peace Returns On Bangalore Streets, Govt Under Fire (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The state capital returned to normal today as peace was restored on the streets but the toll in the police firing yesterday went up to seven.
- Jd (S)-Bjp Govt Should Resign’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 15, 2006)
The Opposition in Karnataka on Friday demanded a judicial or CBI inquiry into the violence in the wake of matinee idol Rajkumar’s demise, that claimed eight lives, and the resignation of the new coalition government.
- R.K. Raghavan: An American Model (Frontline, R.K. Raghavan, Apr 15, 2006)
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, which serves the law enforcement community effectively, has a lot to offer to the Indian Police.
- Jayati Ghosh: Guarding The Guardians (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Apr 15, 2006)
The State's response to the Narmada Bachao Andolan's agitation betrays its obsession with market-obsessed economic priorities.
- Justice Subverted (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Apr 15, 2006)
If the rule of law is not comprehensively ensured, all the good work sought to be done will come to nothing.
- The British Sleepwalk Into A Police State (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Apr 15, 2006)
What is being implemented is a calculated, meticulous, and ruthless project to criminalise legitimate political dissent.
- Quota Of Diminishing Returns (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Apr 14, 2006)
Reservation ruse is unlikely to help the Congress win more seats in the Assembly elections, says Kalyani Shankar
- World Bank Wants To Rid India Of Corruption (Statesman, CP Bhambhri, Apr 14, 2006)
On the heels of the World Bank suspending the release of funds to a health and transport project in India suspecting fraud, its president Mr Paul Wolfowitz has said the lending institution would team up with developing countries to weed out corruption.
- Court And The Constitution (Tribune, Fali S. Nariman, Apr 14, 2006)
Good sense of judges is a help, not a hindrance
- Justice In Three Weeks! (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 14, 2006)
Rajasthan court has shown the way
- Office Of Profit And Disqualification (Hindu, K. Subramanian, Apr 14, 2006)
The courts give varying interpretations depending upon the facts of each case. The best course appears to be to refer the matter to a Parliamentary Joint Committee to determine which of the offices would attract disqualification.
- Rs 1 Lakh Fine For Frivolous Pil In Sc (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
Those filing PILs to settle private scores beware! The Supreme Court has just raised the cost on frivolous PILs from a few thousand rupees to Rs 1 lakh.
- Italy’S Other India Connection (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 14, 2006)
Criminalisation of politics in India is rampant, but P V Narasimha Rao remains the only PM or ex-PM ever convicted (in 2000 in the JMM case). Italy has Silvio Berlusconi, who this week lost the polls by a narrow margin to Romano Prodi; he’s . . .
- Heard The One About The President? (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 14, 2006)
The misdirected email or text message is a hazard of our age. It can sour relationships and upset the closest of our friends.
- Mr. Berlusconi's Clear Defeat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 13, 2006)
The majority secured by Italy's centre-left coalition, headed by Romano Prodi, former Prime Minister and President of the European Commission, in both houses of Parliament mirrors strong popular disapproval of the ruling centre-right alliance's abysmal pe
- Smoked Salman (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 12, 2006)
The sentencing of film actor Salman Khan to five years' of rigorous imprisonment by a Jodhpur court for the killing two black bucks - categorised as protected species under the Schedule-I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 - nearly . . .
- Clean Is Healthy (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Apr 12, 2006)
One should feel satisfied that one has not yet developed cynicism about the need for keeping environment clean and healthy.
- Amar Tap Revisited: Noose Around Industrialist (Indian Express, AMAN SHARMA, Apr 12, 2006)
Based on forged authorisation letters of Haryana DGP and Principal Secretary (Home) — in what is a virtual repeat of the Amar Singh case — a prominent industrialist of Yamunanagar in Haryana got the mobile phone of his immediate subordinate . . .
- Aligarh Clashes: Cpi(m) For Judicial Probe (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
Urges Mulayam Government to check activities of communal forces
- Siddaramaiah Warns Of Power Shortage In Karnataka (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 12, 2006)
`Yediyurappa failed to allocate adequate funds to core sectors such as power'
AIPJD leader says
Karnataka has the potential to generate 8,000 mega watts of hydro-electric power
The installed capacity can produce only 4,000 mega watts of . . .
- From Doubt To Mistrust To Anger (Deccan Herald, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Apr 12, 2006)
Last summer after Nepal’s King Gyanendra engineered a bloodless coup and seized absolute power, royalists washed his feet with “holy water” to express allegiance.
- Buck Stops Here (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Apr 12, 2006)
The law has a long arm, if it decides to use it. Salman Khan may have killed protected chinkara deer seven-and-a-half years ago, but he has been sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a heavy fine for all that.
- Lashkar Operative Remanded For 10 More Days (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 11, 2006)
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative Shami Ahmed Shah, who was arrested on March 30 at the Gulbarga railway station, was remanded on Monday to police custody for 10 more days by Principal Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) V.B. Joshi.
- Karnataka High Court Judgments To Be Posted On The Internet Soon (Hindu, B.S. Ramesh , Apr 10, 2006)
Initially, only reported judgments of the court will be available
The `Net' initiative is among the computer savvy solutions that the court wishes to adopt
The plan will greatly benefit advocates and litigants
There is a move to link the . . .
- Bush Should Come Clean On Cia Leak’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 10, 2006)
President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney should speak publicly about their involvement in the CIA leak case so people can understand what happened, a leading Republican senator said on Sunday.
- The Challenges In An Era Of Liberalisation (Business Line, S. Venkitaramanan , Apr 10, 2006)
A Pay Commission is often not the culmination of difficulties, but their starting point. An unending exercise in lobbying and activist interventions by various coalition partners seems to be on the Government's agenda in the next few years.
- A Pil(l) For Headache (Pioneer, Shailaja Chandra, Apr 10, 2006)
Despite doing well on social and environmental fronts, issues addressed through PILs are often quite technical, says Shailaja Chandra
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear - George Orwell
- Arjun Invokes Vp To Pay Back His Sizing Up (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Apr 10, 2006)
The Human Resource Development Ministry passed the buck on the exaggerated media reports explaining the Election Commission on Sunday about his announcement of extending 49.5 quota in the IIMs and IITs.
- Beware My Lords (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Apr 08, 2006)
Court jesters were common in royal establishments, not conventional judicial institutions.
- Ssp Removed, Two Officials Suspended As Aligarh Remains Tense (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
PAC and RAF deployed in the curfew-bound areas
- Create Mobile Legal Aid System For Rural Litigants: Kalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 08, 2006)
President tells judges to encourage out-of-court settlement in villages
President's advice
Network all dispute-resolving systems
Make important judgments accessible to young lawyers
Take a re-look at cases pending for several years
- Sitting On Judgement (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 08, 2006)
Judicial reforms hinge crucially on the availability of more empirical data to iron out systemic flaws, says Upamanyu Hazarika
- Lack Of Will (Pioneer, Amit Jetley, Apr 08, 2006)
While the higher courts in India have worked admirably to expand the ambit of constitutional and civil rights, what is interesting when one surveys the history of independent India is that there has been so little attempt at judicial reforms.
- Scrutiny Of Judicial Immunity Is Must (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Apr 08, 2006)
In the wake of the public outcry against the acquittal of the accused in the Jessica Lall and Irfan murder cases, the demand for judicial reforms has mounted.
- Bnp Seeks Un Intervention On Balochistan Crisis (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Balochistan Parliamentary leader belonging to Balochistan National Party (BNP) in National Assembly Abdul Rauf Mengal urged the United Nations and all international bodies to intervene in the Balochistan crisis, which had further aggravated as the . . .
- Immigration Reform (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 07, 2006)
President Bush says he’s committed to “comprehensive reform” of America’s broken immigration system: legislation that would both increase enforcement to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the country and provide a legal way to, as Mr Bush puts it,
- An Ideal Opportunity To Act Decisively (The Financial Express, Jayaprakash Narayan, Apr 07, 2006)
The failure of prosecution in several cases has re-focused public attention on our justice . . .
- Courting Justice For 50 Years (Deccan Herald, Krishna Prasad, Apr 07, 2006)
The Karnataka High Court began in the second half of the 19th century with just three judges and 925 cases. One-and-a-half century since then, today it has 36 judges, including the Chief Justice and nearly one lakh cases in its files.
- In Just 28 Yrs, This Govt Servant Minted Rs 12 Cr (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 07, 2006)
Meet B T Lakshman, Chief General Manager of Mysore Minerals Limited. His take-home salary is Rs 18,000. But he is worth more than Rs 12 crore.
- Advani Urges Pm To Intervene (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 06, 2006)
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, L.K. Advani, has in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requested him to immediately intervene in the matter of sealing and demolitions in Delhi and if necessary promulgate an Ordinance to . . .
- Delhi's Deepening Trauma (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 06, 2006)
The court order on sealing showrooms and shops in residential areas will deprive the dispossessed of legitimate livelihood, says Anuradha Dutt
- Justice For All, For Social Stability (The Economic Times, KIRAN KARNIK, Apr 06, 2006)
It is a matter of self-interest for the power-class to quickly mend the system before it breaks.
- Courting Trouble (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 06, 2006)
Fill all vacancies of judges
- Sc For Filling All Judicial Vacancies (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 05, 2006)
Taking serious view of the state governments and High Courts’ inordinate delay in filling the vacancies of judges at all levels, which has direct bearing on speedy disposal of cases across the country, the Supreme Court has directed them to adhere to the
- Investigating Disappearances (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Apr 05, 2006)
A disturbing phenomenon that has late surfaced in Pakistan is that of ‘disappearances’.
- Change Is Possible (Deccan Herald, V Pradeep Kumar, Apr 05, 2006)
Meet India, the land of diversities or unity in diversity, as we like it to be. A country which is being wooed by everyone right from USA, the self-proclaimed guardian of this world to Iran, at the other end of the spectrum. Despite living in . . .
- Office Of Profit: Upa Overlooked Intricacy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Apr 05, 2006)
More on office of profit from the CPI(M), now that the Government has not taken its suggestion for a short session of Parliament to add to the list of positions that MPs may hold without being disqualified.
- The Flawed Trial Of Saddam Hussein (Hindu, Sadakat Kadri, Apr 05, 2006)
The trial of the Iraqi dictator, promising justice while presuming guilt, is a parody of Nuremberg and legally irredeemable.
- When Army & Jihadis Acted In Tandem (Pioneer, B Raman, Apr 04, 2006)
Detailed inquiry into the possible complicity of Pakistani Generals in the September 11 terrorist attacks is necessary, says B Raman
- Synergising The Energy Sector (Daily Excelsior, P.S. Wahi, Apr 04, 2006)
Newspaper reports indicate that restructuring of the petroleum industry has been cleared by the prime minister a high-level 'Synergy for Energy' Committee has been constituted to examine the issues in detail.
- Jd(s) Fields Rufus Daniel In Kovalam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Neelalohithadasan Nadar resigns as MLA, to contest as Independent
- Much Ado (Daily Excelsior, P.S. Wahi, Apr 04, 2006)
Newspaper reports indicate that restructuring of the petroleum industry has been cleared by the prime minister a high-level 'Synergy for Energy' Committee has been constituted to examine the issues in detail
- Come-Uppance In Iisc Case Soon (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
Those arrested include Abdul Rehman, Afsar Pasha, Mohammed Ibrahim Chopdar, Mohammed Irfan, Noorullah, Nazimullah alias Munna and two others.
- Delhi Mps Demand Law On Demolitions, Sealing (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Apr 04, 2006)
"High time the Union Government considered this demand seriously, helped in resolving the issue"
- Shops And Slums — A City Divided (Hindu, A. Srivathsan, Apr 04, 2006)
The traders' protest and the slum-eviction drive in Delhi can be traced to the failure of city planning and urban governance. What is required is a radical reconstruction of the concept of a city.
- Clean Environs (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Apr 03, 2006)
All the steps that are necessary must be taken to save our environment. It goes without saying these
- Why Do People Choose Them? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Apr 03, 2006)
Ethics and values no longer influence voters' emotions anywhere in the country, including in the South, writes K Govindan Kutty
- Changing Dynamics Of South Asia (Dawn, Fateh M. Chaudhri, Apr 03, 2006)
The recent whirlwind trip of President George W. Bush to South Asia was a sort of political tsunami after which the region has not been the same.
- Politics Reeks Of Vendetta (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Apr 03, 2006)
The 'Jessica Lall' factor in criminal jurisprudence has come to dominate public discourse.
- Attempts To Derail N-Deal (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Apr 03, 2006)
As expected, a seesaw battle is on in Washington over the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal.
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