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Articles 2421 through 2520 of 4481:
- Judiciary A Partner In National Development, Says Kalam (Hindu, Rajesh Ahuja, Dec 11, 2005)
Golden Jubilee celebrations of Punjab and Haryana High Court inaugurated
Emphasis on delivering speedy justice
"Disputes should be resolved through human touch at grassroots level"
Creation of `Judiciary Programme Management Group' suggested
- Stop The Violence (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Dec 11, 2005)
Determined intervention is needed to reverse the steady elimination of women in India.
- The System That Failed (Dawn, Anwar Syed, Dec 11, 2005)
Every so often I find someone arguing that the present disarray in our government and politics will not go away unless we adopt a presidential system. But no one has spelled out the relevant specifics and told us what kind of a presidential system . . .
- Courts Should Ensure Speedy Justice: Kalam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 11, 2005)
Holding that the “dynamism and innovativeness” of the judicial system is vital for the country’s development, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday asked the courts to ensure speedy delivery of justice.
- Kalam For Speedy Justice (Tribune, Maneesh Chhibber, Dec 11, 2005)
The dream of the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that common Indians must get “cheap and speedy justice” found an echo at the function organised today to celebrate the golden jubilee of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
- B'desh- Beware Of 1971 Traitors (Daily Excelsior, Samuel Baid, Dec 11, 2005)
A few days after Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appealed to Opposition Awami League’s (AL’s) leader Sheikh Hasina to join hands to fight the rising jehadi terror in the country,
- Discriminatory Law (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 11, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
- New Quota Bill (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 10, 2005)
THE Union Cabinet’s clearance of a proposal to amend Article 15 of the Constitution and restore reservation for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and socially and educationally backward classes in unaided private professional educational institutions
- Rhetorics And Reality Of Human Rights (Daily Excelsior, Jagjit Singh, Dec 10, 2005)
''Instruments of political oppression still threaten many thousands of people. The number believed to be incarcerated without a fair trial is quite high in some countries. In many cases oppressive states use the police and military to repress people . . .
- 'Growth From Labour Reforms' (The Financial Express, Reuters, Dec 10, 2005)
India needs to reform its labour laws so that they protect the interests of workers, create jobs and enable the country to attract investment for faster economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.
- Terror Suspect Draws Government Pay (Hindu, PRAVEEN SWAMI, Dec 10, 2005)
Jan's case, among others, being scrutinised by Chief Minister's staff "Whoever is responsible for this is mocking the martyrdom of men in uniform," says widow of Army Major
- Educational Reservations (The Financial Express, ABHISHEK M SINGHVI, Dec 10, 2005)
Our Constitution provides a harmonious and interlocking system of checks and balances. The judiciary is fully entitled to interpret the law s and strike these down where it feels this is needed. In the same way, the legislature is fully entitled . . .
- With Reservations (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 10, 2005)
The state mostly provides awful education. Quotas in the private sector will only pass on that guilt.
- Human Rights Day (Greater Kashmir, Editorial, Greater Kashmir, Dec 10, 2005)
December 10 passes like any other day in the Valley. Of course, some organizations organize debates and conferences to mark the occasion but the International Human Rights Day does not make any difference to the people of Kashmir.
- Pm Wants Labour Reform To Create Jobs, Growth (Reuters, Surojit Gupta, Dec 10, 2005)
India needs to reform its labour laws so that they protect the interests of workers, create jobs and enable the country to attract investment for faster economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday.
- Discriminatory Law (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 10, 2005)
The proposed amendment to the Constitution, to ensure reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes students in private unaided professional institutions, does enjoy support cross-party support in Parliament.
- Inside Al-Qaeda (Mid East Web, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 10, 2005)
Al-Qaeda (or Al Qaida) means "the base." It has been described as many different things, and it includes a "federation" of different Islamic groups, all dedicated to mayhem against the West, Christians, Jews and Muslim regimes that do not conform . . .
- Govt Okays Law To Provide Quota In Private Colleges (Hindustan Times, Jay Raina, Dec 09, 2005)
The government on Thursday decided to enact a law to provide reservation to socially and educationally backward students in private unaided educational institutions. The law will effectively neutralise a Supreme Court judgment against such reservation.
- Setting The Priority Right (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
The change in fortune is of course on account of the stunning outcome of the Bihar poll: it has recreated the opening the BJP had, in its mode of despondency, feared had closed for ever.
- Godspeed, Milords (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 09, 2005)
Vacant benches don’t speak well for you. Fill them up, there are 27 million good reasons.
- Parliament On Hold (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Dec 09, 2005)
PARLIAMENT’S time is precious. It cannot be wasted on flimsy grounds. The Opposition had every right to raise the issue of the Volcker committee report that mentioned the former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh and the Congress . . .
- For Women, A Court Of Last Appeal (Indian Express, SAUMYA UMA, Dec 09, 2005)
A hundred countries recently came together to participate in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
- Audit Routines, Gas Pipes, Chickens And Lawyers (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 08, 2005)
"JUST as it is impossible not to taste honey or poison that one may find at the tip of one's tongue, so it is impossible for one dealing with government funds not to taste, at least a little bit, of the King's wealth."
- Cases Of ‘Disappearance’ (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Dec 08, 2005)
HRCP chairperson Asma Jahangir has drawn attention to a very serious problem that has emerged of late in Pakistan. It is the disappearance of people which is being reported from different parts of the country. Ms Jahangir has pointed out that an . . .
- Salem’S Judicial Custody Extended (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Abu Salem was today further remanded in judicial custody till 20 December in the 1993 bomb blasts case by a designated Tada court which asked the CBI to produce him after two days to amend the charges.
- Bharatiya Janata Party (Bjp) Has Demanded That Gandhi Resign Her Post As Head Of The National Advisory Council, An Important Government-Appointed Body (India Daily, Anil Rane, Dec 08, 2005)
BJP has decided to go all out against the super PM – Sonia Gandhi.
- Bihar Cops Flog Youth For Eloping With Aunt (Indian Express, J P Yadav, Dec 08, 2005)
It was public display of police brutality in a state where, after the regime change, there are high hopes from law enforcement agencies. Ranjit Kumar was suspended from a tree as the officer-in-charge of Nimchak Bathani police station in Gaya . . .
- Monica Charms Bhopal Police (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Dec 08, 2005)
She is too innocent to be involved with gangsters, said one. Another vouched for her “virtuous” character. They all agreed Monica Bedi must have been “duped”.
- Justice Blinded (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 08, 2005)
An eye for an eye, Gandhiji famously pronounced, can turn the whole world blind. When the same principle is brought to bear on a judicial verdict, it is comment enough on the blindness of that criminal justice system.
- The Wages Of Corruption (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Dec 08, 2005)
Around 4.30 pm on Friday December 2, 2005, officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Subhash Bhowmik, football coach of Kolkata's famous East Bengal Club and a former international footballer, on the charge of accepting a bribe . . .
- Bjp Targets Sonia, Stages Walk-Out In Parliament (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2005)
Buoyed by Union Minister Natwar Singh's decision to resign on the Volcker controversy, an aggressive BJP-led opposition today targeted Sonia Gandhi in Parliament demanding her resignation as chairperson of the National Advisory Council, saying . . .
- Venezuela: Opposition Plays Truant (Hindu, Richard Gott, Dec 07, 2005)
A tiny ragbag of opposition groups threatens to undermine the credibility of the parliamentary system.
- Issues Raised By Dunlop (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 07, 2005)
The Beleaguered workmen and, for that matter, the minority shareholders of Dunlop India, may see in the acquisition of promoter's stake in the company by the Kolkata-based Ruia group, a ray of hope.
- "Lalu Will Not Get Justice In Bihar" (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Dec 07, 2005)
Great prejudice has been caused by earlier order, counsel tells Supreme Court
- Outsiders In High Positions (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Dec 07, 2005)
Recently some voices have been raised against the practice of posting as Governors and Chief Justices of States persons not belonging to those States
- Khaleda’S Agenda (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 07, 2005)
Handing over power to Islamists
The situation in Bangladesh is fast heading towards anarchy. Close on the heels of the killing of two district judges in a bomb attack in Barisal, suicide bombers struck Gazipur, neighbouring Dhaka, and Chittagong . . .
- Promotion Policy -By Jk Dutt (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 07, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to appoint a special appellate tribunal for redressing the grievances of our armed forces’ personnel has come like the proverbial answer to a maiden’s prayer.
- Khaleda’S Agenda (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
Handing over power to Islamists
The situation in Bangladesh is fast heading towards anarchy. Close on the heels of the killing of two district judges in a bomb attack in Barisal, suicide bombers struck
- Promotion Policy -By Jk Dutt (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Dec 06, 2005)
The Centre’s decision to appoint a special appellate tribunal for redressing the grievances of our armed forces’ personnel has come like the proverbial answer to a maiden’s prayer. Excessive cases, mainly dealing with promotions, have burdened . . .
- Sin Of Pride (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Dec 06, 2005)
There is nothing in Mr K. Natwar Singh’s past career that quite explains his obstinate clinging on to office.
- It Takes Two To Hold Back (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Dec 06, 2005)
This long essay — it has already appeared in three parts, this is the fourth — is about the latest incursion of the military in Pakistan’s political affairs. It started out with the assertion, which immediately drew disagreement from several readers,
- India Introduces Communal Violence Bill (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 06, 2005)
The Indian government introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha on Monday that aims to prevent a recurrence of the type of communal violence witnessed in Gujarat in 2002.
- Monica Brought To Bhopal Over Fake Passport Case (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Extradited underworld don Abu Salem's girlfriend Monica Bedi was brought under tight security from Hyderabad to be produced before a local court in a fake passport case on Monday, police said on Sunday night.
- Some Patience Needed (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 05, 2005)
The Volcker affaire is becoming a riddle wrapped in mystery inside an enigma. Weeks after the first charges surfaced and he described them as ‘ludicrous’,
- Human Rights And Wrongs (Tribune, Justice A.S. Anand (retd), Dec 05, 2005)
The notion of human rights is a recognition of the essential worth of a human being. Terrorism and human rights are natural enemies with no possibility of their co-existence.
- Stamp Paper Racket Refuses To Be Stamped Out (Deccan Herald, R Krishnakumar, Dec 05, 2005)
The government restriction on the use of stamp papers is, ironically, proving fodder to an industry on the other side of law.
- Natwar Shuns ‘Sacrifice’ (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
A day after meeting the Prime Minister, Natwar Singh announced that he was not going to quit.
- Needed, More Whistle-Blowers (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Dec 05, 2005)
Wherever one looks one sees rampant corruption. In India there is no department which does not offer an opportunity to a person to make a climb from rags to riches. Revenue earning departments are well known for offering vast opportunities for corruption.
- The Competent Corrupt (Statesman, DEBAKI NANDAN MANDAL, Dec 04, 2005)
Otherwise competent officers are equally efficient in amassing wealth disproportionate to their known sources of income because the business of give and take is the order of the day
- Old Wine In Very Old Bottles (Hindustan Times, Ashok Row Kavi, Dec 04, 2005)
Here we go again! Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code cannot be abolished or read down because (1) It protects our children. (2) To protect public morality. (3) To prevent obscenity. Choose any, or all, of the three to stop those nasty homosexuals from o
- Light On Iraq Dawns On George Bush (Deccan Herald, N J Nanporia , Dec 04, 2005)
President Bush has declared, more often than anyone would care to count, that as long as he is president America will not withdraw from Iraq until the “job” was done and “victory” was achieved. What exactly this job is and his idea of victory remain . . .
- Bihar Elections Post-Mortem (Indian Express, Soli Sorabjee, Dec 04, 2005)
The main cause for Nitish Kumar’s thumping victory was public disgust with Laloo-Rabri misrule. People saw through the political gimmickry and theatricals of Laloo Prasad Yadav. After all you can fool some people for some time but not all the . . .
- Neutralise Money, Muscle Power: Somnath (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 04, 2005)
Expresses dismay at stalling of proceedings of elected bodies
Neutralise role of money and muscle power
Asks legislators to curb corruption
Decries deliberate disruption of proceedings
- Democratic Snub (Hindustan Times, Pankaj Vohra, Dec 03, 2005)
If there were any doubts in people’s minds that democracy in India was still in its early stages, they must have vanished after the verdict of the Bihar assembly polls.
- No End To Terrorist Threat (Tribune, Maj-Gen Ashok Mehta (retd), Dec 03, 2005)
Since the Delhi bombings, Srinagar serial attacks and the Jehanabad jailbreak, newspapers have been immersed in articles on terrorism and why it is time to take this scourge more seriously.
- Pm Must Act Now (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 03, 2005)
Diplomats are expected to be discrete and cautious about what they say. Not so our Ambassador to Croatia, Mr Aniel Mathrani, whose explosive interview to India Today has blown to smithereens the strenuous efforts of the Congress and the UPA Government to
- Too Close For Comfort (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 02, 2005)
The rash of bomb attacks in Bangladesh has disturbing overtones not only for that country but also for the entire region.
- Zia’S Carrot And Stick Policy (Dawn, Sajjad Ali Shah, Dec 02, 2005)
Normally, the government, whether civil or military, is always anxious to tame the judiciary or befriend it, and for that purpose a policy of carrot and stick is followed. This formula was applied with full force after martial law was imposed . . .
- Clean Politics Is Our Birthright (Indian Express, J.S. BINDRA, Dec 02, 2005)
In your editorial of October 17, you have made some very charitable comments on Sonia Gandhi’s code of conduct. Her prescription is like giving aspirin to a cancer patient. The hypocrisy and humbug that mark our politicians today is breathtaking;
- Left Gets A Winter Chill: Cec Says Bihar Test Will Help In Bengal Polls (Indian Express, Sabyasachi Bandopadhyay, Dec 02, 2005)
Increasing nervousness of the ruling Left Front, Chief Election Commissioner B B Tandon today made it clear that the Election Commission would use its recent ‘‘Bihar experience’’ to conduct Assembly polls in West Bengal next year and would delete names...
- Shun Gender Violence (Pioneer, Remya Mohan, Dec 02, 2005)
The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) began as an endeavour by a small group of Canadian men who wore White Ribbons in memory of the brutal massacre at the Université de Montreal Engineering School where on December 6, 1989, a gunman shot dead 14 female student
- Those Aren't Netaji's Ashes In Renkoji (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 02, 2005)
The Justice MK Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), which presented its final report to the UPA Government in early-November, has conclusively established that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in an air crash at Taiwan's Taihoku airport . . .
- Those Aren't Netaji's Ashes In Renkoji (Pioneer, Udayan Namboodiri, Dec 02, 2005)
The Justice MK Mukherjee Commission of Inquiry (JMCI), which presented its final report to the UPA Government in early-November, has conclusively established that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose did not die in an air crash at Taiwan's Taihoku . . .
- Doing Business In India: A Report Card (The Financial Express, NIRVIKAR SINGH, Dec 01, 2005)
In September, the International Finance Corporation published the third round of its annual rankings of countries, based on an index of ease of doing business.
- Bush Vows "Victory" In Iraq (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 01, 2005)
Democrats ask the President to spell out his optimism in detail
- India Not Ready For Gays, Public Morality Supreme: Centre To Sc (Indian Express, G ANANTHAKRISHNAN, Dec 01, 2005)
That’s the upshot of the Centre’s response to a petition in the Supreme Court where the Naz Foundation has challenged the validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)—it deals with unnatural offences and makes gay sex a punishable act.
- Bangla Bombers (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 01, 2005)
Islamists waging jihad against democracy and rule of law in Bangladesh have announced the acquisition of a new and deadly weapon of mass terror with suicide bombers blowing themselves up at the district courts of Ghazipur and Chittagong, killing nine peop
- Blow For Parity (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Dec 01, 2005)
Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru of the State High Court has struck a blow for parity by declaring that the migrants from Poonch and Doda districts must be treated like those from the Kashmir valley in matters of relief and rehabilitation.
- How Enforceable Is Portugal's Condition? (Hindu, Syed Saif Mahmood, Nov 30, 2005)
In the Abu Salem extradition matter, Indian courts ought to insist upon the observance of the solemn commitment to Portugal and its judiciary, institutions that diligently met their international commitments to India.
- The Lakshman Rekha (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 30, 2005)
Chief Justice of India Justice Y.K. Sabharwal’s statement that the judiciary is not treading on the legislature and the executive needs to be viewed against the Union Law Minister’s statement made earlier about the supremacy of the judiciary.
- Reinventing Post Office (Tribune, L.K. Puri, Nov 30, 2005)
AN attempt has been made during the last few years to market new products and services by the post office and use the network for money transfer, mutual funds, sale of non-judicial stamps and stamp papers, distribution of social security benefits to . . .
- Only 2 Officers Should Interrogate Salem: Court (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
Special TADA judge speaks to accused
Salem's brother moves SHRC
Officers should not frighten Salem: judge
- Suicide Blasts Kill 13 In Bangladesh (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
At least 13 people, including two lawyers and two policemen, were killed and 78 injured in two suicide bomb attacks by the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) outfit on Chittagong and Gazipur court premises today.
- Cbi Scotches Salem Rumours (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 30, 2005)
The CBI director, Mr US Mishra, today put an end to all speculation about Abu Salem turning an approver. He categorically said that the agency would not consider making the extradited Mumbai don an approver in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.
- Plainspeak From India's New Chief Justice (Business Standard, M J Antony, Nov 30, 2005)
He not only discussed the chronic problems ailing the judiciary, but held forth hopes of drastic reforms
- No Excuses Now (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 29, 2005)
No excuses would be justifiable on the part of the concerned authorities now that a Division bench of the State High Court has given them an unambiguous go-ahead signal to rid the Dal Lake of its encroachments.
- Safety Not A Concern (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 29, 2005)
Roads and highways have become death traps. With a boom in the automobile industry,
- Serious Challenge (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Nov 29, 2005)
If one goes by the utterances of State Vigilance Commissioner Ashok Bhan certain concrete steps are afoot to strengthen the existing mechanism against corruption.
- Tread Carefully When The Jurisdiction Is Unclear (The Financial Express, KUMKUM SEN, Nov 29, 2005)
The growth of tribunals in India, intended to provide efficient and effective alternative dispute resolution forums, has unfortunately been sporadic and ad hoc, lacking uniformity. Tribunals have also not been able to achieve the desired . . .
- Worsening Law & Order (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Nov 29, 2005)
Dacoits murdered two people including a retired Superintendent of Police (SP) and shot at and wounded two others in two separate incidents in Rawalpindi on Sunday. And two drug traffickers stabbed an Imam to death in Uch Sharif after he delivered Friday..
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