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Current, former mayors ask Ottawa to leave Insite alone
Ottawa contends that its power over criminal law trumps British Columbia's jurisdiction over health care in deciding whether the unique clinic should survive. "Public safety demands that access to drugs be carefully controlled," federal lawyer Robert
Updated: 05/11/2011 03:56A
Azerbaijani top official: Adopting defamation law does not relinquish
A group of developers of the draft law included MPs, media representatives and lawyers. International organizations believe that Article 147 (defamation) and Article 148 (insult) envisaging criminal liability for insult and slander must be removed from
Updated: 05/11/2011 03:42A
Plea in high court to lift stay on probe against BS Yeddyurappa
Governor HR Bhardwaj had accorded sanction for prosecution for the alleged offences, under Section 405 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code, and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The additional civil and sessions
Updated: 05/11/2011 03:17A
Room for Debate: A Running Commentary on the News
Joseph Vining, the Hutchins Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Michigan Law School and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, has taught and written extensively on business corporations, criminal law, and animal law.
Updated: 05/11/2011 03:09A
Supreme Court rejects CBI plea to reopen Bhopal case
The apex court, by its 1996 verdict, had diluted the charges against the accused from Section 304 (A) of the Indian Penal Code -- culpable homicide not amounting to murder, to that of Section 304 (II) -- criminal negligence.
Updated: 05/11/2011 03:01A
Defamation law to increase level of journalism – official
"But the defamation issue is serious: our Criminal Code contains the only article envisaging a criminal responsibility for insult and it does not fix the profession it relates to -either a worker or a journalist. Therefore, it is necessary to answer
Updated: 05/11/2011 02:59A
Bullies say sorry, sort of
Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner Zakaria Pagan (pic) said: “Although it depends on the situation, if the act creates fear in the victim, it can be classified as criminal intimidation. “It is not considered a crime in the eyes of the law but
Updated: 05/11/2011 02:41A
New classes get a 'Yes'
Street law will cover three main topics: contracts, criminal law and civil law. Contracts include the legalities of buying a house, car or entering into a lease agreement. Criminal law presents a basic understanding of how the legal system works,
Updated: 05/11/2011 02:35A
Apex court rejects CBI plea to reopen Bhopal case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging its 1996 verdict diluting the charges against accused Keshub Mahindra, then United Carbide India Ltd (UCIL) chairman, and six others for
Updated: 05/11/2011 02:26A
NA passes bill: Acid-throwers to get harsher punishment
After the passage of the bill, Memon urged members for the implementation of the law in their respective constituencies. Bushra Gohar, chairperson of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Women's Development, Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho,
Updated: 05/11/2011 01:47A
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