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Ottawa argues against B.C. safe-injection site
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 06:30A
Bhopal tragedy: Justice not done, say activists
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 06:03A
Bill proposing 'minimum 14-year jail term for acid throwers' passed in Pakistan
With the realisation of the growing incidents of violence against women, the bill includes three specific clauses about acid crimes. After the passage of the bill, Memon urged members for the implementation of the law in their respective
Updated: 05/11/2011 06:01A
Supranational Criminal Law Lecture Series: Seminar by Gilbert Bitti and Maria
Her PhD explored the meaning of interests of justice in Article 53 of the Rome Statute and its legal, policy and theoretical implications in the broader context of international criminal law and transitional justice. Previously she was a Visiting
Updated: 05/11/2011 05:59A
SC rejects CBI plea to reopen Bhopal case
Under criminal negligence, the maximum punishment is just two years. Delivering the judgment for the constitution bench, Chief Justice SH Kapadia said that after the 1996 verdict, the accused could not be tried under the stringent provisions of law
Updated: 05/11/2011 05:37A
Couple in smuggling case refuse to testify
They pleaded not guilty to conspiring to encourage or induce people to enter the United States illegally, contrary to American law, between May 5, 2007, and May 11, 2009. The Criminal Code makes it illegal to use Canada to break the laws of another
Updated: 05/11/2011 05:02A
Insite public policy decision, feds tell court
Ottawa contends 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 Frater
Updated: 05/11/2011 05:02A
SC refuses to re-open Bhopal gas tragedy case
Under criminal negligence, the maximum punishment is just two years. Delivering the judgment for the constitution bench, Chief Justice SH Kapadia said that after the 1996 verdict, the accused could not be tried under the stringent provisions of law
Updated: 05/11/2011 04:43A
A Moral Imperative
This is deeply woven into our criminal law that finds no guilt even for killing, when a person is found to be incapable of appreciating the quality of his act. It is fundamentally intertwined in moral teaching that holds that even society's moral
Updated: 05/11/2011 04:31A
The Federal NDP's Electoral Breakthrough in Quebec:
But the central government, with its crucial jurisdiction over banking and finance, foreign affairs, the military, trade and commerce, criminal law and the senior courts and judiciary, etc. – and above all its role in protecting the territorial and
Updated: 05/11/2011 04:02A
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