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Chalameswar is Supreme Court Judge
Justice Jasti Chalameswar specialised in constitutional law, election laws, Central excise, customs, income-tax and criminal law. He was appointed standing counsel of the Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta in 1985 and 1986. He was government pleader for home
Updated: 09/11/2011 02:57P
In post-9/11 era, a new approach to the law
The law sailed through Congress seven weeks after the attacks with scant dissent. The Patriot Act expanded the government's surveillance powers and the scope of some criminal laws. But this was nothing compared with the responses of other developed
Updated: 09/11/2011 12:06A
Richard Meehan: Miranda rights essential to criminal law
The balance of the state's proof depended on testimony from a turn-coat “accomplice” with a history of drug abuse and criminal convictions, and two other witnesses who gave descriptions of the assailant that did not match the defendant.
Updated: 09/10/2011 11:36P
Letter: Set our own rules to deal with terrorists
Not only do some people believe that we are not in a war - even George Bush spoke about bringing al Qaeda to justice, as if it were simply a criminal conspiracy, the perpetrators to be brought before "the bar of justice" - but there are no existing
Updated: 09/10/2011 06:50P
Leading criminal lawyer to run for BASL presidency
Mr. Walaliyadde, a leading criminal law practitioner warned against what he called “any attempt at an injection of virulent power politics into the Association”. “The Bar Association itself comprises a full contingent of politicians of all colours and
Updated: 09/10/2011 04:22P
Ballots and Bullets in Guatemala
A specialist in criminal law who helped to found the Instituto de Estudios Comparados de en Ciencias Penales de Guatemala, Paz y Paz replaced a lawyer accused of having links to organized crime (his appointment was later annulled). If, as seems likely,
Updated: 09/10/2011 03:58P
44 Chinese officials held accountable for demolition
Of these 44 officials, 25 are suspected of violating China's Criminal Law and their cases have been transferred to judicial authorities, state-run Xinhua quoted the statement as saying. The forcible land acquisitions has led to increasing cases of
Updated: 09/10/2011 02:08P
Forced demolition officials punished
If a disagreement arises between residents and real estate developers, residents should apply for administrative review within a designated period of time, but if they do not apply and refuse to move, developers can apply for a court-ordered demolition
Updated: 09/10/2011 02:03P
Officials Held Accountable for Forced Demolitions
Of these 44 officials, 25 are suspected of violating China's Criminal Law and their cases have been transferred to judicial authorities, said the statement jointly issued by the ministries of supervision, land and resources, and housing and urban-rural
Updated: 09/10/2011 01:06P
Provisions of Communal Violence Bill
Victims' Rights: This bill seeks to strengthen the rights of the victim in the criminal justice system, through certain provisions in their struggle for justice. Relief and Reparation including compensation: All affected persons, whether or not they
Updated: 09/10/2011 10:31A
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