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Govt cites Bhatt's 'criminal mindset' to oppose his bail plea
He also argued that against the criminal law provisions, the police have added sections 194 and 195 of the Indian Penal Code against Bhatt with the oblique motive to see that the latter did not get bail. Later, the hearing was adjourned till Friday,
Updated: 10/05/2011 10:05P
Fears over proposals to reform legal aid system
the Law Society of Scotland has warned. The Scottish Government has published a series of reforms to legal aid aimed at delivering savings as a result of the comprehensive spending review. They include seeking financial contributions in criminal
Updated: 10/05/2011 10:05P
State police, a must for effective criminal justice system – Lawal Pedro, SAN
If the law says, it is the NBA that is to nominate members into any institutional body; the Bar should be allowed to do this without interference. The Bar for example should be allowed to recommend at least 10 persons who they feel qualify for such
Updated: 10/05/2011 09:01P
Right to question hudud law
In a democracy, if we can't question the laws that affect our lives, then it is not a democracy at all. And then there is poor Mat Sabu; charged with criminal defamation for questioning the heroism of the policemen who fought at Bukit Kepong.
Updated: 10/05/2011 08:30P
In Tripoli Blacklist, Fears of Purge to Come
Only one of the 13 blacklisted professors and lecturers, criminal-law authority Faiza al Basha, has dared to show up on campus since Tripoli fell to the rebels in late August. She was promptly chased away by an angry mob of protesters.
Updated: 10/05/2011 07:24P
President Obama Nominates Judge Patty Shwartz for the United States Court of
In 1989, Judge Shwartz joined the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, where she prosecuted a wide range of criminal cases. During her time at the United States Attorney's Office, Judge Shwartz held the following leadership
Updated: 10/05/2011 07:21P
Plan for student lawyers to plug legal aid cash gap
A number of the proposals, which will now be part of a consultation, have come out of the on-going Making Justice Work programme, which the Scottish Government says will be "the most radical reforms of courts and tribunals in at least a century".
Updated: 10/05/2011 07:06P
Oliver Adair: If you can afford a contribution, you should pay it
Contributions in civil legal aid cases are already collected by the Scottish Legal Aid Board and the Law Society, and most solicitors firmly believe this should happen in criminal legal aid cases as well. We do not want to see solicitors used as
Updated: 10/05/2011 07:01P
Migiro stresses need to advance rule of law worldwide
Among the UN's activities, it is striving to strengthen the system of international criminal justice established by the Rome Statute, which set up the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is also putting together a “coherent approach” to assisting
Updated: 10/05/2011 06:50P
Obama nominates Paterson-born judge to federal appeals court
Shwartz is a 1983 graduate from Rutgers University who got her law degree in 1986 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She worked in the US Attorney's Office from 1989 through 2003, a term that included two stints as chief of the criminal
Updated: 10/05/2011 06:33P
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