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SC/ST officials can't write ACRs of juniors: HC
It was argued before the single bench of justice MN Bhandari that the February 5, 2010 HC order categorically held that no reservation was permissible in promotions in the state services since the Rajasthan government had failed to fulfill the
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:05P
US–Central American Security Cooperation
Simply locking up young men in inadequate and often inhuman incarceration conditions did little to solve the underlying crime problem or improve justice systems. Finally, Central America continues to suffer from democratic backsliding and the emergence
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:05P
An angel for the men in uniform
masks that the elderly woman and her daughter handed over with a request to use them when there is too much traffic on the street. Helping hands such as these are few but go a long way in building a connect between the law enforcers and society.
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:05P
Aleksandar Vasovic and Adam Tanner, REUTERS
“Ratko Mladic has been extradited,” Serbian Justice Minister Snezana Malovic told reporters on Tuesday evening. “That means he is in the plane en route to The Hague tribunal.” Mladic, 69, was indicted by the International Tribunal for the former
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:05P
No TRO for Pichay
in the instant case reveals that petitioner (Pichay) has so far failed to show a clear and unmistakable right which would justify the issuance of an injunctive writ,” the CA said in a resolution penned by Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe.
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:05P
Decongesting jails
THE Justice Department task force that investigated the escape of homicide convict Antonio Leviste recommended to President Benigno Aquino to make include in the Bureau of Correction manual the grant of “living out privilege” to prisoners.
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:05P
LORD TAYLOR: ROLE MODEL DISGRACED
After university, he became a barrister in 1978 joining the same chambers as the future Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke. His hopes of becoming a Tory MP were dashed at Cheltenham in the 1992 general election. Taylor was the victim of “horrific,
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:05P
Is the DC Comics reboot for real or another half-measure?
We know very little at this point, save a few quotes from Lee, Geoff Johns (who will be writing a new Justice League title drawn by Lee) and publisher Dan DiDio in a USA Today story. It's unclear at this point if this is just a numerical reboot - an
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:05P
PILOT'S LAST WORDS
Minutes after take-off pilot Mr Roberts, 63, radioed air traffic control and asked to make an immediate return after reporting severe engine vibration, the jury in Bromley, south-east London heard. He said: “We're making an immediate turn,
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:04P
TEARS OF MLADIC AS HE IS FLOWN TO FACE TRIAL
It brings to an end a 16-year hunt for Europe's most wanted war criminal and offers the hope of justice for the families of 8000 men and boys who died in the Srebrenica massacre. Earlier yesterday, Mladic's lawyers had unsuccessfully argued the
Updated: 05/31/2011 07:04P