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Big names figure in second mining report, says Hegde
BANGALORE: All eyes are now on the second and final report of Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh N Hegde on illegal mining, which is said to be `explosive' and due to be released by mid-June. But what has passed unnoticed is his first report,
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:06P
NBC29Press group decries impunity in murders
Even once the court process is completed, there is no guarantee justice will be served, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday in its annual report on impunity in journalist killings worldwide. "Entrenched corruption and dysfunction in law
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:06P
AFN Congratulates Specific Claims Tribunal on Commencement of Operations
The Specific Claims Tribunal Act, passed in Parliament in June 2008, was the result of the Government of Canada's "Justice At Last" Specific Claims Action Plan. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo stated: "We know there are
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:06P
Coalition Comments on Ontario's Passage of Anti-Contraband Tobacco Legislation
These illegal cigarettes jeopardize the livelihoods of countless law-abiding small businesses that rely on tobacco sales to draw traffic to their stores and earn their living. Contraband tobacco robs the Ontario government half a billion dollars a year
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:05P
Notify BE fees on or before June 8: HC
BANGALORE: Ending the suspense over the fee for professional courses, the Karnataka high court has directed the state government to notify the report submitted by fee regulatory committee headed by Justice B Padmaraj on or before June 8.
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:05P
What is special about special DCs, asks HC
Justice DV Shylendra Kumar gave this directive after revenue secretary Prabhakar appeared before the court and promised commensurate action against erring officials. He said: "What is so special about these special DCs? Are they so important for the
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:05P
2011 OAA Awards announced
The Michael V. and Wanda Plachta Award was presented to Humber College Centre for Justice Leadership by Gow Hastings Architects Inc. for smaller projects built in Ontario, exhibiting design excellence, and created by a relatively young or small firm.
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:05P
Home Is Where the Nerves Are: What to Know About a Subsidiary's Principal
It goes without saying that it is vitally important to place your client in the most advantageous position at the outset of a lawsuit. For a defense attorney, the conventional wisdom is that federal court is often the best forum to defend a complex
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:04P
Denver police detective fired over Stapleton hit-and-run probe
He probably gets that from years in the criminal justice system,” said criminal defense attorney Dan Recht. Recht knew Garcia during his days as a Colorado state public defender where Garcia spent 25 years investigating police and cross examining them
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:04P
White House Spins Auto Bailouts
The answer is no," said David Skeel, a professor of bankruptcy law at the University of Pennsylvania. Skeel said there was "a case for restructuring and preserving GM and Chrysler," but he argued that it should have happened in a "normal bankruptcy.
Updated: 06/01/2011 06:03P
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