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Injured drivers should be allowed to sue — report
Injured drivers should be able to sue for pain and suffering, says an independent review of Nova Scotia's auto insurance system. The Tory government removed the lawsuit option in 2003 as it took steps to rein in
Updated: 06/03/2011 05:02A
SC seeks details of plots allotment to CDA employees
By Hasnaat Malik ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while hearing a suo moto case on Thursday observed that the people who got posted in CDA even for two days got the plots. A three-member bench, headed by CJP was
Updated: 06/03/2011 05:02A
CBI yet to take up drug nexus cases in Goa
In a written assurance to the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court in April, the CBI had tolld Justice SC Dharmadhikari and Justice FM Reis that the agency would probe three drug related cases in which several police officers and Israeli drug dealers
Updated: 06/03/2011 05:01A
Videotape of accused played in voir dire
The Ontario Provincial Police pulled over the truck in a set-up traffic stop. One of the undercover operators turned over C$4750 and US$1700, which Hariprasad gave the officer, Dinsdale testified Thursday. Hariprasad got this money from the Nabis,
Updated: 06/03/2011 05:01A
THAILAND: Criminalization of free speech ahead of election
The number of cases brought under section 112 of the Criminal Code of Thailand and the 2007 Computer Crimes Act has continuously risen since the 19 September 2006 coup. Within the last three months there has been a further escalation of the
Updated: 06/03/2011 05:00A
COMMENT: Captive court —Dr Farah Zahra
'Awaam ki adalat' (citizen's court), a fiery talk show aired on May 29, passed the verdict that Pakistan should end its alliance with the US against the war on terror. It comprised of a host with a mission, a hall full of clapping youngsters and the
Updated: 06/03/2011 05:00A
Edwards' lawyer in N. Carolina amid signs indictment or plea is near
Washington (CNN) -- John Edwards' lawyer Greg Craig was in North Carolina on Friday amid signs that the former senator and 2008 presidential candidate likely either will be indicted or he and the Justice Department
Updated: 06/03/2011 05:00A
DFA-BSP e-passport deal legal, says De Lima
By Tetch Torres MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Justice has affirmed the validity of a proposed deal between the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on the production of electronic passports.
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:59A
SC seeks govt's stance over illegal appointments in PQA
Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali said unemployment was rife in the country, but ignoring the entire country and hiring people from only two constituencies gave a bad impression. He asked the AG to make the government realise the illegal appointments and ask
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:59A
Nigeria: Justice Auta Answerable to God - CJN
Abuja — The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, yesterday, told the newly sworn-in Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, to do everything possible to give qualitative and equitable justice administration
Updated: 06/03/2011 04:58A
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