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Takeaway man guilty
During the week long trial the court heard how Masterson kicked Mr Calvert's head “like a football” before leaving him unconscious in a pool of blood at the Pizza Spaghetti House in Hill Street, Preston. Witnesses described seeing Masterson beat the
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:53P
How firm is White House's footing in not defending DOMA?
In ordering its Justice Department to stop defending DOMA against legal challenges to it, the president has unilaterally and effectively declared it unconstitutional. Problem is, isn't that the job of the judicial branch, not the executive?
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:52P
Basi-Virk documents ordered returned to Crown
BC Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Anne MacKenzie granted a Crown application, ordering the defence in the Basi-Virk trial to return material disclosed to the lawyers for the accused. The material includes confidential cabinet emails that were
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:52P
THE LOOK: Fancy pants
If you think men don't care about what they wear, you'd be wrong – at least that's the verdict presented by ManStyle, a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria that explores the evolution of male fashion from the 18th century to the present
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:51P
'We have sold ourselves, once again'
Referring to the case, heard by the then CJ PHC Justice Tariq Parvez Khan and Justice Muhammad Qaim Jan Khan, the expert on condition of not being named said that in the said case all the legal heirs of four deceased had waived their right of Qisas and
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:51P
HC sets aside acquittal in tree felling case
A division bench of Himachal Pradesh High Court, comprising Justice Surjit Singh and Justice Rajiv Sharma, has set aside the judgment of a special judge and convicted one Khushal Chand for illegal felling of trees and smuggling of timber in Shimla
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:51P
PIL filed against 'boot thrashing' Lucknow DIG
The PIL, filed by lawyer BP Singh Bisen, was admitted in the court of Justice Abdul Mateen and Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh. Bisen said the court issued notice to the DIG, directing him to file an affidavit within 10 days, and fixed the next hearing for
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:50P
NBW against BSP legislator in 2008 gangrape case
The order was passed by a Division bench comprising Justice Abdul Mateen and Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh on a petition filed by Prem Chandra Sharma who has sought a CBI probe into the gangrape case. The Badaun court had earlier issued a non-bailable
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:50P
CIA killer walks free
In another mystifying twist, a report in the US media has claimed within hours that the blood money of about US$2.3m was actually paid out by the Pakistan government on the understanding that the US would 'reimburse the amount later at an opportune
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:50P
UK firms slam Bribery Act exemptions
of the long-running US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. “Discriminating in favour of overseas-domiciled companies when enforcing anti-corruption law strikes us as misguided and counter-productive,” said director of corporate governance George Dallas.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:50P
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