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SC questions delay in Bhopal gas plea
A five-judge special bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia raised the qu estion on delay and asked the CBI as to why it had not filed the review petition during all these years. Attorney General GE Vahanvati, appearing for the CBI said,
Updated: 04/13/2011 03:00A
Local man in critical after crash
BENNINGTON -- Police said an elderly Bennington man was hospitalized in critical condition after a crash on Dewey Street Monday. Bennington Police Lt. Lloyd Dean said William F. Wolfe, 78, was driving southbound on Dewey Street when he rolled through a
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:59A
Rescue team receive award for saving Iroquois crash survivor
The team which rescued the sole survivor of last year's Anzac Day Iroquois crash have been recognised by the New Zealand Search and Rescue Council, less than two weeks before the anniversary of the tragedy.
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:59A
Appeal court rules in favour of open justice
The declaration came from the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, and Lord Justice Leveson in a case involving an appeal against Mr Justice Eady's refusal to continue an interim injunction obtained by a wife and intended to stop her estranged husband
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:59A
Egypt detains Mubarak and sons for 15 days
The page was set up as an outreach from the Justice Ministry to the families of those killed and injured during the 18 days of protests that ousted Mr Mubarak in mid-February. The statement says the investigation was probing the orders to open fire on
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:58A
Young mum was victim in Purley double death crash
The Passat's unnamed 54-year-old driver was also killed in the crash in Brighton Road, Purley, while the minicab driver and another of Miss Lamont's friends remain critically injured in hospital. The friends had caught a minicab home after leaving the
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:58A
A driver said he is lucky to be alive after a collision with a police vehicle
Ryan Hawkins, 23, who works for Town Cars in Churchdown, was delivering a BMW to a customer when the crash occurred in Eastern Avenue, Gloucester at 1.55pm yesterday. The impact caused his car to roll onto the police vehicle and roll over three times
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:58A
Recovering missing persons duty of govt not SC: Justice Javed
ISLAMABAD: During a hearing of the missing persons' case on Wednesday, Justice Javed Iqbal said it was government's responsibility and not Supreme Court's to recover these people whereas 222 missing persons had been traced due to the apex court's
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:58A
Ex-JPMorgan exec may face SEC lawsuit-report
April 13 (Reuters) - The US Securities and Exchange Commission notified a former JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) executive that he may be sued for his role in selling complicated financial instruments that led to the housing crisis, Bloomberg reported.
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:57A
Lawyers 'appalled' at legal aid cutbacks
Gotlieb has been practising law for 40 years. He says a few bad apples may have abused legal aid in the past but most lawyers take the cases to help people. "You're going to have people who are very talented who want to do criminal law say 'I can't be
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:57A