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Notice to Centre, UPSC on plea against English test
A bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notice also to the Ministry of Personnel, besides the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), seeking their stands by March 14 on the plea by one Dina Nath Batra.
Updated: 02/01/2012 08:00A
Group to ask top court for go-ahead to sue Anvil Mining
“It's unfortunate that the citizens are having so much difficulty obtaining justice,” the three-judge panel wrote. “Despite the sympathy we feel for the victims and the admiration for the NGOs,” the law doesn't recognize Quebec as having jurisdiction.
Updated: 02/01/2012 07:21A
UPSC, govt get notices on new exam pattern
Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri sought the responses by March 14 after the petitioner said the pattern deprived a vast majority of Indians who had studied in Hindi or any Indian language from fairly competing in the exam. The public interest litigation
Updated: 02/01/2012 07:18A
105 people busted in massive identity theft crackdown by US taxmen
By Michael Cooney | Network World US | Published: 11:59, 01 February 2012 The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice teamed up for a coast-to-coast crackdown on identity thieves this week. The coast-to-coast law enforcement onslaught
Updated: 02/01/2012 07:08A
Feds sue St. Bernard Parish over housing
Posted: Feb 1, 2012 6:00 AM by AP NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The US Department of Justice has sued St. Bernard Parish, accusing it of a multi-year campaign to limit rental housing for African-Americans after Hurricane Katrina. Parish President David Peralta
Updated: 02/01/2012 07:03A
Baxter County Budget Committee sends salary issue to full court
Justice of the Peace Steve Litty, committee chairman, and justices Neal Pendergrass and Eddie White unanimously agreed to send the judge's proposal to the full quorum court for further consideration. The quorum court's next regular meeting is Feb. 7.
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:57A
SC orders De Lima to comment on disbarment raps
MANILA — The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila De Lima to comment on the disbarment complaint filed against her in connection with her alleged defiance of an SC order allowing former President and now Pampanga
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:53A
Guardian - "Insurance lobbyists were briefed by mandarins over legal reform"
Documents reveal Ministry of Justice officials granted access to insurers when drawing up plans for civil litigation changes says this article from The Guardiaan. Insurers were given extensive access to civil servants drafting the flagship legal aid
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:42A
Leveson inquiry: Lord Black, Ed Richards, Colette Bowe - live
The court of appeal ruled on Wednesday that Mulcaire was not entitled to section 72 privilege against self-incrimination and must reveal who at the now-defunct News International title had instructed him to hack phones, who he had passed the
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:39A
Mulcaire loses hacking case appeal
Three judges in the Court of Appeal, headed by the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, refused Mulcaire permission to appeal their ruling, but granted a stay until 5pm on Monday pending an application for permission to the Supreme Court itself.
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:39A
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