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Corruption cases: Court verdict on Subramanian Swamy's plea is big setback for
(Read: Verdict gentle on PM, tough on his advisors) The Prime Minister's Office reacted with a statement that said the judges "have completely vindicated the Prime Minister whilst appreciating the onerous duties of his office.
Updated: 01/31/2012 05:48A
Supreme Court verdict is gentle on PM, tough on his advisors
The two judges in their verdict used strong language to criticise those who advised the Prime Minister on the issue. Dr Manmohan Singh, they said "is not expected to personally look into the minute details of every case placed before him and has to
Updated: 01/31/2012 05:39A
Al-Mustapha - Braithwaite, Musa, Adebanjo, Osoba, Sagay, Williams, Others React
The verdict drew mixed reactions from the Abiola family, Al-Mustapha's family and eminent Nigerians. Most of them said the trial adjudged as the longest criminal trial in the nation's history having been initiated in October 1998 and lasting exactly 13
Updated: 01/31/2012 05:10A
Verdict will help win war on corruption: Swamy
Calling it a big victory for India's constitution, Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday welcomed the apex court order setting a three-month deadline for the government to sanction an application seeking prosecution of a public servant
Updated: 01/31/2012 04:09A
Chinese dissident writer tried for inciting subversion; no immediate verdict
Zhu's nearly three-hour trial in his hometown of Hangzhou concluded Tuesday morning with no immediate verdict, his lawyer Li Dunyong said by telephone. Li said a verdict was likely by mid-February. Li said prosecutors cited as evidence a poem Zhu wrote
Updated: 01/31/2012 03:41A
Supreme Court verdict on corruption cases is big setback for govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has delivered a verdict that will impact all cases against public officials, bureaucrats and ministers. Today's verdict provokes new embarrassment for the government because it agrees that Janata Party president Subramanian
Updated: 01/31/2012 03:28A
Did Gary Speed nod off with noose round neck?
In a narrative verdict, Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg gave the cause of death as hanging but said “the evidence does not sufficiently determine whether this was intentional or accidental”. The inquest at Warrington Coroner's Court heard that Mr
Updated: 01/31/2012 03:16A
Family won't get insurance payout
The verdicts came after a three-month-long trial that heard from 58 witnesses. Shafia sisters Zainab, 19, Sahar, 17, and Geeti, 13, were found dead June 30, 2009, inside the family's Nissan Sentra discovered submerged at the bottom of the Rideau Canal
Updated: 01/31/2012 02:21A
Post-verdict thoughts on the Shafia trial
The cost of keeping people like the Shafia murderers in prison should be levied against the Shafia family assets, not paid by the Canadian taxpayers. John D. Dorey Westmount Copyright (c) The Montreal Gazette E-mail this Article Print this Article
Updated: 01/31/2012 02:20A
Adnan Patrawala family hurt, not heartbroken
By Shahkar Abidi | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA “The court verdict is an insult to my son's memory,” said Aslam Patrawala, father of 16-year-old Adnan who was found murdered in Navi Mumbai in 2007. The businessman from Oshiwara could not believe that
Updated: 01/30/2012 11:30P