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Attempting to Preserve Equal Protection for Gays and Lesbians
Proposition 8 stripped marriage rights for same-sex couples and has failed to withstand even rational basis review in the US District Court for the Northern District of California and the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. It is still in force,
Updated: 03/11/2012 08:30P
Holding Governments to Account: The trial of Geir Haarde
By Binoy Kampmark It is fitting, and yet unfortunate, that only one former head of state is having to stand trial in a special court of impeachment for his financial misdemeanours and horrors. The former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde faces
Updated: 03/11/2012 08:23P
Man told to pay blind school for wasting court's time
New Delhi The Delhi High Court has ordered a man to pay Rs 25000 to a blind school to have a dowry harassment case against him quashed, after he reached an out-of-court settlement with his former wife, following a payment of Rs 16 lakh to her.
Updated: 03/11/2012 08:18P
Trial against Big Tobacco begins in Montreal today
Plaintiffs have filed two separate class actions in what is Canada's biggest-ever civilian lawsuit, against Imperial Tobacco, JTI-Macdonald and Rothmans Benson & Hedges in the Superior Court of Quebec. The first class includes 90000 current and former
Updated: 03/11/2012 08:16P
Nimbalkar's family seeks transfer of trial from Alibaug court
PTI Mumbai Alarmed by the number of witnesses turning hostile in the 2006 murder case of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, the family of the deceased has approached the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of trial from Alibaug to Mumbai.
Updated: 03/11/2012 08:15P
Court to frame charges in CWG scam
A Delhi court is likely to frame charges on Monday against six persons, including four MCD officials, for their alleged role in a corruption case involving street-lighting before the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Special CBI judge Pradeep Chaddah had
Updated: 03/11/2012 08:09P
Man gets 10-year RI for raping infant
NEW DELHI: A trial court has sentenced a man to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for the rape of five-month-old girl, calling it a "ghastly and inhuman act". Additional sessions judge (ASJ) Kamini Lau said the case "where the five-monthold girl was
Updated: 03/11/2012 08:09P
Egyptian Military Court Acquits Doctor Accused of Performing 'Virginity Tests'
State news media reported that the court acquitted the doctor, Ahmed Adel el-Mogy, on the relatively narrow basis of contradictions in the testimony heard at the trial. It was unclear if the court reached any conclusions about the occurrence or
Updated: 03/11/2012 07:53P
Trial against Big Tobacco starts
A groundbreaking trial gets underway in Montreal on Monday against three leading tobacco companies which face a $US25 billion ($23.77 billion) lawsuit for allegedly failing to adequately warn smokers of the dangers of cigarettes.
Updated: 03/11/2012 07:40P
Supreme Court to look at 'jury vetting'
Should the state be allowed to peer into the background of potential jurors before deciding whether to select them for a trial? In a series of five test cases this week, the Supreme Court will wrestle with the issue of whether so-called “jury-vetting”
Updated: 03/11/2012 07:32P
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