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No over-zealousness in Ganguly issue: Indira Jaising

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Raising the pitch for removal of former apex court judge A.K. Ganguly, accused of sexually harassing a law intern, as West Bengal human rights panel chief, Additional Solicitor General Indira Jaising Sunday rubbished allegation of over-zealousness in the issue. “What the Supreme Court has done is an internal as well as just procedure to look […]

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Apex court orders transport money to deaf and dumb

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The Supreme Court has directed the central and state governments to grant transport allowance to deaf and dumb employees as is given to blind and orthopaedically handicapped people, and said any distinction between the two was discriminatory. “We are inclined to allow and direct to grant transport allowance to deaf and dumb people at par […]

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Pass Lokpal bill in din if needed: Anna Hazare

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Activist Anna Hazare today said the government should pass the Lokpal Bill in din if needed. He also said the session should be extended if needed to pass the proposed legislation. “I would say if some parties are creating ruckus, pass the bill in din… so many bills are passed in din,” he said. “If […]

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Government’s Lokpal bill not strong: AAP

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The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Sunday rejected the Lokpal bill under consideration in parliament, saying it was weak and would not prevent corruption, but work instead to “protect the corrupt”. “This Lokpal bill does not provide for formation of Lokayuktas, there is no provision for whistle blower protection, and it is not free of the […]

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Amnesty fears attacks on Bangladesh Hindus

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Jamaat-e-Islami leader and war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah could trigger more violence with the country’s minority Hindu community bearing the brunt. Mollah, who was also the Jammat’s assistant secretary general, was hanged at 10.01 p.m. Thursday, hours after the country’s highest court dismissed his petition to review his death sentence. Mollah was sentenced to death […]

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Musharraf trial: Court wants security tightened

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The Islamabad Anti-Terrorist Court Friday granted former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s request for exemption from appearing before it in the judges’ detention case, and directed police to improve security arrangements. The court adjourned the hearing to Dec 20, Dawn online reported Friday. Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) Judge Atiqur Rehman heard the case relating to the detention […]

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Court raps UP for withdrawing cases against terror accused

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Uttar Pradesh’s Akhilesh Yadav government came in embarrassment Thursday when the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court rapped it on its move to withdraw cases against terror accused. A bench of Justice Ashok Pal Singh, Justice Devi Prasad Singh and Justice Ajay Lamba, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a local […]

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SC pulls up UP over Muzaffarnagar riot victims’ plight

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Pulling up the Uttar Pradesh government over the plight of victims of the Muzaffarnagar riots, the Supreme Court has ordered it to immediately supply blankets and medical help to people living in relief camps. The apex court reacted sharply to media reports of death of some 50 children due to cold and poor facilities in […]

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A.K. Ganguly must quit, says BJP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday demanded the resignation of West Bengal Human Rights Commission chief A.K. Ganguly, a former judge of the Supreme Court accused by a law intern of sexual harassment. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj raised the demand for the resignation of Ganguly as soon as the house […]

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SC grants bail to Lalu Prasad

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In a relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him bail in a fodder scam case. Lalu Prasad was awarded five years’ imprisonment by the special Ranchi court for his alleged involvement in the fodder scam. There were 44 accused in the case and 37 of them […]

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Justice Jillani sworn-in as Pakistan chief justice

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Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani took oath Thursday as Pakistan’s 21st chief justice, succeeding Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the man responsible for military dictator General Pervez Musharraf’s downfall. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath of office to Justice Jillani at the Presidency here, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. According to APP, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif […]

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Kolkata LGBT activists to continue fight for rights

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With the Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that a same-gender sexual relationship is an offence, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Kolkata asserted that their fight would only get even stronger. The movement is “strong” and will, with “renewed vigour”, take on the verdict, said the members who gathered at the […]

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