'Girls Over 10 OR 12 Years Are Eligible For Marriage'14 Jan 2009, 1932 hrs IST, AFP RIYADH:Saudi Arabia's senior-most cleric said girls as young as 10 years old can be married, local media reported on Wednesday. The powerful Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz al ..
HC Judges Furious Over Gowda's Letter13 Jan 2009, 0044 hrs IST, TNN BANGALORE: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda's obsession with the alleged irregularities in the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project reached a new high on Mond ..
Judge Tahaliyani Picked For Kasab's Trial13 Jan 2009, 0235 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Ajmal Kasab may not have a defence lawyer yet but he is all set to get a trial judge. Sessions judge M L Tahaliyani is learnt to be the chos ..
Madras HC: M S Ananth Returns As IIT Madras DirectorA division bench of Madras High Court stayed the operation of a single-judge order, setting aside the re-appointment of Mr M S Ananth, as Director of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), g ..
Kashmir: Lok adalts settles 276 cases12/31/2008Encouraged by the easy and early settlement of cases, pending for decades, more people are now approaching the Lok Adalats in the Kashmir valley, According to official reports, two Lok Adalats settled as ..
NUDE PEOPLE TOO HAVE RIGHT TO PRIVACY : COURT1 Jan 2009, 0101 hrs IST, AP MADISON, WISCONSIN: A state appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a person who is voluntarily nude in the presence of another still has privacy rights against being secretly vide ..
DELHI LAWYER OFFERS TO DEFEND KASAB 31 Dec 2008, 1200 hrs IST, IANS NEW DELHI: Believing in the basic premise of justice and fairplay that every accused is entitled to the best defense, a Delhi lawyer says he is willing to fight for Ajmal Amir Kasab ..
CRIMINALS AND POLITICS : MADE FOR EACH OTHER?30 Dec 2008, 0321 hrs IST, Ashish Tripathi, TNN LUCKNOW: It sounds like a sweet melody. Politicians saying no to criminals. Promises to keep criminals at bay are in vogue again in the wake of brutal murder ..
ANDHRA HIGH COURT LIFTS BAN ON ROAD SHOWS30 Dec 2008, 1313 hrs IST, PTI HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday lifted the ban on roadshows by political parties as part of their election campaign in the state. The High Court disposed off a pu ..
UK: Carry an illegal knife, face the consequences12/30/2008From 5 January courts will be able to hand out tougher and more intensive penalties for everyone convicted of possession of a knife who are ordered by the courts to carry out community paybac ..