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Make 'BARAATS' Quick & Quiet, Warn Cops Dated : 23 Feb 2009, 0415 hrs IST, Source : TNN PUNE: Text: Wedding planners take note. The city police have issued orders to cut the band-baaja and speed up wedding processions on the roads. So, while you can take your wedding march through the city, the time taken for this must not exceed one hour. Also, you cannot burst fire..

P&H HC: Unshorn Hair Basic For Sikh Dated : 21-02-2009 Source : UNI Delhi : Text : The unshorn hair is not only vital but basic for a Sikh and those who do not adhere to this most important ingredient prescribed by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, could not call himself to be a Sikh even if he had adopted four of the total five essential symbols that go with the foll..

Lawyers' Strike: Karunanidhi Threatens To Go On Fast Dated : 22 Feb 2009, 2236 hrs IST, Source : PTI CHENNAI: Text: Piqued by the violent clashes in the Madras High Court on February 19 and subsequent agitation by lawyers, Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi on Sunday said he would go on a fast from his hospital bed if an "amicable solution" was not found on the issue. ..

Lawyers To Boycott Tamil Nadu Courts Indefinitely Dated : 22 Feb 2009, 1838 hrs IST, Sources : PTI CHENNAI: Text: CHENNAI: Hardening their stand against police in the aftermath of the violence in the Madras High Court premises, lawyers associations in Tamil Nadu on Sunday resolved to boycott all courts indefinitely and demanded the dismissal of the state and city police chiefs..

Madras HC Orders Closure Of All Courts In Tamil Nadu Dated: 21 Feb 2009, 1834 hrs IST, Source : TIMESOFINDIA.COM NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: Text: In the wake of violent protests by lawyers, the Madras High Court on Saturday ordered closure of all courts in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry till February 24. Earlier in the day, the police issued shoot-at-sight orders in Tamil Nadu again..

Rule Of Law Triumphs In Resignation of Parliamentary Secretaries Dated : 19-02-2009 Source : UNI Panaji : TEXT : The rule of law triumphed with the resignation of two parliamentary secretaries in Goa, who had been in office since July 2007, illegally enjoying the perks and privileges of a cabinet minister, says social activist Aires Rodrigues Advocate Roderigues, who successfully f..

Religious Conversion For Marriage Un-Islamic: Muslim Clerics Dated: 19 Feb 2009, 1204 hrs IST, Sources : IANS NEW DELHI: Text: Muslim clerics have termed as "un-Islamic" and "unacceptable" conversion to Islam to escape legal complications of a second marriage, citing the example of Chander Mohan alias Chand Mohammed and Anuradha Bali alias Fiza whose apparent wedding of conveni..

BOMBAY HC ADVOCATE ENDS LIFE Dated : 19 Feb 2009, 1644 hrs IST, Source : PTI Mumbai: Text: A Bombay High Court advocate has allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of seven-storeyed building in suburban Mulund, police said. "At around 1 pm, H Gala jumped from the terrace of the building where he resided. He died on the spot," said Assistant Commissioner of..

US Law-Makers Make Rare Visit To Gaza Dated : 19 Feb 2009, 1632 hrs IST, Source : AP JERUSALEM: Text: Two US lawmakers travelled to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday, the first congressional delegation to enter the area since the Islamic militant group rose to power. The Democratic congressmen, Brian Baird of Washington and Keith Ellison of Minnesota, were in Gaza early..

Delhi HC Office Bearers 1 Day Hunger Strike Against CrPC Changes Dated:18-02-2009 Source: UNI DELHI The Delhi High Court Bar Association office- bearers went on hunger strike for a day to support the protesting lawyers of different bar associations against the recent amendment in the Code of Criminal Procedures. The office-bearers of the association sat on the strike outside the De..

Mortgage Plan To Help 9 Million People: OBAMA Dated: 18 Feb 2009, 2040 hrs IST, Source: AFP Text: PHOENIX: President Barack Obama on Wednesday revealed a mortgage foreclosure plan targeting up to nine million people, including a 75 billion dollar bid to help at-risk homeowners stuck in a negative equity trap. The president took aim at one of the key drivers of the US fin..

Islamic Law Within The Framework Of Pakistan: US 18 Feb 2009, 0917 hrs IST, PTI Text: WASHINGTON: Observing that Islamic law is within the framework of Pakistan, the US has refrained from making any comment on the peace deal between Islamabad and a Taliban-linked group for enforcing Shariah law in the Swat Valley. According to the peace deal, Pakistan has agreed to enforce Isl..

CJI: 4,000 Rural Courts To Be Set Up In Remote Areas 2/15/2009 Chief Justice K G Balakrishanan, today said 4,000 Gram Nyayalayas (Rural Courts) were being set up in the remote areas of the country to speed up the justice delivery system at the grassroots level. The CJI was addressing the legal fraternity of the Himachal Pradesh High Court after he laid the foundation stone of the New Judicia..

COMPLAINT AGAINST HC JUDGES NOT RECORDED BY SC 17 Feb 2009, 1316 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan may have recommended impeachment of a Calcutta High Court judge for misconduct but the Supreme Court seems to be on a sticky wicket when it comes to recording alleged lapses committed by other High Court judges. Infact, the apex court keeps no r..

DELHI, NCR LAWYERS ON STRIKE 17 Feb 2009, 1243 hrs IST, PTI Text: NEW DELHI: District court lawyers in the capital and surrounding areas on Tuesday went on a strike to protest against the changes in the CrPC giving police discretion to arrest an accused in offences punishable with a jail term upto seven years. The advocates practising in five district courts here had earlier also ..