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Supreme Court collegium advices Justice Dinakaran to go on leave |
New Delhi: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan has advised Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran to go on leave. Since December last, Justice Dinakaran has not been performing judicial work. In his place, the acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Justice Madan B. Lokur, is being appointed Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court.
According to highly placed sources, the decision to advise Justice Dinakaran to go on leave was taken by the collegium on Thursday, following representations that in the absence of the Chief Justice at the helm of affairs, judicial work in Karnataka suffered to a great extent.
It was felt that the three-member committee headed by Justice V.S... |
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India to amend law to punish hijackers with death sentence |
India Friday decided to amend its anti-hijacking legislation, including death sentence as punishment for perpetrators and a mandate to the government to order a hostile plane to be shot down if it is intended to be used as a missile.
The decision, which also calls for a complete no-negotiations policy with hijackers, was taken during a meeting of the federal cabinet, presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, based on the recommendations of the ministry of civil aviation... |
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Lead for legal reforms should come from within: PM |
Seeking to take judicial reforms forward, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today promised the bar and the bench that the government would "walk the extra mile" to match each step taken by them if the "lead comes from within"
"We promise to match each step of the bar and the bench with two of our own. We will not hesitate to walk the extra mile at every opportunity," he said while inaugurating a national convention on 'Law, Justice and the Common Man' here.
The judiciary, the legislature and... |
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SC order banning mining in Meghalaya lands |
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court's order last month turning off supply of limestone on environmental grounds from Meghalaya to French cement giant Lafarge's $255 million cement plant in Bangladesh has put India in a piquant diplomatic situation.
The Sheikh Hasina regime deputed senior officials to New Delhi to seek urgent intervention of the Manmohan Singh government saying stoppage of raw material guaranteed in 2001 by India would mean a 15% fall in cement production in Bangladesh and a severe... |
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