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Political parties supporting terrorists in country: Pak Chief Justice
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 20 (ANI): Asserting that courts were being attacked by terrorist in order to instil fear among lawyers and judges, Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali has said it is disappointing to see some political parties supporting terrorists in the country.
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Congress dubs merger of 42 Arunachal MLAs as 'illegal'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 17 (ANI): Dubbing the decision of 42 Arunachal Pradesh Congress MLAs to join the regional People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) as 'illegal', the Congress Party on Saturday said it would like to see how the courts react to this defection and merger.
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SC to hear plea for public body to appoint judges
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a petition seeking the formation a public, transparent body, neither controlled by the government nor the judiciary, for the appointment of judges to the apex court and high courts of the country.
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12 killed, 52 injured at Mardan district courts suicide blast
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mardan [Pakistan], Sept 2 (ANI): At least 12 people were killed and 52 others injured as a suicide bomber attacked Mardan's district courts in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on Friday.
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Pak Army chief confirms death sentence of 11 terrorists
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rawalpindi(Pakistan), Aug. 16 (ANI): Pakistan's Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday ratified the death sentences awarded to eleven terrorists by military courts involved in committing heinous offences.
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PM Modi wants 'captive, not independent judiciary': Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh, Aug 15 (ANI): The Congress Party on Monday said Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur's concern over the government not appointing judges in various High Courts was alarming and alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants a captive and not an independent judiciary.
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BJP keen to appoint lawyers linked with RSS as HC judges
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 15 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the NDA Government was delaying the appointment of judges in various High Courts as recommended by the Supreme Court collegium because the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is keen to appoint lawyers asso
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Soli Sorabjee backs CJI's 'genuine' criticism of govt.
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 13 (ANI): Senior lawyer and former attorney general Soli Sorabjee on Saturday termed Chief Justice T.S Thakur's criticism of the government in an open courtroom wherein he accused the ruling dispensation of bringing the judiciary to a standstill by stalling the appointme
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Antrix-Devas scam: CBI files charge sheet against former ISRO chief, other
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 11 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a charge sheet against former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief Madhavan Nair in connection with the Antrix-Devas scam in the court of a special judge for CBI cases at Patiala House Courts her
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Kashmiri leaders protest Pakistan's move to establish military courts
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mirpur(POK), Aug 6 (ANI): The independent leadership in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit, led by the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), have strongly rejected moves by Pakistan to establish military courts in the region in order to further suppress the local popul
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Courts should work 365 days to ensure justice is not delayed: Justice Lodh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 30 (ANI): Retired Chief Justice of India Rajendra Mal Lodha is off the view that the number of cases pending before the Indian courts is huge, and therefore, the judiciary should work round the year without break.
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Change in mindset for mainstreaming arbitration is need of the hour, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 11 (ANI): Mr. Justice S.S. Nijjar, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India and currently governing body member of the ICA, today lamented that courts were increasingly interfering in awards passed by arbitrators, frustrating the very purpose of having an alternative dispute reso
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