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Section 377 arbitrary, unconstitutional: lawyer Menaka Guruswamy
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): As the Constitution Bench of Supreme Court continues to hear the pleas seeking scrapping of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which criminalises homosexuality, lawyer for one of the petitioners Menaka Guruswamy on Wednesday said that the section
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Will deal with outcome of extradition proceedings: Zakir Naik's lawyer
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 6 (ANI): Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's lawyer Mobin Solkar said the government can go ahead with extradition proceedings of the former.
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Kathua rape case: Juvenile accused to be tried as adult
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 5 (ANI): The Pathankot district and sessions court on Thursday ordered that an accused in the Kathua rape case, who claimed to be a juvenile, will be tried as an adult.
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Mithun's son sedated victim's drink, claims lawyer
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 5 (ANI): Days after a Delhi court ordered the registration of an FIR against Mithun Chakraborty's wife Yogeeta Bali and son Mahaakshay on charges of rape, cheating and causing miscarriage without consent, the lawyer of the victim claimed that his client's drink was dru
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Meet India's first transgender lawyer, Sathyasri Sharmila
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 01 (ANI): In a step towards the inclusion of the transgender community into mainstream society, Sathyasri Sharmila became India's first transgender lawyer.
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Maryam's lawyer resumes presenting final arguments in Avenfield case
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): Former Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz and her husband Capt (retd.) Muhammad Safdar Awan's lawyer Amjad Pervez, on Friday, resumed his final arguments in the Avenfield reference.
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Objections to Imran's candidacy baseless: Lawyer
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 19 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan's legal counsel Babar Awan on Monday termed the objections to former's candidacy for NA-53 constituency of Islamabad for the upcoming general elections as baseless.
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Lawyer seeks bail for Khaleda Zia
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka (Bangladesh), June 14 (ANI): Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyer Khandker Mahbub Hossain has appealed to the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to release his client from jail on parole so that she can receive better treatment for her various ailmen
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Kashmiri Pandits real sons of soil-Hamid Bashani
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], June 14 (ANI): A Kashmiri-born Canada-based lawyer has said Kashmiri Pandits have existed in Jammu and Kashmir much before the Muslims had arrived and they are the "real sons of the soil".
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No lawyer willing to fight my case: Nawaz Sharif
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has been facing charges in the Avenfield properties case has said that no lawyer is willing to take his case.
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Contempt of court petition filed against Uttarakhand HC Justice
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Jun 12 (ANI): A case of criminal contempt was filed in Uttarakhand High Court in Tuesday against Justice Lokpal Singh for allegedly using inappropriate language against other lawyers including a former judge and a woman lawyer.
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Nawaz Sharif's lawyer steps down amid corruption cases
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif's lawyer Khwaja Haris on Monday terminated his legal services to Nawaz and his family in corruption cases.
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