Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday urged that courts should be "a little more reluctant" in giving stay orders on recruitment or development process which affect delivery of services to the people. "It has become almost impossible for us today to complete a process of recruitment or a development project without somebody or the other being able to stay almost the entire process on extremely flimsy grounds," Omar said at the inaugural function of the State Judicial Academy Complex in Srinagar.
The Chief Minister said, stays cost the government "precious time" and expressed hope that judiciary will come to its rescue. "While it is definitely the responsibility of my learned Advocate General and his team of lawyers to ensure that they argue our cases as strongly and forcibly in courts, I would also hope that the courts are little more reluctant and not grind the entire process to a halt, which (otherwise) costs us very precious time," he said.
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12:10 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Thursday allowed the trial of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for sacking and detaining dozens of judges in 2007 to be conducted at his farmhouse that has been declared a "sub-jail". The Islamabad High Court said anti-terrorism court Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi could conduct 69-year-old Musharraf's trial at his sprawling farmhouse in the suburb of Chak Shahzad. The court gave its ruling after its Registrar...
12:40 PM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: With an aim of bringing transparency in judicial proceedings, Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said working of trial courts should be audio recorded and discussions are on in this regard. "...We want that to bring transparency, at least the proceedings are audio recorded but the government cannot do this on its own. We will discuss it with judiciary, Chief Justices, because trial courts fall under High Courts...
06:06 PM, May 31, 2013
Lucknow: Khalid Mujahid, an accused in serial blasts that had rocked Lucknow and Faizabad courts in November 2007, on Saturday died in Barabanki while being escorted to Lucknow jail after a hearing. Mujahid was being brought back to Lucknow jail after hearing in a Faizabad court this afternoon, Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Arun Kumar said. The accused fell sick and fainted near Barabanki border and was...
09:34 PM, May 18, 2013
Jaipur: The Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Friday said that work to dispense speedy and fair justice to common man through the 'Gram Nyayalaya' (rural court) is in the process of being implemented. Justice Kabir, who was in Sirohi district to inaugurate a 'Gram Nyayalaya' building, told reporters in Jaipur that "these courts are created to mitigate legal problems of poor who found it difficult to travel to...
03:28 AM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: Stressing the need for strengthening the juvenile justice system, Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Sunday said the country could face chaos if it does not provide adequate protection and care to children, especially those in conflict with law. He voiced concern that despite 42 per cent of population comprising children, who can be a force for potential progress in future, not much has been achieved for...
02:47 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Muslims organizations have expressed skepticism over the home ministry's proposal to set up special courts for speedy trial of Muslim youth falsely implicated in terror-related cases, terming the move a "lollipop" for the community. Gulzar Azmi of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind said the move has been made with an eye to next year's elections. ...
06:50 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Special courts would be set up soon for Muslim youth accused of various offences, including terror-related charges, Minister for Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan said in New Delhi on Saturday. ...
03:00 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Rafael Nadal has renewed his attack on hard courts as he prepares for the second tournament on his comeback trail at the Brazil Open. ...
11:19 PM, Feb 12, 2013
It has been learnt that the AITA re-painted the centre court about 20 days ahead of the tie, resulting in the making the surface slower. ...
06:20 PM, Feb 03, 2013
BJD leader Baijayant Panda has sought immediate steps to fast-track cases of crime against women and those involving criminal charges against elected representatives for which number of judges must be increased and infrastructure strengthened. ...
03:45 PM, Feb 03, 2013
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday appointed his cabinet's legal advisor as the country's new Chief Justice to succeed Shirani Bandaranayake, whose impeachment created much furore both inside and outside the nation. Rajapaksa sworn in new Chief Justice Mohan Peiris to replace Sri Lanka's first woman chief justice who was impeached by the parliament in a controversial move. ...
03:20 PM, Jan 15, 2013
The internet's a brave new world in so many ways-driven by the young invigorating the old. About 150 million Indians are on the web now. Earlier, to express ideas publicly, you had to go through a newspaper, magazine, TV or a radio station before. The guardians of media regulated how such ideas were expressed, and published your ideas if you were important enough, if you followed the outlet's editorial line,...
12:10 PM, Jan 11, 2013
With crime against women on the rise in the state, Odisha government on Wednesday decided to take steps for setting up fast track courts to deal with cases of rape, rape and murder, dowry deaths besides making it mandatory to complete their probe within two months. ...
02:25 AM, Jan 10, 2013
The brutal gangrape and murder of Delhi braveheart has shaken the conscience of the nation, said Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Monday while asking all High Courts to set up fast-track courts to deal exclusively with offences against women. ...
04:30 PM, Jan 07, 2013
The Maharashtra government will earmark 25 out of 100 fast track courts across the state exclusively to deal with women-related cases, Home Minister RR Patil announced in Mumbai on Friday. ...
12:24 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Jaipur: Taking cognizance of the brutal assault and gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in the national capital, the Delhi High Court approved the setting up of five fast track courts for rape cases. However, Rajasthan, that had set a precedent in dealing with such cases at its fast-track courts, has now discontinued the practice allegedly because of high costs. It was in Jodhpur in 2005 that a fast-track court convicted...
09:01 AM, Dec 21, 2012
New Delhi: Two more rapes have been reported in Haryana. While a minor was raped in Panipat, in Ambala, a widow was allegedly raped. The police have registered a case, however, no arrests have been made so far. This takes the tally of reported rapes in Haryana over the past one month to 13. The reports also come on a day when Congress President Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to visit...
09:12 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Wright had joined the Deccan Chargers after the first season of the IPL but was dismissed in January 2009. ...
06:06 PM, Jul 18, 2012
Tim Wright had joined Deccan Chargers management after the first season of the IPL but was dismissed in Jan. 2009. ...
10:23 PM, Jul 17, 2012
