Monaco: Novak Djokovic's bid to become French Open champion starts at the Monte Carlo Masters, where he will attempt to end Rafael Nadal's long dominance and show the Spaniard that he has nowhere left to hide " not even on clay. Nadal has won at Monte Carlo since 2005, and gone on to win the French Open every year except 2009. But the six-time French Open champion has lost in...
04:59 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that any concrete evidence against LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed should be provided to this country to be examined by the country's courts. If anyone had any concrete evidence against Saeed, it should be provided to Pakistan as the country's courts are free and independent, Gilani said during an interaction with reporters at Hyderabad city in Sindh province. Gilani reiterated...
12:39 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Beijing: Chinese courts have handed down stiff sentences to 11 Tibetan agitators who took part in the recent protests even as self immolation attempts by Buddhist Monks calling for return of Dalai Lama continued in Tibetan areas. Eleven people have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from three to 13 years for recent acts of violence and vandalism in southwest China's Sichuan province, according to statements issued by local courts....
10:40 AM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: Legal services across Karnataka were hit on Monday after a resolution by the state Bar Council called for a boycott of the courts. The move clearly violates the Supreme Court's directions that bar councils cannot sponsor the boycott of court proceedings. The Karnataka State Bar Council directed all lawyers to stay away from the courts on Monday to protest police action against them in a recent clash between...
11:52 AM, Mar 05, 2012
New Delhi: Legal services across Karnataka are likely to be crippled on Monday as the state Bar Council has passed a resolution calling for the boycott of courts. The move clearly violates the Supreme Court's directions that bar councils cannot sponsor the boycott of court proceedings. But the Karnataka State Bar Council has gone ahead and directed all lawyers to stay away from courts to protest police action. Three lawyers...
07:09 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka State Bar Council on Sunday directed all lawyers across the state to stay away from the courts on Monday in protest against the police "excess" on some of its members on Friday when some advocates attacked mediapersons and policemen at the city civil court complex. "As a mark of protest against police excess on a section of lawyers at the city civil court complex and blaming the...
12:53 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Islamabad/New Delhi: Appearing before the Supreme Court, Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani cited President Asif Ali Zardari's immunity to explain why he cannot implement the Supreme Court's order to reopen graft cases against the latter. Presenting himself before a seven-judge bench headed by Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk in compliance of its directive after being slapped with a contempt notice, a defiant Gilani appeared to have earned a breather when the...
01:44 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Islamabad/New Delhi: The Pakistan Supreme Court was adjourned till February 1 after Yousuf Raza Gilani completed his 20-minute-long defence submission on Thursday in a contempt case. The Supreme Court observed that if someone enjoys immunity then the court should be informed. The judge asked why did the Gilani government not bring up the President's immunity for two years. Gilani has been exempted from personal appearance now. Gilani, who pleaded not...
11:56 AM, Jan 19, 2012
When the courts of law are counted as 'heroes' of the year in an annual list, it may mean two things. One, the judiciary in the country is generally 'non-heroic', or non-performing. In other words, it was in the year 2011 only that the courts across the nation got their act together and showed a unique commitment to heroic judgments. Or two, that the courts in India went out of...
03:43 PM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: Two days after the high intensity blast at the Delhi High Court that left 13 dead and close to 90 injured, no lessons have been learnt. A status check of all the other court premises in the capital showed that we do nothing to make the job of a terrorist difficult. Another terror attack, this time the Delhi High Court. What's worse is it was hit barely three...
08:09 AM, Sep 09, 2011
New Delhi: Lawyers on Wednesday observed a one-day token strike in all the six district courts in the capital protesting the arrest of Anna Hazare and non-inclusion of judiciary in the Lokpal bill, interrupting the proceedings in the 2G scam. The striking lawyers entered the court room and requested Special CBI Judge OP Saini and defence counsel to adjourn the proceedings for the day in support of their token strike....
11:51 AM, Aug 17, 2011
Ahmedabad: An RTI query has revealed major irregularities in the appointment of clerical staff in a district court in Gujarat, with most of them being relatives of judges. Four years after 80 vacancies for stenographers, clerks and peons were filled up, questions are being raised over the transparency in which these appointments were made. Response to an application filed by RTI activist Janki Prasad Shah revealed that 32 of the...
09:49 AM, Jul 15, 2011
Washington: Being around the opposite sex activates genes to perform certain courtship rituals, says a new study. Scientists have edged closer to understanding our mating behaviour by studying how genes interact in fruit flies during such interactions. This research by Texas A&M University shows that courtship behaviours may be far more influenced by genetics than previously thought, the journal Genetics reports. Besides, understanding why and how these genes become activated...
02:13 PM, Jan 13, 2011
London: Reporters covering court cases should be allowed to send messages to the Twitter micro-blogging site, a senior British legal official said on Monday, clarifying rules after hearings involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Supporters and media at a bail hearing for Assange last week were allowed to use Twitter from inside one courtroom. However, a different judge banned the practice when an appeal went to a higher court two days...
06:39 PM, Dec 20, 2010
Atlanta: The explosion of blogging, tweeting and other online diversions has reached into US jury boxes, in many cases raising serious questions about juror impartiality and the ability of judges to control their courtrooms. A Reuters Legal analysis found that jurors' forays on the Internet have resulted in dozens of mistrials, appeals and overturned verdicts in the last two years alone. For decades, courts have instructed jurors not to seek...
11:27 AM, Dec 09, 2010
The UN decision, poles apart from the judgment handed down on last Friday by Nepal's Supreme Court, comes from the Human Rights Committee. ...
01:37 PM, Aug 05, 2010
Lleyton Hewitt overcame the gritty Indian 1-6 6-0 7-6 (2) in the 2nd round of the US Men's Clay Courts championship. ...
12:07 PM, Apr 09, 2010
Verdict came on a bunch of petitions by the Bengal government and others. ...
11:54 AM, Feb 17, 2010
Opposition asks how can there be separate courts for the rich and poor. ...
09:35 AM, Feb 15, 2010
Lawyers complain that English has become a status symbol in the courts. ...
02:26 PM, Sep 06, 2009
