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Don't grant unnecessary adjournments: SC tells lower courts

May 15, 2013

The Supreme Court said that trial courts could not remain mere mute spectators to the manner in which trials were conducted. #Supreme Court #TheySaidIt #Judiciary #Court #Legal Delays
Congress not exactly upset over Digvijaya's comments on judiciary

May 14, 2013

"What Digvijay Singh has raised is a debatable issue and a debate needs to take place. His statement on the issue need not be taken like his other statements," a senior Congress leader said. #Politics #Congress #NewsTracker #Supreme Court #Judiciary #Digivijaya Singh
Shocker: Over 24,000 sexual assault cases pending in HCs, SC

Mar 05, 2013

For rape victims in India, the fight for justice continues to be a long one with the judicial system having a large number of cases lying before it. #ThatsJustWrong #Supreme Court #Rape #India judiciary #High Courts in India

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Judiciary in India Victim or Culprit?

Mar 26, 2013

The Indian judiciary is plagued by many ills and unfortunately the solutions aren't coming any time soon. #Supreme Court #CBI #ConnectTheDots #Courts #Indian judiciary #lawyers
It is time to fix India's criminal justice system

Mar 20, 2013

A deep-dive into the sanctioned strength, vacancies, disposal rates and pendency reveals an eerily similar bottle-necking across all courts. #HowThisWorks #Judiciary in India
Should the Judiciary introspect over Mamata's kolaveri?

Aug 16, 2012

Mamata Banerjee needs to be castigated for her statement but why shouldn't the judiciary be questioned? Their record has certainly not been blemish-free. #OnOurMind #Mamata Banerjee #Judiciary #lawyers attack scribes #Gopal Kanda

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Asian Age
Diggy takes a dig at judiciary

2013-05-13 18:30:00

In a veiled criticism of the judiciary in the country in the wake of recent Supreme Court observations in which it claimed that the CBI was a “caged parrot”, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Monday said such description was “belittling” India’s p #Digvijay Singh (politician) #Central Bureau of Investigation #Indian National Congress
The Washington Post
Sri Srinivasan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee

2013-05-16 14:23:00

A Senate panel on Thursday approved a key nominee for one of the country’s most powerful courts, handing President Obama a victory in his push to fill federal judicial vacancies. Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, who President Obama has nominated #Barack Obama #Senate Judiciary Committee #Washington, D.C.
Deccan Herald
Digvijaya Singh attacks judiciary

2013-05-13 13:10:00

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Monday launched an indirect attack on the judiciary for calling the Central Bureau of Investigation a "caged parrot". The Congress leader said such comments "belittle" national institutions. "CBI is a parrot in a cage, a b #Central Bureau of Investigation #Bangalore

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Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

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Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

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Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

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Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

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There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
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If there was no wrongdoing in the allocation of coal blocks, why did the Law Minister and officials from the Prime Minister’s Office go to such elaborate lengths to doctor the CBI’s draft report – and get top law officers to lie in court?
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