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BCCI vs Lodha: Anurag Thakur's letter to ICC and other instances of board stalling reforms
Fpsports • 8 years agoThe BCCI on Monday decided to form a committee to oversee the implementation of the Lodha panel-suggested reforms, which isn't the first time the board has tried to stall their implementation.
Soumya murder case: SC dismisses Kerala govt's appeal for death penalty to convict
Fp Staff • 8 years agoSupreme Court on Friday dismissed a curative petition filed by Kerala government in the sensational Soumya challenging the convict Govindachamy's acquittal from murder charge
Markandey Katju at it again: Former SC judge calls Mahatma Gandhi a rascal, British agent
Fp Staff • 8 years agoIn a Twitter exchange with senior journalist R Jagannathan, former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju ended up calling Mahatma Gandhi a 'rascal' and a 'British agent'.
As Tamil Nadu conducts jallikattu, 2 die during sport, 1 in protests
• 9 years agoThree persons died, two during jallikattu in Pudukottai and one during demonstration at Madurai, as the bull taming sport was conducted on Sunday in various parts of Tamil Nadu amid protests which forced chief Minister O Panneerselvam to leave for Chennai without inaugurating it at Alanganallur.
SC refuses to quash parliamentary resolution against Markandey Katju over his remarks on Gandhi, Bose
• 9 years agoThe Supreme Court dismissed the plea of Justice Markandey Katju seeking quashing of a resolution passed by Parliament condemning his remarks made in a blog on Mahatma Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose.
Markandey Katju 'escorted' out of court, SC slaps contempt notice on former judge
• 9 years agoKatju protested against the decision saying the judges were threatening him and it was not proper for them to behave in such manner with a former SC judge
2012 Delhi gangrape case: Amicus curiae tells SC to set aside death sentence to convicts
Fp Staff • 9 years agoAdvocate Raju Ramachandran told the apex court that the death sentence given to the four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case should be set aside.
SIMI activists killed in Bhopal: Have encounters become a legitimate way of dispensing justice in India?
Sandipan Sharma • 9 years agoDo not question the bravery of our Madhya Pradesh cops, it is tantamount to deshdroh. Instead, blindly accept their version of the Bhopal encounter, enjoy footage of the killing, marvel at the bravery of cops and, while you are at it, don't forget to chant Bharat Mata ki Jai at the exact moment a courageous cop steps up to cries of ''maro, maro".
Heavy workload possible reason for 'serious mistakes' made by SC in Soumya case: Katju
• 9 years agoFormer SC judge Markandey Katju said on Monday that the apex court had made some "serious mistakes" in the Soumya case by commuting the death sentence of the accused to life, and attributed it to "judges not being able to give much time to cases due to heavy workload of pending cases".
SC made 'serious mistakes' in Soumya murder case due to heavy workload: Markandey Katju
• 9 years agoFormer SC judge Markandey Katju on Monday said the apex court had made some "serious mistakes" in the Soumya case by commuting the death sentence of the accused to life, and attributed it to "judges not being able to give much time to cases due to heavy workload of pending cases".