- Vishing Evolves In The Scam Ecosystem By : Legal - Law News
Vishing uses voip to extend the range of phishing scams. Victims are contacted by phone or e-mail and asked to confirm personal information by calling a fraudulent customer service number. Once.... - Attorney At Law, David E. Houston, Announces His Legal Services Online By : Legal - Law News
To better serve people searching for answers to legal problems, David E. Houston, Attorney, reaches out through his new Web site created by Sagentic Web Design, one of the nation’s leading strategic marketing and design firms. - High Court awards compensation to woman By : Tamil Nadu News
The Madras High Court today awarded a compensation of Rs three lakh to a woman whose husband died in police custody in August 1997 and directed the Tamil Nadu government to make payment to her within eight weeks after deducting Rs one lakh already paid to her by the government. - United States has taken control of Pakistan N-weapons: MMA By : Legal - Law News
An Islamic alliance in Pakistan has charged that the US has taken over the country's nuclear weapons and the leadership here has no control over them. - Centre, Delhi and Bihar govts to meet on child labour By : Legal - Law News
With the maximum number of child workers in the national capital coming from Bihar, officials from the Centre and the two state governments would soon meet to chalk out a rehabilitation programme.... - Former Bihar minister's house raided By : Legal - Law News
Acting on a tip off, the police raided the house of former Bihar minister Surendra Prasad Yadav in Gaya town Saturday searching for illegal arms and ammunition. - New E-Mail Based Notification System to Send Public Safety Alerts for the Fife Police Department By : Legal - Law News
The Fife Police department recently joined a nationwide e-mail notification program called Crimeweb.Net to notify citizens of crimes that might affect their personal safety. - New Criminal Law Review Joins University of California Press By : Legal - Law News
Journal formerly published as Buffalo Criminal Law Review begins quarterly publication Winter 2007. - Suspicious man held near ISRO in Tamil Nadu By : Tamil Nadu News
A young man loitering suspiciously near a research centre of the Indian Space Research Centre (ISRO) in Mahendragiri was Saturday detained for questioning by police. - Appear or be declared 'proclaimed offender By : India News
Giving a last chance to London-based Bharti Yadav to testify as a prosecution witness in the Nitish Katara murdar case, a Delhi court today asked the elusive daughter of U P politician D P Yadav to appear before it on September 28, failing which she would be declared a 'proclaimed offender'. - Kerala govt to move SC as HC dismisses plea on SFS colleges By : Kerala News
The Kerala Government would move the Supreme Court against the High Court order directing the self-financing professional colleges to follow the admission pattern and fee structure of the previous year and not the recently-enacted controversial law. - Kashmir Bar Association boycotts J-K HC Diamond Jubilee By : India News
Despite a request by Supreme Court Bar Association, the Kashmir High Court Bar Association boycotted the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the state High Court held here today. - Lawyers' strike enters 32nd day in Jammu By : India News
Work in the High Court and lower courts here remained paralysed as the strike called by Jammu Bar Association demanding transfer of the sex racket case from Srinagar to Jammu entered 32nd day today. - Nitish Katara murder: Bharti Yadav to be declared 'offender' By : Legal - Law News
A Delhi court Saturday allowed the police to initiate the process for declaring Bharti Yadav, key witness in the high-profile murder of Nitish Katara, a 'proclaimed offender'. - Court to hear Praveen Mahajan bail plea Aug 1 By : Legal - Law News
A Mumbai court Saturday deferred till Aug 1 the bail plea of Praveen Mahajan who is facing charges of killing his brother and former BJP leader Pramod Mahajan. - Nitish Katara's mother hopeful of 'justice' By : Legal - Law News
Murder victim Nitish Katara's mother Saturday said a city court's proceedings to declare key witness Bharti Yadav a proclaimed offender would help her "get justice". - Social Welfare Board official held for taking bribe By : Legal - Law News
A Social Welfare Board official has been arrested by the anti-corruption wing of the CBI on charges of seeking a Rs 5000 bribe from an NGO, official sources said here today. - Rape accused who escaped from custody nabbed in Kerala By : Legal - Law News
rape accused, who had escaped from custody four days ago, was arrested from Kerala by a special team, police said here today. - Four killed as car sweeps across a rain fed nullah By : Legal - Law News
Four persons out of six were killed after a car in which they were travelling swept across in a rain fed nullah under Sumerpur police station in Pali district, police said. - Anthony Luti Named Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum By : Legal - Law News
Luti joins Forum that is recognized as one of the most prestigious group of trial lawyers in the United States. - Assam-Bangladesh border sealing to be over year-end By : Legal - Law News
Barbed wire fencing of India's border with Bangladesh along the northeastern state of Assam will be completed by this year-end to prevent illegal infiltration from the neighbouring country, officials said. - Westchester Attorney Discusses New Collaborative Divorce Law in Westchester County Bar Association By : Legal - Law News
Local attorney Margaret H. Tyre, Esq. has two recent articles published in Westchester County Bar Association Newsletter addressing recent innovative technique employed in settling divorce disputes. - HC notice to school for 'throwing out' 60 girl students By : Legal - Law News
Parents of over 60 girl students have moved the Delhi High court, seeking justice for their children who have been "abruptly" thrown out of the government-aided.... - Pak women don't enjoy legal protection under Hudood law By : Legal - Law News
Women in Pakistan don't enjoy legal protection under the Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979.
According to the Dawn, despite the ordinance providing severe punishment for those accused of rape or adultery, the onus still lies on the female victim to prove that she was raped or was a victim of adultery under the Pakistan Penal Code and the Evidence Act. - Delhi High Court to hear Jessica Lal murder case By : India News
The Delhi High Court will today hear Jessica Lal murder case along with the suo motu case on the mess up of investigations. - August 7 fixed as next date for hearing Save's application By : India News
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court today fixed August 7 next for further hearing on the application moved by one of the accused in the Ayodhya demolition case seeking to challenge the authority of the CBI to act as a prosecuting agency. - Model Code of Conduct be given statutory backing' By : India News
The Election Commission had proposed that the Model Code of Conduct be given a statutory backing, Minister for Law and Justice H R Bhardwaj today said. - High Court orders taking Shahabuddin to AIIMS in police custody By : Legal - Law News
The appeal of incarcerated Siwan MP Mohammad Shahabuddin for specialised treatment for his nagging spinal problem was granted today with the Patna High Court ordering that he be taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. - Five new Judges for Madras High Court sworn in By : Legal - Law News
Five newly appointed Judges for the Madras High Court, were sworn in by the Chief Justice A P Shah, at the court complex here today. - Normal life affected in Manipur By : Legal - Law News
Normal life was affected in Manipur today by a 24-hour general strike called by a local students' organisation against last week's killing of two persons suspected by police to be Kuki extremists. - Top Home official visits Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya By : Legal - Law News
Amid opposition to the Indo-Bangla border fencing by villagers, Secretary, Border Management, in the Home Ministry B S Lalli visited some areas of the international boundary.... - Inquiry into bridge collapse to take another six months By : Legal - Law News
Three years after a bridge over Damanganga river in Daman and Diu collapsed claiming 30 lives, the vicitms' kin are still complaining about "injustice" meted out to them as.... - Future Young Leaders Meet Present Leader - Yale Chief Perrotti at a Private VIP Luncheon By : Legal - Law News
Approximately 15 Students of CTRIBAT ages 12 years old to 17 years old will go on a guided tour of the Yale Police Department and the Rose Center.Following the tour, students will meet with Yale Chief of Police Perrotti and will join him in a VIP style luncheon and discussion. - Govt says no to legalising euthanasia By : Legal - Law News
The government today said it had no plans to give legal status to euthanasia or "mercy killing" and would not consider any such application. - Haryana to set up two new labour courts By : India News
The Haryana government Monday announced that it would set up two new labour courts in industrial cities of Faridabad and Gurgaon. - Supreme Court reserves verdict on prosecuting Mayawati By : India News
The Supreme Court Monday reserved verdict on whether or not to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a charge sheet against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati for alleged irregularities in the Taj Mahal heritage project. - Apex court asks Delhi minister to vacate house By : India News
The Supreme Court Monday directed Delhi Industry Minister Mangat Ram Singhal to vacate his official residence by Friday as it had been allotted for the location of a family court. - Parliament again passes office of profit bill By : India News
The Indian parliament Monday passed the controversial office of profit bill - which was returned by President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam without giving his consent - in its original form. - Parliament puts ‘Office of Profit’ Bill back in President’s court By : India News
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Office of Profit (OoP) Bill by an overwhelming majority, putting the onus on President APJ Abdul Kalam to give his assent to the Bill. - Abu Salem challenges TADA court's order to separate his trial By : Maharashtra News
Extradited gangster Abu Salem today moved the Bombay High Court against special TADA court's order to separate his trial from the rest of 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts trial. - High Court issues notice to B K Birla By : Legal - Law News
The Calcutta High Court has issued notice to B K Birla for a civil defamation suit filed by Rajendra S Lodha, claimant to the Rs 5,000 crore assets of the M P Birla group. - Permission sought to sue Raj Thackeray for contempt of court By : Maharashtra News
Two city-based organisations have sought permission from the state Advocate General to file a case against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray for contempt of court over his statement that no lawyer should defend the July 11 Mumbai serial blasts accused. - Bill to correct spelling of 'Lohar' By : India News
A Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha today to correct the spelling of 'Lohar' (blacksmith) who fall under the category of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Bihar and are not a Scheduled Tribe. - Copywriting Guru Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero Has What It Takes…And Gives You What She’s Got By : Legal - Law News
Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero is about to launch another session of her "Speed Copywriting Workshop" in September. This live event teaches the principles and techniques of copywriting in a unique hands-on workshop. Her collaboration system is a personal design for quickly writing copy that sells. Proven copywriters have been invited to the workshop to answer your individual questions - 'Nixon considered using nukes against North Vietnam' By : Legal - Law News
Former US President Richard Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry A. Kissinger, had contemplated using nuclear weapons power against North Vietnamese, at the peak of the Vietnam War, recently declassified documents reveal. - Husband and Wife Legal Team Passionately Defend the Rights of Vioxx Plaintiffs By : Legal - Law News
As time runs short for potential Vioxx plaintiffs to file claims against Merck & Company, the drug’s manufacturer, a team of Houston attorneys work diligently on behalf of their clients and potential plaintiffs. - The Icarus Effect -- Defendants and Their Lawyers Flying Too Close to the Sun By : Legal - Law News
Richard Levick has recently published an article on his website -- http://www.levick.com -- discussing The Icarus Effect in the context of litigation and crisis communications. - Two Ranchi students suspended for MMS scandal By : Legal - Law News
Two students of the Cambridge Institute of Technology (CIT), on the outskirts of the Jharkhand capital, were suspended for allegedly preparing a two-minute-long sleazy MMS of a female student. - Legal outsourcing: Next big thing! By : Legal - Law News
Except for fighting court cases in New York or London for law firms there, Indian lawyers are doing everything else for their western counterparts - litigation support, contract review.... - Lawsuit Alleges Two Brothers Brutally Attacked at a Dave Matthews Concert By : Legal - Law News
A lawsuit, Philip M. Faiella, Jr., et al v. The city of Hartford, et al, (civil action number: 3:06 cv 01050) has been filed in the United States District Court in Hartford on July 6, 2006, claiming that on July.... - HC directs UP to release water from Narora dam into Ganga By : Gujrat News
Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to look into the matter for the release of water from Narora dam into the river Ganga. - Daughter divorced after father's death not to get his job By : Gujrat News
Allahabad High Court today observed that a married daughter who obtained divorce after the death of her father shall not be entitled for his job under compassionate grounds. - Kerala HC suspends execution of sentence By : Kerala News
The Kerala High court today suspended the execution of sentence of former congress MLA, Siddharthan Kattungal, who was sentenced to nine years imprisonment by the Vigilance court, Thrissur in a bribery case yesterday. - U.S. Senate approves immigration bill By : World News
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to approve a compromise immigration reform bill that has few similarities to a House bill passed in December. - Lawyers: Data mining illegal By : World News
Civil liberties lawyers say allowing the National Security Agency to collect millions of telephone records is likely to be illegal, although constitutional. - Nine awarded life sentence in 18 days trial By : India News
In one of the fastest ever trials in Bihar, a court in record 18 days awarded life sentence to nine persons for kidnapping an eminent doctor on February seven this year. - Notice to Centre on PIL seeking DDA dissolution By : India News
The Delhi High Court today issued notices to the Centre and others on a PIL which sought dissolution of the Delhi Development Authority on the ground that its continuance was unconstitutional. - Legal Helpers Publishes Latest Article in Lecture Series: 'Credit Reporting Errors By : Legal - Law News
Third article in series explores the Fair Credit Reporting Act. - Congress tables privilege notice against Jaswant By : Legal - Law News
A day after former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh failed to name the alleged mole who had leaked the country's nuclear secrets, the Congress Wednesday tabled a breach of.... - Man arrested for allegedly raping daughter By : Legal - Law News
In a shocking development, a 42-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raping his daughter here, police said. - Police investigating reports of illegal miners being trapped By : Legal - Law News
Purulia police was investigating reports that several people were feared trapped inside an illegal mine at a char in Damodar river at the trijunction of West Bengal's.... - DUI Laws Getting Tougher Across the United States – Total DUI Keeps Public Up to Date By : Legal - Law News
Over the past few months, at least six states have altered their DUI / DWI laws, either through legislation or court rulings, and each one of those changes has made the law tougher on DUI defendants. The Total DUI website at www.TotalDUI.com provides up to date news information about DUI legislation in the works and DUI court decisions. - High Court commutes death penalty to life sentence By : Legal - Law News
Even while acknowledging that the murders he committed were "cold-blooded and cruel," the Delhi High Court today commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence imposed on.... - Badal accuses Punj govt of financial irregularities in deal with RIL By : Legal - Law News
The main opposition party in Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today accused the Amarinder Singh government in the state of financial irregularities in the Rs 500 crore.... - Islamic nations demand immediate ceasefire in Middle East By : Legal - Law News
Leaders from the world's largest Islamic political group held an emergency meeting Thursday to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon crisis and call.... - Bangladesh becoming regional terror hub By : Legal - Law News
While the United States dithers, a growing Islamic fundamentalist movement linked to Al Qaeda and Pakistani intelligence agencies is steadily converting strategically located Bangladesh..... - Panama Lawyer Ricardo Cambra Delivers Presentation in Dominican Republic By : Legal - Law News
Panama lawyer Ricardo Cambra delivered a presentation in Dominican Republic on the advantages that of foundations and other legal matters. - City Police Commissioner orders probe into encounter killing By : Legal - Law News
Delhi Police ordered a Crime Branch inquiry into the encounter in north Delhi on Monday in which two suspected gangsters were killed after their relatives alleged foul play. - Documents to be produced in court By : Kerala News
Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) officials who conducted raids at the houses of former Health Director V K Rajan yesterday, have seized incriminating documents, official sources here said. - Appear or face appropriate action; Court tells CBI in MCD case By : Legal - Law News
Taking exception to non-appearance of CBI official in a fund embezzlement case against MCD councillar and eleven others, a Delhi special court today cautioned the probe agency that failure to appear again would attract appropriate action. - SE caught taking bribe By : Legal - Law News
A local court here today sent a superintending engineer, who was caught by CBI sleuths allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a contractor for favouring a contract, to judicial custody till August 17. - Court defers hearing of bail pleas in sex racket case By : Legal - Law News
A court here today deferred the hearing on bail applications of four persons arrested in connection with the sex racket case as the defence counsel could not reach the court in time. - Retired forest official sentenced for corruption By : India News
After escaping the law for five years, a retired forest official in Madhya Pradesh has been sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment on charges of corruption. - Michigan Equality PAC Releases Primary Endorsements By : Legal - Law News
Michigan Equality PAC releases primary endorsements. - Court reserves verdict on Hutch plea for next week By : Legal - Law News
The Bombay High Court today reserved order till next week on Hutchison-Essar's plea to restrain Essar from selling BPL Mobile (Mumbai circle) to a third party after the.... - PSHRC seeks report on police "harassment" of journalists By : Legal - Law News
Punjab State Human Rights Commission today ordered an enquiry into the alleged harassment of two journalists by police in Muktsar. - Eaton Power Quality Corporation Participates In Disaster Preparation Webcast By : Business News
Eaton Electrical, Inc. will be co-presenting at the Women Presidents’ Organization’s (WPO) Webcast on August 8, from 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time titled “Natural Disaster Preparation: From Negotiating a Lease to Protecting your Physical Premises, Data and Structure.” - Man arrested for stabbing six protestors By : Legal - Law News
A man was Thursday arrested after he stabbed six people who had been staging protests near his roadside tent for the past few months, police said. - Bank forum to observe one-day strike on Aug 8 By : Legal - Law News
The Pondicherry unit of the United Forum of Bank Unions, will observe a one-day strike on august 8 in support of their charter of demands. - Spirituous Preparations Control Repeal Bill passed By : India News
A bill to repeal a law that imposed restrictions on inter-state trade and commerce in spirituous medicine and liquor was passed by Parliament today, with the Centre asking state governments to check manufacture of spurious liquor and ensure quality. - Former SC Judge sworn in as Karna Lok Ayukta By : Karnataka News
Former Supreme Court Judge N Santosh Hegde was today sworn in as the Lokayukta of Karnataka. - Court allows Uttar Pradesh govt's plea for withdrawal of case against MLA By : More India News
A special court has allowed the Uttar Pradesh government's plea for withdrawal of a kidnapping case against controversial MLA from Raebareli Akhilesh Singh and 22 others. - Leading criminal lawyer passes away By : Tamil Nadu News
A leading criminal lawyer and senior advocate, Nanguneri Thiruvengadam Vanamamalai, died here today after a brief illness, family sources said. - Supreme Court issues notice to Ag Minister on wheat imports By : Legal - Law News
Supreme Court today issued notice to the Union Agriculture Minister on a petition seeking quashing of tenders for the import of 57 lakh tonnes of wheat alleging that those are of sub-standard quality. - Supreme Court issues notices to Cola cos By : Legal - Law News
The Supreme Court today issued notices to soft drink majors Pepsico and Coca Cola on a petition seeking that there should be a disclosure by the companies about the ingredients and chemical composition of the product. - Supreme Court seeks response from Govt on wheat import By : Legal - Law News
The controversy over the import of 57 lakh tonnes wheat today landed before the Supreme Court which sought explanation from the Government on the allegation that it was of sub-standard quality and the policy will compromise Indian food security. - CM urges protestors to amicably settle railway line issue By : Legal - Law News
Stressing the importance of the proposed Vallarpadam International Container Transhipment Terminal (ICTT) project to Kerala, Chief Minister V S Achutanandan called for an early end.... - JK SVO receives 2,594 complaints, lodges 40 FIRs By : Legal - Law News
The State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) has received 2,594 complaints in the first six months of the current year, initiated enquiries in 1,226 of them and lodged 40 FIRs, Jammu and..... - No leakage from my side: Justice Pathak By : Legal - Law News
As the leakage of his report on inquiry into Volcker allegations led to turmoil in Parliament, Justice R S Pathak today insisted that his office had..... - Experts cast doubt on differing jail terms By : World Plus
Legal experts are concerned about court challenges to Los Angeles County's policy of cutting overcrowding by selective release of inmates, a report says. - U.S. Honduran refugees on legal deadline By : World Plus
U.S. immigration advocates are concerned 40,000 Hondurans may be deported after June 1, as they still haven't renewed their temporary permits. - Anti-quota forum welcomes Supreme Court notice to Centre By : Karnataka News
Anti-quota protesters under the banner of "Youth for Equality" (YFE) today welcomed the Supreme Court's notice to the Centre questioning the basis on which a policy decision to implement 27 per cent reservation was taken. - LDF granted a month's time on smart city project By : Kerala News
The Kerala High Court today granted the Left Democratic front government one month's time to inform their stand regarding the establishment of the rs 1500 crore smart city project, to provide IT infrastructure, at Kochi. - Left against any anti-labour law: Brinda Karat By : Legal - Law News
CPI-M politburo member Brinda Karat today said both the DMK Government in Tamil Nadu and the UPA Government at the Centre had been warned against bringing any..... - Jaswant should not have gone to Kandahar: Lalit Man Singh By : Legal - Law News
Former Foreign Secretary Lalit Man Singh, who was a Member of the Crisis Management Group when the Kandahar plane hijack incident took place, has said that former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh should not have gone to the Afghan city and could have sent someone else. - Hooda condoles Bhan's death By : Legal - Law News
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda expressed sorrow over the demise of Chairman of National Commission of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Suraj Bhan who died of cardiac arrest in Delhi this evening. - Allahabad High Court to hear plea of accused on Aug 21 By : Legal - Law News
The Allahabad High Court today fixed August 21 for further hearing of the application moved by an accused in the Ayodhya demolition case who sought to challenge the CBI's authority to act as a prosecuting agency. - BJP to bring Goa minister's advertisement to Supreme Court's notice By : India News
Opposition BJP in Goa has decided to bring to the notice of the Supreme Court an advertisement released by a minister in the state cabinet, listing his achievements in the last one year. - High Court issues notice to Centre on Navy War Room leak case By : Legal - Law News
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking direction to the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to share confidential information with the CBI in the infamous Navy War room leak case. - Man hurls shoe at judge protesting conviction By : More India News
A man who has already spent over 11 years in jail as an under-trial for raping a minor girl, hurled his shoe at a presiding judge in an Orissa village to protest the sentence against him.
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