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Israeli spy chief hands court scathing rebuke of Netanyahu bid to sack himThe head of Israel's domestic intelligence service, Ronen Bar, alleges that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought his dismissal after he...- "I hope Americans will understand": Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter in gun and tax fraud case despite earlier pledgesUS President Joe Biden has granted a full and unconditional pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, for federal gun and tax charges. The pardon co...
- Ex-premier's graft case a test of justice in oil-rich KuwaitKuwait's justice system is testing government pledges to hold ministers accountable for $790 million gone missing from the Defense Ministry...
- Decriminalisation of politics: EC, centre at loggerheads in Supreme CourtThe poll panel, in its report, had referred to section 8 of the Representation of the People Act and said it dealt with disqualification of...
- 36% of all MPs, MLAs facing criminal casesThe lawmakers are to be tried in fast-track special courts, which have been set up across the country; trials are to conclude within a year.
- It is not unknown in history that a person who did revolution is tainted as a criminal: A Raja“It has been proven that the presumptive loss to the exchequer, which formed the basis of the conspiracy theorists to run amok, was cooked ...
- Set up 12 special courts to hear cases of MPs/MLAs by March 1: Supreme CourtThe apex court said the governments of states where the special courts are to be set up will constitute these courts in consultation with t...
- Centre to set up 12 special courts to exclusively deal with cases against 1,581 tainted lawmakersTotal of 10 special courts will be set up in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telengana, ...
- Government compiling record of tainted MPs, MLAs as HCs of no helpHowever, even six months after the SC deadline passed, the government has not received information from any HC on the completion of trials.
- Leaving Law Ministry with 'supreme' sense satisfaction: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad said passage of National JAC Bill and its ratification by Goa, Tripura and Rajasthan state legislatures is one of the biggest achiev...
- Home Ministry asks states to fast-track cases against MPs, MLAsThe direction came in the wake of Supreme Court setting a deadline to complete trial in cases involving lawmakers.
- Centre to write to states to expedite cases against lawmakersThe move also comes against the backdrop of a directive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cleanse politics from tainted lawmakers.
- High Court panel confirms SIMI ban, moots setting up special tribunalA Delhi High Court panel today confirmed the Centre's decision to extend by another five years the ban on Students Islamic Movement of Indi...
- Narendra Modi to MPs: Ask SC to fast-track your casesThe PM, who has spoken of fast tracking pending criminal cases against MPs during his campaign, said such an initiative will help punish th...
- Law panel chief says political class not serious about electoral reformsLaw Commission chairman and former Delhi High Court chief justice A P Shah said, "Institutional integrity is important to preserve."
- If elected, criminals may lose Lok Sabha seats by May 2015The Supreme Court order setting a year's deadline for lower courts to dispose of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs could adversely impact...
- Palin giving back tainted money from gov campaignGov Sarah Palin, touted by Republican presidential nominee John McCain as a reformer when he picked her to be his running mate, will send $...
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