Poor facilities in lower courts slammed

NEW DELHI – Supreme Court judge S.H. Kapadia, tipped to be the Chief Justice of India in May, Saturday lamented the pathetic infrastructure in the lower courts in various states.

Justice Kapadia made the remarks at the foundation stone-laying ceremony of a 12-acre Supreme Court annexe complex at the Pragati Maidan. The complex will include lawyers … Read : Poor facilities in lower courts slammed.

Petition filed in LHC for Musharraf’s high treason trial

LAHORE – Yet another petition seeking registration of a high treason case against former President General Pervez Musharraf has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC).

The petition filed by an advocate Ilamuddin Ghazi requested the court to register a case against Musharraf on …. Read the original article  : here.

Nepal’s children still in line of fire: UN

KATHMANDU – Though Nepal signed a peace pact four years ago to end a decade of armed insurgency, children remain in the firing line, with at least 60 killed and maimed last year while dozens faced sexual attacks, abduction and forced participation in violent activities, the UN said.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tabled a new report … Read more : Nepal’s children still in line of fire: UN.

SC Lt. Gov. Bauer says illegal immigration caused by residents too lazy to toil in fields

SC’s Bauer: Lazy people cause illegal immigration

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – South Carolina’s lieutenant governor said Friday that lazy residents who don’t want to take jobs harvesting the state’s crops are the root of its problems with illegal immigration.
Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer’s remarks came at the opening of a debate of Republican gubernatorial hopefuls. The candidates were …. Source  : SC Lt. Gov. Bauer says illegal immigration caused by residents too lazy to toil in fields.

US state enacts strict illegal immigration law

Washington, April 24 (IANS/EFE) Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law Friday a measure criminalizing undocumented immigrants and requiring police to verify the immigration status of anyone suspected of being in the country illegally.

Brewer, a Republican seeking re-election, said the measure “represents another tool for our state to use as we work to solve a … Original source on Gaea Times at : US state enacts strict illegal immigration law.

Shareholder lawsuit names Goldman’s CEO and other brass for breach of duty in mortgage deals

Goldman’s CEO and board are named in lawsuit

NEW YORK – A pair of shareholder lawsuits accuses Goldman Sachs’s CEO and other top officers of lax oversight of deals involving risky mortage-backed securities that later went bad.
The lawsuits filed Thursday in New York State Supreme Court name Chairman Lloyd Blankfein and the firm’s entire board of …. Source article  : Shareholder lawsuit names Goldman’s CEO and other brass for breach of duty in mortgage deals.

Court dismisses public interest lawsuit as ‘personal’

GANDHINAGAR – The Gujarat High Court Friday dismissed as “personal” a public interest lawsuit (PIL) which claimed that the officer bearers of Surendranagar Peoples Cooperative Bank Ltd were responsible for irregularities and had duped the bank of Rs.85 crore of the depositors’ money.

The bank is under process of liquidation. The PIL filed by … Read more »».

Feuding children of fantasy artist Frank Frazetta resolve dispute over father’s famed art

Frazetta siblings resolve dispute over fantasy art

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The adult children of pioneering fantasy artist Frank Frazetta have resolved an ugly dispute over control of their elderly father’s body of work.
The family feud boiled over in December when Frazetta’s son, Frank Frazetta Jr., was caught using a backhoe to break into the artist’s museum …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Feuding children of fantasy artist Frank Frazetta resolve dispute over father’s famed art.

Sender of threatening SMSes granted bail

NEW DELHI – A city court Friday granted bail to Narender Khosla, the businessman accused for sending threatening and sleazy text messages to politicians, including former minister of state for external affairs Shahshi Tharoor.

Granting the bail, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja said: “After taking into account the fact that the accused was in custody …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Sender of threatening SMSes granted bail.

Gujarat ordered to compensate riot victims made homeless

GANDHINAGAR – The Gujarat High Court Friday ordered the state government to compensate and rehabilitate the victims of the 2002 riots as well as other families whose houses were demolished by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in 2009.

A division bench of Chief Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya and Justice Akil Kureshi ordered the state government to pay …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Gujarat ordered to compensate riot victims made homeless.