Air India loses labour battle in Nepal

KATHMANDU – India’s flag carrier Air India has lost a protracted labour battle in Nepal with the country’s apex court ruling that the airline would have to abide by Nepal’s labour laws while operating in Nepal.

The verdict delivered Tuesday by Supreme Court judges Khilaraj Regmi and Bharatraj Upreti comes as a blow for India’s oldest …. Original article  : Air India loses labour battle in Nepal.

Infamous ‘golden’ comment by Blagojevich to feature as testimony continues at corruption trial

Blago’s ‘golden’ comment makes appearance at trial
CHICAGO – Rod Blagojevich’s profanity-laced comment about not giving up his power to appoint Barack Obama’s successor in the U.S. Senate for nothing will likely reappear at the former governor’s corruption trial.
Prosecutors played the infamous wiretap recording in which Blagojevich colorfully describes the opportunity to name a …. Source article  : Infamous ‘golden’ comment by Blagojevich to feature as testimony continues at corruption trial.

SEC paying $755K to settle with former staff lawyer who investigated prominent hedge fund

SEC paying $755K to settle with fired lawyer

WASHINGTON – The Securities and Exchange Commission is paying $755,000 to settle a lawsuit with a former staff lawyer who accused the agency of blocking his investigation of a prominent hedge fund.
The SEC settlement of Gary Aguirre’s wrongful termination claim was announced Tuesday by the Government Accountability Project.
Aguirre …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Kagan: Judges must intervene if president, Congress overstep authority but aren’t policymakers

Kagan: Role of court is not to set public policy

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan says the judiciary should intervene if a president oversteps his authority but that judges must be mindful they are not policymakers.
Kagan was responding Tuesday to a line of questioning from Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold about the role of courts …. Original source  : Kagan: Judges must intervene if president, Congress overstep authority but aren’t policymakers.

Kagan tells Judiciary Committee she admires Justice Marshall, but will be herself on court

Kagan testifies she’ll be her own person on bench

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan says she admires Justice Thurgood Marshall but would think and act for herself if confirmed for the high court.
In an exchange Tuesday with Republican Sen. John Kyl of Arizona, Kagan was asked about an article she had written picking up … Original article on : Kagan tells Judiciary Committee she admires Justice Marshall, but will be herself on court.

Berlusconi assailant acquitted

Milan, June 29 (IANS/AKI) An Italian judge Tuesday acquitted the mentally unbalanced man who attacked Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at a political rally last year on grounds of diminished responsibility.

Judge Luisa Savoia ruled that Massimo Tartaglia be placed under a control order for a year and obey a community psychiatric therapy centre director’s orders …. Original article  : Berlusconi assailant acquitted.

No action against MPs for not disclosing assets: Activist

NEW DELHI – Four months after a right to information (RTI) plea revealed that 70 Lok Sabha members had not declared their assets to the speaker, the authorities have yet to take any action, a transparency law activist said Tuesday.

The information was disclosed Feb 24 in a reply to the RTI application filed by Subhash … Read more »».

Birla Corporation completes adjourned AGM

KOLKATA – Birla Corporation, the M.P. Birla Group flagship company controlled by the Lodhas, Tuesday finished its re-scheduled 90th annual general meeting (AGM).

The AGM was adjourned June 23 following an order of the Alipore Court. A company shareholder, owning 200 shares, had moved the court on the issue of postal ballots and obtained an ex … Read : Birla Corporation completes adjourned AGM.

Kagan embraces living Constitution; Says Framers understood need for adaptation to change

Kagan embraces notion of living Constitution

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is calling the Constitution a living document, saying it’s framers wrote it to last through ever-changing circumstances.
Her remarks in an exchange with Sen. Patrick Leahy on the second day of confirmation hearings touched on suggestions by Republican critics that she would legislate from …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Kagan embraces living Constitution; Says Framers understood need for adaptation to change.

Berlusconi attacker found unfit for trial, placed under psychiatric care

Berlusconi attacker found unfit for trial
MILAN – The man who hurled a statuette at Premier Silvio Berlusconi, leaving the bloodied Italian leader with a broken nose and two broken teeth, is not fit to stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Judge Luisa Savoia, however, placed Massimo Tartaglia under observation for one year in a psychiatric hospital …. Source  : Gaea News Network.