Shortest mercy plea decision – in six days

NEW DELHI – While the limelight is on parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s clemency petition pending for four years, the Indian president had once decided on a mercy plea in less than a week, reveals a Right to Information (RTI) reply.

Activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, in a RTI filed with the president’s secretariat June 5, … Original article on : Shortest mercy plea decision – in six days.

Court rejects Lalit Modi’s plea to stay BCCI action

MUMBAI – The Bombay High Court Thursday rejected suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi’s plea to stay the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) disciplinary proceedings against him.

The court, however, said that the “BCCI disciplinary panel should keep Modi’s objections in mind”.
Modi’s attorney Mehmood Abdi ducked answering any questions … Original article on : Court rejects Lalit Modi’s plea to stay BCCI action.

No contempt proceedings against Sibal: apex court

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a petition seeking initiation of contempt of court proceedings against Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal for criticising judicial functioning in 1995.

An apex court bench of Justices J.M. Panchal and A.K. Patnaik said Sibal’s message in a souvenir had been quoted out of context.
The court said …. Original article  : No contempt proceedings against Sibal: apex court.

Bombay High Court dismisses Lalit Modi’s petition

MUMBAI – The Bombay High court on Thursday rejected suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi’s plea to quash the order of suspension and the disciplinary action initiated against him by the BCCI.

A two-member division bench that heard Modi’s writ petition said that it would only consider … Read : Bombay High Court dismisses Lalit Modi’s petition.

UK’s role in abuse of own citizens revealed

LONDON – The true extent of the previous Labour government’s involvement in the illegal abduction and torture of its own citizens after 9/11, has been spelled out in stark detail with the disclosure during high court proceedings of a mass of highly classified documents.

Previously secret papers implicate Tony Blair’s …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Bombay High Court to decide on Lalit Modi plea today

MUMBAI – The Bombay High Court will pass an order today on suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi’s petition to quash the BCCI’s disciplinary proceedings against him.

At Wednesday’s hearing, Modi’s lawyer, Virag Tulzhapurkar alleged that the BCCI’s disciplinary committee had vitiated the process of a fair trail and that the Board’s actions were … Original article on : Bombay High Court to decide on Lalit Modi plea today.

Montreal bans Pamela Anderson’s bikini ad for PETA

TORONTO – An animal rights poster showing “Baywatch” actress Pamela Anderson in a bikini with her body parts marked as pieces of meat has been banned by authorities in Montreal.

The ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) says: “All animals have the same parts. Have a heart. Go vegetarian.”
The …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Montreal bans Pamela Anderson’s bikini ad for PETA.

Brazil to allow rapid divorce

Brasilia, July 15 (IANS/EFE) Brazil has eliminated a lengthy separation procedure for couples that lasts for up to two years and will start the process for rapid divorce.

An amendment to the constitution eliminates the two sets of procedures used up to now to dissolve marriages on a consensual basis, one of which required the couple … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Brazil to allow rapid divorce.

Trial date for motivational speaker charged in AZ sweat lodge deaths vacated; no new date set

Trial date in AZ sweat lodge deaths case vacated

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The trial date for a motivational speaker charged in the deaths of three people following a sweat lodge ceremony he led in Arizona won’t start next month as planned.
James Arthur Ray’s trial had been scheduled to begin Aug. 31. A court document released Wednesday …. Read the original article  : here.

eBay slammed with $3.8-billion lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO – eBay has been slapped with a $3.8-billion lawsuit by a company that claims the online auctioneer stole its ideas for online payments and then tried to patent them as its own, according to a news release for the plaintiffs Wednesday.

In the lawsuit, lawyers for XPRT Ventures claimed that it shared details of … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : eBay slammed with $3.8-billion lawsuit.