Government favours foreign equity in limited partnerships

NEW DELHI – India’s commerce and industry ministry has favoured foreign investment in limited liability partnerships and floated a discussion paper inviting comments from all stakeholders before taking a policy decision on the matter.

Notified April 1 last year, the permission for domestic limited liability partnerships was given to nurse the growth of professionals such …. Original source  : Government favours foreign equity in limited partnerships.

Kasab will meet lawyers with jail officials close by: Bombay HC

MUMBAI – The Bombay High Court has ordered that 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab and his lawyers should meet in the presence of jail officials.

According to a court ruling, jail officials will stay close enough to see and hear Kasab during his legal consultation.

Kasab was convicted for killing people and for terror activities against … Read : Kasab will meet lawyers with jail officials close by: Bombay HC.

Rivals in Bihar polls worried ahead of Ayodhya verdict

PATNA – A day ahead of the Ayodhya verdict, leaders of several main political parties in Bihar are worried as they fear that the judgment might impact their prospects and the outcome of the assembly elections.

Leaders of Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U), its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), … Read more >>.

Sobhraj mother-in-law case triggers debate

KATHMANDU – Dogged by controversies ever since she started defending serial killer Charles Sobhraj, Nepali lawyer Shakuntala Thapa is now at the heart of another legal debate after the country’s top court handed her a jail sentence and a severe restriction.

By Sudeshna Sarkar
Thapa, a senior lawyer, became a household name two years ago …. Original article  : Sobhraj mother-in-law case triggers debate.

1st Guantanamo detainee civilian trial to begin with jury selection blocks from ground zero

Osama bin Laden evidence readied at detainee trial

NEW YORK – Prosecutors plan to give Osama bin Laden a starring role in the terrorism trial of the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be tried in civilian courts, a test case in the debate over whether suspects scooped up in the war against terrorism can be prosecuted …. Read the original article  : here.

Nicaraguan women seek to restore legal abortion

Managua, Sep 29 (IANS/EFE) A group of women have delivered to the Nicaraguan government thousands of signatures collected in Europe by Amnesty International (AI) to demand the restoration of therapeutic abortion in this Central American country.

The signatures were turned over at the offices of the governing Sandinista party by leaders of the Strategic Group … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Nicaraguan women seek to restore legal abortion.

Brazilian lawmaker sentenced to prison for corruption

Brasilia, Sep 29 (IANS/EFE) Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court sentenced lawmaker Jose Fuscaldi Cesilio to seven years behind bars in the first prison sentenced meted out to a congressman in the 25-year history of the country’s democracy.

The justices of the Supreme Court found Cesilio guilty for acts of improper appropriation of funds and tax evasion … Read : Brazilian lawmaker sentenced to prison for corruption.

People with knowledge of probe: Armstrong team staffer to be called before grand jury

AP Sources: Armstrong team staffer to talk to jury

LOS ANGELES – A staff member of Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack, who also has a connection to Floyd Landis, is expected to testify Wednesday before a grand jury investigating allegations of doping in professional cycling, two people with knowledge of the probe said.
Allen Lim, an exercise physiologist …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Canadian prostitution laws struck down

TORONTO – Prostitution was effectively decriminalized in Canada Tuesday after a court here struck down main provisions of prostitution laws on a petition by three sex-trade workers.

“These laws, individually and together, force prostitutes to choose between their liberty interest and their right to security of the person as protected under the Canadian Charter of …. Source  : Canadian prostitution laws struck down.

Person with knowledge of probe: Armstrong team staffer to be called before grand jury

AP Source: Armstrong team staffer to talk to jury

LOS ANGELES – A staff member of Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack, who also has a connection to Floyd Landis, is expected to testify Wednesday before a grand jury investigating allegations of doping in professional cycling, a person with knowledge of the probe said.
Allen Lim, an exercise physiologist [..] Read the original article: here.