Legal News – Newsletter for November 28, 2010

Allotment of Baloch land to US, NATO forces challenged in Lahore HC

ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani lawyer has moved the Lahore High Court against the allotment of land to US and NATO forces in Balochistan.

Advocate Illamud Din submitted before the court on Saturday that the government had handed over a big area to foreign forces for setting up an airbase, which was against the country’s sovereignty, the …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Moily assures of steps to make judges more accountable

NEW DELHI – A day after the Supreme Court slammed some judges of the Allahabad High Court for nepotism and corruption, union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Saturday said the government will take steps to make judges more accountable.

Moily was reacting to the order of the apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Moily assures of steps to make judges more accountable.

Book Arundhati, Geelani for anti-India speeches: Delhi Court

NEW DELHI – A city court Saturday ordered Delhi Police to register an FIR against Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani, writer-activist Arundhati Roy and five others for making ‘anti-India’ speeches during a seminar here Oct 21.

“The Delhi Police are hereby directed to lodge an FIR under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and …. Original source  : Book Arundhati, Geelani for anti-India speeches: Delhi Court.

Blasphemy accused Pak-Christian woman approaches LHC against death sentence

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani-Christian woman Aasia Bibi’s lawyer has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court against the sessions court decision on November 12, in which she was sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy, Federal Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti has said.

Bhatti made these revelations while giving a briefing to the National Assembly …. Read the original article  : Blasphemy accused Pak-Christian woman approaches LHC against death sentence.

Britain will need 2 mn new homes for immigrants

LONDON – Britain will need more than two million new homes over the next 25 years to cope with immigration, a media report said Saturday.

Official figures released Friday showed that Britain will have to provide homes for 83,000 migrant families a year if the influx continues at the current rate, reports Daily Mail.
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Court orders police to file FIR against Geelani, Roy

NEW DELHI – A Delhi court Saturday ordered the police to register an FIR against Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani, writer-activist Arundhati Roy and five others for making anti-India speeches at a conference here Oct 21.

According to an order by Patiala House Court, the others against whom the First Information Report is to be …. Read the original article  : Court orders police to file FIR against Geelani, Roy.