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BOMBAY HIGH COURT OFFICIAL WEBSITE: PARDON US, NIC’S (FREUDIAN) SLIP IS SHOWING
[July 13, 2009]
The official site of the Bombay High Court continues to be severely problematic. In June, just before Court reopened, we received a complaint that the site and the daily cause lists on it did not…[More]
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COMMERCIAL DIVISION OF HIGH COURTS BILL 2009
[August 19, 2011]
The Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009 has been passed by the Lok Sabha. This is an important bill for the Bombay High Court and particularly for members of this Association. If enacted, it…[More]
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FAMOUS LEGAL TRIALS: DOUGLAS LINDER
[July 14, 2009]
For those who missed it earlier, Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Law, has an absolutely marvellous webpage with details of historic trials. It’s been updated to include a 9/11…[More]
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FAMOUS TRIALS
[July 13, 2004]
Douglas Linder, an alumni of Stanford Law School, is a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s School of Law. His website Famous Trials is a fascinating repository of accounts of trials, from Socrates to…[More]
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HIGH COURT WEBSITE TEMPORARY LINKS
[July 13, 2009]
The problem with the High Court website has still not been resolved. The computer section tells me that they cannot say when this will be done. Apparently, it has something to do with the MTNL…[More]
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS: US SUP CT JUDGES ON CAMERA
[March 25, 2008]
David Foster Wallace says he is a genius. Now Bryan Garner, editor of Black’s Law Dictionary since its seventh edition and the acknowledged eminence grise of legalese, boldly goes where no one has gone before…[More]
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JAZZ RULES: R V FRANCIS
[March 18, 2008]
Our member Jimmy Avasia was delighted by R v Francis [2007] 1 WLR 1021. Carlene Francis, the defendant, was alleged to have made a racially obscene remark to a police officer who came into the…[More]
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LOKPAL BILLS AND THE BBA RESOLUTION AT THE EOGM
[August 19, 2011]
At its Extraordinary General Meeting, the Association passed the following resolution: “IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that this House condemns all forms of corruption and supports the people’s movement against corruption. This House also condemns any…[More]
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LORD NEUBERGER ASKS WHO IS THE MASTER: THE UNELECTED JUDGE OR THE ELECTED POLITICIAN
[April 8, 2011]
Adam Wagner | Guardian | 8 April 2011 Is the master of the rolls Lord Neuberger the busiest judge in England? He has given another fascinating speech entitled Who are the masters now? The question…[More]
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PROFESSOR SHUTS LAPTOP, ARRESTED FOR BATTERY
[April 8, 2011]
By Stephanie Rabiner | Findlaw Blogs Krista Bowman is the most infamous student at Valdosta State University. That’s in Georgia, by the way. Bowman is under fire for pressing charges against assistant professor Frank Rybicki…[More]
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SUGGESTIONS ON THE LOKPAL BILL 2011
[August 20, 2011]
The attention of members is drawn to the public notice that appeared in the Times of India among other newspapers on 20 August 2011, inviting suggestions in regard to the Lokpal Bill 2011. The last…[More]
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US SUPREME COURT HEALTH CARE LAW HEARINGS
[March 29, 2012]
Verbatim transcripts of the three-day hearings in the US Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Obama Administration’s Health Care law were made available by the New York Times and others. Day 1 | Day…[More]
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