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National News: A Public Prosecutor Accused for Advising the Accused in 2G Scam (14-Feb-2013)

Recently in the 2G spectrum scam case, one of the public prosecutors was removed by the Central Bureau of Investigation after enquiring in the matter. The enquiry of the removed public prosecutor was done by tapping his phone conversations through which it was noticed that he was adv

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National News: Benefits of E-stamping system, which has been introduced in Delhi Courts (14-Feb-2013)

As papers have been replaced by electronic systems in mostly all fields like banks, reservations, admissions in collages, etc. our judicial system has also taken a step towards it. Delhi High Courts have introduced electronic-stamping facility in all the district courts in the city i

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National News: Death Sentence to the Murderer of a Seven Year Old Only Male Child of a Family with Intention to End Family Lineage (10-Feb-2013)

In a recent case of murder of a seven year old boy who was the sole male child of the family, Supreme Court judges P Sathasivam and JS Khekar awarded death penalty to the murderer. The murderer kidnapped the boy from school and then called his family members for money, when there was

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National News: Anirudh Krishnamani, Supported By Father M.N. Krishnamani for Action against Police for Removing His Paintings from Exhibition (10-Feb-2013)

Anirudh Krishnamani, son of President of Supreme Court Bar Association M.N. Krishnamani depicted in his exhibition some paintings where in Kali, Mohini and Shiva-Sati was in nude state. These paintings were removed from exhibition by the Bhartiya Janata Party leader. The exhibition w

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National News: Updates Of MPL Season Four (07-Feb-2013)

The fourth season of Mooting Premiere League (MPL) is taking place in the first week of February where many groups participation is expected. The organizer being International law firm Herbert Smith, and it is sponsoring prizes worth 60,000 to top three winning collages. First MPL fo

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National News: NV Ramana Not To Be Dismissed From Judgeship (07-Feb-2013)

Supreme Court today dismissed the petition of Manohar Reddy, advocate of Andhra Pradesh High Court and MV Narsimha Reddy, senior advocate relating to appointment of High Court Judge NV Ramana. He was appointed on 27^th June, 2000. The Supreme Court also imposed costs on the

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International News (United Kingdom): Court Of Appeal Rules On Account Of Profits In IP Infringement Actions (06-Feb-2013)

INTRODUCTION

The recent English Court of Appeal decision in Hollister Inc v Medik Ostomy Supplies Ltd, largely overturned the earlier Patents County Court decision. It provides useful guidance on the determination of an account of profits.

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International News (Canada): Reviewing The Significant Tax Developments Of 2012 (06-Feb-2013)

The year 2012 brought consequential Canadian tax amendments and developments in several areas like Legislation, Jurisprudence, and Commodity tax.

Legislation

The 2012 federal budget fortified Canada's weak capitalization rules by:

reducing the debt-to-equity limit from

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International News (Canada): Supreme Court Balances Insolvency And Environmental Protection Regimes (06-Feb-2013)

INTRODUCTION

The Supreme Court of Canada recently considered the difficult intersection of Canada's federal insolvency regime with provincial environmental protection laws. The issue arose in AbitibiBowater Inc ('Abitibi'), which involved Companies' Creditors Arra

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International News (Canada): Challenge To Government Implementation Of Safety Management Systems Fails (06-Feb-2013)

Passenger James Ratt who was injured in the crash of a King Air 100 in Sandy Bay, Saskatchewan in January 2007, had commenced legal proceedings against a number of parties, including the minister of transport and the Canadian government. The essence of his claim against the minister

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National News: Asian Bakery Case Where Salman Khan Charged For Culpable Homicide Not Amounting To Murder (02-Feb-2013)

Salman khan was convicted for hit and run case in September 2002. Four people were injured and one killed by car driven by him. It was found that he was driving his Toyota Land cruiser when he was drunk and drove the car over the steps of the bakery. For his act he was charges causin

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National News: India Cuts Key Interest Rate by Quarter Point (01-Feb-2013)

The Reserve Bank of India has cut down its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 7.75 percent on Tuesday, aspiring to escalate the declining growth in Asia's third-largest economy. The Reserve Bank of India also reduced its cash reserve ratio for banks by a quarter points to 4 percen

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National News: Delhi Police Seeking Legal Opinion On Juvenile Board's Ruling (01-Feb-2013)

Delhi Police is questing legal opinion on the decree given by the Juvenile Justice Board that the sixth accused in the Delhi gang rape case was a juvenile. One of the accused in the Delhi gang-rape has been declared a minor by the Juvenile Justice Board, a lawyer said here on Monday.

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International News: Competition- India (27-Jan-2013)

Abuse of dominance charges

The Competition Commission of India recently disposed of three separate cases related to similar issues filed by Arshiya Rail Infrastructure Limited and Kribhco Infrastructure Limited against the Ministry of Railways and Container Corpor

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International News: Employee Benefits on Transfer of Employment (25-Jan-2013)

In the case of Kerfoot v Weyerhaeuser Company 2012 BCSC 640 the employees were awarded compensation for damage caused by loss of pension benefits on sale of Weyerhaeuser Company to Domtar Corporation.

Weyerhaeuser sold its interests in a mill to Domtar Corporation

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