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What Pathribal means for India -AG Noorani

-The Hindu The Supreme Court's timidity in dealing with the law on prior sanction for prosecuting public servants has offered protection to the murderous and the corrupt While the encounter murders in Pathribal and their cover up are yet another blot on India's record in Kashmir, the legal issues they raise on accountability to the law affect the entire country. They touch the very core of the rule of law that is...

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There is case for commuting Bhullar sentence: MB Shah-Darshan Desai and V Venkatesan

-The Hindu Death-row convict, Devender Pal Singh Bhullar, whose writ petition against the rejection of his mercy petition on the ground of inordinate and unexplained delay was dismissed by the Supreme Court on April 12, perhaps, has reason for hope with a former Judge of the Supreme Court, Justice M.B. Shah, reiterating his case for commuting his death sentence. Justice Shah was the dissenting Judge who found Bhullar innocent, while two...

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Judges wanted Bhullar sentence commuted -V Venkatesan

-The Hindu Differing with his brother judges, Justice M.B. Shah had actually voted to acquit Bhullar His plea for mercy on the grounds of delay may have been rejected by the Supreme Court last week but there is one more argument his lawyers can make in their final push to save Devender Pal Singh Bhullar from the gallows: the two judges who confirmed the death sentence in a 2:1 split verdict...

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Undertrials languishing in jails to get RTI help

-The Times of India HYDERABAD: In a move that may provide relief to thousands of undertrials in state jails, the state information commission is planning to direct the government to make public the list of those who are languishing in prisons without trial for a long time, officials said. "We will order the prisons department to immediately make the information on undertrials public under the Right to Information act," saidJannat Hussain, chief...

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The trial against other accused in 1984 riots case nearing completion-Jiby Kattakayam

-The Hindu   Court order will not impact the trial against Panewala: CBI Even as the Sessions court order, rejecting the CBI clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler ensures that the investigation into the 1984 riots case will continue, the trial against the other accused person in the case, Suresh Kumar alias Panewala, who is charged with murder and rioting, is nearing completion. A CBI source said the agency has completed the examination...

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