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Legal Aid Not Merely Act Of Charity But Moral Duty: Chief Justice BR Gavai
CJI BR Gavai said legal aid is not merely an act of charity but a moral duty, and those engaged in the legal aid movement must approach their role with an administrative imagination to ensure the rule of law extends to every corner of the country
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Legal Aid Has Key Role In Strengthening Justice System: Supreme Court Judge
Legal aid has a functional role in strengthening the justice system and it needs to be understood beyond the aid to the needy, Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna said on Monday.
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"Litigation Like Bleeding Wound": Next Chief Justice On Legal Aid For Poor
Litigation is like a bleeding wound and the more it is allowed to bleed, the more will the man suffer, Chief Justice of India-designate Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said on Sunday.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre Over PIL Seeking Shelters For Abused Women
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking adequate infrastructure across the country for providing effective legal aid to women abused in matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them.
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"Need To Ensure Legal Cover To Marginalised Sections": Supreme Court Judge
Supreme Court judge Justice U U Lalit has expressed the need to ensure legal protection to the marginalised sections of the society
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Society's Duty To Give Accused Opportunity For Defence: Supreme Court Judge
It is the duty of every member of an orderly society to offer every possible opportunity to an accused to defend himself, Supreme Court judge UU Lalit said today.
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Delhi Court Says Nirbhaya Convicts Entitled To Legal Aide, Offers Lawyer
A Delhi court Wednesday offered counsel to Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, saying a condemned convict is entitled to legal aide till his last breath.
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Assam To Give Legal Aid To Underprivileged People Excluded From NRC List
The Assam government will provide legal aid to underprivileged people who have been excluded from the final list of the National Register of Citizens or NRC, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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For Over A Year, This Journalist Has Been In Jail In Bastar
"Journalists who have been targeted must not give up and we must continue the fight" was how Santosh Yadav greeted us from across the mesh window.
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Jayalalithaa Urges Chandrababu Naidu for Legal Aid to Tamil Prisoners in Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has urged her Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to arrange for legal assistance to Tamil prisoners jailed in that state in connection with "alleged forest related offences".
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Chief Justice of India suggests 24-hour legal aid helpline, clinics
Chief Justice of India (CJI) P Sathasivam has suggested opening of 24-hour legal aid helplines and clinics to provide timely advice to victims of heinous crimes, like rape.
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Ek Thi Daayan opens with average weekend collection
The opening weekend collection of Emraan Hashmi-starrer Ek Thi Daayan is approximately Rs 18.07 crore and trade pundits are calling it satisfactory business, keeping the unconventional theme of the movie in mind.
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Kalki Koechlin won't direct films
Actress Kalki Koechlin, who is married to filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, says she would not mind directing plays, but is not interested in going behind the cameras for a commercial film.
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Ban Ek Thi Daayan for glorifying superstition, says NGO
Free Legal Aid Committee (FLAC), an NGO engaged in spreading awareness against superstition of daayan (witch), today demanded ban on Emraan Hashmi's film Ek Thi Daayan.
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Dayal seeks removal of domestic help from US
Indian Consul General in New York Prabhu Dayal, accused of treating a former domestic help as a "slave" and making sexual advances, has sought her removal from the country on the grounds that she no longer has a legitimate visa to be here."I formally request that removal proceedings be commenced against Santosh Bharadwaj," Ravi Batra, Mr Dayal's la...
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Legal Aid Not Merely Act Of Charity But Moral Duty: Chief Justice BR Gavai
CJI BR Gavai said legal aid is not merely an act of charity but a moral duty, and those engaged in the legal aid movement must approach their role with an administrative imagination to ensure the rule of law extends to every corner of the country
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Legal Aid Has Key Role In Strengthening Justice System: Supreme Court Judge
Legal aid has a functional role in strengthening the justice system and it needs to be understood beyond the aid to the needy, Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjiv Khanna said on Monday.
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"Litigation Like Bleeding Wound": Next Chief Justice On Legal Aid For Poor
Litigation is like a bleeding wound and the more it is allowed to bleed, the more will the man suffer, Chief Justice of India-designate Justice Uday Umesh Lalit said on Sunday.
-
Supreme Court Notice To Centre Over PIL Seeking Shelters For Abused Women
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking adequate infrastructure across the country for providing effective legal aid to women abused in matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them.
-
"Need To Ensure Legal Cover To Marginalised Sections": Supreme Court Judge
Supreme Court judge Justice U U Lalit has expressed the need to ensure legal protection to the marginalised sections of the society
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Society's Duty To Give Accused Opportunity For Defence: Supreme Court Judge
It is the duty of every member of an orderly society to offer every possible opportunity to an accused to defend himself, Supreme Court judge UU Lalit said today.
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Delhi Court Says Nirbhaya Convicts Entitled To Legal Aide, Offers Lawyer
A Delhi court Wednesday offered counsel to Pawan Gupta, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, saying a condemned convict is entitled to legal aide till his last breath.
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Assam To Give Legal Aid To Underprivileged People Excluded From NRC List
The Assam government will provide legal aid to underprivileged people who have been excluded from the final list of the National Register of Citizens or NRC, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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For Over A Year, This Journalist Has Been In Jail In Bastar
"Journalists who have been targeted must not give up and we must continue the fight" was how Santosh Yadav greeted us from across the mesh window.
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Jayalalithaa Urges Chandrababu Naidu for Legal Aid to Tamil Prisoners in Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has urged her Andhra Pradesh counterpart N Chandrababu Naidu to arrange for legal assistance to Tamil prisoners jailed in that state in connection with "alleged forest related offences".
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Chief Justice of India suggests 24-hour legal aid helpline, clinics
Chief Justice of India (CJI) P Sathasivam has suggested opening of 24-hour legal aid helplines and clinics to provide timely advice to victims of heinous crimes, like rape.
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Ek Thi Daayan opens with average weekend collection
The opening weekend collection of Emraan Hashmi-starrer Ek Thi Daayan is approximately Rs 18.07 crore and trade pundits are calling it satisfactory business, keeping the unconventional theme of the movie in mind.
-
Kalki Koechlin won't direct films
Actress Kalki Koechlin, who is married to filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, says she would not mind directing plays, but is not interested in going behind the cameras for a commercial film.
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Ban Ek Thi Daayan for glorifying superstition, says NGO
Free Legal Aid Committee (FLAC), an NGO engaged in spreading awareness against superstition of daayan (witch), today demanded ban on Emraan Hashmi's film Ek Thi Daayan.
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Dayal seeks removal of domestic help from US
Indian Consul General in New York Prabhu Dayal, accused of treating a former domestic help as a "slave" and making sexual advances, has sought her removal from the country on the grounds that she no longer has a legitimate visa to be here."I formally request that removal proceedings be commenced against Santosh Bharadwaj," Ravi Batra, Mr Dayal's la...
