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By Kalyani Raamath About a year ago, I watched Ruth Cowan's movie Courting Justice on women in South Africa's Constitutional Court. My reactions to the movie were contradictory. On the one hand, the narrative was no doubt inspiring as stories of all hard won successes are. On the other, I...

A man, whose three brothers were killed in 1984 anti-Sikh riots, told a court on Monday trying senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar as to how the rioters targeted and attacked the houses in which the victims had taken shelter. "I saw that the mob armed with lathis and sarias (canes and iron...

Supreme Court rules to hang bride burners to stop barbaric act Punjab Newsline Network Saturday, 09 October 2010 NEW DELHI: Unless all those who burn their wives are hanged, the barbaric crime would not stop, the Supreme Court has said. "This (bride burning) is barbaric and wild...

Court resumes recording of statements in ’84 Sikh riots TNN, Sep 30, 2010, 02.35am IST Tags:sajjan kumar|i u khan|1984 riots NEW DELHI: Following the apex court's dismissal of the plea of former MP Sajjan Kumar to quash all the charges against him pertaining to 1984 anti-sikh...

Ross Street executive’s refusal to work with Sikh Youth Vancouver led to otherwise avoidable litigation: “I am satisfied that if the requests made of the executive had been followed, this litigation could have been avoided,” Justice Paul Walker writes. VANCOUVER – In a strongly-worded...

A Delhi court today decided to resume recording statement of witnesses in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case allegedly involving senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar from September 29 with the apex court having dismissed a plea of the politician. Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta said that the...

[/B] Trial against Sajjan Kumar in 1984 riots case to continue: Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash charges of murder and other offences against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, and said, the trial would continue in connection with the 1984...

India on edge as court decides disputed holy land’s future September 12, 2010 Rick Westhead - Toronto Star Muhammad Hashim Ansari, 90 RICK WESTHEAD/TORONTO STAR AYODHYA, INDIA—Muhammad Hashim Ansari is the rare 90-year-old tailor who boasts his own security detail, a group of...

U.S. Court Orders Trial Against Indian Government Minister Kamal Nath for His Role in 1984 Genocide of Sikhs - Trial Begins September 22, 2010...

A shopkeeper was beaten to death with wine bottles from his own shelves as he tried to fend off a gang of thieves, a court heard today. Gurmail Singh, who was 63, died as he defended the Huddersfield shop he had built up as a retirement business after working in a mill and a factory for 40...

B.C. court order puts Sikh temple election in limbo The Canadian Press Updated: Wed. Sep. 1 2010 5:24 PM ET Thousands of memberships at one of British Columbia's oldest Sikh temples have been invalidated after a court ruling, putting an upcoming election in limbo. The B.C. Supreme Court...

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Tags:sikh temple in austin|austin gurdwara sahib HOUSTON: A newly-built Sikh temple in Austin may soon be razed or moved following a Texas appellate-court ruling that it violated zoning laws, resulting in an outcry from members of the community. The temple was completed in...

(AP) – 18 hours ago KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Malaysian court has convicted two Muslim brothers of torching a Christian church during the height of a dispute over whether non-Muslims can use the word "Allah" to refer to God. The firebombing last January was the first in an unprecedented...

J. VENKATESAN Bench issues notices to CBI, others The Supreme Court on Friday stayed for two weeks the trial against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, an accused in the anti-Sikh riot cases. A Bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and B.S. Chauhan stayed a Delhi High Court judgment giving the...

This is the latest news on the condition of Kulwant Singh, arrested with S Pal Singh, and whom we reported to be in the hospital in grave condition as a consequence of torture by electrocution while in police custody. See news clipping in the next wndow. Related threads...

<table valign="top" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="SummaryStyle">A local court here on Saturday framed gangrape charges against Haryana's commissioner and secretary in fisheries department N.K. Jain in an eight-year-old rape case...

The minister failed to respond to summons to him on a plea by Sikh group A new York district court on Thursday issued a certificate of default declaring that Union Minister for Roadways Kamal Nath has failed to respond to the summons issued by the court earlier on April 6. This was stated by...

Disproportionate Assets Court examines witnesses in case against Badals Tribune News Service Mohali, August 2 In the disproportionate assets case against the Badals, the Mohali Special Judge today examined three crucial witnesses, who were crucial to loan transactions of Rs 1.16 crore...

Green activist shot dead near High Court Gujarat: RTI activist Amit Jethwa shot dead AHMEDABAD: An environmental activist, Amit Jethava, was shot dead outside the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday night. The incident took place at 8.45pm when Jethava, who had come out of the...