Sri Lanka: Supreme Court must use its authority Scoop Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 6:44 pm | Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission | Sri Lanka: The Supreme Court must use its authority to expedite the passing of a law on contempt of court | On two occasions the United Nations Human Rights Committee has viewed that the GoSL has abused contempt of court...
Cigarettre butts lead in break-in at lawyer's house The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Police investigating a break-in at the house of Manjeet Singh Dhillon, one of the lawyers for private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, have found some revealing clues. | A crime scene investigation team lifted three clear sets of fingerprints from Manjeet's house in Damansara Heights...
Two women appointed to male-dominant Malaysian Sharia court bench Newstrack India | Kuala Lumpur, July 30 (ANI): Two Malaysian women have been cleared to hear the same cases as their male colleagues in Sharia court. | According to the Christian Science Monitor (CSM), they will join the bench on August 2 and will serve on lo...
Court sends mum who murdered her children to mental hospital The Star | GEORGE TOWN: The High Court on Friday ordered a woman accused of having strangled her two children to death to be sent to a mental hospital at the pleasure of the Penang Yang Dipertua Negri after finding her not guilty due to depression and mental ...
Pakistan: Blasphemy Law Revisited Scoop Friday, 30 July 2010, 5:03 pm | Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission | Pakistan: Blasphemy Law Revisited | Is it not time for the Ulema to re-examine their thesis that the blasphemy law can stop private citizens from killing suspects? Surely ...
Dismissal Of Judges Sends Intimidating Message Scoop Friday, 30 July 2010, 4:50 pm | Press Release: United Nations | Dismissal Of Honduran Judges Sends An Intimidating Message – UN Rights Experts | New York, Jul 29 2010 6:10PM | The recent dismissal of three judges and a magistrate in Honduras, ...
Contempt of Court Issue Needs Urgent Addressing Scoop Friday, 30 July 2010, 5:43 pm | Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission | SRI LANKA: Human Rights Organizations Should Urgently Address The Contempt Of Court Issue | In times of serious repression such as the situation that Sri Lanka is faced wi...
NY judge refuses to block Aqueduct slots deal The Examiner Comments SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (Map, News) - A New York judge on Thursday paved the way for a Malaysia-based company to get a contract to build and operate video slot machines at Aqueduct racetrack in New York City, a project that is expected to provide ...
Court frees bookie of kidnapping charge The Star | JOHOR BARU: A 48-year-old bookie was released by the high court here for kidnapping a 23-year-old man and demanding a ransom of RM1mil. | Lim Kian Hock was freed after the prosecution failed to prove that he was one of the kidnappers involved. | Li...
Tribunal Delivers Measure of Justice for Cambodia Scoop Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 1:16 pm | Press Release: United Nations | With First Verdict, UN-Backed Tribunal Delivers a Measure of Justice for Cambodians | New York, Jul 26 2010 7:10PM They made their way from across Cambodia, young and old, rural and u...
CCTVs lessen crime by 30% The Star | IPOH: Street crime has dropped by 30% since the first batch of CCTVs was installed at selected local authorities throughout the country. | Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said the CCTVs had proven to be a success in curb...
Re-designation of 4,000 civil workers brings down crime rate by 70% The Star | JOHOR BARU: The re-designation of 4,000 civil servants to policing duties has been the major factor that led to a 70% drop in crime index for the first six months of the year. | Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said that the ...
Be concise, judges told The Star | PUTRAJAYA: Judges should write simpler and shorter judgments without including details that are irrelevant to their decision, Chief Justice Tun Zaki Tun Azmi said. | He said judges, tended to write lengthy judgments when only 5% or less of the ruli...
Courts and the Constitution The Star | Our basic charter needs to be interpreted creatively and dynamically. Judges should be receptive to the felt necessities of the times and their interpretations should show suppleness of adaptation to changing circumstances. | AT the Bar Council's B...
Cigarettre butts lead in break-in at lawyer's house The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Police investigating a break-in at the house of Manjeet Singh Dhillon, one of the lawyers for private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, have found some revealing clues. | A crime scene investigation team lifted three clear sets of fingerprints from Manjeet's house in Damansara Heights and recovered several cigarette butts from the ro...
Cigarettre butts lead in break-in at lawyer's house The Star | KUALA LUMPUR: Police investigating a break-in at the house of Manjeet Singh Dhillon, one of the lawyers for private investigator P. Balasubramaniam, have found some revealing clues. | A crime scene investigation team lifted three clear sets of fingerprints from Manjeet's house in Damansara Heights and recovered several cigarette butts from the ro...
