For the title of today’s article we have taken a quote from famous jurist Benjamin Cardozo’s book – The Nature of The Judicial Process – which has also been relied upon by our Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. We have done so to make it easier for us to explain that judges, however free, [...]
Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday went to court challenging the central bank order that removed him from the post of managing director of Grameen Bank, while the wider international community showed its displeasure at the way the Nobel prize winner for Bangladesh was treated. The court fixed March 6 (Sunday) for delivering an order on a [...]
An angry crowd of hundreds taunted three former high-ranking members of ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s regime as they arrived in court for a corruption hearing Wednesday, screaming ‘thieves’ and ‘you robbed our money.’ Egyptian authorities also imposed a travel ban on two former ministers and the head of state TV and radio — a measure [...]
India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday defended his record in office as his embattled government looked to revive its fortunes during a new parliamentary session. Manmohan pointed to the country’s rapid development in recent years as he tried to shrug off a series of corruption scandals that have undermined his personal reputation and led [...]
BENGHAZI: One of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s closest aides, Ahmed Gadhaf al-Dam, says he has defected to Cairo in protest of the regime’s fierce crackdown on protesters. Gadhaf al-Dam, a cousin of Gadhafi, says in a statement that the crackdown has seen “grave violations to human rights and human and international laws.” He says he [...]
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Feb 24 (AP): Hopes faded of finding more survivors Thursday in the collapsed downtown towers of New Zealand’s quake-shatteredChristchurch, as officials said the death toll rose to 98 with grave fears for many of the 226 missing. Police said up to 120 bodies may still lie trapped in the tangled concrete and [...]
Bahrain protesters showed no sign of retreat Thursday as an anti-government uprising entered its 11th day and opposition groups said the state had not yet met their pre-conditions for dialogue. In a sign they had no intention of leaving Manama’s Pearl Square, demonstrators overnight renamed it ‘Martyrs’ Roundabout,’ hoisting Bahrain’s red-and-white flag bearing the new [...]