Madurai: Alleging that despite a court order to preserve the body of a history-sheeter who was killed in a police encounter, the district headquarters hospital in Ramanathapuram allowed it to decompose by switching off the power supply, the petitioner's side told the Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Monday. To this, the bench directed the inquest report pertaining to the history-sheeter, Govindan's body from the judicial magistrate of Ramanathapuram and adjourned the case to Tuesday. On April 13, the police in Ramanathapuram district shot Govindan...
Fake encounter: Appellant alleges body was allowed to decompose
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Closed Doors
Summary Gang violence has plagued Central America’s “Northern Triangle” countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras for more than a decade. Children are particularly targeted by gangs in these three countries. In Honduras, for example, over 400 children under age 18 were killed in the first half of 2014, most thought to be the victims of gang violence. Many more are pressured to join gangs, often under threat of harm or death to themselves or to family members. Girls face particular risk of sexual violence and assault by gang members. As a result of these and other risks to their lives and safety, children have been leaving these three countries, on their own and with family members,...
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REVISED - PHA Public Housing & Continued Occupancy Policy and Proposed Changes (PHA - Philadelphia ...
(Source: PHA - Philadelphia Housing Authority) 13193dcb-3a73-41a6-8e2e-05ecef1a24a2.pdf Public Housing Program Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy DRAFT DATE 12-11-15 Final Revised: April 7, 2014 Last Approved: June 19, 2014 ACOP i TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK SUMMARY CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM & PLAN 1-1 CHAPTER 2: GENERAL POLICIES 2-1 CHAPTER 3: FAIR HOUSING & EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 3-1 CHAPTER 4: ELIGIBILITY 4-1 CHAPTER 5: APPLICATIONS, WAITING LIST AND TENANT SELECTION 5-1 CHAPTER 6: RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION POLICIES 6-1 CHAPTER 7: OCCUPANCY STANDARDS AND UNIT OFFERS 7-1 CHAPTER 8: INCOME AND ADJUSTED INCOME 8-1 CHAPTER 9: RENT 9-1 CHAPTER 10: VERIFICATION 10-1 CHAPTER...
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“License to Kill”
Summary On the afternoon of October 14, 2016, four masked gunmen stormed the Manila home of Paquito Mejos, a 53-year-old father of five who worked as an electrician on construction sites. An occasional user of shabu, a methamphetamine, Mejos had turned himself in to local authorities two days earlier after learning he was on a “watch list” of drug suspects. The gunmen asked for Mejos, who was napping upstairs. “When I saw them with their handguns going upstairs,” a relative said, “I told them, ‘But he has already surrendered to the authorities!’ They told me to shut up, or I would be next.” Two gunshots rang out. Police investigators arrived moments later and were assisted by the gunmen. In...
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Fall 2014 Clinic Highlights » (UDC David A Clarke School of Law)
(Source: UDC David A Clarke School of Law) News: School News Fall 2014 Clinic Highlights Thursday, February 12, 2015 () Posted by: Ariel Shea Read summaries and highlights of the work performed in Fall 2014 by the legal clinics at UDC David A. Clarke School of Law: Housing & Consumer Law Clinic The Housing and Consumer Law Clinic provides representation in housing-related civil litigation. Students enrolled in this clinic represent individuals and small groups in eviction defenses, affirmative habitability actions, illegal rent increases, and real property actions, including predatory loans and foreclosure, fair housing and miscellaneous torts. Students also represent consumers...
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Vedanta Resources Interim Results 2017 (Vedanta Resources plc)
(Source: Vedanta Resources plc) 10 November 2016 Vedanta Resources plc Interim Results for the Six Months ended 30 September 2016 Financial Highlights n Revenue of US$4.9 billion and EBITDA(1)of US$1.2 billion in H1 FY2017, a reduction of 15% and 4% respectively compared to H1 FY2016, primarily due to lower commodity prices and lower volumes at Zinc India in line with mine plans n Highest EBITDA margin (excluding custom Smelting)(2)in the last two years of 33% compared to 30% last year, driven by lower costs n Higher operating Profit of US$720 million (H1 FY2016: US$578 million) n Underlying Loss Per Share(3)of 18.8 US cents (H1 FY2016: loss of 57.6 US cents) and Basic Loss Per Share of 23.2...
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Every 25 Seconds
Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment for his drug dependence; instead, the criminal justice system gave him time behind bars and felony convictions—most recently, five years for possessing a small amount of cocaine and a crack pipe. When Neal was arrested in May 2015, he was homeless and could not walk without pain, struggling with a rare autoimmune disease that required routine hospitalizations. Because he could not afford his $7,500 bond, Neal remained in jail for months, where he did not receive proper medication and his health...
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Boxed In
Summary We all have to live in the borders of the boxes our dads or husbands draw for us. —Zahra, 25-year-old Saudi woman, April 7, 2016 It can mess with your head and the way you look at yourself. How do you respect yourself or how [can] your family respect you, if he is your legal guardian? —Hayat, 44-year-old former school principal, December 7, 2015 In Saudi Arabia, a woman’s life is controlled by a man from birth until death. Every Saudi woman must have a male guardian, normally a father or husband, but in some cases a brother or even a son, who has the power to make a range of critical decisions on her behalf. As dozens of Saudi women told Human Rights Watch, the male guardianship...
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REVISED - PHA HCV Admin Plan and Proposed Changes (PHA - Philadelphia Housing Authority)
(Source: PHA - Philadelphia Housing Authority) _ Revision in Process: Draft Date 12-11-2015 HCV Program Administrative Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK SUMMARY CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM & PLAN 1-1 CHAPTER 2: GENERAL POLICIES 2-1 CHAPTER 3: FAIR HOUSING & EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 3-1 CHAPTER 4: ELIGIBILITY 4-1 CHAPTER 5: APPLICATION, WAIT LIST AND TENANT SELECTION 5-22 CHAPTER 6: OCCUPANCY STANDARDS 6-1 CHAPTER 7: BRIEFING & VOUCHERS 7-1 CHAPTER 8: INCOME AND ADJUSTED INCOME 8-1 CHAPTER 9: FAMILY SHARE & SUBSIDY DETERMINATION 9-1 CHAPTER 10: VERIFICATION 10-1 CHAPTER 11: HOUSING QUALITY STANDARDS 11-1 CHAPTER 12: RENT REASONABLENESS & CONTRACT RENT 12-1 CHAPTER 13: LEASING...
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Union Budget 2016: Full text of Arun Jaitley's Budget speech
Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for the year 2016-17. 2. I am presenting this Budget when the global economy is in serious crisis. Global growth has slowed down from 3.4% in 2014 to 3.1% in 2015. Financial markets have been battered and global trade has contracted. Amidst all these global headwinds, the Indian economy has held its ground firmly. Thanks to our inherent strengths and the policies of this Government, a lot of confidence and hope continues to be built around India. 3. The International Monetary Fund has hailed India as a 'bright spot' amidst a slowing global economy. The World Economic Forum has said that India's growth is 'extraordinarily high'. We accomplished this...
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“Call Me When He Tries to Kill You”
Map of Kyrgyzstan Summary Gulnara B. and her husband lived together for 15 years before he began brutally attacking her in 2003. One evening in 2012, he returned to their Bishkek home after a school reunion and started to criticize her. She said: I asked him to calm down, to not insult me. He said, “It’s my home, I can do whatever I want.” I got up and said, “Okay, you can do whatever you want.” I wanted to leave the room but he said, “Stand there.” I looked over and he was already approaching me. I ran away outside. He caught me by the hair. He banged my head against the cement ground. I was very scared. I asked him to forgive me. Gulnara was hospitalized for 10 days with a severe...
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“Special Measures”
Summary [We] have to become good at using… the rule of law to fight corruption, [and] to strengthen national anti-corruption legislation. –Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing a major Central Commission on Discipline Inspection meeting in January 2013 I am also a Communist Party memberWhy did it happen to me? …The judge in charge of my case told me, in private, that right now we have to fight corruption, so we need to employ these illegal and extraordinary channels – otherwise we can't catch the bad guys. –Yang Zeyu, former shuanggui detainee, December 2015 In late 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a “war on corruption,” promising to purge the government and Chinese Communist...
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“This Crooked System”
Summary I have no hope of getting justice in this crooked system. —Umar Daraz, Karachi, January 2016 How do you expect us to recover stolen items from hardened criminals? Do you think they will agree if we say, ‘Be nice to us and return what you stole?’ —Police officer, details withheld, Pakpattan, November 2014 My staff and I are expected to be on duty 24 hours a day. We are perpetually exhausted…. How can you expect people to work under such conditions and not crack? —Police officer, details withheld, Pakpattan, November 2014 On July 12, 2010, Allah Rakha’s son died before his eyes, shot dead by police. Neither side disputes that officers killed Shahbaz, 24, on that day. What they do...
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Protecting Schools from Military Use
Introduction This report collects recent and historic examples of laws, court decisions, military orders, policies, and practice by governments, armed forces, non-state armed groups, and courts aimed at protecting schools and universities from use for military purposes. The examples in this report of law, policy, and doctrine protecting schools and universities from military use should encourage more governments and non-state groups to adopt their own concrete measures to protect students, educators, and the institutions in which they study. Since 2007, the military use of schools or universities has been documented in at least 29 countries with armed conflict or insecurity. Since 2007, the...
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“Bound by Brotherhood”
Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from him, that’s why [the police] used the “truth seeking” belt and beat him up in front of me. He was so weak after the beating that when he got up to drink water, he was dizzy with pain and collapsed against the window, breaking his lower jaw. –Police constable testifying in Julfar Shaikh’s custodial death investigation, Mumbai, March 2013 The entire investigation conducted by the state investigating agency appears to be a desperate effort in damage control so as to ensure that no embarrassment...
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Detention of three-year old boy: TN police say efforts to trace mother went in vain
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday directed the state's home secretary to file a counter to a case pertaining to the detention of a three-year-old boy along with his father and aunt in jail for 35 days. When the petition filed by the child's mother M Mary came up for hearing before the division bench of Justice K K Sasidharan and Justice B Gokuldas, the...
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High court reserves order on bail petition filed by ‘Attack’ Pandi
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday reserved its order on a bail petition filed by 'Attack' Pandi. Pandi was arrested on September 21 last year in Mumbai in connection with the murder of 'Pottu' Suresh, close aide of...
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‘Can’t deprive maintenance for not working’
A Sessions court has dismissed an appeal by an engineer against the order of a Metropolitan Magistrate court asking him to pay an interim maintenance of Rs. 6,000 to his estranged wife and 4,000 to their son per month. The court granted the compensation under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. The...
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Sasikala Pushpa fails to secure advance bail plea
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail petition filed by Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa, her husband Lingeswara Thilagam, son Pradeep Raja and mother Gowri in connection with a sexual harassment case against them. The court also ordered a police probe against her for forging documents. A former domestic help...
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HC rules against lawyer’s reluctance to pay maintenance to children
The Madras High Court Bench here has dismissed a criminal revision case filed by a HIV-infected advocate challenging a lower court order directing him to pay Rs. 4,000 a month for the maintenance of two of his children. Refusing to interfere with the order...
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