HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Fifty years ago today, a bullet changed history and tried to stop change.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated while planning a march with striking garbage workers in Memphis. Millions mourned the civil rights leader's death, even though his nonviolent movement for civil rights had lost a lot of public support. But there were some close to King who never lost faith, like Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee when King was fatally shot by a sniper's bullet, only feet away."I lost my mentor and my teacher," Jackson says, admitting he knew instantly that King was dead. "He was hit so hard. It's one of those jarring moments in one's life that you never, never forget. "A lot changed for the charismatic leader in his final years.Six months before his death, King's last visit to Houston to raise funds for his struggling movement was a failure. Even big names like Harry Belafonte and Aretha Franklin … [Read more...] about Houstonians who knew MLK remember his life 50 years later
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Trial Court Can’t Order Accused To Undergo Life Term Beyond 14 Yrs Without Chance For Remission, Reiterates Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
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Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Akanksha Jain April 2, 2018 8:48 pm Change Font Size HC modifies life term of murder convict sentenced to 25 yrs in jail without remission. Modifying to life term the punishment awarded to a murder convict sentenced by the trial court to undergo 25 years in custody without being considered for remission, the Delhi High Court has said the trial court cannot order an accused to undergo life imprisonment for a certain number of years beyond 14 years without being considered for remission. “…after the judgment in Union of India v. V. Sriharan, the trial Court cannot possibly order that the accused will undergo life imprisonment for a certain number of years beyond 14 years without being considered for remission,” said a bench of Justice S Muralidhar and Justice IS Mehta. It is to be noted that in V Sriharan’s case, the apex court had expressly stated that imprisonment for life in terms of Section 53 read … [Read more...] about Trial Court Can’t Order Accused To Undergo Life Term Beyond 14 Yrs Without Chance For Remission, Reiterates Delhi HC [Read Judgment]
Right To Choose Life Partner Is A Fundamental Right, Consent Of Family, Community, Clan Not Necessary For Marriage Between Two Adults: SC [Read Judgment]
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Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Ashok KM March 27, 2018 3:24 pm Change Font Size When two adults marry out of their volition, they choose their path; they consummate their relationship; they feel that it is their goal and they have the right to do so Any kind of torture or torment or ill-treatment in the name of honour that tantamount to atrophy of choice of an individual relating to love and marriage by any assembly, whatsoever nomenclature it assumes, is illegal and cannot be allowed a moment of existence The consent of the family or the community or the clan is not necessary once the two adult individuals agree to enter into a wedlock, said the three judge bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud while holding that any attempt by Khap Panchayats or any other assembly to scuttle or prevent two consenting adults from marrying is absolutely “illegal”. When two adults consensually choose … [Read more...] about Right To Choose Life Partner Is A Fundamental Right, Consent Of Family, Community, Clan Not Necessary For Marriage Between Two Adults: SC [Read Judgment]
U’khand HC Directs Govt To Reimburse Medical Bills Of Employees In 3 Months, Provide Free Life-Saving Drugs [Read Order]
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Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Akanksha Jain March 24, 2018 11:49 am Change Font Size HC says those sanctioning the claims should remember they may also fall sick and need money for treatment Moved by the plight of a widow who had to move court seeking reimbursement of medical bills raised against treatment of her husband’s heart ailment way back in 2012, the Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government to clear medical reimbursement bills of the employees within three months and provide life-saving drugs for cancer, heart ailments etc., free of cost. “…the respondent-State is directed to ensure that all the medical reimbursement bills of the employees are cleared within a period of three months. The State Government is also directed to provide life-saving drugs for the treatment of cancer, heart ailment etc. free of cost to save the precious life,” said Justice Rajiv Sharma. The court also directed the government to … [Read more...] about U’khand HC Directs Govt To Reimburse Medical Bills Of Employees In 3 Months, Provide Free Life-Saving Drugs [Read Order]
Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Life Convict Perarivalan Can’t File 2nd Review Application, CBI Tells SC
Questioning the maintainability of the application filed by AG Perarivalan, life convict in the assassination case of former Prime Minister (PM) Rajiv Gandhi, for recall of the trial court’s 1998 conviction order against him, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has told the Supreme Court that a convict cannot file a second review which is abuse of the apex court’s rules. Filing an affidavit in reply to Perarivalan’s application, the CBI said the case has attained its finality when the apex court had upheld the conviction and at this stage he can only file curative petition but not an application in which the convict is seeking reopening of the whole matter. “The present application would be an abuse of the process of the court as it seeks to camouflage an application for second review as an application for recall of an order. Such a course ought not to be encouraged as it will set a precedent and in every case parties will start filing an application … [Read more...] about Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: Life Convict Perarivalan Can’t File 2nd Review Application, CBI Tells SC