and the Provinces required the balance to avoid the disputes which would be arisen between the constituent units and the Federation. The system of Federation clearly demanded the creation of a Federal Court which would have jurisdiction over the States as well as the Provinces. Federal Court functioned only for 12 years. It was the highest Court in India. Over it‚ there was Privy Council. But to approach the Privy Council required huge expenses to the litigants’ Hence the establishment of the Federal
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in 1946 Graduated in 1950 (magna cum laude). Inspired with law she took up a law class late in her studies‚ entered Stanford University’s law school. She got her LL.D. in 1952 also in her class was William H. Rehnquist‚ who would later serve as chief justice of the US Supreme Court. She then worked on the law review and met John O’Conner A student in the class after hers. They then got married in 1952 after she graduated. Sandra’s later court decisions against sex discrimination may have had some roots
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the police had unconstitutionally obtained his confession. The court disagreed‚ however‚ and upheld the conviction. Miranda appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court‚ which reviewed the case in 1966. The Supreme Court‚ in a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren‚ ruled that the prosecution could not introduce Miranda’s confession as evidence in a criminal trial because the police had failed to first inform Miranda of his right to an attorney and against self-incrimination. The police duty to
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purposeful deception of the actions undergoing in Vietnam and the American people realized that they’d been deceived. Americans were in shock when the National Guard engaged in opened fire at the scene of a Kent State University protest resulting from President Nixon’s authorization for the United States to attack Cambodia. A total of four students were killed in the process. Nixon then attempted to cover up illegal actions by himself and his administration which further angered the American people. In June
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Malad / Ashok Nagar / Thakur Complex (ICSE) Time : 1hr 15 mins Date : 27/10 /2012 First Semester 2012-2013 Subject : History/Civics Std : VII Marks : 50 Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head of this paper is the time allotted for writing the answers· Attempt all questions from PART -I. From PART -II attempt
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corruption is non-existent in certain judicial systems rather it would be fair to say that in some countries corruption is nominal‚ infrequent and the result of individual‚ unethical behaviour. It is also evident from the words of the former Chief Justice of India S. P. Bharucha‚ when he grieved over the rampant corruption in the higher judiciary and brought to notice that around 20 percent judges of the higher judiciary are corrupt. Now the question remains; can the judicial accountability be trusted
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reconsideration‚ then he must refer the matter to Division Bench or place the relevant papers before Chief Justice to enable him to constitute a larger bench to examine the question. Similarly Division Bench is obliged to follow the decision of full bench and co-ordinate bench. If division bench does not agree with the decision of the co-ordinate bench‚ then it may place the papers before Chief Justice for being
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again reversed the jury verdict in a 3-2 decision‚ prior to which the recusal motion was sought by Caperton and denied by Benjamin for a third time. 4. ISSUE(S): Whether the Due Process Clause of the14th Amendment was violated when one of the justices in the majority denied a recusal motion‚ the basis for which was that he had received significant campaign contributions from‚ and through the efforts of‚ the corporation’s principal officer. 5. HOLDING(S): There is a serious and objective risk
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Corona`s Impeachment Trial What comes to your mind when you heard the word “Chief Justice”? Equal Conviction ‚neutral‚ eloquent‚ reverent‚ brave‚ and most of all Judges of any court or position are expected to be one of high caliber‚ honest‚ accurate and does not attach personnel emotion to a case‚ isn’t it? But now what will be our reaction if the chief justice we are recognizing is in judgement? Our Chief Justice Renato Corona is in very severe issue nowadays. Because of the issue upon the
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Is a person’s sudden flight from identifiable police officer‚ patrolling a high crime area‚ suspicious to justify the officer’s stop and frisk of that person? This was the question that the justices of the Supreme Court were asking themselves when they heard the case of Illinois v. Wardlow on the date of November 2‚ 1999. A few things happened in the U.S. government in 1999. In January‚ Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial began. Clinton would later be acquitted in February. In March‚ the
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