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Tahawwur Rana in India: Dayan Krishnan, lawyer who led extradition battle, to head NIA’s 26/11 terror attack case – The Times of India

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26/11 Mumbai attack plotter Tahawwur Rana (File Image) NEW DELHI: Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, who spearheaded India’s case for 26/11 Mumbai attack plotter Tahawwur Rana’s extradition in the United States Supreme Court, will now lead the National Investigation Agency‘s (NIA) prosecution in Delhi. Rana, who worked closely with 26/11 primary plotter David Coleman Headley (also…

Indians deported, but Trump fields India-born lawyer to argue deportation Act

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A raging battle is going on between the executive and the judiciary in the US over the deportation of illegal immigrants. And the Trump administration has picked an India-born advocate to defend its use of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport people who were staying illegally in the US. Around 400 Indians were…

‘हो सकता है आपको जज पसंद न हों, लेकिन…’, सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने हरीश साल्वे को लेकर क्यों कहा ऐसा?

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एक मामले में पेश होने के लिए वरिष्ठ वकील हरीश साल्वे की अनुपलब्धता का हवाला देते हुए स्थगन का अनुरोध करने वाले एक वकील को गुरुवार (20 फरवरी, 2025) को सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने फटकार लगाई. वरिष्ठ वकील ने गुरुवार को शीर्ष अदालत को बताया कि उनकी ओर से अनुरोध उनकी जानकारी के बिना किया गया…

Samuel Butler, Lawyer Who Helped Create Corporate Giants, Dies at 94

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Samuel Butler, a Midwesterner who became a top figure of the Wall Street legal world, advising on transformative takeovers and leading city institutions like the New York Public Library, died on Jan. 4. He was 94. His death, at home in Manhattan, was confirmed by Naren Daniel, a spokesman for Cravath, Swaine & Moore, the…

Exclusive: Chinmoy Das’s lawyer says “He will get bail I am confident”

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In an exclusive interview with India Today Global, Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee, the lawyer representing prominent Hindu monk and activist Chinmoy Krishna Das, expressed confidence in his client’s eventual release despite the recent rejection of his bail plea by a Bangladeshi court. Das, who was arrested on November 25, 2024, has become a symbol of the…

No relief for Hindu monk Chinmoy Das in Bangladesh, senior lawyer attacked

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A court in Chattogram quashed the bid for relief for jailed monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, the prominent Hindu leader resisting atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh. Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Saiful Islam on Wednesday rejected the bail plea by a Supreme Court lawyer, stating that he lacked the power of attorney to represent Chinmoy…

Trump taps Sikh lawyer Harmeet Dhillon as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights

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US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday named Indian American lawyer Harmeet K Dhillon as the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised Dhillon for taking on tech companies for censoring free speech, representing Christians who were prevented from praying together during the Covid-19…

Chase Strangio: Who is Chase Strangio? First transgender lawyer to argue before US supreme court | World News – Times of India

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Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American civil liberties union (ACLU), is set to make history this week as the first known transgender lawyer to argue before the US Supreme Court, with just a 15-minute argument.Strangio, 42, will present his case in United States v Skrmetti, a high-profile dispute over Tennessee’s controversial ban on gender-affirming…

Lawyer defending arrested Hindu monk attacked in Bangladesh: Iskcon

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Iskcon India has reported that Bangladeshi lawyer Ramen Roy, who was defending the arrested Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, was “brutally attacked at his home by Islamists.” The lawyer is now in the Intensive Care Unit, battling for his life. This incident follows a wave of violence in Bangladesh triggered by the monk’s arrest…

30 detained over killing of lawyer during protest against Hindu monk’s arrest

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At least 30 suspects were detained in Bangladesh’s Chattogram city for their alleged involvement in the killing of a lawyer and attacking security personnel over the arrest of a prominent Hindu community leader, police said on Wednesday. Assistant public prosecutor Saiful Islam, who was in his early 30s, was killed on Tuesday during clashes between…