Bench and Bar Section

Baltimore City Circuit Judge must retire at 70
The Daily Record (Baltimore); 12/16/2009; 748 words; ...The state reads the section differently. It says the constitution bars the election or appointment...retired judges, found in Section 3A of the Maryland Constitution...Others are not. [Section] 3A has built in safety...stand for election to the bench after his 70th birthday...

Docs in the dock for Shopian fudge.
Mail Today (New Delhi, India); 12/15/2009; 866 words; ...drowning and offences under sections 302, 326, 376 and 201...some advocates of Shopian Bar and some private persons...month time by a division bench of the high court on October...the case after Kashmir Bar Association filed a petition. However, the Bar disassociated itself from...

Fancy a pissoir? Relics of Paris streets - from urinals to the Eiffel Tower steps - go on sale
The Independent on Sunday; 12/13/2009; 860 words; ...More modestly, you could have a garden bench engraved with the arms of the city of...decided that it wanted to get rid of its section of the Eiffel Tower steps [bought when...punch at $80-$100; the old street benches engraved with the city of Paris arms at...counter from 1920 - ideal for a novelty ...

Lawsuit against lawyers' 'unruly' behaviour
The Hindustan Times; 12/11/2009; 788 words; ...proceedings against a section of lawyers in the state...law unto themselves. A bench of Chief Justice K.G...outside the state. The bench, which also included...pointed out that various bar councils, formed to have...He said that even the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu...

New York's feisty ex-mayor to headline Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Assn. lunch
Missouri Lawyers Media; 12/8/2009; 582 words; ...The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association will mark its 125th...credential few others in the bar have: He was the judge on the...this year after 28 years on the bench. He is now of counsel with...will receive the Young Lawyers Section's President's Award for...