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Bhagavad Gita case perplex scientists

Experts and scientists gathering at the all-Russian conference "Bhagavad Gita in history and modern society" at the Tomsk University said they were perplexed over the prosecutor's office's lawsuit seeking to declare "Bhagavad Gita as It Is" commentary extremist.

11:48 24.02.2012

Prosecutors' suit against сommentary on Bhagavad Gita reasonable - expert

Head of the Justice Ministry's religion expert council Alexander Dvorkin holds that the Tomsk prosecutor's office has good reasons to declare сommentary on Bhagavad Gita extremist.

11:54 21.02.2012

Judges should have prosecutor's office and legal practice experience

Judges should only be appointed out of those who have worked both as prosecutors and attorneys-at-law, according to the government's plenipotentiary representative in the supreme courts Mikhail Barshchevsky.

10:20 16.02.2012

Controlling judges' expenses necessary, experts

The practice of plea bargains, mediation, protecting judges from pressure and controlling their expenses should be expanded under judiciary reforms, experts say.

14:18 14.02.2012

Putin's program of judicial reform right but insufficient - expert

The proposals regarding the judicial reform made by presidential candidate Vladimir Putin are well balanced and aimed at improving the situation, but they should be amended and better worked through, says Mikhail Barshevsky, representative of the Russian government in higher courts.

14:32 07.02.2012

Russia's legal market is changing - ILC participants

The legal market's future belongs to major diversified entities, experts concurred at a roundtable discussion at the "Law and Modernization: Experience, Prospects, Trends" international legal conference.

15:00 02.12.2011

Retrial on any grounds

The lower house of the Russian parliament proposes amendments to the Russian Legal Procedure Code. The amendments provide for the establishment of a list specifying types of newly-discovered facts upon which criminal cases may be reopened.

17:38 20.09.2011