| The students' petition proved unavailing, as were Professor Day's own efforts to persuade the administration to reconsider its position. |
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| There is a petition going around to get the back gate opened and loads of people have already signed. |
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| A couple of Liverpudlians have started a petition, others say they are going to write letters. |
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| On the fourth day, she rises, and writes a petition to the higher authorities claiming her right to work as an ordinary state official. |
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| Public representatives hope thousands of people will sign a petition aimed at saving the station from closing at night. |
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| Beside it was a winding up petition and legal documents, boxed and unread, which had been left by the Treasury department. |
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| The petition was the outcome of a mass movement in support of Urdu language. |
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| A petition of the Udmurts to the Tsar from 1812 shows that the Bashkir continuously tried to take over traditional Udmurt lands. |
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| The shop used to be a newsagent and the move sparked objections from residents, who got up a petition to fight it. |
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| The existence of the petition process is an unforgivable sin, and we actually permit this to exist for decades! |
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| A 600 name petition was drawn up by residents who said match nights had become reminiscent of the wartime blitz. |
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| She helped collect signatures for the protest petition from the eight houses and 14 bungalows in the close. |
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| A petition is nothing more than a list of names, addresses and signatures with your cause written at the top of each page. |
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| Meantime, a website devoted to getting rid of him has appeared on the Internet, featuring articles and a signable petition. |
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| I note that the Husband did not make any allegation of non-consummation in his cross petition nor did he seek a decree of nullity. |
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| Within hours of Stephen Fry tweeting a link to the petition on Sunday morning, thousands of people had added their signatures. |
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| Farmers are urging the public to sign a petition calling on the Government to tighten controls on illegal imports. |
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| A petition was immediately signed, most respectably and numerously, for her respite and pardon. |
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| The letters were handed in along with a 3,000-signature petition calling for Interbrew to reverse its decision. |
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| But it says a petition signed by the occupants of 11 properties near one of the proposed refuges, near Elliot Court, has been received. |
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| Mr Naeem in his petition pointed out that as many as 100 flour mills have been closed down in the province due to non-availability of wheat. |
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| In 771 he presented a petition to the throne asking that 77 scriptures in 101 scrolls that he had translated be added to the canon of scriptures. |
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| We are hoping for 20,000 signatures for when we give the petition to the City this fall. |
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| In Nottingham staff collared the local MP as he came into the studio for an interview to hand him a petition denouncing the Hutton report. |
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| There is no public list of banned sites and no mechanism for citizens to petition to have a site unblocked. |
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| Consequently they have lodged a petition with the parliament claiming its officiants are being discriminated against on religious grounds. |
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| More than 500 people have signed a petition calling for the plans to be thrown out and the land left untouched. |
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| Sign the petition to demand that the Ohio Governor veto this bill so that it can never destroy the rights of Ohioan voters. |
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| Under provincial legislation, a petition with enough signatures can force city council to put the question on a plebiscite. |
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| I have received an email imploring me to sign a petition that's probably an email harvester. |
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| Of course the petition, the campaign and the whole story are all tilting at windmills. |
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| The Echo will publish information on the community petition once details are finalised. |
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| Churches Together in South West York, a union of nine churches in the area, are all circulating the petition along with businesses in Micklegate. |
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| When the Sheriff Clerk receives a petition against which a caveat has been lodged, it is his responsibility to give intimation to the caveator. |
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| A petition from a discontented hillman evocatively recalled a golden age when the villagers had full control over their forest habitat. |
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| As reported in the Daily Echo, he had earlier signed a petition calling for pedestrians to be provided with a bridge or a subway. |
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| It is also collecting a petition to be served on the local Member of Parliament, demanding action to protect jobs. |
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| The signed petition was sent to the capital and voted through the legislature into a bill banning motorized vehicles on small ponds and lakes. |
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| He will swing for it next week, unless a petition for his life takes effect. |
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| Together, the three cases the court cited protect the right to pamphlet and petition anonymously. |
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| Over the previous two weeks, petition circulators collected more than 5,000 signatures. |
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| As well as a public meeting, the Town Council has organised a petition which is being circulated around the area. |
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| The judge who heard their petition decided that he could recognize their civil union. |
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| I don't know how she did it, but she managed to scrape a seventy-four percent approval of the petition. |
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| Her supporters have lodged a petition of mercy and are hoping the government will use its royal prerogative to grant clemency and release her. |
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| The petition lacked in material particulars to indicate such mala fide conduct on the part of the respondent. |
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| Following a petition of some west-country weavers, an Act was passed in 1702 forbidding the payment of wages in truck. |
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| Would it be newsworthy if 450 climatologists signed a joint petition saying that the ozone layer was being depleted? |
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| Two coachloads of parents and children were expected to leave the schools at 1pm to see a petition handed in. |
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| State law would permit property owners to petition to form a neighborhood association within a proposed boundary. |
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| The surgery had 350 registered patients and 186 people signed a petition against plans to shut it down. |
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| More than 700 people have signed a petition opposing plans to drill for oil close to homes on a farmland site in Hampshire. |
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| A total of 167 parents signed the petition requesting the council help them get to grips with the dog fouling issue. |
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| In an atmosphere of mounting resentment, more than 1,000 people have signed a petition against the plans. |
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| She filed a petition for divorce and maintenance which are still pending, while her husband lives in the matrimonial home with his paramour. |
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| Angry cabbies serving York rail station are flocking to sign a petition against plans to make them wear clip-on ties. |
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| More than a fifth of medical doctors have signed a petition stating they will not transmit data to the database. |
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| We have got a petition, written letters, been to meetings, but to no avail as they just do not listen. |
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| But residents who turned out in force at the meeting and signed a petition against the plan said they were devastated by the decision. |
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| Indeed, a petition against the boycott idea has garnered thousands of signatures from intellectual luminaries here. |
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| But last month it was revealed that more than 40 association members had signed a petition calling for her deselection. |
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| Plans to demolish the listed building, which were submitted by the church itself, prompted a petition and 70 letters of objection. |
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| So far 260 people have signed a petition against the plans because they feel development would destroy a green space at the heart of the town. |
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| The news comes after thousands of local people signed a petition protesting over plans to sell Altrincham ice rink for housing. |
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| Under the rule of four, the petition for a writ of certiorari will be granted. |
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| They have already raised a 500-name petition against the application for a drinks licence but could not prevent it being granted yesterday. |
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| But individual letters are more important than signing a petition, so get writing! |
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| Did the court have jurisdiction to entertain an application before a petition had been issued? |
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| The council received 21 letters and a petition signed by 122 residents opposing the plan. |
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| The petition for a writ of habeas corpus at issue in this case was filed on Hamdi's behalf by his father. |
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| Access to a court through a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is among the most fundamental democratic rights of humanity. |
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| In response, Mainali's lawyers submitted a petition to the high court urging it to make a decision as soon as possible. |
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| The divorce petition was not defended, and on 14 March 2000, her husband was granted a decree absolute of divorce. |
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| Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. |
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| We would like to thank the 7,500 people who sent objection letters or signed the petition. |
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| The pair filed a petition in B.C. Supreme Court, asking for a judicial review of the bishop's decision to fire them. |
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| They want the Supreme Court to overturn the decision and have submitted a petition for a writ of certiorari. |
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| I am very angry that we didn't even get a letter back acknowledging our petition, because we spent a lot of time on it. |
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| His petition drive to outlaw such a job action gave voice to voters who were unhappy at having their transit system held hostage. |
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| He cited the usual irreconcilable differences and is seeking joint custody, according to the divorce petition in Los Angeles Superior Court. |
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| The fact that well over a thousand people signed your petition shows it struck a chord with your readers. |
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| We are raising a petition, organising meetings and we are going to write to the Pope. |
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| A petition was raised condemning the council's actions and Smith was voted out of office in that year's elections. |
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| Residents insisted a petition be raised to ensure that all villagers could support the council's position. |
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| The campaign is being led by a teacher who has raised a petition calling on highway chiefs to take action. |
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| Following the meeting, residents have rallied to launch the petition, which is opposed to the closure of the two schools. |
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| He said he had not known at first whether or not to sign the petition, as people might think he was biased. |
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| This High Court order was challenged in a writ petition filed in the apex court. |
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| York voters have the right to petition the city council for a referendum on whether to have a directly elected mayor with executive powers. |
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| In the petitionary stance, the sixth petition not only asks God to desist from being the remote first cause of temptation. |
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| It would be open to the petitioner to apply for a bankruptcy order on the footing that the petition debt remained unpaid. |
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| Thousands of people have signed a petition seeking official recognition from the government that the four were innocent. |
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| If a trial judge makes an affirmative finding of collusion, then the petition for divorce must be refused. |
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| The alliance threatened yesterday to organize 10,000 people to demonstrate if their petition is not dealt with. |
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| He also said a petition was circulated calling for the reinstatement of an officer sacked for using racist language. |
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| Even an online petition of more then 50,000 signatures demanding his reinstatement failed to persuade the producers to change their minds. |
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| Fifty-two remonstrators filed a petition with the Plan Commission to oppose the rezoning. |
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| She added she had not received the councillors' petition or his appeal for a meeting. |
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| Anti-abortion activists launched a petition campaign on January 22 in a bid to overturn the veto. |
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| He has now filed a petition with the country's High Court claiming he has found previously unheard evidence. |
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| Already, angry residents in the area are collecting a petition to go to the council complaining about the situation. |
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| I have quoted part of the petition at length, because its anecdotal and tonal qualities are lost in summary. |
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| Whether the respondents cross petition against the petitioners was demurrable and should be struck out. |
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| I seek leave to present the report of the High Court on the Tauranga electoral petition. |
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| A local woman was incensed and began a local petition to campaign to make the council change its mind. |
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| Now the anti-noise group will be handing their petition in to both departments in an effort to get the government departments to act together. |
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| His petition to the Scottish parliament accuses government bodies meant to regulate the fish farming industry of being biased in its favour. |
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| Moreover, we ordinary humans cannot likewise petition God for proof to solidify our faith. |
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| He too has been involved in a petition appealing for an investigation, an apology, and media freedom. |
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| Members of the action group also collected names for a petition appealing for the retention of the music school throughout the afternoon. |
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| A woman named Slava Denisov was committed to a psychiatric hospital for collecting signatures on a petition against the war. |
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| After picketing the office, they presented a petition to the provincial council secretary with their demands. |
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| Perhaps there should be a petition to publishers that writers nominate books that ought to be back in print. |
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| The state government challenged the magistrate's order by filing a petition in the Bombay high court. |
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| The court was hearing a petition on removing shops and illegal constructions within the fort. |
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| The President rejected the mercy petition after consulting legal experts, including Attorney General Milon Banerji. |
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| Granting that this plea of tender into court is defective, it would not render the petition insufficient to state a cause of action. |
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| The unhappy partner had to petition the legislature or court to plead his or her case. |
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| The petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court seeks dissolution of the marriage based on irreconcilable differences. |
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| But the actor filed a divorce petition on Friday, citing irreconcilable differences. |
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| Once the petition has been submitted, Bradford Council will consult local people by postal ballot. |
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| It has caused fury among Kellington's 850 residents, who will present a petition to Royal Mail to try to get their favourite postie reinstated. |
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| While the petition may win this battle, I don't see the war being won by the post office unless it captures more business. |
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| A petition against the regulations is circulating at health shops countrywide. |
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| He agreed not to contest my divorce petition and conceded custody of Julian to me. |
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| After a petition to the Supreme Court, the court ordered the army to distribute gas masks to the local population, as well. |
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| In the morning an anti-war petition with a million signatures was presented to parliament. |
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| A delegate meeting was convened from which the petition would be presented to parliament. |
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| On 3 June 1992 it was wound up by the High Court on a petition presented by the Bank of England. |
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| But they were soon in business, collecting names for their petition calling for girlie magazines to be banned from newsagents. |
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| The petition calls on the government to intervene to stop the planned deregulation of letter post delivery. |
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| The four who faced criminal prosecutions are expected to petition the Law Lords to hear their appeals. |
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| A parole petition had to be agreed upon by the public defender, district attorney's office, and the presiding judge. |
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| Around 18 months ago the issue blew up spectacularly after more than 40 party members signed a petition demanding that she be deselected. |
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| Her position was rendered even more precarious when a formal petition to deselect her was signed by about 40 members last month. |
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| I am currently obtaining signatures on a petition to the Home Secretary, to ask him to desist from imprisoning pensioners. |
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| Five years later, in 1993, the High Court favoured the petition and directed the Government to implement the rule of law. |
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| Income tax claims generally are dischargeable if the return was timely filed and the due date was more than three years before the petition date. |
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| The designated cardinal however can petition the pope to dispense him from this requirement. |
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| Police detained them for causing a disturbance, although officers took their petition and passed it on. |
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| The petition referred to eyewitnesses reporting his later detention, harsh interrogation and cruel torture. |
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| Send a petition to your senators urging them to oppose drilling in the Arctic refuge. |
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| Mr. Kellogg presented the petition of citizens of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, praying the abolition of the franking privilege. |
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| Maduna said anybody was free to petition the Head of State and make a proper motivation as to why they should be pardoned. |
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| Which may explain why, with less than a week left in its petition drive, FRC had yet to crack 10,000 signatories. |
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| In addition, a petition signed by 525 people living in rural areas is asking the council to give pensioners a choice between tokens and half-fare bus passes. |
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| We'll be launching a petition where people can sign up to demand global trade justice. It's a bigger issue than many people in government realise. |
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| In that case the petitioning creditor had agreed to apply to withdraw the petition on terms that the debtor paid off the petition debt by instalments. |
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| The proper course in those circumstances was to rescind the order on the basis that, had the creditor known of the petition, the petition debt would have been secured. |
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| She started a petition on Change.org asking Seventeen magazine to feature one unretouched photo shoot a month. |
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| I suggest that she goes out and speaks to some of the 750 local residents who signed the petition or wrote letters to the council, rather than moaning from the sidelines. |
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| She said she would do her best to bind the wounds of the association, which have been left gaping by the 40-plus members who signed the petition calling for her deselection. |
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| Two weeks ago, activists launched a petition asking the tech giant that once warned of an Orwellian future to reconsider the ban. |
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| He says he signed that Truther petition without really reading it and thought he was signing something that merely requested further investigation. |
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| The petition has accrued 413 signatures so far, as well as multiple comments of support. |
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| A Change.org petition to the British Embassy advocating for attention on the case was shut down, after 516 signatures. |
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| Accusations of transphobia flooded in, GLAAD complained, and a petition circulated imploring TLC not to rerun the episode. |
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| Johannah was devastated and put into motion a petition for clemency. |
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| If a bankruptcy petition is challenged, the debtor must take a means test. |
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| Surely, the eschatologists argue, this petition stands as conclusive proof that for Matthew and Luke the Lord's Prayer is an eschatological prayer. |
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| But a 2,200-signature petition was handed to the panel from objectors who want to preserve the area and fear the Victorian tramway might also have to go. |
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| Parents and staff have also collected more than 700 names on another petition after concerns raised in the last public consultation went unheeded. |
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| When we arrived in Los Angeles the fruit growers of this section, were circulating a petition asking for contributions among themselves, to present Mr. Koebele with a token of appreciation. |
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| Hundreds of people are continuing to sign up each day to our petition to save Terry's, with the number of signatures now flying past the 3,000 mark. |
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| The first commission member to be forced out was Claude Peterson, a Vietnam vet who had signed the petition. |
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| The supervisor of Amsterdam, one of the fifteen who voted for the removal, has since, spoken against the location at Fonda, by signing a petition in favor of half shiring the county. |
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| If we can collect 200,000 signatures on our petition, then our candidate will be included on the ballot. |
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| They collected 2,000 signatures on a petition demanding that women be allowed to join the club. |
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| Isn't the legal strength of a petition based on handwritten signatures? |
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| The system is designed so that you don t get jokers going for election, but it would make far more sense if I could get a petition signed or something like that. |
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| I would urge as many people as possible to avail themselves of the opportunity to sign the petition to ensure that a strongly supported message is sent to Canberra. |
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| More than 2,000 supporters have signed a petition arguing for commutation in the days since the sentencing. |
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| He is a major railer against Third World debt and he laudably presented a petition signed by 17 million to the 1999 G8 meeting asking for debt relief. |
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| On 3 February 1992 he was adjudicated bankrupt on his own petition. |
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| In early 1877 a lay petition to Rome was circulated throughout Canterbury in which various allegations were made about the Marist administration of the region. |
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| This was the asseveration in the first paragraph of the petition. |
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| Emma campaigned for years, raising a petition and badgering councillors. |
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| More than 7,000 people have now signed a petition calling for the liberal democrats to suspend Mr Nawaz. |
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| Workers at the factory are raising a petition protesting against the move. |
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| Where the court is satisfied that the petition debt has been paid, secured or compounded for, the court is precluded from making a bankruptcy order on the petition. |
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| However, since I had no part in organising the petition I am totally mystified by my sudden elevation to the position of spokesman for the petitioners. |
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| Around 6000 protesters marched to Downing Street where a petition was delivered urging the Prime Minister to give British Sign Language the same legal status as English. |
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| The petition, open to any citizen to join, gathered forty thousand signatures in the first three months. |
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| They organised a petition, lobbied councillors and attended a site visit. |
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| Their expectation was that her petition to have her passport returned might be honored. |
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| The petition demanded the town do something about the buck-toothed rodents that were flooding property, compromising septic systems, and polluting wells. |
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| Liao, who is now in Germany, says Li played no part in his escape, and has organized an online petition calling for his release. |
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| A petition was presented which requested action on two roads. |
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| A Rosehill couple plagued by trees overhanging their back garden for the last three decades are seeking legal advice and starting a petition in a bid to resolve the problem. |
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| The knock-back prompted two vicars to quit their posts on the Bishop of Manchester's staff and more than 1,000 people signed an online petition in protest. |
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| It had more petition signatures than any previous Nevada ballot initiative. |
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| I hardly even know what to say about the petition to deport Piers Morgan, now at over 80,000 signatures. |
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| The latest maneuver by the Democrats is something called a discharge petition. |
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| Around the adjacent display of scientifically-valuable spinning tops and dinosaur models stood a man buttonholing people to get signatures on a petition to save the place. |
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| However, campaigning parents have launched a petition to save Blackfield Infant School and are staging a public meeting on the site next Tuesday at 7.30 pm. |
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| Her husband had a round-the-clock nurse and his ability to travel depended on his medical condition, the petition says. |
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| No wonder so many Yalies protested Mr. Bush's presence on campus, with more than 200 faculty members signing a petition in protest to Bush's receipt of an honorary degree. |
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| She also made clear in the petition that her husband owned a 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun. |
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| Under the new system, registered voters will be able to sign a petition form placed in Garda stations and local authorities proposing a candidate. |
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| More than 2,000 signatures have been collected on a petition supporting large sail-like awnings that cover the front of restaurants at the Italian Forum. |
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| It was further stated in the petition that the investigation officer framed a wrong case against Shah Rukh. |
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| Millions of fans of South Korean figure skater Yuna Kim, angered by her loss to Adelina Sotnikova, have started a petition on Change. |
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| Disability nurse Noelene Williams found support from firies for our petition against privatisation. |
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| If this ordinance is withdrawn even then my petition does not stand in fructuous, he added. |
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| The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. |
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| It was a cop-out to say he couldn't sign the petition because he sprained his wrist. |
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| Her devotement was the demand of Apollo, and the joint petition of all Greece. |
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| Were you a party to any suit terminated within the year immediately preceding the filing of the original petition herein? |
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| Not one petition in favour of an incorporating union was received by Parliament. |
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| The church filed an in rem petition with the court, requesting that the book be declared obscene. |
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| Shortly after, the citizens of London, both nobles and commons, convened and drew up a petition asking Richard to assume the throne. |
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| Those who signed the petition undertook to defend 'the true reformed religion', Parliament, and the king's person, honour, and estate. |
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| Their grievances were expressed in a petition to Cromwell on 6 April 1659 which he forwarded to the Parliament two days later. |
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| However, Jacques Pierre Brissot drafted a petition, insisting that in the eyes of the nation Louis XVI was deposed since his flight. |
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| The movement organised a National Convention in London in early 1839 to facilitate the presentation of the first petition. |
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| Though he accepted the petition, Charles later dissolved parliament and ruled without them for eleven years. |
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| Reviews may also be triggered by a petition of local government electors for an area. |
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| A visit by Queen Victoria in 1851 prompted Manchester to petition Parliament for recognition of its status. |
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| If a town wishes to obtain the title of a city the proper method of procedure is to address a petition to the King through the Home Office. |
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| The petition was opposed by the manufacturing industry, citing the cost of the conversion. |
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| The Merseyside Civic Society launched a petition to bring the vessel back to Liverpool, but fears it may have to be auctioned for scrap. |
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| The Act also defined a procedure by which local communities could petition for a ballot for an end to selection at schools. |
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| In a petition presented to Parliament in 1439, the name is used to describe an itinerant felon. |
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| Paragraph 6 of Article 29 stated that, if a petition was successful, a referendum should be held within three years. |
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| Ministerial decisions can be challenged by a petition of 30 Northern Ireland Assembly members. |
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| The Scottish Covenant was a petition to the UK government asking for home rule. |
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| A petition demanding a second referendum, based on allegations of vote miscounting, gained more than 70,000 signatures in 24 hours. |
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| Living at French expense, he continued to petition ministers for commitment to another invasion, to their increasing irritation. |
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| In 1793, Grey presented to the House of Commons a petition from the Friends of the People, outlining abuses of the system and demanding change. |
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| This was despite a petition attracting nearly 300 signatures and disagreement from the local community. |
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| When city status was restored to St Davids in 1994, St Asaph town council submitted a petition for the same purpose. |
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| The petition was refused as, unlike St Davids, there was no evidence of any charter or letters patent in the past conferring the status. |
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| If the bishops were only Lords of Parliament, and not peers, their right to petition would be vitiated while Parliament was dissolved. |
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| She started a petition to save newsagent Ashok Patel's business, which has been signed by 1,000 people. |
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| Resulting from the petition, in December 2012 the club was granted a Royal charter, two previous attempts having been unsuccessful. |
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| By custom, all males of full age have a right to petition the king directly through the traditional tribal meeting known as the majlis. |
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| The appellate process usually begins when an appellate court grants a party's petition for review or petition for certiorari. |
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| A petition has been set up to attempt to show DFDS that there is a demand for the route. |
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| A petition in 2007 to make Saint David's Day a bank holiday was rejected by the office of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. |
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| In 2001, Nicholas Mrosovsky filed a delisting petition, claiming some green turtle populations were large, stable and in some cases, increasing. |
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| The Arklow Sea Scout group has started an online petition in favour of the proposed plant. |
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| According to Plutarch, as Caesar arrived at the Senate, Tillius Cimber presented him with a petition to recall his exiled brother. |
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| On 11 December 1640, 15,000 Londoners presented the Root and Branch petition to Parliament, which led to the Westminster Assembly of Divines. |
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| It was probably in 401 that Alaric made his first invasion of Italy, originally with the intention to petition for a position closer to Rome. |
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| Orestes refused their petition, and they turned to Odoacer to lead their revolt against Orestes. |
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| He mixed with many of the labourers, and in 1871 helped them to write a petition which was sent to Governor Gordon. |
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| Aldegonde, prepared a petition for Philip that sought the abolition of the Inquisition. |
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| Another early use of the name, spelled Ouragon, was in a 1765 petition by Major Robert Rogers to the Kingdom of Great Britain. |
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| On 24 January 1609, Le Maire filed a petition against the VOC, marking the first recorded expression of shareholder activism. |
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| Complaints were normally brought via a bill or petition, which had to show that the common law did not provide a remedy for the problem. |
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| A petition is sent to the qaimaqam by Bern Yasin asking for the 1965 cancellation of the village council. |
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| To avert the humiliation of a successful discharge petition, Chairman Smith relented and allowed the bill to pass through the Rules Committee. |
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| The disgruntled Crusader would then petition the king, who would refer the matter to his Lord Chancellor. |
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| Additionally, it guarantees an individual's right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. |
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| In May 2010 the Charter Movement delivered a petition to the South African High Commission requesting integration. |
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| He was defeated, but his successful competitor was unseated on petition, and at the second contest Bright was returned. |
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| In the Thirteen Colonies, inventors could obtain patents through petition to a given colony's legislature. |
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| On 5th June Stephenson and Company presented a petition to be reponed, and the Sheriff pronounced an interlocutor reponing them. |
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| Judge Young had been considering a petition filed to have marijuana rescheduled under federal law. |
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| She supported the Married Women's Property Bill and in 1856 signed a petition for it organised by Barbara Bodichon. |
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| An online petition opposing the sale received more than 500,000 signatories. |
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| They have now launched a petition to urge councillors to allow the flats to keep the upper age limit. |
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| Accordingly, the court granted TWIA's petition for a writ of mandamus and directed the trial court to grant TWIA's motion to compel appraisal. |
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| Lowell Thompson filed a petition for writ of mandamus and emergency motion for immediate stay. |
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| In his view, those who are behind the petition are influenced by few xenophobes from the National Gallery. |
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| Raza in the quo warranto petition called for explanation from the respondents as to under what statuary of law he was holding this position. |
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| Radhakrishnan had decided on a petition filed by Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy. |
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| But their petition is far short of the required 50,000 signatures. |
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| Approval petition for the amendment were presented to the reglementary authorities and shall be obtained soon. |
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| That is because the Court's rules allow a disappointed litigant to file a petition for rehearing of the denial of certiorari. |
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| Microsoft which denies Microsoft's petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc. |
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| A popular petition begs the White House to deport Justin Bieber. |
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| The court was hearing a petition filed by Rohit Shekhar, seeking its direction to declare Tiwari as his biological father. |
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| The court reserved the judgement on the maintainability of the petition and adjourned hearing till next date to be set by the office. |
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| Bolden lost the election, earning 32 percent of the vote, but considered overcoming the petition challenge a major victory. |
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| The Commission has observed that the petition raises issue of bonded labour and violation of the human right of dignity of Dalits. |
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| A third of the 300 workers have signed a petition against their employer docking their wages for answering the call of nature. |
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| In response to the continuing problem of Taser abuse in Eugene, Randy Prince submitted a prospective petition and received a ballot title. |
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| The troubled 43-year-old, who owes the taxman pounds 32,000, had faced a bankruptcy petition brought by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. |
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| They feel that an online petition can be misrepresentative and fear that workers' livelihoods could be at stake. |
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| Mark Dayton received more than 6,000 petition signatures asking him to issue a frac sand moratorium in that state. |
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| Edinburgh Sheriff Court tonight issued a petition warrant for the children's mother Theresa Riggi. |
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| Almost 10,000 people signed a petition that the Mulligans and the Chronicle presented to 10 Downing Street. |
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| Tonight, councillors will consider their petition for speed humps to safeguard both humans and squirrels. |
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| Following Hamid's death almost 200 people signed a petition calling for traffic calming measures on the busy road. |
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| After an ugly fight broke out between two groups circulating petitions, a judge stepped in to lay down rules for petition circulators. |
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| President Pratibha Patil rejected his mercy petition on May 25, clearing the decks for his execution. |
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| His wife Sheela Devi virtually denied the charge and filed a counter petition seeking restitution of conjugal rights. |
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| Under chapter 74, nonsuiting no longer works, as the health care filing of the original petition initiates the 120 days, not the suit. |
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| The state would guarantee citizens the right to petition against this unlawfulness before courts that the state provides. |
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| After their 2011 petition was politely declined, Bassett was upbeat. |
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| An immense crowd gathered in the Champ de Mars to sign the petition. |
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| The Company was forced to petition Parliament for assistance. |
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| A cert petition is voted on at a session of the court called a conference. |
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| Accordingly, Coke convinced the Lords to meet with the Commons in April 1628 in order to discuss a petition to the King confirming the rights and liberties of royal subjects. |
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| Soon after the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, London merchants presented a petition to Queen Elizabeth I for permission to sail to the Indian Ocean. |
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| In 1877, in response to a petition from REC sympathizers in England, the REC's Fifth General Council acted to establish the Reformed Episcopal Church in that country. |
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| As the petition was addressed to the secular authorities, the bishop responded at the same level by notifying the Zurich government to maintain the ecclesiastical order. |
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| The target of 10,000 signatures was reached over the Garlic Festival weekend in August with the final figure of 17,529 before the petition reached Downing Street. |
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| On 1 April 1647 he appeared at the bar of the House of Commons to answer for his conduct in permitting the circulation of the army's petition in his regiment. |
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