The Council of Europe(COE) linked a ‘clear pattern’ of physical abuse and torture in the environment of illegal pushbacks of migrants by law enforcement officers, revealed by the periodic report of the COE anti-torture committee. The COE is a mortal rights organization with 46 member countries and isn’t an EU Read more
“Public health is a state subject, and the responsibility of furnishing healthcare services is that ofseparate state governments.”The Central government and its agencies aren’t the enforcing bodies for schemes relating tomenstrual health, and it’s in fact the countries and their agencies that are at the forefront ofenforcement of those programmes, Read more
Justice Rahul Bharti held that family pension is a right under law which can be taken away onlyif permitted by the law.Jammu & Kashmir High CourtThe Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled in Sonika Sharma v. Union ofIndia that a widow cannot be denied a family pension Read more
Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India (2006) 7 SCC 1 Introduction The landmark Indian constitutional law case of Kuldip Nayar v. Union of India (2006) deals with the right to free speech and the right to information. Kuldip Nayar, a seasoned journalist, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) with the Read more
Case – In Re Prashant Bhushan & Anr. (2020) Case type – Suo Motu criminal contempt proceeding Bench – B.R. Gavai J., Krishna Murari J., Arun Mishra J. Parties – Respondent -: Adv. Prashant Bhusan, Twitter India Citation -SCM (CRL.)No. 000001 -/2020 Facts 27th June , 2020-: “When historians in future look back Read more
Nikah: The Islamic Marriage Contract This article is written by Aditya Kumar Singh (Definition of Nikah and its objective, nature of nikah, Essentials for its validity), Army Law College, Pune Abstract Nikah is a term used in the Islamic faith to describe the marriage contract between a man and a woman. This Read more
The India International Arbitration Centre (IIAC) has proposed a bunch of guidelines that present a time span for everyday hearings for discretion procedures. The IIAC has welcomed ideas and sentiments from all partners before the International Arbitration Centre (Conduct of Arbitration Proceedings) Regulations, 2023 are finished and carried out. The Read more
As part of a general assembly meeting in New York on 29th of March, governments passed a resolution acknowledging the enormous challenge of climate change and requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on how it intersects with international law. Following a worldwide initiative led by Vanuatu, Read more
The doctors today decided to put off their protest after reaching an agreement with the government on Tuesday. The major demand of the private hospitals to exempt them from the provisions of the bill has been accepted by the Ashok Gehlot led Government. Let us see what happened that led Read more
In a recent Reportable Judgement (BALU SUDAM KHALDE AND ANOTHER Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA[1]), the Supreme Court observed that suggestions made by the defence attorney to a witness during cross-examination, if found to be incriminating in nature, would unquestionably bind the accused and that the accused cannot escape on the Read more
