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This will be the first time in the 71-year-old history of the ICJ that there will be no British judge in what is described as ‘World Court’. November 21,2017: Justice Dalveer Bhandari has got elected to International Court of Justice (ICJ) panel of the judges in a dramatic fashion after UK withdrew its candidate bowing before overwhelming support in UN General Assembly (GA) for Justice Dalveer. A top Indian diplomat described the mood of the Indian camp by quoting lines of British poet Tennyson’s, “the old order changeth, yielding place to new” after the development which is being seen as a biggest diplomatic victory for India in recent years. According to the Newspaper, The Guardian, Greenwood’s defeat is a humiliating blow to the British international prestige and an acceptance of its diminished status in the international affairs. An extremely aggressive, campaign which was led by India’s Permanent Representative to UN, Syed Akbaruddin ensured that there were fe...

In another case, a man divorced his wife during their honeymoon because the wife wore foot bangles. August 21, 2017 A Saudi man has divorced his wife for walking ahead of him despite repeated warnings being given by him. Saudis are becoming more and more alarmed over the rate of divorces in the country for such trivial reason. The man (who wasn’t identified) gave his wife repeated warnings to keep a step behind him, but she kept walking ahead of him; after which he divorced her, The Gulf News quoted the Saudi daily Al Watan. In another recent case; a Saudi man divorced his wife as she forgot to put the ‘sheep head’ – “the most important part of dinner” – on the main dish presented by her husband as he hosted his friends for a dinner. The woman said that after the guests had left, her angry husband accused her of embarrassing him before the guests. Humood Al Shimmari – an official who conducts marriages, said that there has been a spurt in t...

The offence will be cognizable and non-bailable as per Draft Law in the pipeline. December 1, 2017 Supreme Court of India on Tuesday has declared the practice of Triple Talaq as unconstitutional by 3:2 majority. Justices Kurian Joseph, UU Lalit, and RF Nariman delivered the majority Judgment.  Chief Justice Khehar and Justice Abdul Nazeer dissented. Separate Judgments were delivered by Chief Justice Khehar, Justices Kurian Joseph, and RF Nariman... The govt. will be bringing a bill in the winter session of Parliament that’ll criminalize instant  triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat . It would also accord rights of maintenance & child’s custody to the ‘victim’ of such a divorce, as per a top source in the Law Ministry. A husband attempting to divorce his wife through instant  triple talaq  whether spoken, written or communicated through electronic means like messages & emails – can be handed out 3 years’ imprisonment & a fine, the newly propos...

Greater Noida, Nov 10 (PTI)  A district court here awarded a compensation of Rs 2.28 lakh to a man for a 2010 accident following which he could not work for 22 months, a senior official said today. "Additional session judge Shivani Jaiswal awarded a total of Rs 2.28 lakh toward compensation to the victim," Lalit Mudgal, Senior Prosecution Officer, said. On August 20, 2010, Mahesh Tyagi was headed toward Vijay Nagar, in Ghaziabad, from Noida Sector 41 on his motorcycle when a speeding tempo hit him near Kendriya Vihar here. Tyagi suffered critical injuries and his motorcycle was badly damaged. He had to undergo treatment for a few months. He has already spent Rs 2 lakh as medical expenses. The court awarded him Rs 1.10 lakh toward loss of wages for 22 months, Rs 68,845 toward medical treatment, Rs 50,000 for transport and mental suffering. Before the accident, he worked as a purchase manager with a Jaipur-based distillery s Noida office at a monthly salary of Rs 10,000...

We do not like anonymous lists i.e. lists that purport to name  sexual predators  compiled by 1 person on the saying of other unnamed persons. We do not like them as we subscribe to old-school journalism viz. attribute, get-the-other-side, verify. Those lists seem unlikable to us as they legitimize all sorts of lists from ‘shameless women’ to ‘dog haters’... Here’s what happens to ‘due process’. The woman complains that her boss has itchy fingers. If she is lucky, her place of work is compliant with the law & has an internal committee (IC) that regularly undergoes training & includes 1 external member. If she is part of 90% that works in the unorganized sector that’s supposed to be protected by the law – at least on paper – then her tale of woe ends right here. The IC will summon the woman, as it must. Here’s what some woman recently have been asked – do you drink, do you have a boyfriend, do you go to the Club? In January 2017, the Indian National Bar As...

Accused woman, identified as Aasia, had confessed to poisoning milk. October 31, 2017 Source Latest laws A newly-wed woman, who allegedly poisoned milk in a bid to kill her husband, caused the death of 13 of her in-laws in Punjab province of Pakistan after they drank the milk when it was mixed in ‘lassi’. This incident took place in Daulat Pur in Muzaffargarh area had been shrouded in mystery when it was reported two days ago that family members had died after accidental intake of the intoxicating beverage. Police have stated that the woman, identified as Aasia, had confessed to poisoning the milk. Aasia was reportedly forced into marriage and had only poisoned glass of milk meant for her husband Amjad but somehow he did not drink it. Milk was later used to make lassi, which affected 28 people, 13 of whom died because of the severe intoxication while 14 are still battling for life in the Hospital. Police have registered the case against the woman and were loo...

In the last two months, this has been reduced by 2,174 more cases. October 30, 2017: Source of  supremecourtofindia.nic.in Supreme Court has managed to bring down its case backlog below 60,000 through the concerted efforts, while the various courts across India struggle to clear the pending cases which run into a total of around three crore cases. When Justice Dipak Misra took over as CJI on August 28, total pending cases in Supreme Court stood at 57,774. Between August 28 and October 27, a number of filed cases stood at 7,021, while about 9,195 cases were disposed of. On May 1, 2017, total case backlog in the Supreme Court stood at 60,751 out of which 39 are the Constitution Bench matters. Reducing the pendency of the cases in the courts across the country has been a matter of priority for both Govt. and Supreme Court for a long time. Former  CJI  J S Khehar had requested judges of higher judiciary to give up a few days...

The remark was made when Dutt was campaigning for 2009 Lok Sabha elections. October 27, 2017 A local Court has issued summons to Sanjay Dutt (actor) in connection with remarks allegedly made by him against BSP Chief Mayawati during campaigning for 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sanjay Yadav, issued summons to Dutt on Wednesday, directing him to appear in the Court on 16th November. The Court also asked the Mumbai commissioner to serve the summons to the actor, prosecution officer Ramesh Chand Kannaujia said today. On 19th April 2009, while campaigning for Samajwadi Party nominee in Tikaitnagar area of the district, the actor had regaled the audience with his famous ‘Jaadu Ki Jhappi’ remark & allegedly said that he’d like to give one to Mayawati. The District Administration had videographed this public meeting & later on the directives of the District Magistrate, Masauli police station in-charge Vinay Misra had lodged an...

CJI-headed Bench stated that “She is a mother and an adult who says she did not want a pregnancy. How can she or others be made liable for it?”. October 28,2017: Supreme Court Bench comprising of CJI Dipak Misra, Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice D Y Chandrachud while upholding a decision of P & H HC enunciated that, “Keeping in view strained relations between husband and wife, wife’s decision to terminate unwanted fetus was right. Termination of the pregnancy had not soured relations between the two…So, keeping in view legal position, it is held that no express or implied consent of husband is required for getting the pregnancy terminated under Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act”. The Husband had termed the abortion, to which he had objected as “illegal“ and had demanded compensation from woman’s parents and brother, and the two doctors. Punjab and Haryana HC had dismissed husband’s plea enunciating that Termination of the pregnancy was the sole prerog...