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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...