The last few lines of a doggerel goes as such: “But a man approaches his last long sleep/When his mind makes appointments his body can’t keep.” Life has speeded up with the help of machines and it shows no sign of slowing down. Considering the
Brazil’s highest court has ordered the arrest of André Esteves, the chief executive of the country’s largest investment bank, and that of Delcídio do Amaral, a powerful senator of the country’s ruling party. Both individuals are accused of obstructing the course of the investigation into
A plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy that he wanted to withdraw his 2009 petition against the Sethusamudram project as government has decided that the mythological bridge Rama Sethu would not be dismantled. The Supreme Court has granted four weeks time to the Centre for
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder for the death of black teenager Laquan McDonald in October 2014. Cook County State Attorney Anita Alvarez stated that they decided to prosecute Van Dyke because McDonald did not pose an immediate threat and because he continued to
A Suit was filed before a Pune court seeking ban on the sanjay Leela Bansali Movie, Baji Rao Mastani for allegedly distorting history relating to late king Shrimat Bajirao Peshwa and his family members. The Court has dismissed the suit and no ban has been
Have the power to influence others? As a lawyer, you already have the tools. All you need to do is sharpen it. Between two telephone instruments what is that connects them?- The wire. Between two people what is that connects?- words. Over time and usage
A man in Pakistan has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for planning to bomb a shopping center in Manchester, as well as other plans to attack New York City and Copenhagen. Abid Naseer, a 29-year-old extremist was convicted by a federal jury in
A Supreme Court bench of justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant has asked the Maharashtra government to implement its earlier order on dance bars and decide within two weeks the hoteliers’ application seeking grant of licence for running them in the state. The Maharashtra
An appellate court in Wisconsin ruled that the application of a state law that prohibits possession of certain knives violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms. The law in Wisconsin regarding the Possession of a Switchblade Knife prohibits possession of “any knife having a
A Supreme Court bench comprising justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant has decided to continue interim stay of criminal proceedings against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case lodged against him for remarks allegedly holding RSS responsible for the assassination of Mahatma