NEWS SCAN The Supreme Court of the Maldives upheld the 13-year prison sentence of formerPresident Mohamed Nasheed on terrorism-related charges. Nasheed was originally sentenced in March 2015 after he was found guilty of unilaterally arresting then-Chief Justice Abdulla Mohamed on corruption charges. Facing international pressure, the government appealed Nasheed’s sentence, arguing that
NEWS SCAN The Supreme Court on Wednesday disapproved the tendency among unaffiliated colleges and other educational institutions admitting students, saying such conduct has become a “disease” which is a “disastrous phenomenon”.The remarks came as it dealt with the issue of admission of students by a
Coming straight to the nub of the matter, let me first and foremost express my tremendous happiness over India joining the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) on June 27, 2016 as a full member at a ceremony at the South Block. What disappoints me however
NEWS SCAN As Muslim women seek the Supreme Court’s intervention to end triple talaq and polygamy, the apex court on Wednesday chose to tread cautiously. It has called for an open-court debate on the highest judiciary’s authority to look into Islamic personal law and possibly
NEWS SCAN The Bombay High Court has directed the registrar and lead managers of Mahanagar Gas’s recently-concluded initial public offer along with stock exchanges to consider Axis Bank’s bids for shares in the issue. IndusInd Bank, which had placed bids for Axis in the Mahanagar
NEWS SCAN A Norwegian court denied a request by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden seeking a guarantee that he would not be extradited to the US if he were to visit Norway. The Norwegian chapter of PEN International awarded Snowden the 2016 Ossietzky Prize in recognition of his “outstanding efforts
NEWS SCAN The crisis around the rising demands for a separate High Court for Telangana and the withdrawal of the appointment in Telangana of about 120 judicial officers belonging to Andhra Pradesh, appeared to worsen with the suspension of nine more judicial officers.The names of
I am absolutely gobsmacked to see how such an innocuous remark by eminent actor Salman Khan has attracted so much of sound and fury especially from women organizations. I am not a die hard fan of Salman Khan who excitedly watch his every movie but
NEWS SCAN The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt that a Texas law imposing certain requirements on abortion clinics and doctors creates an undue burden on access to abortion, and is therefore unconstitutional. A collection of Texas abortion providers challenged provisions of HB2 requiring doctors
NEWS SCAN Justice V Kameswar Rao, who is heading the vacation bench before which the matter was listed, opted out of hearing the matter, saying his wife is a shareholder in one of the companies against which the petition has been filed. ANOTHER JUDGE of