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KEY TAKEAWAYS On 3rd of March,2016 Kulbhushan Jadhav was arrested by the Pakistani Government on suspicion of him being a spy.  India responded Jadhav is a retired naval officer who was forcibly abducted from Iran by Pakistani officials and the charges are laid false. ..

An insecure India isn't really what PM Modi envisioned when he floated the idea of an entirely developed India by 2047. While huge economic leaps, composite national power, and lucrative investments are the logical corollaries to an ideal, theoretically “strong”, a commensurate change in attitude is equally as important. India’s ambition and an..

Ever since 2020, Siddique Kappan has been in jail, facing a myriad of charges including conspiracy to incite violence, outraging religious feelings, miscellaneous terrorism charges, and most importantly, sedition(discussed further). Why is he facing these charges? For merely fulfilling his obligation as a writer and discussing the propaganda against Muslims and Indi..

In a recent order, the Supreme Court made several significant observations that broaden the traditional definition of family.  "Family relationships may take the form of domestic, unmarried partnerships, or queer relationships," the Court noted, adding that atypical family units are also entitled to equa..

The arbitral award directing ISRO’s antrixto pay USD $ 562 million with interest to Devas as damages for unlawfully terminating a deal. Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva held that the award dated in 2015 suffered from patent illegalities and fraud and conflicted with the public policy of India. li style="text-alig..

The Karnataka High Court ruled that no notice should be given to the subject of the Look out circular before it is issued. Harshavardhan Rao K, the petitioner, is accused of sexually abusing their son in a case filed by his estranged wife under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. ..

In a simple, suave, straight forward, significant and stimulating judgment titled Jayrajsinh Madhuba Gadhvi vs State of Gujarat in R/Special Criminal Application No. 2410 of 2019 that was pronounced as recently as on August 22, 2022 as an oral order, the Gujarat High Court has clarified that offences under Sections 218 and 219 of the IPC which pertains to a public s..

Mr. Barun Mitra of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi, recently held that Section 10A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is not applicable to proceedings against personal guarantors under Section 95 of the Code.  The Appellant was the Personal Guarantor for a loan of INR 2.30 Crores ad..

The Supreme Court ruled that the 2018 amendment to the Specific Relief Act is prospective and cannot apply to transactions that occurred before its effective date [1.10.2018].  While hearing an appeal arising from a specific performance suit, the bench of CJI NV Ramana, Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli made ..

In a significant observation, the Himachal Pradesh High Court in a learned, laudable and latest judgment titled Durgi Devi v. State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors. in Civil Writ Petition No. 1657 of 2016 pronounced as recently as on August 5, 2022 has observed that the second wife of a deceased employee is not entitled to family pension under the Central Civil Services..

The Supreme Court observed that the offence of Criminal Conspiracy under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code requires some kind of physical manifestation of agreement to commit an offence.  In this case, all of the accused were employees of the Central Bank of India's Guna Branch, and they were charged with ..

News  Recently Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin had to issue a public apology for a “controversial” picture that emerged from a private party she had hosted at her official residence. The image features Marin, partying with two well-known influencers showing two women kissing each other while covering their..

The Karnataka Government had issued a new ban on the use of loudspeakers restricting their use between 10.00p.m and 6.00a.m. It was also mandated to get prior permission from prescribed authorities to use any loudspeaker or public address system. Karnataka High Court rejects the contention that there was any violation of faith when loudspeakers are used for Azaan..

Supreme Court ruled that breach of contractual terms don’t Ipso Facto constitute the offence without there being a clear case of entrustment. The bench of Justices Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna was dealing with the case of M N G Bharateesh Reddy vs Ramesh Ranganathan - the appeal challenging the judgme..

News  Recently, the Hyderabad Police arrested T Raja Singh, a suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, under the state’s Preventive Detention Act. This marks the second time that the legislator has been arrested within the same week.  Raja Singh was arrested for..