law
- India
Badlapur rape case: Lawyers won’t defend the accused but law has to
By Mahesh Vijapurkar The mood in Badlapur is so grim that the area’s lawyers’ association has announced that the suspect, Akshay Shinde, would not be defended by any of them. Lawyers from…
- India
Teaching law in regional languages can improve access to legal system: CJI
Lucknow: Chief Justice of India Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Saturday said law students should be well-versed with regional languages and laws related to regional issues so that people’s access to the…
- World
Biden signs $1.7 trillion government spending bill into law
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill for the federal government that includes a number of administration priorities and officially avoids a government shutdown, ending what…
- Business
Law on cryptocurrency only after international collaboration, risk evaluation: Govt
New Delhi: The policy related to crypto assets and its ecosystem is with the Finance Ministry and any legislation on it would be effective only through international collaboration after proper risk evaluation,…
- Middle East
Iraq Parliament drafts law to ban publications on LGBTQ concerns
The Iraqi Parliament recently drafted a law to ban publications regarding queer issues. This has alarmed the members of the LGBTQ+ community in the country. The law would punish anyone who would…
- Delhi
VHP makes fresh pitch for central law against illegal conversion after SC flags concern over the issue
New Delhi: The Centre must bring in a law against “illegal” religious conversion at the earliest, the Vishva Hindu Parishad demanded on Tuesday, a day after the Supreme Court warned of a…
- World
Spain passes law against sexual violence
Madrid: People in Spain will have to explicitly voice their consent to sexual acts in the future to ensure that they are not criminal, under a legislation passed by Parliament. The conservative…
- World
Must establish ‘writ of law’ against ‘power hungry’ Imran: Zardari
Karachi: Former President and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday that the government and other institutions must establish writ of law otherwise Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran…
- India
Barelvi clerics condemn attacks on minorities in Pakistan
Bareilly: Ittehad-e-Millat Party chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan and Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi, general secretary of Ulma-e-Islam, have expressed concern over the attacks on minorities in Pakistan. Referring to the recent incident…
- India
SC asks Centre to bring separate law on bail
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said criminal courts are guardian angels of liberty and a conscious failure by them would constitute an affront to liberty, as it asked the Centre…
- Afghanistan
Police in uniform deployed in checkpoints in Afghanistan’s Herat city
Herat: Policemen in uniform have been deployed in checkpoints in Afghanistan’s Herat city, the capital of western Herat province, to ensure law and order, provincial police spokesman Mohmoud Shah Rasouli said Wednesday.…
- India
For SC/ST Atrocities Act to apply, hurling of abuse has to be in public place: HC
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has said that for offences under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the hurling of casteist abuse must be in a…
- India
Clash of Shariah and Common Law: Freedom of religion is not an absolute right: Faizan Mustafa
Hyderabad: The controversy over the umbrage taken by Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, Secretary, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), at the remarks of Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor, NALSAR University, that the…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: IAMC organises discussion on future of arbitration and mediation
Hyderabad: A panel discussion was organised by The International Arbitration & Mediation Centre, Hyderabad (IAMC) on the future of Arbitration and Mediation in India as part of an open day for leading…
- India
Centre defends sedition law in Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the 1962 verdict of the top court in the Kedar Nath Singh vs State of Bihar case, which upheld the validity of…
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