Source:-https://www.thehindu.com Pakistan government is all set to promulgate next week an ordinance seeking establishment of special courts for speedy trial of rape cases, according to a media report. Under the proposed law, rape cases would not be investigated by ordinary police officials and only a gazetted officer up to the level of DIG (deputy inspector
Source:-https://www.deccanchronicle.com A recent Union home ministry order, which opens the door for any Indian to buy non-agricultural immoveable property in Jammu and Kashmir, deals a grievous blow to the aspirations — and to the psyche — of the people of Jammu, the Kashmir valley, and Ladakh, the three regions which until August 5, 2019 formed
Source:-https://www.outlookindia.com New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) As many as 25 lakh cases were heard virtually in courts across the country, including 9,000 by the Supreme Court, during the coronavirus-triggered restrictions, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday.Prasad was hosting a virtual summit of ministers of justice of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries. He apprised
Source – The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to pay Rs 5 lakh as compensation to the widow of a man, who had been killed by terrorists aboard a trawler while hijacking the vessel allegedly for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. The court of Justice Bhargav Karia reasoned that in view
Source: indiatoday.in Despite its efforts, Pakistan failed to garner enough support at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to even file a request for an “urgent debate” at the world body meeting. Before leaving for Geneva, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had promised his domestic constituency that he would move a “resolution” on
Source: gulfnews.com ISLAMABAD: The video leak scandal-hit judge of the Accountability Court, Arshad Malik, who was barred by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) from continuing as judge, is yet to report to his parent department — Lahore High Court (LHC). Ministry of Law & Justice has not yet relieved him of his services in compliance
Source: firstpost.com The International Court of Justice (ICJ) voted 15-1 in favour of India in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case and suspended the death sentence by Pakistan against the former navy officer. Pakistan’sad hoc judge Tassaduq Hussain Jillani was the only judge who voted against the verdict. In 2017, Pakistan appointed Jillani, former chief justice, as an ad hoc judge to
Source- ndtv.com Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday claimed the Jaish-e-Mohammed was a terror outfit but indicated that his country’s intelligence had used it to carry out attacks in India during his tenure. Making the disclosure in a telephonic interview to Pakistani journalist Nadeem Malik of Hum News in his talk show, Pervez Musharraf also
Source- indianexpress.com Underlining that military action is over for now and the focus is on fighting the terror infrastructure in Pakistan, India Tuesday said it had reached out to all UN Security Council members for the listing of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar with excerpts from a dossier linking Jaish to the Pulwama terror attack While the
Source- news18.com India on Wednesday summoned the acting high commissioner of Pakistan and demanded the immediate and safe return of an IAF pilot who was captured by Pakistan following an aerial engagement by air forces of the two countries. It has also been made clear to Pakistan that no harm should be caused to the IAF
