Author: Alvin.Mathew

Sseunami, the Korean translation ‘Tsunami’, it seems like North Korea has gained another weapon to add to their nuclear arsenal. The Korean Central News Agency on 24th March, 2024 reported that North Korea has successfully devised a weapon which is capable of carrying missiles underwater by drone and can cause radioactive tsunamis and lay waste to whatever comes in its path. The North Korea asserts that the country has sophisticated SLBM capabilities and that these capabilities are a threat that can be used against any possible opponents has been implicitly embraced in much of that conjecture. North Korea claims that…

Chief Judicial Magistrate HH Verma in Surat on 23rd March, 2024 has sentenced Rahul Gandhi, the Lok Sabha MP from Wayanad, Kerala. He had made the alleged remarks against ‘Modi’. At the sentencing several of the state and national Congress leaders were present. The police had increased the security in the court premises to account for unwanted incidents. The court has approved Mr. Gandhi’s bail on a surety of ₹15,00 and stayed the sentence for 30 days to allow him to appeal. Purnesh Modi from West Surat who is a former minister from Gujarat and is BJP MLA. He had…

The SC has fixed May 9 as the date for a detailed hearing on a batch of petitioners relating to the criminalization of marital rape. It had earlier decided to start hearing petitions from March 14 and asked the center for their response, Tushar Mehta the Solicitor General responded, the case will not only have legal ramifications but widespread social impact as well. Marital rape refers to non-consensual sexual intercourse between two partners who are married to each other. In India, marital rape is not recognized as a criminal offense. This means that under the Indian Penal Code, sexual intercourse…

The Union Ministry has approved the Delhi Annual Budget for 2024-2024, by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the information was relayed to the AAP administration. It occurs when the rift between the Delhi and Central administration is at heights. Kailash Gahlot the Delhi Finance Minister said that the Delhi Annual Budget had been presented to the government and sent to the Union ministry for approval and currently it’s under review. Media houses have reported that the Ministry of Home affairs ought to get a clarification from the party as their proposals have high allocations for advertisement and marketing but…

Chinese leader and Premier Xi Jinping landed in Moscow on 20th March 2024, with almost 400 days into war between Russia and Ukraine. Acc. To media houses he is there to show support to the cause of Putin’s actions and be able to probe possible steps with Ukraine. Many experts claim that this a timely opportunity for China to present their diplomatic stand on the world stage and their ability to challenge the current world power the USA. Xi Jinping, who recently only secured his third term with the Chinese federation. His visit in Russia is planned for 3 days,…

Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Law & Justice in India, while speaking at the India Today Conclave om 18th March,2024 commented that there are a few retired judges who are part of “Anti India” gang and these are only few in numbers though. Some of these retired judges are trying to make the Indian judiciary play the role of opposition in the country. He even further stated that this ‘Tukde-Tukde’ gang is trying to break the Indian federation by turning the government’s policy against the people and a Member of the Parliament is in sync with this. Rijiju told the press…

Potential For Growth in India’s Legal Sector Foreign Law Firms: Bar Council of India is of the view that opening up a law practice in India to foreign lawyers in the field of practice of foreign law; diverse international legal issues in non-litigious matters and international arbitration cases would go a long way in helping the legal profession/domain grow in India to the benefit of lawyers in India too. It ensures that an opportunity for creating development and growth for the legal profession and in the legal sphere in India is not lost. India a part of the WTO and the GATS is obligated under the…