Nirbhaya’s case – Convicts lawyer AP Singh pointed fingers at me and said, hanging postponed till eternity – says Nirbhaya‘s mother after a local court in Delhi postponed the hanging of the four convicts for gang-raping and murdering Nirbhaya
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Amnesty International to the US lawmakers on CAA- India’s new citizenship law stands in clear violation of the Indian Constitution and international human rights law and promotes discrimination on the basis of religion
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Bollywood stars join the protest against CAA including Richa Chadda – Why don’t Indian actors speak up like Robert De Niro and Jane Fonda?, said Richa and believes Indian judiciary does not function freely
Know the story in detail here –https://www.france24.com/en/20200202-india-bollywood-citizenship-law-narendra-modi-protest-islam-muslim-delhi-richa-chadha-religion
The union budget 2020 proposes changes in the income tax law – NRIs to be taxed only on Indian income, not foreign says finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman
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USA –Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped Donald Trump’s expanded travel ban and called it outrageous, un-American and threatens rule of law after he included Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, and Tanzania- barring 350 million individuals from predominantly African nations from traveling to the United States, is discrimination disguised as policy
Know the story in detail here –https://thehill.com/homenews/house/480991-pelosi-trumps-expanded-travel-ban-is-outrageous-un-american-and-threatens-rule
USA- A law firm representing Rudy Giuliani in the Ukraine affair faces bitter court battle with the former partner that has revealed allegations of financial misconduct, sexual assault, and office masturbation
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USA – President Trump’s Middle East plan for Israel-Palestine, could lead to multiple violations of international law as the plan could lead to the annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank into Israel, including the vast majority of Israeli settlements, and was denounced by Palestinians who were not involved in its making
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Canada – Around 75% of Canadians are satisfied with the country’s abortion policies, reveals a new poll
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State government to the Gujarat High Court – wearing helmets is compulsory for two-wheeler riders in urban areas in Gujarat
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UK – Gun violence now too common at Airbnb rental properties- Four men shot at a condo on Queens Wharf
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UK – Law Society extremely upset after fire broke out at historic London offices
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UK – London – India’s leading matrimonial site shaadi.com has come under fire in the UK as it has been accused of allowing discrimination against the scheduled caste community to be left out of algorithms
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France – A human rights lawyer who helped prosecute more than 100 people in Female genital mutilation (FGM) cases in France has praised the sentence given in Ireland’s first-ever FGM prosecution last week where the girl’s father was sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison for the FGM charge
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The Gujarat High Court has filed a PIL suo motu to train lawyers to maintain court decorum and to make them courteous while addressing the court by holding continuous training programs for people in black gown every month
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The district court lawyers have to move to High Court even for bail in every petty issue so High Court always remains busy in granting bail instead of disposing off other important cases – there must be proper space for lawyers – Madhya Pradesh’s Chief Justice AK Mittal
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