Judge Loya judgment has been rendered on a group of petitions seeking investigation into the death of Judge Loya. The only issue in the case was whether the inquest report prepared u/s 174 CrPC closing the case on the finding that the death was due to natural causes, was correct. Let me state at the outset that out of 118 pages of the judgment, 117 pages are pure noise. There…

Intrepretation • The practice of Triple Talaq is not part of personal law but statutory law vide Nariman J and Lalit J. • The practice of Triple Talaq is part of personal law not statutory law vide CJI, Nazeer J. • The practice of Triple Talaq is neither part of personal law nor statutory law vide Kurien J. • The practice of Triple Talaq is violative of Article 14 of…

The Supreme Court of India has recently delivered the AADHAAR-PAN judgement on the validity of S. 139AA of the Income Tax Act, vide which the quoting of AADHAAR no. for filing Income Tax returns post July 1, 2017; quoting of AADHAAR no. in any new application for allocation of PAN post July 1, 2017; and linking of AADHAAR no. with PAN no. post date to be announced by the Central…

This linked article, https://thewire.in/136848/pak-india-kulbhushan-jadhav-icj/, has very comprehensively stated the facts of and arguments taken in Kulbhushan Jadhav case pending before the ICJ. Further, the author has put up his own arguments in the article. However, it is written by an Indian, so it has its biases. Nevertheless, I would recommend you to read it. In the present article, I am stating my understanding of the basics of the case and…