Tag: Human Rights

’22 April Round-Up (Weeks 2-4)

Post author By aneetam
Post date May 4, 2022
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Hello! Telawgram, this month takes you through Supreme Court and High Court decisions, arbitration proceedings, insurance disputes, maritime matters and more. The readings will give you a wide range of content – from private international law to general principles of criminal law and more! Happy Reading!

Tags 2016, adultery, adversarial proceedings, Amendments, Anti-Terrorism Act, Anti-terrorism laws, Apostille Convention, Arbitration, Arms Trade Treaty, Bail, Biden, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Colombia, Community Service, Confinement, Criminal Law, CrPC, cruelty, Culpability of minors, decree-holders, doli incapax, ECHR, Economic Entitites, El Salvador, El-Salvador, exclusive legislation, financial creditors, free-speech, gang-violence, Group of Companies, Hafiz Sayed, HCCH, Human Rights, IBBI, IBC, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Justice Chandrachud, Justice Surya Kant, Justice Vikram Nath, Lashkar-e-taiba, Lend-Lease Act, maintenance, Mental Health, Nicaragua, Non-Signatories, Office of the High Commissioner, Pakistan, Philippines, Private International Law, Property Law, Republika Sprska, Saplings, Saudi Arabia, Section 125, separatist, Sovereignty, Statelessness, Supreme Court, Territorial Waters, Tripura High Court, Ukraine, United Nations, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, World War II

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The Ceasefire or the “Peace” Fire?: Taliban’s Abrupt Takeover of Afghanistan from an International Legal Perspective

Post author By aneetam
Post date September 14, 2021
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Maryam Jami Under the international legal system, peace or ceasefire agreements are usually concluded between hostile states or governments, in order to end a state of war. Nevertheless, these agreements are also being reached between governments and non-state groups, and are given internationally legally binding status as “internationalized” agreements. As such, in February 2020, the […]

Tags Human Rights, Pacta Sunt Servanda, Taliban, US-Taliban Agreement

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’21 Week 10 (06/03 – 12/03)

Post author By Abhishek Rajiv
Post date March 14, 2021
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The past week has been fraught with judgements from various High Courts, the Supreme Court, the European Court of Justice and more. The subject of these judgements range from the Arbitration and Conciliation Act to the air pollution limits in the European Union. Apart from these, the updates also cover policy developments in countries like Spain, Germany and Switzerland. Hope you enjoy reading the updates and curated list of suggested readings!

Tags Air pollution, amici, Appointment of Arbitrator, Arbitration, Arbitration and Conciliation, banks, Brexit, Britain, BSNL, Burka, co-operative societies, Committee, Congress of Deputies, contractual dispute, Corporate due- diligence, corporate insolvency resolution process, Draft Legislation, Environment, European Court of Justice, European Union, Face coverings, Freedom of Expression, German Cabinet, Ghana, Ghana Supreme Court, Hijab, Human Rights, IBC, Insolvency, interpretation of statutes, Justice R C Chavan, K Krishna Murthy v. Union of India, LGBTQ Rights, Limitation Act, local bodies, Madras High Court, Maharashtra, Minority Rights, Muslim community, Negotiable Instruments Act, Notice of Arbitration, OBCs, object and purpose, power purchase agreement, President Akudo- Addo, Presidential Election, Quality of Environment, RBI, reading down, referendum, Religious freedom, REPCO, report, Reservations, SARFAESI, Section 138, secured creditors, Spain, suo motu petition, Supply Chain Act, Supreme Court, Switzerland, Transgender Rights, United Kingdom

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’21 Week 9 (26/02-03/03)

This week saw major developments in the legal arena with the Supreme Court of India allowing High Courts to quash FIRs using the writ jurisdiction and the Westminster Magistrate Court allowing the extradition of Nirav Modi to India and much more. Happy Reading!

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’21 Week 8 (19/02 – 25/02)

Greetings! This week has seen significant developments in the legal arena with the notification of the latest OTT regulations in India to the enactment of the New Media Law in Australia.
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’21 – Week 6 (04/02- 11/02)

Post author By Poorvi Yerrapureddy
Post date February 14, 2021
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Greetings! This week our updates look at decisions ranging from the Madras HC’s ruling on HRC recommendations to the ICC’s ruling on jurisdiction over crimes committed in Palestine. Happy Reading!

Tags Article 370, Bankruptcy, binding, China, Coast Guard Law, contextual interpretation, corporate insolvency resolution proceedings, Crimes against Humanity, Criminal Defences, discretion, Divorce, Duress, East China Sea, ECS, Family Law, Freedom of Navigation, Genocide, Human Rights, IBC Ordinance, ICC, Individual Criminal Responsibility, Insolvency, International Environmental Law, IPC, Jammu and Kashmir, Japan, Jurisdiction, Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice M R Shah, Kerala High COurt, Madras High Court, Murder, Mutual Consent, object and purpose, operational debts, Premeditation, Protection of Human Rights Act, Rajya Sabha, recommendations, Reorganisation Act, retrospective application, Rome Statute, Stressed assets, Sudden Provocation, Supreme Court, Uganda, Uighur, UNCLOS, United Kingdom, United Nations General Assembly, United States, Use of Force at Sea, War Crimes, Xinjiang

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06.11.20 – 13.11.20

Hello, this past week has seen several developments ranging from the Supreme Court halting the enforcement of the Antrix Arbitral Award to the President of Kosovo being indicted on war crimes. Happy Reading!

Tags Abetment to Suicide, Anto-discrimination, Antrix, Antrix Corp., Arnab Goswami, Bail, Code of Criminal Procedure, Consent, CrPC, Death Penalty, Devas Multimedia, Dual Use Goods, EDPB, EU-US Privacy Shield, European Parliament, European Union, Extradition, False Complaint, Force Majeure, Habeas Corpus, Hate Crime, Honour KillingsMurder, Human Rights, Hungary, Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, International Chamber of Commerce, Investor-State Arbitration, Italy, Judicial Restraint, Kim Dotcom, Kosovo, Kosovo Liberation Army, LGBTQ Rights, LGBTQI+, Megaupload, Mitigating Factors, New Zealand, Personal Data, POCSO, President Hashim Thaci, Presumption of Innocence, Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Reparation for Women, Reverse Burden of Proof, Same-sex couples adoption, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Supreme Court, Surveillance Technologies, UAE, USA, Violence, War Crimes, Women, Yugoslavia