The Supreme Court of India dismissed on Friday applications seeking to extend 11 convicts’ time to surrender to jail authorities in the Bilkis Bano case. The bench, comprising of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan, did not find any merit in the applications. The convicts’ time to surrender expired on Saturday. The court had [...]

Indian authorities registered a formal complaint—known as a first information report (FIR)—against an election engagement movement led by India’s main opposition party and its organizer, according to the Press Trust of India’s police sources. The Thursday FIR alleged that the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra movement and its organizer, K B Byju, deviated from the march’s [...]

The Appellate Division of Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday dismissed an appeal by Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist party, which sought the reversal of a 2013 High Court Division ruling that declared the party illegal. The decision barring the party from contesting elections was based on the rationale that it had violated the constitutional principle [...]

During a Cabinet meeting held Monday, the Nepalese government banned the social media platform TikTok, according to local newspaper Kantipur. Minister for Communication Rekha Sharma announced the decision by underlining the “negative effects of on social harmony and goodwill.” She also mentioned that preparations for the implementation of the decision are already underway. Sharma also [...]

Indian opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, was stopped by local police Thursday on his way to examine the situation in the violence-struck northeastern state of Manipur. The 53 year-old was traveling to Churachandpur district, which is one of the most affected areas in ongoing violent clashes. Gandhi’s convoy was halted at Bishnupur, around 20 km away [...]

The UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) on Wednesday expanded the convictions and increased the sentences of two individuals who helped to murder and deport non-Serbs during the Balkan wars. The two, Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, are former Serbian security officials. The IRMCT’s Appeals Chamber dismissed the men’s appeals of their convictions [...]

The Bar Council of India (BCI) Sunday passed a resolution to urge the Supreme Court of India to leave the issue of same-sex marriage for legislative consideration. The resolution came after a joint meeting of the BCI and all State Bar Councils. The release predominantly depends on the point that any matter of such far-reaching [...]

A large number of private doctors in the Indian state of Rajasthan Sunday continued their weeks-long protest against the recently passed Right to Health Bill. While the bill awaits the state governor’s assent, it has received great opposition, especially from private hospitals and healthcare enterprises. The bill aims to increase access to healthcare, improve the [...]

The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) Monday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court of India against certain directions given by the court in a recent case concerning Sikkimese Nepalis. On January 13, the court ruled that under Sikkim Income Tax Manual 1948, “ll persons engaged in business were subjected to tax irrespective [...]

Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan Thursday walked out of jail after having spent over two years in incarceration. A Lucknow Sessions Court signed the bail order after accepting his bail bonds. In October 2020, he along with three others was arrested on charges of conspiracy to create disturbance during the critical time of the Hathras gang-rape [...]