Chaos In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly As PTI MPA Mocks PPP Lawmaker A heated debate arose in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly recently as Deputy Speaker Dr Meher Taj Roghani allowed the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s…
Indian State Tightens Blockade of Kashmir as Media & Press Are Gagged by Police Forces Reports of repression continue as two of Kashmir’s biggest newspapers, the Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Uzma (an…
India High Court Raises Concerns On Student Sedition Case India’s high court voiced concern over law and order following widespread protests over the arrest of a student leader for sedition. Thousands of supporters…
Delhi Gang-Rapist Walks Free The youngest convict in a notorious 2012 fatal gang-rape on a bus in New Delhi has been released from a youth correctional facility. This was followed by sparking street protests…
Joint Statement by NILS Pakistan and NILS India: Diplomatic Developments vis-a-vis Heart of Asia Conference 2015 On 11th December 2015 the Network of International Law Students (NILS) Pakistan, in collaboration with its…
Indian Supreme Court Orders Shift Of Crematorium To Protect The Taj Mahal The Indian Supreme Court has ordered the government of the state of Uttar Pradesh to either shift a crematorium located…
India Claims Return Of The £100m Diamond Koh-i-Noor The Kohi-i-Noor which was once the world’s largest-known diamond, worth a reported £100m and weighing 105 carats, is currently part of Britain’s crown jewels, in the Queen…
Four Sentenced To Death In Bangladesh Over Murder Of A Teenage Boy A Court in Bangladesh sentenced four men to death over brutal killing of a thirteen year old boy. The murder…
Nepalese Parliament Elects First Female President Bidhya Devi Bhandari is now deputy leader of the ruling Communist party in Nepal who has long campaigned to secure women’s rights under the new constitution.…
Allegations of War Crimes Are Credible, According to Sri Lankan Judge Retired judge Maxwell Paranagama, led a a Sri Lankan panel which presented a report to the parliament concluding that allegations that…
Top Court in India Rejects Judicial Appointment Law The Supreme Court of India decided that a new law which is to change the structure of judicial appointments is unconstitutional. The Indian judiciary, traditionally,…
2 Former Bangladesh Judges Become Members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration For the first time Bangladeshi judges, Former Chief Justice M Tofazzal Islam and former High Court Judge M Awlad Ali,…
Young Bhutanese democrats have signed the Constitution for Children Parliament in Bhutan. The Bhutan Children’s Parliament will meet twice yearly, bringing Bhutanese youth together to discuss issues of common concern. Through this,…
President Ram Baran Yadav signed the new Constitution replacing the interim Constitution following years of debate. The Constitution was signed and announced by the President who was applauded by the members of the…
Indian Supreme Court Wants Lawyers To Pass Fitness Test To Appear In Court The Supreme Court of India has said that the mental and physical fitness of lawyers should be tested to prove…
Myanmar President Signs Monogamy Bill Thein Sein, Myanmar President, signed the Monogamy Bill into force, which legally prohibits marriage to more than one spouse or living with an unmarried partner, which…
Indian Supreme Court Stays Order Criminalizing Extreme Religious Fasting The Indian Supreme Court stayed an order from the Rajasthan High Court that would have made the practice of Santhara, or voluntarily fasting to…
