Who Is Nirav Modi? Born into a Gujarati family of diamantaires, Mr. Nirav Modi, the billionaire businessman caught in the middle of the controversy, grew up in Belgium, which is known as the center for international refined diamond trade. Though he went to Wharton Business School, he dropped out and
1988 COUPE & The EXISTING CRISIS In the year 1988, a coupe d’etat led by Abdullah Luthufi, assisted by the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Elam (PLOTE), tried to overthrow the Government of Republic of Maldives. Despite its tremendous efforts, the coupe failed due to the timely intervention of the
For long, the Indian state has practiced the unconstitutional sin of opting for Haj subsidy to continue. For long, India has suffered from the undue burden of religious subsidy to a particular community. For long, people have voiced opinions on the politics of favoritism and appeasement. To prevent these voices
The Disqualification On 21st January 2018, the President of India confirmed the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs on the recommendation of the Election Commission. This was the result of a petition filed against them by a young lawyer in 2015, alleging that they were holding “office of profit” with the
Facts The Supreme Court on 8th of Feb, canceled 88 iron ore mining leases in Goa, dealing a blow to miners including Vedanta Ltd. The court said that the existing leases will run till 15 March, after which mining activity has to stop. The court also directed the setting up of
Facts Putting to rest a 126-year-old emotive dispute over the sharing of Cauvery water, the Supreme Court increased Karnataka’s entitlement on Friday by 14.75 tmcft to 284.75 tmcft and reduced Tamil Nadu‘s share to 404.25 tmcft while keeping allocations for Kerala and Pondicherry unchanged. Kerala will access 30 tmcft and Pondicherry 7 tmcft and the award that
Case Name: Auto Cars v. Trimurti Cargo Movers Private Limited Citation: Civil Appeal No. 2113 of 2018 Decided on 16.02.2018 Supreme Court rules that service of summoning to a defendant without specifically mentioning the day, date, year and time cannot be held as duly served to summon within the scope
Internet search giant Google has been penalized rupees 136 crores by Competition Commission of India for abusing its dominant position and imposing unfair conditions. Facts Consim Info private limited (Informant) alleged that Google causes harm to advertisers and consumers by conducting its main business in a discriminatory manner and at
International pizza chain Dominoes has been slapped with a fine of 9.5 lakh rupees by Additional District Magistrate of Shahjahanpur for using cheese unfit for consumption in their pizzas. Facts On 4th July 2011, food security officer Yugul Kishore took a sample of cheese from an outlet of Dominos at
In a recent development Madras High court has ruled that sons when they inherit from their father, they inherit not only their assets but also their liabilities. Facts A petition was filed in High Court of Madras by A. Ravichandran against an order of Chennai Corporation Zonal Officer by which
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