The Legal Newswire

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Central Information Commission (CIC) order asking it to divulge details relating to appointment of judges and also correspondence between the Chief Justice of India and Justice R Regupathy of Madras HC on the alleged interference of a Union minister in a court case. 

The Supreme Court of India recently had to decide on the interesting question of whether it has jurisdiction to appoint an arbitrator in case of an international arbitration governed by a foreign law. While reaching the conclusion that it does have jurisdiction to appoint an arbitrator in case of international arbitration, the court held.....

The International Court of Justice opened on Tuesday hearings on the legitimacy of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia.
Serbia brought a case to The Hague for an advisory opinion on whether "the unilateral declaration of independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo" is "in accordance with international law."

The Supreme Court has held that a convict or an accused in a cheque-bounce case can be let off if the complainant agrees to a compromise. The court said the offence could be made compoundable even after a person was convicted

India's government had no right to fix the price of natural gas being produced by Reliance Industries Ltd. from its D6 block, off the country's east coast, the counsel for Reliance Natural Resources Ltd. said Tuesday.

"The government is required to approve the formula on the basis of which price can be fixed, and the contractor has the freedom to market gas," Ram Jethmalani said in his submission before India's Supreme Court.

Janak Dwarkadas, senior counsel and amicus curiae (friend of court), on Thursday told the Bombay high court that all police vehicles reaching the scene of vandalism should have video cameras.

It was one among the several suggestions given to the state government to prevent incidents of political vandalism. 

What connects India, Iran, Turkey, Brazil, China and South Africa? A very unsatisfactory answer would be that they�re emerging powers in highly volatile corners of the globe. Taking India aside, an even more nebulous answer would be that they�re countries which realize their strategic importance in respective regions.