A Nigerian court has sentenced three Indians of a Lagos-based company to one-month imprisonment each for disobeying its orders.

The Indians, who are brothers, include the Managing Director of a priv

In a judgment with far-reaching consequences, Madras High Court (HC) has held that a decree for dissolution of a marriage by a foreign court is not binding in India if a wedding is solemnised in the c

BJP and Trinamul MPs have objected to a move by the Union home ministry to include “Hindu undivided family” (known by the acronym HUF, usually in tax matters) in amendments to the Unlawful Activities

Since the start of the month it has been illegal to die in Falciano del Massico, a village of 3,700 people some 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Naples in southern Italy.

Mayor Giulio Cesare Fava issued

A Singaporean man who underwent sex-change surgery before being convicted on drugs charges escaped caning after a court recognised the change in gender, local media reported Tuesday.

Preeta Nivashani

The government is considering a change in the law to exclude the religion of individuals from marriage certificates. This follows demands by minority groups, including Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists, now

Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said courts in Delhi are a show window for the rest of the country and stressed upon the need for making court proceedings paperless.

"Can we look for paperl

A sessions court has wondered as to why the penal offence of sodomy, entailing sentence up to life imprisonment should be triable by a magisterial court which can award a jail term of only up to three

New Delhi: Upholding the dismissal of a judge for getting his judgements written by somebody else, the Supreme Court has ruled judges can be removed summarily without an inquiry for misconduct or if t

Pune: A 11-year-old boy scored a legal victory against his estranged father who was ordered by a local court to meet his educational and day-to-day expenses in perhaps the first case where a male us