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Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has stressed the need for compassion, accessibility and empathy in the judicial process, calling for legal aid at police stations, survivor- and child-friendly spaces for testimony, and judgments written in language that litigants can understand. He said the justice system must consider the human circumstances behind every case, while Justice Vikram Nath emphasised that technology can improve judicial efficiency but cannot replace empathy and human judgment. Speaking at the second Prof.…

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Chief Justices of three High Courts as Judges of the Supreme Court of India. In a social media post, Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal informed that the President appointed Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court, Justice Sunita Agarwal, Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Chief Justice of Telangana High Court, Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh as Judges of the Supreme Court. The President has also appointed Gurvinder Pal Singh, Judicial Officer as…

India is expected to conclude Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements with at least three more countries by December this year. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in New Delhi today, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that a new template for bilateral investment treaties is ready and is expected to get Cabinet approval soon to make it more investor-friendly. She said the new template seeks to provide sharper protection to investors from both sides. Mrs Sitharaman added that India has also…

Yemen’s internationally recognised government has announced the start of military operations to retake the remaining Houthi-held territories and restore state authority across the country, according to Saba News Agency in Aden. President and Presidential Leadership Council Chairman Rashad Al-Alimi said the government had moved from a phase of preparation and readiness to the “liberation phase”, after what he described as the exhaustion of opportunities for de-escalation. He directed the armed and security forces and…

In Assam, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal will flag off the maiden international cargo voyage from the newly constructed Bogibeel Terminal in Dibrugarh today. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will also join the flag-off ceremony. Akashvani correspondent reports that with the flagging off of the cargo voyage, Dibrugarh is set to restore its pre-Independence legacy as a major inland waterway trade hub. For the first time in more than eight decades, an international cargo…

Oman: Flydubai flight’s Omani co-pilot tried to crash aircraft in Saudi desert after hijack attempt was foiled, reports Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera. The paper says, Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami attacked Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar to take control of the plane and crash it into a building at Tel Aviv in Israel. Al-Hammami’s original plot was to kill Flight Captain Smit Machchhar, fly the plane to Tel Aviv, and crash it into one of the city’s skyscrapers, the report claimed, citing Israeli…

India and Switzerland today inked five agreements following bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Swiss President Guy Parmelin in New Delhi. These agreements are on Migration and Mobility Partnership, Exchange of Young Professionals, Promotion and Collaboration on Transportation Technologies, Mobility Systems and Infrastructure in Identified Areas, Letter of Intent between Department of Science and Technology and Swiss National Science Foundation and Implementation Arrangement for cooperation in…