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Weekly Round-Up of Major Decisions of the Courts in India as also Legal Policy Developments

Since the Modi 2.0 Government has come to power after 23rd May, 2019, it has been on a spree to pass legislations in the 17th parliamentary session, obviously owing to its brute majority in Lok Sabha. Most of these bills are quite contentious, including the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, bill criminalising Triple Talaq, and Unlawful Prevention Activities (Amendment) Bill, 2019, amongst others.

Oil price can become another constraining factor for the Indian economy later in the year and upset growth calculations.

For him being identified as the protégé of Nitish Kumar is more worth than upholding political and ideological line and character of his party. Yes, this is an open secret and even a layman will endorse this. The deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Modi has been projecting Nitish as the best friend and true protagonist for the saffron outfit.

Karnataka is the story of a beautiful dream gone sour. Over a year ago, when HD Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal (Secular) and Congress came together to thwart the BJP bid to form a government as the saffron party failed to secure a majority, it was as though all the parties opposed to Modi had joined hands. The grand photograph, taken at the swearing in of Kumaraswamy as the chief minister, showed Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati, Mamata Banerjee, Sharad Pawar, Sitaram Yechury holding hands in a rare camaraderie, and it soon became the mascot of opposition unity. The optics from Bengaluru suggested imageries of a cornered Narendra Modi, with no chance of making it for a second time in 2019.

The long-expected development has taken place. Boris Johnson has been chosen as Britain’s Prime Minister. In his victory speech Johnson named three priorities: to “deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn.”

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Winds of change have, at long last, visited the University College in Thiruvananthapuram, which has hogged the headlines of late for all the wrong reasons.

LUCKNOW: Priyanka Gandhi has established herself as a leader who could hit street and stand with victims the manner in which she conducted herself with families of tribals in Sonbhadra district who were killed recently. There is no doubt Priyanka scored over other opposition leaders BSP national President Mayawati and Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav by reaching Sonbhadra.

BERLIN: While Donald Trump dominates the news daily in the U.S. with his racist diatribes, tweets, and rallies, the American public can’t be blamed if it fails to notice that on a world scale and here in Europe, in particular, the right wing is pushing for a level of militarization and war planning that goes beyond much of what we have seen before.

Communist Party of India, which currently is going through a deep existential crisis, got a new general secretary after Sudhakar Reddy stepped down from the post citing ill-health. D. Raja, who is elected for the post, is the first Dalit to occupy the topmost post in the history of the communist parties in India. This is a major transition which took place in the party, when CPI has become a complete caricature of its illustrious past of 50s, 60s & 70s.