President Joe Biden responds to questions from reporters after speaking about the economy in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Washington. Lawyers for Biden found more classified documents at his home in Greenville, Del., than previously known, the White House acknowledged Saturday, Jan. 14. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Files)

The access road to President Joe Biden’s home in Greenville, Del., is seen from the media van Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Former President Donald Trump stands on stage after announcing a third run for the

By: Prakhar Bajpai

INTRODUCTION

The fundamental feature of modern jurisprudence is that for a democracy to be successful, voters must be prepared to make their decisions wisely. A democratic system that does not honor the normative values ​​represented by modern jurisprudence runs the risk of eroding its own public legitimacy and trust. A political conception of the democratic system would not limit itself merely to free and fair elections but would also consider that the purity of elections be maintained. One such process that amalgamates this political structure is the “freebies” that impinge on the functioning of the rule of

Published Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023 | 4:21 p.m

Updated 4 hours, 33 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon’s lawyers wanted out of his border-wall fraud case, telling a judge Thursday that he was unwilling to speak with them directly and that they had “irreconcilable” differences about how to proceed.

Bannon, a conservative rabble-rouser and longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, has until a Feb. 28 hearing to find new counsel, Judge Juan Manuel Merchan said. His current lawyers, David Schoen and John Mitchell, must stay on the case until then, the judge said.

“We just have a

By: Prakhar Bajpai

ARE FREEBIES CONSTITUTIONALLY VALID?

According to Article 266(3) of the Indian Constitution, money out of the Consolidated funds can only be appropriated by law and for the purposes and manner defined by the constitution. Moreover, Article 282 says that governments can make “any” grants for any public purpose. By defining “purpose” as a “public purpose,” the constitution’s drafters were able to more precisely define the broad goals of each of these provisions. From the concomitant of the scheme above, it is clear that the same was designed to promote the “Directive Principles of State Policies” because the

By: Tapamoy Ghose

INTRODUCTION

HDFC Ltd, a mortgage lender, announced a merger with HDFC Bank on April 4, 2022. According to HDFC Bank, the merger is subject to various statutory and regulatory approvals, including those from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), other applicable authorities, and the companies’ respective shareholders and creditors.

HDFC Ltd is India’s leading housing finance company, with unparalleled relationships, scale, and underwriting expertise in the housing sector. On the other hand, with over 68 million customers, 6,342 branches, and an entire portfolio of credit, liability, and distribution offerings, HDFC Bank

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The lawyers for Richard Allen, the suspect in the 2017 Delphi murders, want the names and addresses of every person who has talked to investigators about this case.

Allen was arrested on Oct. 28 and the announcement of charges was made on Oct. 31. He’s been charged in connection to the murders of 13-year-old Abigail “Abby” Williams and 14-year-old Liberty “Libby” German in February 2017.

The lawyers want every police report connected to the murders. Allen’s court-appointed lawyers have the green light to hire a private investigator. This seven-page filing is the road map his lawyers plan

By: Arun Raghuram Mahapatra

INTRODUCTION

Central Consumer Protection Authority (hereinafter ‘CCPA’) is the Central Authority that has been established under Section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (‘Act’) to regulate issues about consumer rights violations, unfair trade practices, and other acts that are detrimental to the interests of the consumers. Apart from the power to initiate investigations, file complaints in consumer forums, and undertake research, the CCPA has also been bestowed with the power to issue necessary guidelines for the prevention of unfair trade practices. And recently, one such notice by the CCPA has issued all the hotels and

By: Harshit Joshi

INTRODUCTION

An appeal was brought before the Supreme Court in which both the Delhi High Court and the Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to have territorial jurisdiction over the dispute due to a difference of opinion and dismissed the appeals filed before them. The Supreme Court solved the conundrum concerning the appellate jurisdiction of the High Courts under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (herein after ‘Acts’) in its judgment dated 18 August 2022 in the case of Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax-I, Chandigarh v. M/s. ABC Papers Limited. Another question that the