Speaking at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Chandrachud said now is the time for countries such as India to step up to the occasion to create and promote a culture of commercial arbitration and the robust institutionalization of arbitration will further the culture of arbitration in the Global South.

In a recent ruling, the High Court has said that a husband cannot evade the responsibility of providing maintenance to his divorced wife and child simply because he is currently unemployed. The decision came following a petition filed by an individual seeking to overturn the order of the Belagavi Family Court.

Two youngsters, VPM Mohammed Suhail of South Thrikaripur Mettammal and K Shahid of Payyanur, both aged 27 years, died in an incident of collision between their motorbike and a telephone junction box at Thrikkaripura. 

Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK on Friday stated that the people did not vote for Narendra Modi to rule the nation but circumstances have allowed him to become prime minister on the basis of "borrowed benevolence" -- pointing to the support from NDA allies, including TDP and JD(U).

Some farmer outfits on Friday threw their weight behind the CISF woman constable who allegedly slapped actor and BJP MP-elect Kangana Ranaut, saying the entire sequence leading to the incident needs to be properly investigated.

Bhavani Revanna, mother of former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, on Friday appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with an abduction case following a direction from the Karnataka High Court, which granted her interim anticipatory bail earlier in the day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met BJP veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their residences here on Friday, before staking claim to form the government at the Centre for a third consecutive term.

In the wake of the death of nine trekkers in Uttarakhand, social activist Anoop Nautiyal has said the approach towards high adventure tourism in the state needs to be changed.