NEW DELHI – India’s Supreme Court has agreed to drop criminal charges against billionaire brothers Nitin and Chetan Sandesara if they pay a third of their dues in a $1.6-billion bank fraud case. The settlement, amounting to $570 million, could set a precedent for other economic offenders seeking similar resolutions. Read More: FIA arrests four […]
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The power of Urdu poetry, in and out of court
In 1981, when I was a lawyer in Allahabad High Court, the poet Faiz saheb came to Allahabad, my home town. A function was organized in his honour in the Allahabad University lawns. The university lawns are massive, and so was the crowd that evening. There were many poets on the dias that day: Firaq […]