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In this blogspot, I have written two earlier blogs, one on the Satankulam double murder in  police custody: ( https://profmurali.blogspot.com/2020/07/sathankulamtyranny-what-next-theirony.html ) and the custodial death of Muthu: ( https://profmurali.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-never-ending-turmoils-of-tamils-in_72.html ).  Many of you may have seen the movie Jai Bhim.  Actually, this has become a recurring problem in Tamil Nadu. Every time I read something  about custodial torture and consequent deaths, I believe I must document the same for posterity,  particularly for the benefit of human rights lawyers. In fact, this is happening around the world.  In places like China and Korea, it doesn't even come to light. In Pakistan, the present Baluch  movement for independence is essentially a movement for women who have lost their fathers,  brothers, and husbands. In the United States, we witnessed the death of Mr. George Floyd, who  was subjected ...

The current Indo-Pakistan tension is intense. Both these nations are at war with each other, albeit without formally declaring war. The immediate provocation came from Pakistan. The terrorists infiltrated Pahalgam(J&K) and murdered more than 30 people (non-Kashmiri tourists)  in cold blood in a dastardly terrorist act. As usual, Pakistan denied any involvement in this terrorist Act. During May 1st Week,  there was a serious armed conflict. Now, at the request of Pakistan, there is a cessation of hostilities. About 30 years ago, they would have openly claimed responsibility and declared that they would continue to provide moral, material, and arms support for the cause of Jammu and Kashmir. They had been sneaking in their troops under the guise of freedom fighters or jihadis. Now, they are smart enough to disown it, although they continue to support for terrorist activities in India — but that is a side story . The main story is that the Union of India has declared tha...

  Case study of Madras High Court Judgement on the Requirements of Foreign Patent Filing Permission In the SELFDOT TECHNOLOGIES OPC PVT LTD v. Controller of Patent Chennai, the Hon’ble High Court of Madras speaking through Mr Justice Senthil Kumar Ramamurthy held on 28th November 2023 that the requirement of foreign filing permission under section 39 of the Patents Act is formal and procedural in nature and hence condonable. By its final order, the High Court directed the Madras Patent Office to receive afresh an application for Foreign Patent Filing permission and allow the same on appropriate terms.  Actually, the Patent Application in question is an application for a Patent of Addition . The original application was filed in the Indian Patent Office which was duly followed up by an American Patent through PCT route. The ostensible reason for having this requirement of Foreign Patent Permission is to enable the Union of India to issue secrecy directions under Section 35 of...

Nowadays, Indian social media particularly those sympathetic to the ruling establishment have been articulating stories against the Qatari government, after one of their courts (in a secret trial), found former Indian defense officers guilty of espionage on behalf of Israel. Mercifully, unlike the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, the families of the accused were intimated, and they also received Consular Access. However, the rest of the world does not know the specific charges against them or the contents of the judgment. Qatari law provides for statutory appeal against the Judgement. The appellate proceedings have been initiated with sufficient inputs from the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Indian social media reports recently gloated about the fact that the IT infrastructure of the Qatari government suffered a serious cyber-attack. Some of these posts indicated that this demonstrates the increasing Indian clout in global affairs. I am of the opinion that the Indian general public react...

The recent Hamas attacks on Israeli civilian targets and the taking of women and children as hostages as a protest to Israeli interference in the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex has added one more armed conflict situation, constituting a serious breach of World Peace. It is true that by the end of the 19th century, the Israel population did not even have 2% of the Jewish population. It was essentially a Palestinian territory. Palestine then was a part of the Ottoman Empire. After the First World War, Britain took over the administration of Palestine, encouraged Jewish settlements, and aided the creation of a Jewish state. Between the First and Second World Wars, Jews around the world gravitated to Palestine (as it was known then) and started acquiring properties aggressively. We have to recognize that prior to World War 2, there was no right to self-determination. The purchase of properties was at par with military conquests, and both were legal. After the Kellogg-Briand Pact and the subseque...