Back in 1964, I was working as DMO at Mirigama Government Hospital when a major derailment of the Talaimannar/Colombo train ...

One rainy day in September 2003, I was having lunch at the UNESCO cafeteria. Kofi Annan was the Secretary General of the UN ...

The judgement said property of a male Hindu dying intestate devolves first upon Class-I heirs—which includes the wife—before any other claimants, regardless of nomination arrangements with banks ...

Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Wednesday 21 January 2026. To get this in your inbox every morning ...

In 1920, Charles Garland, the wealthy heir to a banking fortune, made newspaper headlines for doing the unthinkable: he declined to accept an inheritance of more than a million dollars from his late ...

The legal fate of spouses is increased by up to 33%, inheritance contracts are introduced, rights are also recognised to partners outside marriage - The heir is not burdened with the debts of the ...

Greece is set for a sweeping overhaul of its inheritance law, as a draft bill presented by a working group of the Ministry of Justice introduces major changes to hereditary rights, including, for the ...

No 10 has largely played down health secretary’s comments In an interview published at the weekend, Wes Streeting, the health secretary, suggested that he would like Britain to join a customs union ...

The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) has released the Class 12 board exam schedule for the 2026 session. According to the timetable, the theory exams will start on February 12, 2026, and ...

WARSAW, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Poland's Constitutional Tribunal infringed fundamental principles of European law and cannot be considered independent and impartial because of irregularities in the ...

In an in-depth analysis by Dimitris Anastasopoulos, an Athens-based lawyer accredited at the Supreme Court of Greece (LL.M.), the forthcoming overhaul of Greek inheritance law is presented as one of ...