Edition 4016: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Season's Greetings to all readers!
Today's Highlighted Video Story: Thousands of supporters of the main opposition party in India have reached the capital New Delhi.
They have been walking for more than three months to unite the country and are planning to continue until February.
Among them is Rahul Gandhi, a former party president and the great-grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first Prime Minister.
Some critics say the demonstration is a desperate move that is unlikely to gain any new support for the Congress Party.
But why now?
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