Source:- intoday.in The ‘Bharatiya Bargirls Union’, an association of women dancers, waitresses, singers and other performers working in bars and hotels in Maharashtra, has challenged the constitutional validity of a 2016 state law putting conditions on dance performances. Saying the new Act “stigmatised their work”, the Bharatiya Bargirls Union has termed it arbitrary and violative
Source:- intoday.in The victims’ family is apprehensive and is expressing that they do not have faith in the state police in connection with the Chitrakoot gangrape in UP at the hands of SP leader Gayatri Prajapati. The family is alleging that they are being threatened by the UP police in connection with the case. On
Source:- hindustantimes.com In a case of honour killing the Supreme Court sent a man from Karnataka to jail for life for killing his pregnant daughter 13 years ago. The top court not only rejected the man’s appeal against the HC verdict, punishing him with just 10-year jail term for the act, but also enhanced his
Source:- hindustantimes.com Depleting water flow makes it impossible to build the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, said Punjab in the Supreme Court on Thursday, reaffirming a stand that successive governments in the state have taken. Also, Punjab argued that a 2004 state law that terminated water-sharing agreements with its neighbours was never challenged or declared unconstitutional.
Source:- telegraphindia.com New Delhi, March 2: The Supreme Court today said it would refer to a medical board a unique case of whether a 38-year-old cerebral palsy-affected rape victim could be considered a “child” because of her mental condition to determine adequate compensation. The first such case to have come up for consideration before the
Source:- intoday.in Hearing a PIL, the Bombay High Court has asked the Centre to submit a detailed report on the deaths of scientists. The high court observed that the Army and scientists are two sets of people, who needed to be taken care of by the government. The Bombay High Court today asked the central
Source:- india.com Darbhanga (Bihar), Mar 3 (PTI) A court here today awarded a man a jail term of 10 years after finding him guilty of rape committed four years ago. Additional District and Sessions Judge Brajkishore Kumar Malviya also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on Subodh Kumar, failing which he would have to serve
Source:- indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today expressed grave concern over farmers’ suicide due to indebtedness and crop failure and said it felt the government was going in a “wrong direction” in tackling the real problem. Asking the Centre to apprise it of the policy roadmap to address the burning issue, a bench headed
What is the current situation of women judges in India? According Lok Sabha data, no more than 10 per cent of judges in the higher courts are women. The number of women enrolling in law courses has seen a rise of 61 per cent in the last four years with an increase in demand for women lawyers, especially in
Source:- timesnow.tv With more than 700 rape cases being reported since 2013 in Meghalaya, the opposition party United Democratic Party (UDP) on Tuesday said that rise in crime against women could impact the state’s image and affect the state’s economy. “How do we sell Meghalaya as a brand outside with such reports of rape in
