Month: January 2018

PM Modi launches ICMIS, Supreme Court to go paperless

Source – yourstory.com The Supreme Court of India is soon going completely digital. The soon-to-be-introduced Integrated Case Management Information System (ICMIS) inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall give access to the litigant so that he/she can file a case digitally and track its status on a real-time basis. According to a report by The Hindu,

Triple talaq not fundamental to Islam, argues Shayara Bano as Supreme Court begins hearing

Source – intoday.in The day-to-day hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the legal validity of instant triple talaq began in the Supreme Court with main petitioner Shayara Bano questioning India persisting with the controversial practice when almost all Muslim countries have banned it. “If practices like triple talaq were fundamental to Islam, then many Islamic

Delhi rape case death penalty verdict ‘misguided and naive’

Source – khaleejtimes.com The decision to uphold the death penalty for the four accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape has “blinded the world yet again”. These are the sentiments of Leslee Udwin, director of the controversial 2015 documentary, ‘India’s Daughter’. Speaking to Khaleej Times from her home in London, Udwin said now the death penalty is handed down for