Month: January 2018

Love Jihad is For Real, NIA Tells Supreme Court

Source – news18.com New Delhi: The National Investigation agency on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that ‘love jihad’ is for real. Top sources within the agency told CNN-News18 that their investigations into the Popular Front of India in the last few years was the basis of this claim.NIA submitted a 22-page report to the Supreme Court in

Why India’s Poor Must Have a Right to Privacy

Source – thewire.in Over the course of the epoch-making case pending before the Supreme Court on the right to privacy in India, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal argued before the apex court that the right to privacy was an elitist concept and that in a country like India, ‘it is not fair and right to talk about right to

HC: Divorce given to NRI by Dubai court invalid here

Source – indiatimes.com MUMBAI: Divorce given by a Dubai court to an NRI man against his wife who has moved back to Mumbai was not valid and could not be enforced in India, ruled the Bombay high court. Striking down a Bandra family court‘s order dismissing the Worli woman‘s plea for divorce and maintenance for the couple’s two children, a division bench of

Lalu Yadav to move Supreme Court for monitoring of Rs 1,000 crore Srijan scam probe

Source – indiatimes.com PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad said on Sunday he would move the Supreme Court to seek its monitoring of the multi-crore government funds scam probe in Bhagalpur and other districts. Reiterating his allegations that CM Nitish Kumar was aware of the Srijan funds scam, Lalu accused him of suppressing the facts to protect those involved in the embezzlement of

Supreme Court directs Bihar govt to pay Rs 10 Lakh to pregnant rape survivor

Source – timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Holding Bihargovernment responsible for not coming to the rescue of 35-year-old destitute HIV positive woman who wanted to abort her pregnancy arising out of rape, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed it to pay compensation of Rs 10 lakh to her. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar

Blue Whale: Delhi High Court expresses concern over children’s suicide

Source – economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today expressed concern over children allegedly committing suicide while playing the ‘Blue Whale’ Challenge, a internet suicide game, that has been allegedly linked to the deaths of several children worldwide. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar also wondered why adults

Why India doesn’t have a Uniform Civil Code

Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com Now that Supreme Court has made instant triple talaq illegal, the debate on personal laws is gaining centre-stage yet again. Should India allow each community its personal laws or should all Indians follow a uniform civil code? Personal laws deal in the main with family issues such as marriage, divorce, inheritance and are