Source – intoday.in The Supreme Court today said it would hear the various pleas regarding Rohingya Muslimsonly on the “points of law” and asked the parties – Centre and petitioners – to desist from advancing “emotional arguments” as the matter concerned “humanitarian cause and humanity”, which required to be heard with “mutual respect”. “The concern for humanitarian
Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court collegium had unanimously taken the decision to transfer former Karnataka high court judge Jayant Patel to the Allahabad high court, sources said on Tuesday. Justice Patel resigned as a judge of the Karnataka high court last week, after Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra sought his consent for transfer to
Source – intoday.in In a major development in the Malayalam actress abduction and assault case, Dileep has been granted a bail today by the Kerala High Court. He was given a conditional bail by executing a bond of Rs one lakh. This comes after the court recently extended his remand period till October 12. Dileep’s bail plea was
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister+ P Chidambaram, had “tampered” with evidence relating to an alleged graft case+ against him during his visits abroad in the months of May, June and July this year, the CBI alleged in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The agency told a bench headed by
Source – news18.com New Delhi: Courts cannot shut rape and murder cases even if victims or families of the victims agree to settle disputes with the accused, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. Economic fraud having ramifications on State’s economy, the Court added, cannot be closed. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra
Source – indialegallive.com All India Chakma Students’ Union staging a demonstration in New Delhi against oppression and racial discrimination of Chakma refugees. Photo: UNI Waiting to find the Indian government’s final stand vis-à-vis the Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar—and the Supreme Court’s final decision on that—one finds that an unresolved local issue from way back in
Source – intoday.in The high-voltage Supreme Court hearing in the Kerala ‘love jihad’ case is all set to get more rancorous. At a time CJI Dipak Misra ponders whether to continue with the NIA probe ordered by his predecessor JS Khehar to verify if there was any “ulterior or criminal” motive in Kerala-based Muslim youth Shafin Jahan marrying
Source – indiatvnews.com Punjab and Haryana High Court will today hear an appeal by Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh against his conviction in the rape cases along with the petitions filed by two victims who have sought life imprisonment for the jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief. Ram Rahim has sought directions for setting aside the August 25
Source – outlookindia.com In a move to make the premise ‘women-friendly’, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday ordered to install three sanitary napkin vending machine. The directive, that was issued by a Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, asked the SC Registry to install the machines after an advocate brought
Source – scroll.in The Supreme Court on Wednesday said sex between a man and his underage wife should be considered rape. India’s rape and child marriage laws differ on the age of consent. While Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code calls sex with a girl below 18 rape, it has an exception that says sexual