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Source: timesofindia India was among the 39 countries that voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death penalty, saying every nation had the “sovereign right” to determine its own legal system. The non-binding resolution called for a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty. It

Source: timesofindia A rape survivor is eligible for medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) as the unwanted pregnancy is a threat to her life, the Kerala High Court has held. The court’s ruling came even as a bill containing a recommendation for allowing MTP in rape cases, if the pregnancy is less than six months old,

Source: news18 The relationship between man and God is “very personal” and should be “nobody else’s business”, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur said on Sunday as he stressed on tolerance for peace in society. More lives have been lost in religious wars than due to political ideologies, Justice Thakur said during the release

Source: hindustantimes The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on November 23 a plea of the Centre seeking transfer of all demonetisation cases to either one high court or the apex court. A bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice DY Chandrachud listed the matter after attorney general Mukul Rohatgi filed a transfer

Source: ptinews Delhi High Court has set free two men of the charge of raping their colleague, saying there was “inconsistency” in the woman’s version about the incident. Holding that the two convicts, who have been in custody since June 2009, “deserve the benefit of doubt”, Justice S P Garg directed their release from jail

Source: thehindu Noting that appointments to consumer courts across the country have been marred by “political and bureaucratic influence”, the Supreme Court on Monday said these courts, meant to be a corner-stone of a vibrant consumer movement in a rapidly growing economy, have hardly lived up to expectations. Instead, the consumer courts have been plagued

Source: indianexpress Coming to the rescue of a Pakistani couple living in India, the Bombay High Court Monday directed the Centre not to take “any coercive step of deporting them from India”. According to the couple’s petition, they were required to leave India by November 18 as per an order issued by the Ministry of

Source: indiatoday The Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) will continue to run iconic Taj Mansingh hotel situated in the heart of national capital for now as the Supreme Court today ordered status quo and restrained NDMC from auctioning the property. A bench of Justices P C Ghose and U U Lalit also refused to accept

Source: hindustantimes The Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) has urged the Supreme Court to include “racial slurs” and “racial profiling” in the definition of ragging that is banned in educational institutions. This, the SGPC said, would prevent victimization of Sikh students who are often ridiculed for being a Sardar. SGPC’s request is part of the

Source: hindustantimes The presumption of culpability against an accused in a dowry death case under the Evidence Act would be “activated” only when there is a proof that a deceased woman had been subjected to cruelty for demand of dowry, the Supreme Court has ruled. The provision to secure convictions in dowry death cases was