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Source: timesofindia MUMBAI:The Bombay high court on Tuesday admitted a petition filed by Rhea Pillai but granted no stay against a sessions court order. Last November, the sessions court had directed a magistrate to first decide on a preliminary issue of maintainability of her 2014 domestic violence complaint against estranged partner Leander Paes. In June,

Supreme Court Cancels Bail Of Rape-Accused Bihar Lawmaker Raj Ballabh Yadav Source: ndtv NEW DELHI:  Rajballabh Yadav, a Bihar lawmaker accused of raping a 15-year-old school girl, will remain in jail the Supreme Court has ordered. Yadav was granted bail by a Bihar court last month and the state government of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Source: news18 Out of the 43 names returned to it by the government for reconsideration, the Supreme Court collegium has “reiterated” its recommendation for 37, deferred three proposals while three other names are still with it, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. On November 18, the Supreme Court had informed the government that it

Source: timesofindia RANCHI: With the state assembly passing the Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) and Santhal Pargana Tenancy (SPT) Act Amendment Bill 2016 on Wednesday, the Jharkhand Advocates Association decided to approach the Jharkhand High Court with a writ, claiming it to be unconstitutional. “Section 21 of CNT Act has been amended by bringing in section 21

Source:- dailyo 1. Jury decision overturned by High Court (KM Nanavati v State of Maharashtra) – 1961 Hardly an open-and-shut case, the nature of the crime garnered media attention. This case is notable for being the last case when a jury trial was held in India. KM Nanavati, a naval officer, murdered his wife’s lover,

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The number of fake lawyers across the country may well touch the halfway mark, if the Bar Council of India’s two year old verification drive is to be believed. Earlier this week, BCI chief Manan Kumar Mishra announced before Chief Justice of India J S Khehar and other senior Supreme Court judges

Source:- scroll.in The ongoing case of a Yemeni student who has moved the Delhi High Court against his imminent deportation has put the spotlight on the issue of the precarious state of refugee rights in India. Despite hosting a large number of refugees and asylum seekers – 204,600 in 2011 – the country is neither

Source:- indiatoday.intoday.in The judgement in the NJAC case cannot be used as “a ruse to interdict” the assumption of office by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, the Supreme Court has said while dismissing a plea challenging his appointment. A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and D Y Chandrachud gave a reasoned judgement

Source:- hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Monday relaxed the 20-week legal ceiling on abortion to allow a woman to abort her 24-week baby with anencephaly, a life-threatening congenital defect where a baby is born without parts of the brain, skull and scalp. India’s Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act legalises abortions up to 20 weeks

Source:- thehindu.com The Supreme Court has declared that animals have a right to protect their life and dignity from human excesses In recent years, the Supreme Court has upheld the rights of animals and birds to lead a life of “intrinsic worth, honour and dignity,” even at the cost of popular faith and practices of