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Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court today rejected the plea by four convicts, challenging their death penalty, in the December 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The apex court has decided the four convicts will be hanged till death. Following the Supreme Court verdict, lawyers for the four rapists said they plan to file a review petition

Source – firstpost.com One of the biggest misconceptions around rape is the “other-ing” of both the criminal and the victim —  that a “certain” type of man rapes and a “certain” type of woman gets raped (often under “certain” circumstances). The overwhelming complicity of perpetrators in familial positions of power, or those who are known

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has told the city’s transport department that while verifying date of sale of BS-III two-wheelers prior to registration, it should take into account the dates of online payment of insurance premium or issuance of insurance certificate. The direction comes as a relief for the dealers who had

Source – thehindubusinessline.com NEW DELHI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the integrated case management system of the Supreme Court in the presence of the Chief Justice of India. The system will help litigants access data and retrieve information online and will be a step towards a paperless Supreme Court. Speaking on the occasion, CJI

Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the response of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea to expunge remarks made against him by a trial court in a criminal defamation case filed by the senior BJP leader. Mr Jaitley had filed the criminal defamation complaint alleging

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Pushing for major judicial reforms meant to bring uniformity in selection process and to curb the practice of favouritism and nepotism in selection of judges in lower judiciary, the Supreme Court in principle decided to introduce a common test for selection of judges and sought suggestions from states and union

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,

Source – firstpost.com In probably one of the biggest setback for the Gandhi family, the Delhi High Court on Friday, cleared all decks for an Income Tax investigation into Young Indian Private Limited in which Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi are directors. The Young Indian Private Ltd is now likely to

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

Source – intoday.in While Supreme Court is yet to decide the fate of Ram Janambhoomi temple, the Centre as well as state governments are already geared up to revamp the entire Ayodhya city. Union Tourism Ministry and Yogi government had a meeting where it was decided that the facelift of Ayodhya will start soon. “When we