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Source – khaleejtimes.com The decision to uphold the death penalty for the four accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape has “blinded the world yet again”. These are the sentiments of Leslee Udwin, director of the controversial 2015 documentary, ‘India’s Daughter’. Speaking to Khaleej Times from her home in London, Udwin said now the death penalty is handed down for

Source – indiatimes.com LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court today said it is an obligation of the Uttar Pradesh government to establish and run modernised slaughter houses in the state and directed authorities to issue new licenses as per rules. Considering that licenses for meat shops and slaughter houses can be granted under the Food Safety

Source – indiatoday.intoday.in Mukesh Kumar was aged 19 when he was sent to Malaysia in September 2011 by his father to work in a shipping company. His father Kheta Ram did not know that he was seeing his son for the last time. Three months later, he received the news of his son’s mysterious disappearance.

Source – financialexpress.com Tax-payers’ money is “going down the drain” as the authorities are squandering it by delaying development projects, the Delhi High Court has said, terming it as “a very sorry state of affairs”. The sharp observations came when a high court bench was informed that the BJP-run Municipal Corporation of Delhi was yet to complete the construction

Source – financialexpress.com The Supreme Court will today continue its hearing on the Triple Talaq case.Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi would argue the matter today. The Centre, earlier on May 11, told the apex court that it opposes the triple talaq practice and wants to fight for women equality and gender justice.However, All India Muslim Personal

Source – timesofoman.com New Delhi: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will from Monday start examining the privacy policy of instant messaging service WhatsApp, which has come under challenge on the ground that it allegedly infringed on the fundamental rights.The crucial matter has been listed before a second constitution bench during the summer vacation.

Source – indiatoday The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold public hearings in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case today. India and Pakistan will present their cases to the ICJ over the contentious Kulbhushan Jadhav issue. The ICJ had on May 9 stayed the death sentence to the alleged Indian spy. The ICJ, the United Nations’ principal

Source – financialexpress.com With the Supreme Court refusing to fast-track it and pushing for out-of-court negotiations, it is evident no legal verdict can resolve the vexed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute.Way back in 1993, the apex court had indicated that any court verdict is fraught with risks. Although much water has flown down the Sayaru since then,

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court questioned WhatsApp over its change in privacy policy after Facebook acquired it in 2016. As per the new policy the instant message service can share data with the social networking platform. A five-judge bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra raised the query while it was hearing petitions challenging WhatsApp’s privacy

Source – hindustantimes The Delhi High Court on Monday said marital rape was a “serious issue” which had notoriously become a “part of the culture”. A division bench of acting chief justice Gita Mittal and justice C Hari Shankar, hearing a PIL against the penal code provision that protects husbands from being tried for the rape