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Source:- hindustantimes.com The BJP government in Uttarakhand has moved the Supreme Court to relieve it of the duty of being the legal guardian of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. Challenging a three-month-old verdict of the Uttarakhand High Court declaring the Ganga and Yamuna living entities, bestowing on them same legal rights as a person, the

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com AHMEDABAD: Eloping with a minor Muslim girl does not attract abduction charges nor the charge of statutory rape if the couple gets married. This is because the courts have approved of marriage of Muslim girls before they reach the age of 18 as per Sharia laws. Gujarat high court recently quashed abduction charges

Source:- indiatimes.com On June 18, it was reported that crimes against women seem to have dropped in the capital of New Delhi this year. According to figures released by Delhi Police, 836 cases of rape have been reported till May 31 compared with 924 in the same period last year. Molestation cases have gone down

Source:- indianexpress.com The Punjabi diaspora in Canada has added yet another feather to its cap with Palbinder Kaur Shergil becoming the first turbaned Sikh woman to be nominated as the judge of Supreme Court there. Already, most of the the 19 Indian-origin members of the Canadian Parliament are Punjabis. Shergill, who originally hails from a

Source:- hindustantimes.com According to statistics provided by the law ministry, the Narendra Modi government has substantially increased the number of posts for judges in the high courts and judicial officers in the districts while failing to fill pre-existing vacancies. The number of unfulfilled judicial posts has skyrocketed. Nearly 40% of judges are missing from the

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The government appears to have zeroed in on constitutional expert K K Venugopal as Mukul Rohatgi’s successor for the attorney general’s post. The 86-year-old looks set to return as a law officer after a gap of 40 years. Official sources confirmed that Venugopal has emerged as the front-runner for the AG’s

Source:- hindustantimes.com A British Sikh couple were asked by an adoption agency not to apply because of their “Indian heritage” and were advised to try to adopt in India, sparking fury and a race-discrimination case. Berkshire-based Sandeep and Reena Mander wanted to adopt a child of any ethnic background but were told that since only

Source:- economictimes.indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India J S Khehar’s promise a month and a half ago to make filing of appeals in the Supreme Court “paperless“ from July 3, when the court reopens after the summer break, will remain a promise. On May 10, the CJI, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra

Source:- hindustantimes.com A woman allegedly killed her father-in-law by squeezing his private parts when the old man tried to break her fight with his son over losing a cockfight at a village fair in Jharkhand’s Gumla district last weekend. Police said Anima Kharia of Saitola village was angry with husband Bhairaw Kerketta after their rooster

Source:- firstpost.com Last week, we learnt that two bar associations have passed resolutions calling upon their members to refuse to appear for people who have been charged with criminal offences as a result of cheering or posting congratulatory messages after the Pakistani cricket team defeated India in the ICC Champions Trophy Final. While the Burhanpur