Source: thewire.in Jaipur: Rajasthan parliamentary affairs minister Shanti Dhariwal introduced two Bills in the assembly on Tuesday to check incidents of honour killing and mob lynching in the state. ‘The Rajasthan Prohibition of Interference with the Freedom of Matrimonial Alliances in the Name of Honour and Tradition Bill-2019’ and ‘The Rajasthan Protection from Lynching Bill-2019’ were
Source: newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a PIL seeking guidelines to protect the identity, reputation and integrity of those accused of sexual offences till the completion of the probe. A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde asked the government to respond to the PIL filed by
Source: hindustantimes.com The Kondhwa police lodged a case of cheating against two unidentified persons for siphoning off ₹7.50 lakh from the bank account of a money transfer merchant in November last year. The cyber criminals siphoned off the money by hacking the money transfer software. According to police inspector (crime) MS Kumbhar, the offence took
Source: thehindu.com In a major relief to MDMK chief Vaiko, the Madras High Court on July 18 suspended the one-year jail term awarded to him by a lower court in a 2009 sedition case. Justice P.D. Audikesavalu, before whom the appeal filed by Vaiko came up, suspended the sentence imposed by a special court on
Source: news18 Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, which recently witnessed an alarming spurt in the number of black magic cases, is gearing up to bring in a legislation to curb “inhuman” practices and exploitation in the name of superstition. The Kerala Prevention and Eradication of Inhuman Evil Practices, Sorcery and Black Magic Bill, 2019 has been submitted to
Source: ndtv.com New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has entrusted an eight-member sub-committee with the task of drafting a central law to check violence against doctors and other medical professionals, a long-standing demand of the medical fraternity. The sub-committee has been directed to draft the law by July 17, officials said. The panel comprises officials from
Sources: thehindu.com Bench agrees to examine TN government’s plea against the stay order of the Madras High Court, and issues notice to the magazine and its editor R. Gopal seeking their response. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed further proceedings in the Madras High Court related to a plea by Tamil magazine Nakkheeran and its editor challenging
Source: indiatoday.in n a speedy judgment, a Bhopal court on Thursday awarded death sentence to a 35-year-old man for raping and killing a minor girl last month. Special Judge (for POCSO cases) Kumudini Patel pronounced the punishment to Vishnu Bamora on two separate offences under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder) and 376-AB (raping a
Source: thehindu.com A local court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday re-issued summons to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, asking him to appear before it on August 9 in a defamation case filed against him by a BJP municipal councillor for a remark against BJP president Amit Shah. Mr. Gandhi had referred to Mr. Shah as a “murder
Source: hindustantimes.com A 45-year-old man died after an unidentified vehicle hit him when he was crossing a road in Manesar on Sunday evening. The police said that the man, identified as Mohammed Fahim Ansari, was from Bihar and lived in Manesar, where he used to work with a private company. The incident took place around
