Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of two Christian priests — Sony Verghese and Jaise K George — facing rape charges, and directed them to surrender by August 13. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said it was not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail
Source – ndtv.com West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the BJP-RSS of making misleading statements against the Supreme Court and alleged that the core values of the country were being destroyed. She also alleged that every single action of the BJP-RSS was one of “deliberate destructiveness and political vendetta”. In a series of
Source – telegraphindia.com New Delhi: Thousands of BTech graduates from the Indira Gandhi National Open University who have been facing discrimination at their workplaces can now breathe easy, with the Supreme Court last month dispelling all doubts about the validity of their degrees. A two-judge bench had on July 30 ruled that Ignou must adhere to the
Source – hindustantimes.com The Bombay high court recently reunited a 14-year-old Hindu girl with the four-member Muslim family that brought her up ever since her biological mother abandoned her. Justice Gautam Patel ignored the biological mother’s plea for her custody primarily on the ground that the woman was involved in some immoral activity. The girl was
Source – businesstoday.in The Delhi High Court has asked e-commerce giant Amazon to delist some sellers on their platform as they are selling counterfeit goods. The court’s order came after Beverly Hills Polo Club said that sellers were selling fake goods of the brand on Amazon. Beverly Hills Polo Club took Amazon to court last month
Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of the alleged rape and sexual abuse of girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur in Bihar and issued notices to the state government and Union Ministry of Women and Child Development. The court also restrained media from telecasting morphed images saying the victims
Source – firstpost.com It has been a year and eight months since Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke were ousted by the Supreme Court of India from the posts of BCCI president and secretary respectively for trying to hinder the implementation of the Lodha reforms. After spending all this time on the sidelines, Thakur has decided to approach the Supreme Court
Source – indianexpress.com A Supreme Court Constitution bench, which started hearing pleas challenging Section 497 of the IPC which makes adultery a punishable offence for men, on Wednesday wondered why it should be an offence at all. “There were already civil liabilities and consequences of adultery. But making it an offence only for men is actually
Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court today asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to prepare a plan as to how it would phase out mules used for carrying pilgrims to the Vaishno Devi shrine and rehabilitate mule owners. The apex court has asked all stakeholders in the matter to submit their plan to the SC
Source – indianexpress.com The Delhi High Court has come to the rescue of a student with a hearing impairment, and directed the Centre and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to allow her to participate in the admission counselling process to enroll for MBBS/BDS courses. The court also called recommendations of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC)