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Bhima-Koregaon violence case LIVE updates: Supreme Court resumes hearing on arrest of 5 rights activists

Source-newsx.com Bhima-Koregaon case: The Supreme Court began the hearing over the arrest of five social activists — Varavara Rao, Vernon Gonzalves, Arun Ferreira, Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navalakha. Earlier, the bench hearing the petition filed by historian Romila Thapar and five other had adjourned the hearing on September 12 observing that advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi was

Top Court Directs Centre, States For Rehabilitation Of Leprosy Patients

Source-ndtv.com The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to consider framing separate rules for granting disability certificates to leprosy patients for availing reservation and various welfare benefits. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud issued a slew of directions to the Centre and all states for eradication of

Madras HC says no to protests on Marina Beach

Source – indianexpress.com Agreeing with the Tamil Nadu government’s objection to protests on Marina Beach, the Madras High Court on Monday set aside a petition seeking permission to hold a public meeting at Chennai’s popular beach, which had witnessed a massive protest over Jallikattu in 2017. Allowing an appeal moved by the Tamil Nadu government, a

The world’s biggest democracy just decriminalised sex between gay couples

Source – qz.com The supreme court of India today (Sept. 06) scrapped section 377 ofthe Indian penal code that criminalised homosexuality. A bench consisting of chief justice Dipak Misra and justices DY Chandrachud, AM Khanwilkar, Indu Malhotra, and Rohinton Fali Nariman, in separate but concurring judgments, ruled that India’s LGBTQ community has the same sexual rights as everyone else. The supreme