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)
Source – freepressjournal.in Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) asking it to clarify why it had introduced “new rules,” mandating film producers to seek re-certification of their films, after completing their subtitling. A division bench of Justices RM Borde and VM Deshpande issued notice to
Source – firstpost.com PepsiCo India Holdings Private Ltd has secured an interim order from the Delhi High Court (HC) to delete hundreds of posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, that claim its snack brand Kurkure’s corn puffs product contains plastic, according to media reports. In the wake of malicious rumours that the popular snack food contains
Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday approved National Legal Services Authority (NALSA)’s scheme to provide compensation to women, who are “victims/survivors” of sexual assault and acid attacks. A bench of justices M B Lokur and Deepak Gupta ordered the Centre and states to implement the scheme that offers minimum Rs 5 lakh
Source – indianexpress.com The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted interim protection to former Union minister P Chidambaram from arrest in the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) money-laundering case related to INX Media. “Till next date of hearing, August 1, no arrest of the petitioner,” Justice A K Pathak said. The court, however, directed the Congress leader to cooperate
Source – newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today allowed a transgender, who had undergone sex change in 2014, to amend her plea challenging Air India’s decision to deny her a job as a cabin crew to assail the grounds of conducting personality test for third gender candidates by the national carrier. A bench of Chief
Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging practices of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ among Muslims, as it referred the matter to a Constitution bench that has been already asked to hear a batch of similar petitions. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices
Source – indianexpress.com The Supreme Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to formulate a national action plan to curb the growing menace of drug abuse in the society, including by school-going children. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also made it clear to Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, representing
