A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka of the Supreme Court(SC), 2 February, issued a set of directions related to undertrial prisoners, who have been granted…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 24 January, agreed to modify the guidelines for passive euthanasia for terminally ill patients, in a bid to simplify the process. The new guidelines are…
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The Bombay High Court has allowed a married woman to terminate her 33-week pregnancy after the foetus was detected with severe abnormalities. The Court noted that the length of the…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court(SC) said that grant of default bail will not operate as an absolute bar to cancelling it once the charge sheet is filed and the same can be…
Read MoreThe Centre told the Supreme Court it is contemplating measures to curb the “menace” of conversion through “force, fraud, allurement and deception”, while arguing that the “right to freedom of…
Read MoreRead: Bail is the rule and jail an exception: How the right to bail has been eroded in the name of ‘public safety’ | The Financial Express The article talks…
Read MoreIn a landmark ruling Monday, the Supreme Court upheld by a 3-2 majority the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019 introducing 10 percent reservation for the economically weaker…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court ruled that those conducting the ‘two-finger test’ on alleged rape victims will be held guilty of misconduct. “The so-called test is based on the incorrect assumption that…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court(SC) observed that preventive detention is a serious invasion of personal liberty and all safeguards allowed under law must be adhered to. The SC bench also set aside…
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