The Supreme Court(SC) quashed two judgments of the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court which ruled that it will not amount to an offense of sexual assault under Section 7…
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An interested person is not entitled to file public interest litigation (PIL), the Supreme Court has said while dismissing a plea against an order of the Karnataka High Court which…
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Appointments to public posts should be strictly in accordance with Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution and the eligibility criteria should be unformed without giving any scope of arbitrary…
Read MoreThe Union government on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided that women, too, can join the Pune-based National Defence Academy (NDA) – a joint defense training institute…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Wednesday, 25 August, observed that a government should take the approval of the respective high court before withdrawing criminal cases filed against MPs and MLAs. The…
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Saturday said that a person’s fundamental right to reside and to move about freely anywhere in India(Art 19(d)(e)) cannot be refused on “flimsy grounds” The bench…
Read MoreUnder many provisions under the Indian Penal Code(IPC), the Information Technology(IT) Act and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, producing pornographic movies in India is an offense. Section 292…
Read MoreCases cannot be registered under the defunct Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, the Centre told states and Union Territories. The police should be asked to stop filing such…
Read MoreThe Delhi High Court recently upheld the order of an Additional Session Judge directing a married man to pay ad-interim maintenance ₹10,000 per month as maintenance to a woman with…
Read MoreAsserting that denial of a bail hearing is a breach of an accused person’s rights, the Supreme Court has, in a latest ruling, said at least half the number of…
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