Daughter’s Right To Claim Marriage Expenses Irrespective Of Religion: Court
Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that the right of an unmarried daughter to get reasonable expenses concerning her marriage from her father cannRead More…
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“Won’t Go Into Personal Laws”: Supreme Court In Same-Sex Marriage Hearing
The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it clear that it will not go into the personal laws governing marriages while deciding the pleas seeking legal valiRead More…
Delhi High Court seeks Central government’s response on Ashwini Upadhyay plea to link properties with Aadhaar
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to file their responses to a plea dRead More…
Widowed Woman Need Not Pay Maintenance To Her Parents-In-Law: Court
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has ruled that a daughter-in-law need not pay maintenance to the parents of her dead husband.A single bRead More…
“Sacrament In Hindu Law. Even In Islam…”: Centre Opposes Gay Marriages
Calling marriage an “exclusively heterogenous institution”, the Centre today again opposed granting legal sanction to same-sex marriage, and said theRead More…
Decide Mercy pleas at the earliest; death row convicts taking advantage of delay: Supreme Court in Seema Gavit, Renuka Shinde case
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all States and concerned authorities to decide mercy pleas against death sentences expeditiously and without dRead More…
Supreme Court Sets Aside CBI Probe Order In Attack On Minister’s Convoy
The Calcutta High Court order directing a CBI investigation into the alleged attack on Union Minister Nisith Pramanik’s convoy during a visit to his Read More…
“Recover Compensation If Rape Victim Turns Hostile”: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to recover the compensation paid to rape victims if they turn hostile during trialRead More…
[Drunk Driving] Medical report not necessary to prove intoxication for invoking culpable homicide charge: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Thursday held that in cases of drunken driving, it is not essential that there should be documentary evidence like medical rRead More…
What Supreme Court’s 2014 Judgment Says On Investigating Police Encounters
Killings in police encounters affect the credibility of rule of law and the administration of criminal justice system, the Supreme Court had said in Read More…