14-Year-Old Girl Can’t Be Treated As “Chattel” In Custody Battle: Supreme Court
Observing that a 14-year-old child cannot be treated as “chattel”, the Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Orissa High Court allowing the bioRead More…
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Centre Asked To Clarify Process Of Empanelling Male, Female Army Officers
Noting a discrepancy in the process of empanelling of Army officers, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to clarify the procedure for male officerRead More…
“Don’t File For Publicity”: Supreme Court On Petition On Farmers Protest
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a petitioner to withdraw his plea seeking direction to the government of India to consider the reasonable demandsRead More…
“Human Mind An Enigma, There Can Be Myriad Reasons For Suicide”: Supreme Court
The human mind is an enigma and there can be myriad reasons for a man or a woman to die by suicide, the Supreme Court has said while acquitting a manRead More…
No automatic vacation of stay on orders after 6 months: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that stay orders granted by trial courts and high courts in civil and criminal matters should be automatically vacationedRead More…
Love marriages leading to marital disputes; irretrievable breakdown of marriage must be made ground for divorce: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday called love marriages as “easily entered” unions and remarked that such relationships were also “easily”Read More…
Not marrying after proposal is not cheating unless there was intention to cheat: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently quashed a cheating case under Section 417 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against a man (petitioner/ appellant) who had notRead More…
Supreme Court rejects PIL against three new criminal laws; says they have not even come into force
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging the introduction of three new criminal laws to replace Read More…
India’s three new criminal laws replacing IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act to come into force from July 1
The three new criminal laws, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, which will replace Read More…
Man Who ‘Concealed’ Criminal Case Can Be Appointed Constable: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ordered the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) authorities in Uttar Pradesh to appoint a man, whose selection was cancelled inRead More…