For an institution that has always been regarded as the sanctum sanctorum and the country’s pulse for righteousness, the sexual harassment complaint against former judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly has thrown up a challenge for the Supreme Court to introspect. Questions… Continue Reading →
Nov 28, 2013, 09.13 PM IST The apex court said a legislation is required as it is the woman who invariably suffer because of breakdown of such relationship. NEW DELHI: Live-in relationship is neither a crime nor a sin, the… Continue Reading →
By Tripti Lahiri and Joanna Sugden India’s top-ranking female government lawyer says the employers of two women in the news recently for leveling sexual-assault allegations against powerful men erred in not taking the accusations to the police. Indira Jaising, an… Continue Reading →
“If the death penalty has to be awarded for a 19-year old, poor, illiterate and socially backward boy for committing gangrape, what should the corresponding punishment be for a father figure and the highest authority in the organisation, for finger… Continue Reading →
SC Seeks response of states for making Aadhaar mandatory for some schemes The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday asked major states that have linked government services or welfare schemes to the Unique Identity (UID) number to also present their “justification” for using Aadhaar…. Continue Reading →
J. VENKATESAN Biometric scanning of fingerprints in progress for Aadhaar enrolment, in Bangalore. File Photo K. Murali Kumar ‘The scheme is unconstitutional and infringes on the individual’s right to privacy’ The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to all the… Continue Reading →
Nov 24, 2013, 01.05AM IST TNN[ Dhananjay Mahapatra ] NEW DELHI: Suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma on Saturday put Narendra Modi right at the centre of the raging controversy over Gujarat government’s purported illegal surveillance on a woman by telling the Supreme Court… Continue Reading →
NEW DELHI: A law intern, who has allegedsexual harassment by a recently-retired Supreme Court judge, feels she is being looked at with “suspicious eye” when she appears before the apex court‘s three-member probe panel. She also said the reason for delay in coming out… Continue Reading →
The Five judge constitutional bench of SC on 12th Nov 13 in Lalita Kumari v State of UP and ors (WP (CRIMINAL) NO. 68 OF 2008) decided upon the issue: whether a police officer is bound to register a First… Continue Reading →
Tuesday, Nov 5, 2013, 18:38 IST | Agency: DNA Courts should record “special” reasons while awarding death penalty and “must” take into account the crime and the character of the criminal which should reflect “extreme depravity” to deserve such a… Continue Reading →
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