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Last week’s landmark judgment by a Supreme Court Constitution Bench, outlawing instant Triple Talaq divorce by Muslim men, is a turning point for the Indian republic and the very idea of India. That is despite the ruling being a hesitant, split verdict. Admittedly, not everyone agrees with this assessment, and some even trivialize the parallels […]
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The flamboyant self-styled guru ram rahim singh faces charges of murder conspiracy and castration of his disciples. Three more cases, including two pertaining to murder conspiracy, are pending against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Two 10-year prison terms given to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by a special CBI […]
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Judgment- The Supreme Court, refused to allow a woman, who is in her 26th week of pregnancy, to abort her fetus on the grounds that it suffered from Down syndrome, saying “we have a life in our hands”. We can’t terminate 26-week-old fetus.The top court said that according to a report of the medical board constituted […]
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Justice Dipak Misra was sworn in on Monday as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) in a brief ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, where he was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind. Misra will be the 45th chief justice of the Supreme Court and have a 14-month tenure till October 2018. He […]
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A special CBI court on Monday sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. The Dera chief was convicted of rape on August 25. Giving details of the sentencing, CBI counsel in the case, said, “It is 20 years punishment and both the sentences shall not run concurrently. It […]
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In a Landmark decision, the Supreme Court has directed the Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) to provide evaluated Answer-sheets to candidates under Right to Information Act, 2005 in compliance with the Supreme Court’s Ruling in the matter of CBSE & Anr. Vs. Aditya Bandopadhyay & Ors. –Civil Appeal No. 6454/2011). Two students namely Kumar Shanu […]
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Supreme Court of India has allowed 15 (fifteen) days’ time for lawyers to cure the defective applications Advocates and to all such advocates to submit their complete application forms for necessary verification of their degrees if they have not submitted the same earlier, from the date of publication of advertisement in two leading newspapers, one […]
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According to Kapil Sibal, the verdict in the Triple Talaq case did not represent the majority opinion of the bench. The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to “clarify” its verdict that had by majority declared instant triple talaq to be un-Islamic and unconstitutional. Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal, who appeared for the All India Muslim Personal […]
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In a landmark judgement, the SC has ruled that the right to privacy is a fundamental right. It overruled the famous MP Sharma case, in which an eight-judge bench had ruled that privacy isn’t a fundamental right. “Right to Privacy is intrinsic to the Right to Life,” it observed. How did the case on privacy […]
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‘‘The right of a woman to choose to be a mother or not emerges from her human right to live with dignity which, falls within Article 21 of the Constitution.’’ Medical Termination Of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Before the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, a pregnancy could not be terminated in India without attracting penal sanctions […]
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the practice of instant triple talaq saying it was violative of Article 14 and 21 of the Indian Constitution. Three judges on the 5 judge Constitution bench decided against triple talaq while two ruled in favor. Justices Kurian Joseph, R F Nariman and U U Lalit said triple […]
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Parliament told about the details of old pending cases in Higher Courts. Recently, Dr. Auoam Hazra raised the issue of old pending cases of Supreme Court and High Courts and the Government replied in the Lok Sabha on 05.04.2017. The Parliamentary questions were: “Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state: (a) the details of the […]
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