Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, a former chief justice of the Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh high courts, retired on 29 July after serving six years in the Supreme Court.
Court hearing appeal filed by father of a girl who died by suicide in April 2020 after giving birth to a child. Family claims she developed physical relations with baby's father as a minor.
The order comes after Solicitor General Mehta appealed to the court saying the order could have negative repercussions on the nation. SC's will next hear the IOA's appeal on 22 August.
Naushad was arrested in July 1996 in connection with blast that killed 13 people and wounded 28 others. In 2012, Delhi HC acquitted him of murder but held him guilty of conspiracy.
The order was issued by Kozhikode Sessions Court while granting bail to 74-year-old social activist Civic Chandran in a sexual harassment case on 12 August.
Gujarat govt’s release of the 11 convicted in the 2002 gang rape & murder case has drawn widespread criticism, since they were not eligible for remission under the state's latest 2014 policy.
MHA was responding to PIL filed by Reverend Dr Peter Machado of National Solidarity Forum & Reverend Vijayesh Lal of Evangelical Fellowship of India, and others.
Restrictions on electoral speech would be unconstitutional & court-appointed expert panel on 'freebies' should focus on govts' budgetary allocations, AAP says in submission to SC.
While hearing Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Kapil Sibal mentioning matters, he said he had been receiving concerns from junior lawyers, requesting to end the practice.
Meghalaya HC quashed case against man for marrying, impregnating 'consenting minor'. But recent judgments in cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act not uniform.
The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
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