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Only widow has right to husband’s sperm, says Calcutta High Court

Dismissing a man's plea seeking to collect the frozen sperm of dead son, the HC said the person doesn't have any 'fundamental right' to it merely by the fact of being his father.

Supreme Court grants bail to Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi in drugs racket case

The top court bench set aside the 3 November 2020 order of Karnataka High Court refusing to grant bail to Dwivedi and others in the case registered under the NDPS Act.

Supreme Court rejects pleas seeking review of its 2018 verdict upholding Aadhaar

Five-judge Constitution bench rejects review pleas against the SC verdict by 4:1 majority. The 2018 judgment had held the Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid.

SC says won’t interfere in 26 Jan tractor rally by farmers, wants Delhi Police to handle it

Supreme Court allows Delhi Police to withdraw its application for a bar against the tractor rally being planned by the farmers' groups on 26 January.

Married woman living with another man without divorce not entitled to protection — Allahabad HC

Petitioners Asha Devi and Suraj Kumar had moved the court contending that they both are adults 'living as husband and wife', and so no one should interfere in their lives.

Media played ‘investigator, prosecutor & judge’ in Rajput case — full text of Bombay HC order

The Bombay High Court said the freedom of speech and expression is 'the most abused right in recent times'. Read the full judgment here.

Freedom of speech and expression ‘most abused right’ — what Bombay HC said on ‘media trial’

Hearing PILs on the role of electronic media in reporting on Sushant Singh Rajput death case, the court said ‘media trial’ during criminal investigations can lead to contempt action.

US firm One Signal moves Delhi HC, says IP address blocked in India ‘without intimation’

In the plea, One Signal claims it came to know in July 2020 that the company's IP address was blocked by internet service providers including Airtel, TATA and Atria Convergence.

Govt asks SC to accept recommendation favouring wider strategic roads for Char Dham project

Majority view of the SC-appointed expert committee had noted that the court's earlier order to reduce the width of roads in Char Dham project to 5.5-metre was not feasible.

Process delayed but taking all efforts to extradite Vijay Mallya from UK, Centre tells SC

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said the Indian govt is trying its best but status remains the same and there is a further legal issue that needs to be resolved in UK.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?