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UCC could be around the corner, but divorce still comes in many colours in India

Amidst the heated debate surrounding the Uniform Civil Code, a look at the diverse laws currently governing divorce and maintenance across different religious communities in India.

Car keys, police witnesses, Rs 2 note: What led SC to reverse acquittal of 2 Lajpat Nagar blast accused

SC sentenced them & 2 others to life terms without remission, held that unavailability of public witnesses should not ipso facto lead court to discard testimonies of police witnesses.

Court summons BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh over sexual harassment charges by women wrestlers

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court also called his associate Vinod Tomar and listed the matter for 18 July.

Refusing to quash FIR against man who ‘raped & married’ minor, Delhi HC flags an ‘alarming’ pattern

Single judge bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma noted that there are numerous cases where rape accused 'deceitfully' marries victim & abandons her after criminal charges are dropped.

Congress to challenge Gujarat HC order in SC over Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in defamation case

Gujarat High Court dismissed Gandhi’s plea, upholding the order of the lower court, describing it as ‘just, proper and legal.’

HC nullifies election of OPS’s son from Theni LS in 2019 — ‘Suppressed assets, given false information’

OP Ravindranath Kumar, who won the Theni LS seat in 2019, was granted a 30-day stay on the verdict to appeal to the SC. He was the lone NDA MP from Tamil Nadu.

Rahul to remain out of Lok Sabha, Gujarat HC refuses stay on conviction in ‘Modi surname’ case

The Congress leader now has the option of moving the Supreme Court to argue against his conviction.

5 yrs since Rohini ashram raid, CBI can’t catch rape accused ‘godman’. But you can find him on YouTube

Ashrams run by 'godman' Virendra Dev Dixit under court & CBI scanner since 2017 raid at one ashram in Delhi's Rohini where 100+ girls were living in 'animal-like conditions'.

5-judge SC Constitution bench to hear petitions challenging Article 370 abrogation next week

The petitions were last heard in March 2020, when a Constitution bench had declined to refer the case to a larger bench of either seven or nine judges.

Psychiatric report, conduct in jail — what led Delhi HC to commute death sentence of minor’s killer

Bench relied on landmark 2022 judgment when Supreme Court issued guidelines and made psychological evaluation mandatory when considering death penalty for a convict.

On Camera

Read the Kashmir verdict. It’s time to stop treating it like a national security crisis

Election after election has seen Kashmir’s people demonstrate that, like other Indians, they seek a future shaped by democratic rights and norms

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Massive in size & capable of heavyweight strikes. Russia’s S-70 Okhotnik is unlike any other drone

No clarity on whether it was shot down intentionally or accidentally.Some reports suggest that it was purposely brought down to prevent Ukrainians getting their hands on the drone.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?