Though question is primarily about whether intercourse was consensual or forced, and SC has warned against 'casual' use of DNA tests, HCs interpret that caution in different ways.
SC Collegium led by CJI Gavai reconsidered the names afresh after the government returned the files to it, wanting its members to re-assess the candidates, it is learnt.
The sitting judge came under the spotlight Sunday when he said country will function as per wishes of the majority, but that was not the first time he made controversial remarks.
Both Moid Khan & employee Raju Khan were booked in the case. Relatives of the SP leader, whose bakery was razed after his arrest, say this proves he was 'framed for political reasons'.
Single-judge bench of Justice Krishnan Pahal overruled trial court order that declined a man anticipatory bail even though it had granted relief to co-accused who faced similar charges.
Allahabad HC reiterates that kanyadaan isn't essential. Andhra Pradesh HC in 1998 noted that concept of giving daughter away was 'abolished' by amendments raising minimum age of marriage.
HC dismisses 5 petitions filed by mosque committee & Waqf Board, including one questioning maintainability of a 1991 suit filed by Hindus seeking right to worship in mosque compound.
June Allahabad HC order in 'dowry harassment' case, which said woman had no 'shame' & had 'venom and poison' in her mind, is latest judgment to draw flak for 'gender insensitivity'.
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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