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India’s justice system won’t let dead marriages die. Prolonged divorce trials scarring spouses & kids

New Delhi: From spouses awaiting final decrees in divorce cases well into their twilight years, to children raised amid emotional turmoil due to prolonged...

Paris court hands 18-month sentence to actor Depardieu for sexually assaulting two women on film set

Gerard Depardieu's denial of wrongdoing & explanation of events were unconvincing while the plaintiff's account was corroborated by witnesses, the judge said.

Plea in HC seeks probe into Patent Office ‘irregularities’. Cases ‘arbitrarily reallocated, abandoned’

Petition alleges IT division of Patent Office is acting unlawfully, frustrating automated system by manually reallocating, withdrawing applications & creating scope for 'corruption'.

Court convicts activist Medha Patkar in defamation charge filed by Delhi LG V.K. Saxena

The Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and Saxena have been embroiled in a legal battle since 2000.

UP court sentences woman to 4 yrs in jail after she retracts rape allegations — ‘serious crime’

Bareilly court sentences woman to 1,653 days in jail — the same time the man she had accused spent in prison. ‘Very serious situation for the entire society’, says the judge.

Pak court adjourns indictment of ex-PM Imran Khan, ally Qureshi in cipher case till 23 October

Case pertains to a secret diplomatic document that Pakistan's PTI chairman Khan used to criticise his opponents for allegedly orchestrating his ouster from power in April last year.

SubscriberWrites: The ascendancy of fundamental rights over personal laws — a quest for equity

Amidst constitutional symphony, an enigmatic flaw emerges - do the tendrils of personal rights find refuge within the embrace of the term 'law' enshrined in Article 13?

Thai court suspends PM candidate Pita Limjaroenrat as lawmaker ahead of parliament vote

Pita, who was due to contest a parliamentary vote on the premiership on Wednesday, has argued his ownership of shares in a media company was not a violation of election rules.

‘Pets fulfil emotional deficit’ — Mumbai court grants maintenance to woman with 3 Rottweilers

Couple separated in 2021. Woman sought maintenance citing poor health, lack of income & her dogs. Husband argued against woman's claim of maintenance for pets.

Powered by farmer unions, stir against liquor factory in Zira ‘isn’t about just 1 village anymore’

Protesters' main grievances are factory's allegedly debilitating effects on their groundwater, soil and quality of life. Punjab and Haryana HC is due to hear the matter Friday.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

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?