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TopicIndian Supreme Court

Topic: Indian Supreme Court

‘Incapable of sexual intercourse’—why SC freed man on death row in 2012 Uttarakhand rape-murder case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has freed a man who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a 55-year-old woman after...

Dead, deported to Sri Lanka, one’s now a lawyer: Where Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts are today

The Supreme Court in 2022 directed the release of six convicts serving life terms in the assassination case of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi

Why ED has moved SC to stall trial court order in PMLA case involving coal blocks allocation

ED’s supplementary complaint alleged the Jindal group routed money through shell firms and traded JSPL shares in high volumes at inflated premiums.

SC says medical negligence cases survive doctor’s death, heirs’ liability limited to inherited estate

New Delhi: In a significant ruling that clarifies the law on medical negligence, consumer law and tort jurisprudence (legal reasoning behind establishing liability), the...

Lost in transgression

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

India exempts pre-2017 PE investments from anti-tax avoidance laws

The move follows a Supreme Court ruling in January which ordered New York-based Tiger Global to pay capital gains on a 2018 sale of shares in e-commerce company Flipkart.

SC decision on menstrual leave is feminist. Rani of Jhansi didn’t use period as an excuse

Women officers in the forces routinely manage the physiological realities of menstruation. Making menstrual leave mandatory would be two steps backwards for them.

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

A consumer dispute that spiralled into a CBI probe. What’s the DLF Primus case in Supreme Court

The Supreme Court passed the order on 25 February, acting on a plea by homebuyers, citing administrative lapses and charges of ‘collusive approval’ and abuse of official position.

From Gyanvapi to Kalaburagi dargah: ‘Pandora’s box’ of religious site disputes tests faith and law

The Supreme Court has declined a plea to halt Maha Shivratri celebrations at the site of the Ladle Mashak Dargah. The plea was filed by the secretary of the managing committee of the mosque.

On Camera

Shekhar Tonite is a meme recap. India needs a real late-night show

One thing Shekhar Suman does in almost every episode of his show is perform a set of political jokes, laugh at them himself, and appreciate himself for doing what ‘no one else is doing’.

A human firmly in the loop: RBI proposes ‘kill switch’ for AI used by banks & NBFCs

Draft framework released by RBI puts responsibility for AI-driven decisions squarely with the board, holds lenders accountable for the outcomes of every model they use.

IAF seeks minimum 40% indigenous content for 96 Rafale, final batch with 60%

The French government is expected to send in their response to India’s Letter of Request in September, the time by which they are obligated to respond.

Publisher ban on Sacco’s brilliant Muzaffarnagar riot comic is a cynical joke on India’s freedoms

Sacco’s ‘reporting’ is incredibly granular but there are areas where he can be faulted. Don’t let this undermine where his true focus is, in showing how local disputes led to riots.