If new law comes into play, courts will lose power of judicial review & word of President will be considered final. There is no time limit for President to decide on mercy petition.
Such laws don’t mean judges get ‘swayed by gender-related factors’, HC says, sets aside lower court order that found prima facie case against petitioner for 'outraging modesty of woman'.
The law is supposed to be applied impartially and objectively, 'without fear or favour'. Some say, what better way to achieve this than to use a computer programme?
Mukhtar Ansari was convicted under Gangster Act by a special court today along with his MP brother Afzal. The clan’s decline from heroism to crime & its three-decade journey littered with bodies.
Two contradictory court judgments this week raise an uncomfortable question: Has the judiciary, from the trial court to the Supreme Court, moved from a reformative institution to a retributive one?
In a petition, jailed gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed’s wife said her children had been ‘illegally detained’ on 24 Feb. She also filed a petition before Allahabad HC.
While hearing Congress leader Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy murder case, SC bench held default bail could be cancelled even after filing of chargesheet if there was a strong case for it.
New Delhi: Continuing his tirade over the judiciary’s alleged overreach, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Wednesday said that in a democratic society, "the basis" of...
Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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