José Miguel Vivanco , director of Human Rights Watch’s Americas division, sent a letter to several heads of the Colombian government Sunday, urging them to implement legislative proposals of a peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas. A peace agreement between the two sides
The Supreme Court will today continue the hearing on the INX media case, in which Karti Chidambaram is alleged to have committed irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance for the project with the alleged help of his father and former finance minister P. Chidambaram. Earlier in September, the former finance
The Nationlist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday said that the Supreme Court’s decision to ban the sale of firecrackers should be appreciated as it ensured safety of the people and added that there was no religious bias involved. “The basic purpose to prohibit the use of crackers is
The Supreme Court’s Constitution bench will today begin the hearing on a plea favouring euthanasia. A five-judge constitution bench of the top court, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, will hear the case. Besides the CJI, the bench also comprises justices A.K. Sikri, A.M. Khanwilkar, D.Y. Chandrachud and Ashok
In a significant decision, the Supreme Court today ordered that the case relating to the deemed conversion of women into the religion of the husband under the Special Marriage Act be heard by a Constitution Bench. A Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkarand DY Chandrachud heard
In an order passed by Justice MS Ramesh, the Madras High Court has held that people have a fundamental right to hold public meetings, and the same cannot be done away with merely on the apprehension of a law and order situation arising. A social organisation
The Gujarat High Court today commuted the death sentences awarded to eleven persons convicted for the burning of the Sabarmati Express train in Godhra to life imprisonment, according to news reports. In 2011, a Special SIT Court had convicted a total of 31 persons for their role in
A 3-judge Bench of the Supreme Court today held that video conferencing cannot be mandated in matrimonial cases. In the process, it overruled its decision in Krishna Veni Nigam, which was passed earlier this year. While Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar ruled that video conferencing can
The hearing in the Hadiya case before the Supreme Court today witnessed some high voltage arguments, as Senior Advocate Dushyant Dave alleged that the Central government was trying to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere in Kerala. Dave’s statement led to a war of words with Additional Solicitor General Maninder
After the long effort that led to rescue of abducted Father Tom Uzhunnalil from Yemen, the Indian government has now restricted all travel of Indian nationals to Yemen and made Indian passports and travel documents invalid for travel to Yemen Father Tom was abducted on March 4, 2016 in an