Pro-India banners which appeared in different parts of Pakistani capital, including in the high security Red Zone, hailing India’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir have been removed by authorities who arrested a man in this connection. The banners carried a
The Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside the conviction of a 19-year-old man in a rape case, holding that only the testimony of the victim cannot always be considered as adequate evidence. A single bench presided over by Justice Revati Mohite-Dere held that
The Calcutta high court will examine the legal validity of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act as well as that of the CBI which derives its power to investigate from the legislation. Hearing an appeal by Chandan Biswas, sentenced by a special CBI court
A petition filed against the prolonged suspension of a village administrative officer on charges of corruption recently prompted Justice SM Subramaniam of the Madras High Court to vent against the normalised state of corruption in the country. The order passed earlier this week states, “Every common man,
In 2010, District Attorney Doug Evans tried to convict Curtis Flowers of the same murder charges for the sixth—yes, the sixth—time. Before the trial began, Evans did the same thing he had done before each of Flowers’ previous trials: he used his peremptory challenges to remove
The Centre told the Supreme Court that documents filed by the petitioners seeking review of its Rafale deal verdict are “sensitive to national security” and relate to war capacity of the combat aircraft. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the government said the
The Delhi High Court today dismissed a petition seeking to disqualify senior advocate Fali S Narimanfrom appearing before the Supreme Court. The petition was filed by Mathews J Nedumpara, Rohini M Amin, AC Philip and Amritpal Singh Khalsa. The matter was listed for hearing before a Division Bench of
The Bombay High Court recently rejected a petition filed by a 24-year-old woman seeking permission to terminate her 28-week pregnancy claiming the foetus was suffering from anomalies which were life threatening. The woman had moved court as abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy is not
The Supreme Court Collegium has passed a resolution reiterating that Justice Ramendra Jain be retained as a judge in his parent High Court of Punjab and Haryana. As intimated in the resolution, following his initial appointment as an additional judge of the High Court in
The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Delhi government and jail authorities on a plea seeking ayurvedic doctors for prisoners lodged in the high-security ward of Tihar jail, without any discrimination. Justice Mukta Gupta asked the authorities to file a status report and