The Allahabad High Court on Thursday came heavily upon the apparent trend of women filing false cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) and the SC/ST…
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre to constitute a committee to look into cases of ‘hate speech’. The bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti asked Additional…
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking action against those calling for a 'social and economic boycott' of Muslims following the recent violence against Hindus by Muslims…
Directing all jails in the national capital to depute a counsellor or psychiatrist for the benefit of inmates throughout the year, the Delhi High Court said that a prisoner's right…
Citing it as a classic illustration of abuse of the process of law, the Karnataka High Court quashed two criminal cases filed against a man by a woman, alleging 'rape'…
The Kerala High Court on Monday said that the ‘right to choose gender’ is vested only with the individual concerned and the court cannot grant permission for conducting non-consensual sex…
The Karnataka High Court recently said that wife insulting her husband by calling him dark-skinned and distancing herself from the company of her husband without any cause amounts to cruelty.…
The Karnataka High Court has said that false cases under the SC/ST Act are clogging the criminal justice system. The court made the remarks while quashing a case filed against…
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea seeking removal of illegal and unauthorised mosques, darghas, mazars, and graveyards at public places in the national capital. The…
The Supreme Court bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud on Monday constituted a three-member all-women judicial committee headed by former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal to examine the…
Noting the lack of reservation, Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice recommended 'adequate representation of various sections of Indian society' in the judicial appointments at…
The Allahabad High Court recently said that the practice of lodging false FIRs making serious allegations of rape cannot be permitted, and such a practice has to be dealt with…