Law

Chennai: Coercing a spouse for religious conversion amounts to cruelty, the Madurai bench of Madras High Court has ruled. Dissolving a marriage, a division bench of Justices N Seshasayee and...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court ruled that a child’s legitimacy determines paternity, stating that a child born during a valid marriage is presumed to be the legitimate offspring of the parents...

Kochi: It’s improper to disclose names of survivors in sexual assault cases, even if the complainants consented to it, the Kerala High Court has ruled. Justice PV Kunhikrishnan, while hearing a...

Hyderabad: A Hyderabad court on Monday reserved its order on the regular bail petition of ‘Pushpa 2: The Rise’ actor Allu Arjun in connection with the December 4 Sandhya theatre...

Lahore: The District and Sessions Court has granted interim bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi until January 13 in cases related to the November 26...

Raipur: In a significant observation, the Chhattisgarh High Court has said that engaging in sexual intercourse with a human corpse is a horrendous crime but not a punishable offence. The high...

Kolkata: Former RG Kar Medical College & Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and suspended police officer Abhijit Mondal were on Friday granted bail in the shocking rape and murder case of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Odisha government to pay Rs 25 lakh as full and final payment to a police constable who was discharged from service about...

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan was granted bail in an extortion case on Wednesday. But his ‘freedom’ didn’t last long. Within minutes, Delhi Police arrested him...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed pleas challenging the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution, by which the words socialist and secular were inserted in the Constitution’s Preamble during...