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High Court Acquits All 6 Convicts In Assam Blast That Killed 13 Schoolchildren
Guwahati: In a significant verdict, Gauhati High Court on Thursday acquitted all six convicts in the 2004 Assam bomb blast which had killed 18 people, including 13 schoolchildren, left over…
Physical Relationship With 15-Year-Old Wife Not Rape, Says Delhi High Court
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has refused to entertain the State's appeal against a man's acquittal in a case of raping his 15-year-old wife, saying his physical relationship with her…
Supreme Court Raps Gujarat High Court; Know Details
New Delhi: No court in India can pass an order against a superior court order. It is against constitutional philosophy, said the Supreme Court on Monday coming down heavily on Gujarat High…
SC Seeks Centre’s Response On Decriminalising Teenage Sex; Romeo-Juliet Law…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre's response on the application of the Romeo-Juliet law to India to decriminalise consensual teenage sex as a PIL claimed millions of…
‘How Could Bilkis Bano Convicts Be Released?’ Supreme Court Asks Gujarat Govt
New Delhi: The Gujarat government on Thursday faced some really tough questions in Supreme Court, which is hearing a batch of petitions on the premature release of men convicted for raping…
Advocate Bibhu Prasad Tripathy Elected To Odisha Bar Council For 2nd Time
Cuttack: Well-known lawyer of Orissa High Court Bibhu Prasad Tripathy has been elected to the Odisha State Bar Council for second time.
Dedicating his victory to self-righteous advocates…
SC Refuses To Entertain Plea Against Opposition’s Use Of ‘INDIA’ Acronym
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has refused to entertain a petition that sought to restrain a group of 26 political parties from using the acronym ‘I.N.D.I.A.’ (Indian National Developmental…
Woman Can’t Allege Rape After Six Years Of Consensual Sex: Karnataka HC
New Delhi: Citing it as a classic illustration of abuse of the process of law, the Karnataka HC quashed two criminal cases filed against a Bengaluru man by a woman, alleging breach of…
SC Forms All-Women Judicial Panel To Monitor Manipur Humanitarian Issues
New Delhi: As Manipur continues to be affected by ethnic violence which reared its ugly head more than three months ago, the Supreme Court is taking every possible step to ease the situation…
Supreme Court Refuses To Stop Bihar Caste Survey
New Delhi: There’s good news for the Bihar government vis-à-vis the caste-based survey, which had been rolled out in January, but subsequently ran into legal hurdles.
On Monday, the…