Legal

New Delhi: There was good news for Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Supreme Court on Friday. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar, upheld the clean chit given...

Mumbai: Karan Johar has been in the news of late for different reasons. His 50th birthday party, where the who’s who of tinsel town were present, made headlines as it...

New Delhi: A Muslim girl over 16 years of age is competent to enter into a contract of marriage with a person of her choice. The bench of Justice Jasjit...

New Delhi: A massive controversy has erupted over the demolition of alleged unauthorized properties belonging to riots-accused persons in Uttar Pradesh. Hearing a petition filed by Jamiat-Ulama-I-Hind, the Supreme Court...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that a child born to a couple who lived together can’t be denied shares in ancestral properties. The son born to a couple...

Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court has directed the Odisha government to reconsider its decision of paying Rs 9,000 per month to the Home Guards working for more than 15 years. The...

Bhubaneswar: The folders of 14 lakh cases in different courts of Odisha are under the process of digitisation as a pioneering step in the country. This was stated by chief...

New Delhi: In a significant order, the Supreme Court has recognized sex work as a “profession” and ruled that its practitioners are entitled to dignity and equal protection under law....

Chennai: Dhanush and his father Kasthoori Raja have sent a legal notice to a Madurai-based couple who has been claiming that the South superstar is their biological son. In a...

Los Angeles: In a supreme irony, an American novelist who wrote an essay titled ‘How To Murder Your Husband’ is herself on trial for killing her husband! Nancy Crampton Brophy...