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On September 30, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare published the Medical Devices (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2022, through which it notified a new rule, 87A which deals with registration certifi...

While the existing guidelines under the model code of conduct require political parties to explain the rationale for promises made as well as the means to finance such promises, the Election Commission found that the declarations are quite routine, and ambiguous and do not provide adequate information to voters to exercise informed choice in an election.

The Allahabad High Court has observed that in view of the mandate in the Quran, it is clear that bigamy is not sanctified unless a man can take care of his wife and children. The verdict can open another Pandora’s box in interpreting Muslim personal laws.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that maintenance to a wife can be declined only if she indulges in continuous adulterous conduct.

In a laudable verdict, the Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to distinguish between a married and unmarried woman with regard to her right to safe abortion between 20 and 24 weeks

In earlier hearings, the Delhi High Court had directed the Delhi government, Railways and Delhi Metro regarding steps taken to establish centres offering basic cardiac life support systems. Now, it wants advanced cardiac life support available at Delhi courts

The PFI has joined a list of 39 organisations that have been banned in India. Invoking UAPA, the centre said the PFI and its affiliates were linked to the IS and propagating anti-national sentiments

The electoral bonds scheme has run into rough weather ever since it began and the Court will soon be hearing petitions challenging it. They allege that it has opened the doors to unlimited, unchecked funding to political parties in the country

The Supreme Court dismissed petitions challenging the Act saying that as the affairs of the Sikh minority in Haryana are to be managed by Sikhs alone and fundamental rights had not been violated

The centre has released a draft notification making it mandatory for packaged foods to carry a star graphic showing the amount of nutrients in them