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In an effort to make organ donation easier and wider, India has waived off the 65 years’ age limit for it. However, societal attitudes and technology hurdles are formidable challenges.

The Supreme court has directed that Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary be set free forthwith from the correctional home in which he remains imprisoned as he suffered imprisonment for more than 28 years after his arrest in 1994. He was a juvenile at that time.

Donald Trump has earned the dubious distinction for the first ever indictment of any president in American history for a criminal act. Arraignment for the as-yet-unrevealed indictment is the result of a New York Grand Jury probing an improper $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels in the weeks before the 2016 election.

The Chief Justice of India recently stated that the “sealed cover procedure must stop” as it is “fundamentally contrary to the basic process of fair justice”. What lies behind the procedure and why is it used so frequently?

The Madras High Court quashed two orders allowing executive magistrates to make habitual offenders execute “good behaviour” bonds as these magistrates are not judicial officers and cannot conduct trials.

As the Supreme Court bats for bail, there are still those held behind bars, with neither cases against them nor any opportunity of courts to address their apparent “guilt”. They are the real outcasts.

The recent verdict of the Supreme Court on the disaster has laid bare the failings of the central government. It has also underlined the need for a strong commitment to environmental protection. The India Legal show on APN channel, hosted by the channel’s Editor-in-Chief, Rajshri Rai, sought opinions from legal experts and activists on the judgment. A report.

As the Supreme Court committee on access to justice for the differently-abled persons is in the process of assessing the ground situation, hopes are high that the CJI-initiated project will create conducive conditions for the target group.

The facts swirling around the failure of the mid-sized Silicon Valley Bank in California, USA, resemble a who-done-it mystery with an action movie-style rescue included to save its depositors.

A five-judge Constitution bench will begin hearings on a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriages from April 18. Will India become the 33rd country in the world, and the second in Asia, to legally acknowledge homosexual unions?