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Rape of minor girl by Army jawan: NHRC issues notices to Maharashtra govt, defence secy

The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday (November 28) issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the union defence secretary following media reports of sexual assaults on a 15-year-old g...

Hookahs polluting Delhi’s air, says petition with NGT

Hookah, which some say started 400 years ago in India, while others point to an ancient Persian origin (that would be a considerably longer time) along with Indian origins at the same time, has been s...

Registration of FIRs under Sec 498A: SC refuses to frame guidelines, saying there is no need for it

Above: A procession taking place for the safety of women. Photo: UNI The Supreme Court on Wednesday (November 29) observed that when there are some specific sections in CrPC to deal with the regist...

Vehicular pollution: NGT orders violated; tribunal allows a week for full compliance

Many of the directives issued by the National Green Tribunal, headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar, related to the recent pollution in Delhi NCR region have not been heeded. On the last day of hearing th...

Bansali counsel Salve’s statement in SC may stop Padmavati release in UK before CBFC nod in India

Above: Workers carry a poster advertising upcoming Bollywood film Padmavati. Photo: UNI Top court refuses to stay release of film The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice...

Donkeys’ days out ends in peaceful freedom

~By Sujit Bhar Donkey’s work isn’t that easy in the racially charged atmosphere of Uttar Pradesh these days. With Chief Minister Adityanath Yogi hell-bent on spreading the good Swachh Bharat messag...

MP Govt bill on death for rape of girls under 12 will have a tough time passing a legal test

Above: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (file photo). Photo: UNI The Madhya Pradesh government’s proposed bill to impose death penalty on rapists of girls under 12 may pass muste...

Forest land allotment: Company agrees to transfer of land

Above: Dense forests in Meghalaya (representative image). Photo Courtesy Wikimedia The Supreme Court bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta is hearing a petition by Farook Shaikh, a forme...

I want freedom, Hadiya tells Supreme Court

Above: Hadiya’s lawyer speaking to media on November 27. Photo: Anil Shakya SC agrees to appoint dean of college as local guardian when Hadiya says she wants to continue her studies for her degree ...

SC tells woman claiming to be Jayalalithaa’s daughter to approach Karnataka HC

The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur on Monday (November 27) told 37-year-old Amrutha Sarathy claiming to be the biological daughter of former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa to approa...

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