Dr Swati Jindal Garg

The Delhi High Court recently observed that it was not expected that the victim, a child of tender age, would behave like an adult by raising the alarm promptly. It noted that the child, with his level of vocabulary and comprehension was able to describe the incident and present a clear picture

In a new development, many Delhi schools have received hoax bomb threats. Now a petition in the Delhi High Court calls for an action plan to deal with these pranksters

The issue of narcotics and the law is once again under the scanner following the interrogation of former zonal director Narcotics Control Bureau Sameer Wankhede by the CBI for violating conduct rules by sharing conversations he had with actor Shah Rukh Khan regarding his son Aryan Khan’s arrest in the Cordelia cruise ship “drug bust” case. It has once again brought into focus the law and penalties against possession of narcotics.

How can a prisoner be brutally stabbed within a high security ward despite the presence of security personnel? Indian jails, which are already overburdened, are yet again facing new allegations in the light of the gruesome murder of gangster Tillu Tajpuriya in Tihar jail by members of a rival gang.

In order to reduce case pendency, the chief justice has directed that 14 vacation benches sit during the summer vacations. For an already overburdened judiciary, does this take the joy out of holidays?

The Delhi High Court has said that a person’s right to be forgotten is intrinsically linked to his right to privacy, and search engines and intermediaries are legally bound to disable access to offending content.

A Constitution Bench is hearing a bunch of at least 15 petitions regarding the legalisation of same-sex marriage. The bench said it will restrict itself to the Special Marriage Act, 1954, and not broaden the canvas. Through the pleas, the petitioners are seeking wider constitutional entitlements based on the right to life and personal liberty and other related rights.

A case of a man being chargesheeted for killing a rat has raised eyebrows. But researchers have found that animal abusers are often exposed to abuse themselves and likely to take it out on society later.

The report of the statutory body’s chairperson to the Department of Health and Family Welfare recommends that rape victims should be given priority and attended to by gynaecologists without delay. The recommendations also aim at curbing delays in conducting medical examination of sexual assault victims at government hospitals.

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.