The Supreme Court offered a ray of hope to victims of domestic violence when it gave an order recently which dealt with questions of law pertaining to the interpretation and working of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
The growing and steady barrage of ad hominem public attacks on sitting senior judges reveal how the Supreme Court has become an arena for target practice by politicians and opportunists from within and outside.
Despite reports of coercion to achieve targets, the Swachh Bharat Mission seems to have been successful as data reveals that 99 percent of cities in India have been declared open defecation free.
The Bombay High Court has appointed the spouse of a comatose man as his guardian in order to make it easier for her to access his bank accounts. Similar cases have seen courts taking a sensitive view of the situation.
Even as the centre requested the apex court to let it withdraw the case against the marines following a UN tribunal decision, the bench rejected it saying it won’t pass any order without hearing the victims’ kin
The UGC’s announcement that final-year exams are compulsory in the midst of the pandemic drew petitions from students across the country even as some central varsities are keen to conduct them online
With the Permanent Court of Arbitration asking India to cease criminal jurisdiction over two Italian marines who killed two Indians in 2012, a blow has been dealt to future jurisdiction over maritime zones.