For years, there has been loud debate and even orders from courts to do away with or, at least, amend Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which deals with the offence of matrimonial cruelty. This clause is considered to be rampantly abused, ..
The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to give a hearing to the petition challenging the Centre's ban on pre-paid mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir. The petition filed by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party was mentioned for urgent hearing bef ..
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider a petition filed by a convicted Kashmiri terrorist challenging the validity of a TADA provision that made confession before a police officer an admissible evidence. The convict Ashiq Hussaian Faktoo clai ..
he Supreme Court today issued contempt notice to noted lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly casting aspersions on some of the judges, including a senior apex court judge and previous Chief Justices of India in an interview to a news magazine.Bhushan ..
he Supreme Court today frowned upon the practice of adopting summary court martial proceedings to sack lower rank army personnel and directed the Chief of the Army Staff Gen Deepak Kapoor to explain if there are any guidelines to prevent its abuse. A ..
A Delhi court on Friday reserved its order on the bail plea of Sukhdev Pehalwan, one of the accused in Nitish Katara murder case, who said he wants to take part in the wedding of his nephew.Additional Sessions Judge JR Aryan is likely to pronounce it ..
With Lucknow West assembly by-election taking communal and sectarian turn, a group of Shia Muslims, owing allegiance to ruling BSP on Friday lodged FIR against Samajawadi Party general secretary Amar Singh for hurting the community's religious sentim ..
The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed the DDA to go ahead with the allotment process of over 5,280 flats to the people who were successful in lucky draw in December last year, an exercise which was mired in controversy following charges of irregular ..
Noted social activist Anna Hazare has welcomed the Supreme Court verdict rejecting anticipatory bail to suspended NCP leader Padamsinh Patil."This will strengthen people's faith in judiciary," Hazare told PTI.The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected th ..
The alleged swindling of over Rs 4,000 crore of public money by former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda on Friday figured in the Supreme Court which wryly suggested CBI go after big fish rather than small ones.The remarks made in a ligher vein by ..