In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court held that a petition for annulment of marriage between spouses who solemnize their marriage under their personal laws following Hindu rites and traditions in Goa can be transferred to a court outside the st ..
The number of custodial deaths reported to the National Human Rights Commission during the last three years are as follows: Year Custodial deaths 2007-2008 2267 2008-2009 1943 2009-2010 1794 The State-wise details are as under :- Sl. No. NAME ..
Touching upon several significant areas in the working of Centre-state relations, the Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi report submitted recently to the government has made over 200 recommendations. These include radical ones like amending Articles 355 an ..
Chief Justice of India-designate Sarosh Homi Kapadia might just create a record of sorts when he continues working during the Supreme Court’s approximately two-month-long summer vacation, which begins from May 17. During the vacation, only two ..
The criminal justice system is founded on a slew of jurisprudential principles that protect the rights of suspects and accused. These include the right against self-incrimination, the right to remain silent, and the right against providing informati ..
SC dismisses Jayalalithaa's plea for quashing an assets case.The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa seeking quashing of a disproportionate assets case, ..
SC upholds NCLT Upholding the validity of amendments made to the Companies Act in 2002, the Supreme Court today paved the way for the establishment of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to deal with matters related to companies. Once th ..
The lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks could be executed this year if he does not appeal his death sentence, a senior Indian government official said on Tuesday.Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, 22, was found guilty of waging war on India, ma ..
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women and Other Backward Classes in Panchayati Raj institutions and municipal bodies. ..
Emphasising that there is 'miniscule' corruption in the higher judiciary, outgoing Chief Justice of India (CJI) K.G. Balakrishnan on Monday said he felt sad that motive had been attributed to him in chief justice P.D. Dinakaran's case ev ..