SC| Notice issued to Centre on plea claiming 2,000 transgenders excluded from NRC in Assam
Supreme Court: A Bench headed by CJI SA Bobde has issued a notice to the Central government on a petition claiming that
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Nirbhaya Case| SC to hear Mukesh Kumar’s petition against rejection of his mercy plea by the President tomorrow
Supreme Court : A bench headed by CJI SA Bobde has said that it will hear the writ petition filed by one
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Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse & Dissemination of Child Pornography| RS chalks down 40 recommendations to be brought in POCSO Act, 2012 & IT Act, 2000
Misuse of social media for accessing pornographic content and child abuse The Adhoc Committee of the Rajya Sabha instituted by Chairman Shri
Continue readingJustice Anant Bijay Singh of Jharkhand HC has resigned from the office of Judge
Resignation of Justice Anant Bijay Singh Justice Anant Bijay Singh has tendered his resignation from the office of Judge, Jharkhand High Court,
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Centre moves SC seeking 7-day deadline for hanging death row convicts
Supreme Court: The Centre has moved the Supreme Court for fixing a seven-day deadline for executing death penalty of condemned prisoners. The
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Citizenship (Amendment) Act row| No stay on CAA as SC asks Centre to file response within 4 weeks
Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of SA Bobde, CJ and SA Nazeer and Sanjiv Khanna, JJ refused to put a stay on
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Nirbhaya Case | Supreme Court dismisses curative pleas of 2 death row convicts
The 5 judge bench bench comprising of Justices N V Ramana, Arun Mishra, R F Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan. Justices
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BREAKING | Questions referred in review pleas of Sabarimala Temple Case earlier to be heard by 9-Judge Bench
9-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court assembles to hear pleas relating to discrimination against women at religious places including Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple.
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FSSAI bars entities from registering websites with ‘FSSAI’ in the domain name or to use its name and logo
It has been brought to the notice of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) that a number of websites
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Citizenship (Amendment) Act row| Country is going through difficult times: SC while refusing urgent hearing on plea seeking to declare CAA as constitutional
Supreme Court: Refusing urgent hearing on a plea seeking to declare the Citizenship Amendment Act as constitutional, CJI S A Bobde observed
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Nirbhaya Case| Death row convict Vinay Kumar Sharma moves curative plea in a last bid to escape the noose
Supreme Court: In a last ditch effort to escape the noose, Vinay Kumar Sharma, one of the four men sentenced to death
Continue reading1023 Fast Track Special Courts will be set up for Speedy disposal of Rape and POCSO Act Cases
National Mission for Safety of Women Incidents of rape and gang rape of minor girls below the age of twelve years and
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US-Iran Tensions | Iran passes a Bill declaring the U.S. Military Forces as “Terrorists”
Iran Parliament passes Bill declaring the U.S. Military and Pentagon as “Terrorists”. The said Bill was passed after top Iranian Military leader
Continue readingIndia summons Pakistan Chargé d’affaires to lodge strong protest at recent acts of vandalism & targeted killing of minority Sikh community member
Pakistan Chargé d’affaires summoned and protest lodged at the vandalism at Nankana Sahib Gurudwara and the targeted killing of minority Sikh community
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Sabarimala| 9-judge bench to start hearing the matter from January 13
Supreme Court: A nine-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde will hear from January 13 the issue of allowing
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BREAKING | Nirbhaya Gang Rape-Murder Case | Death warrant issued to the 4 convicts by Delhi’s Patiala House Court
As reported by ANI, Delhi’s Patiala Court has issued death warrant to the 4 Convicts in the Nirbhaya Ganga Rape and Murder
Continue readingState Governments do not have the power to reduce penalties under Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019
As reported by the media reports, Centre by an Advisory has asked the State Governments to not lower the penalties as prescribed
Continue readingMEA | India strongly condemns vandalism at Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan
Following statement was issued yesterday by the Ministry of External Affairs with respect to the vandalism at Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan:
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NHRC issues notice to Govt. of Rajasthan over — reported deaths of more than 100 children at Kota Government Hospital
Death of more than 100 children at Kota Government Hospital The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, India has taken suo motu cognizance
Continue readingHome Ministry seeks overhaul of IPC and CrPC to improve the criminal justice system
As reported by Economic Times, the Ministry of Home Affairs in consultation with the Bureau of Police Research and Development is considering
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