New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the states and Union Territories (UTs) to take stringent action against individuals and NGOs who invite people to illegally adopt children orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic. A Bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose, in an 18-page order published on JuneContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on May 28 said precious time was being lost as children orphaned, abandoned and traumatised by the COVID-19 pandemic were starving without food on the streets of “this large country”. The apex court ordered district authorities across the country to immediately fan out and identify these childrenContinue Reading
By Jessy Kurian New Delhi: It is heart-rending to know that the second wave of corona has taken away the lives of more than 185 Catholic priests and 170 nuns in India. Even after this data, many priests and nuns have lost their lives. Among around 103,000 nuns in IndiaContinue Reading
New Delhi: In a setback to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, the Supreme Court on May 12 dismissed his plea seeking bail in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case of Bhima Koregaon in Maharashtra. The top court examined the technical grounds raised by Navlakha for the default bail as theContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India on April 8 ruled that Rohingya refugees detained in Jammu should not be deported to Myanmar without following the prescribed procedure. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde delivered the ruling on a plea filed by a Rohingya refugeeContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on March 25 quashed hate crime proceedings initiated against Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim for a Facebook post. A Bench led by Justice L. Nageswara Rao agreed with Mukhim, a Padma Shri awardee, that her social media post was only an expression of truth inContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Sister Jessy Kurian, a Supreme Court lawyer and former member of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, on March 25 urged the Nation Human Rights Commission to act against attackers of nuns traveling on a train. In a letter to the commission, a statutoryContinue Reading
By Jose Kavi New Delhi: Food rights activists in India have welcomed the Supreme Court questioning the federal government for cancelling around 30 million ration cards belonging mostly to Dalits, Tribals and other poor communities. “I hope the government will respond to the Supreme Court order urgently and take aContinue Reading
By Krishnadas Rajagopal New Delhi: The Supreme Court March 17 said it was a “very serious” matter if the federal government has really cancelled around 30 million ration cards, including those of tribals and the poor, solely because they could not be biometrically linked with Aadhaar. A Bench led byContinue Reading
On March 12, the Supreme Court issued notice in a plea to set up medical boards in all districts with adequate gynaecologists and paediatricians for assisting rape survivors, reported Bar & Bench. The Bench of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justice AS Bopanna passed this order in aContinue Reading