New Delhi: Filmmakers and writers should be allowed to enjoy freedom of speech and expression and there can’t be curbs put on this, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it rejected a petition seeking to block the release of film ‘An Insignificant Man’ based on Delhi Chief Minister andContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asserted that cow vigilantism has to stop and directed states/Union Territories to appoint district nodal officers to take steps to prevent and act against perpetrators of such violence. “This must stop. What action have you taken? It is not permissible. There has toContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has allowed a 13-year-old alleged rape survivor to terminate her 32-week-old pregnancy after taking note of a medical report. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar on September 6 perused the medical report filed by a boardContinue Reading
New Delhi: In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court Tuesday banned the controversial practice of triple talaq that allows Muslim men to divorce their wives instantly by saying “talaq” thrice. A five-judge bench ruled that the practice of instant triple talaq is unconstitutional and against the teachings of Islam. SeveralContinue Reading
Triple Talaq Case Verdict: A constitution bench of five Supreme Court judges of different faiths heard the case over five days from May 12 to May 18.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Supreme Court Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar on Tuesday said every citizen should be proud of his or her religious and ethnic identify while being equally proud of their Indian identity. “Everyone should be proud of his religion and ethnicity and this is what the Constitution is allContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) till further orders from conducting counselling or admitting students subsequent to this year’s Joint Entrance Examination. A Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and A.M. Khanwilkar also restrained the High Courts from entertaining any petition relating to counselling andContinue Reading
The apex cancelled an earlier verdict that gave the rivers legal rights as personsContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on July 3 dismissed a petition by the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church in a case related to the ownership of the St Peter’s and St Paul’s Church at Kolenchery. The court ruled that the church had to be governed in accordance with the constitution ofContinue Reading
By K.M. Rakesh Kannur: A girl who took the all-India medical entrance exam in Kerala yesterday was told to her horror that the ban on candidates carrying metallic items into the exam hall applied even to the buckles on her bra. The 19-year-old was forced to remove the innerwear andContinue Reading