SC allows NGO to withdraw curative plea against verdict recriminalising consensual gay sex
New Delhi | The Supreme Court on Monday allowed NGO Naz Foundation Trust to withdraw its curative plea challenging the apex court’s 2013 verdict that had...
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Rahul Easwar taken into custody on controversial remarks over Sabarimala
Thiruvananthapuram | Police on Sunday took into custody Rahul Easwar, president of the ‘Ayyappa Dharma Sena’, for his alleged provocative statement related to the entry of...
Each candidate to declare criminal antecedents to Election Commission before contesting an election: Supreme Court
New Delhi | The Supreme Court Tuesday held that each candidate shall declare his/her criminal antecedents to the election commission before contesting an election. A 5-judge...
Supreme Court refers PIL against female genital mutilation to five-judge constitution bench
New Delhi | The Supreme Court Monday referred to a five-judge constitution bench the plea challenging practice of female genital mutilation among Dawoodi Bohra Muslims. A...
Supreme Court extends house arrest of rights activists till September 19
New Delhi | The Supreme Court Monday said that it will examine two days later whether there is material supporting the arrest of five rights...
UP, Kerala top list of gay sex cases registered under IPC Section 377
New Delhi | Uttar Pradesh, followed by Kerala, topped the list of states where the maximum number of cases was registered for gay sex under Section...
Supreme Court to hear plea to stay Rafale deal next week
New Delhi | The Supreme Court Wednesday agreed to hear next week a PIL seeking stay on the Rafale fighter jet deal between India with France....
Plea in Supreme Court challenging setting up of Sharia courts
New Delhi | The Supreme Court has considered a fresh plea of a Muslim woman seeking to declare as unconstitutional the setting up of Sharia courts...
Romila Thapar, 4 others moves Supreme Court against arrest of human rights activists
New Delhi | Historian Romila Thapar and four activists today moved the Supreme Court against the arrest of five rights activists by the Maharashtra Police for...
Supreme Court reserves verdict on pleas for live streaming of court proceedings
New Delhi | The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas related to the issue of live streaming of court proceedings. A...