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Kerala HC judge ‘advises’ girls to be like Malala and act against parents’ wishes sometimes
In another gem from courts, a judge from the Kerala High Court has advised girls to emulate Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai and not...
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State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) informed the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday that an interim compensation of Rs 5,00,000 has been paid to the...
Swapna Suresh lashes out at Pinarayi Vijayan
Swapna Suresh, the main accused in the gold smuggling scam using the diplomatic immunity route involving Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, several communist leaders,...
Kerala CPM Councilor passes sexual innuendo on BJP women councilors
Kerala Police did not file a case against Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) Thiruvananthapuram councilor DR Anil even after several BJP councilors complained...
Rehabilitation and reformation of juveniles in conflict with law in Bharat
The latest Juvenile Justice Act states that the process of rehabilitation and social integration of juvenile delinquents or children in conflict with law shall...
SC notice on plea for raising women’s ‘marriageable age’ under Muslim personal law
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The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on a plea by the National Commission for Women seeking a direction to make...
IPS officer shunted out of Chandigarh by Punjab Governor is mired in controversies
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As the controversy over the premature repatriation of Kuldip Singh Chahal from the post of SSP, Union Territory of Chandigarh, to his parent cadre...
‘No case is too small for Supreme Court or too big..’: SC vs Centre war of words
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The friction points between the Central government and the Supreme Court is rolling beyond the row over delay in appointment of judges.
Law Minister Kiren...
After the Supreme Court (SC) granted bail to YSRCP MLA Ananta Udaya Bhakar alias Ananta Babu (47), accused in the murder of his former...
CJI Chandrachud led SC bench grants bail to Godhra carnage convict
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to a convict serving life imprisonment in the barbaric 2002 Godhra carnage, whose appeal against his conviction...