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New Delhi . March 27, 2014 Safai Karmachari Andolan welcomes historic judgment of Supreme Court on eradication of inhuman practice of manual scavenging. In its judgment today Supreme Court has deprecated the continuance of manual scavenging… Continue Reading →
By IANS – NEW DELHI The Supreme Court said Friday that someone whose name does not figure either in an FIR or a charge sheet but whose role in an alleged crime surfaces during the course of a trial would be… Continue Reading →
ITEM NO.1 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS WRIT PETITION (CRL.) NO.15 OF 2014 X Petitioner(s) VERSUS SEC. GEN., SUPREME… Continue Reading →
Narendra Modi, who is running for prime minister, has in a blog provided his first detailed account of the Gujarat riots of 2002 in which more than 1,000 people were killed. Mr Modi’s blog comes a day after a… Continue Reading →
DECEMBER 15, 2013 Guest Post by PRONOY RAI It is 2004 all over again. India is shining. Such a difference a decade can make. BJP is on the verge of returning to power, Modi could be India’s next Prime Minister, and… Continue Reading →
Shambhavi Saxena I remember when the Delhi High Court turned down section 377 of the Indian Penal Code on its head in 2009. I was sixteen and still cautiously trying to figure out where I belonged in the colourful spectrum that is… Continue Reading →
Frontline : November 15, 2013 G. Moorthy Visually challenged persons working in the BPO set up on the Indian Association for Blind premises in Madurai. Indian courts have shown that they are ready for progressive interpretations of the law on the… Continue Reading →
#India – A victim of bigamous marriage is entitled to maintenance, rules Supreme Court #Vaw #Justice
Majlis Team Is a victim of bigamous marriage entitled to maintenance? The Supreme Court has answered the question in the affirmative by holding that if a man deceitfully marries a woman hiding the subsistence of earlier marriage, he is… Continue Reading →
In context of Supreme Court judgement on dance bars We, the undersigned women’s organizations, welcome the Supreme Court judgment that declares the ban on dance bars as violating the Constitution of India. The Supreme Court in its judgment also… Continue Reading →
Receiving maintenance is reaffirmation of a traditional role for a woman or, is it an assertion for equality? Maintenance money paid to Aysha, an unwed mother, has put the feminists and the judiciary in a dilemma Aruna Burte in The… Continue Reading →