Exclusive

Publication

Byline

death sentence commuted in rape-murder case

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday commuted death sentence of a man who raped and murdered his six-year old stepdaughter and directed him to remain in jail for the rest of his life w... Read More


SC reserves order on Centre's plea to defer OBC creamy layer ruling

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the Centre's plea seeking prospective application of its March 11 judgment that held that other backward classes (OBC) candid... Read More


SC asks EC to give time frame for decision on TMC dispute

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond by Monday on the time it is likely to take to decide the dispute between the two rival f... Read More


death sentence commuted in rape-murder case

New Delh, Sept. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday commuted death sentence of a man who raped and murdered his six-year old stepdaughter and directed him to remain in jail for the rest of his life wi... Read More


SC reserves order on Centre's plea to defer OBC creamy layer ruling

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the Centre's plea seeking prospective application of its March 11 judgment that held that other backward classes (OBC) candid... Read More


Supreme Court objects to Patna HC judgement on removing salwar, pressing chest not amounting to rape

India, Sept. 24 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday objected to a recent Patna high court judgment which held that removing a woman's salwar and pressing her chest does not amount to attempt to rape as ... Read More


Courts play second fiddle to govt in appointing judges: Justice Datta

India, Sept. 24 -- New Delhi Justice Dipankar Datta in his opinion on referring the law on the appointment of CEC and ECs to a five-judge bench questioned the selective implementation of Supreme Court... Read More


Courts play second fiddle to government in appointing judges: Justice Dipankar Datta

India, Sept. 24 -- Justice Dipankar Datta, in his opinion on referring the law on the appointment of CEC and ECs to a five-judge benchquestioned the selective implementation of Supreme Court collegium... Read More


SC: BCI not an 'expert body' to regulate legal edu standards

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the Bar Council of India's (BCI) power to regulate legal education in the country deserves scrutiny, observing that, at best, it may lay... Read More


FSSAI backs single phase front-of-pack labelling

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it is willing to implement Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling (FoPL) for pac... Read More