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'Impermissible': RAJASTHAN HC moves to rein in Khap Panchayats

Jodhpur, April 12 -- The Rajasthan high court has issued a series of directions to curb the functioning of khap panchayats and other informal caste assemblies, observing that they cannot interfere wit... Read More


Rajasthan HC issues directions to curb khap panchayats

India, April 11 -- The Rajasthan high court on Friday issued significant directions to curb the functioning of khap panchayats and other informal caste assemblies, observing that such bodies cannot in... Read More


HC stays proceedings against actor Salman Khan

JODHPUR, April 11 -- The Rajasthan high court has stayed further proceedings in a complaint pending before the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), Jaipur II, against Bollywood act... Read More


HC stays proceedings against Salman Khan

JODHPUR, April 11 -- The Rajasthan high court has stayed further proceedings in a complaint pending before the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), Jaipur II, against Bollywood act... Read More


Patriarchy persists in rural India: SC

JODHPUR, April 10 -- The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of a Rajasthan man convicted of burning his wife to death, observing that, despite decades of legal reforms, "in rural and semi-urban sc... Read More


Man gets 10-yr jail for raping girl married to his brother in Jodhpur distt

JODHPUR, April 8 -- A Special Court under the POCSO Act in Jodhpur has convicted a 52-year-old man for raping one of his younger brother's wives and attempting to rape another. The court sentenced him... Read More


SC pulls up Raj for degradation of river system

JODHPUR, April 8 -- The Supreme Court of India issued interim directions on Tuesday to halt the severe degradation of Rajasthan's Jojari, Luni and Bandi river system, warning that official lapses have... Read More


hc orders site inspection of cement factory in sirohi district

JODHPUR, April 5 -- The Rajasthan high court has directed the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board to form a team of technical experts for an immediate site inspection of the cement factory in Siro... Read More


Rajasthan HC deletes own critical remarks on transgender bill

India, April 3 -- The Rajasthan high court on Thursday ordered the deletion of three paragraphs that criticised the recent amendments to the trangender rights act from a March 30 verdict, adding that ... Read More


Plastic, crop waste used for bio bricks

JODHPUR, April 3 -- In a significant development in sustainable materials research, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur has developed a patented technology that converts agricultural resi... Read More