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Bail cannot be forum to secure maintenance from husband, says SC

New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- The Supreme Court has cautioned courts against using bail proceedings to impose conditions requiring a husband to pay maintenance to his wife, underscoring that such matters must... Read More


National Drugs Act's stringent restrictions cannot override personal liberty, says Supreme Court

India, Nov. 12 -- Keeping an accused behind bars for more than six years without the trial even beginning amounts to "punishment in itself", the Supreme Court has held, terming the state of affairs "u... Read More


SC flags posting of tainted official at same hospital

New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- A government hospital official arrested on charges of demanding a bribe was sent back to the same hospital and the same post after his suspension was revoked -- a decision that h... Read More


No law can justify indefinite pre-trial incarceration: SC

New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- Keeping an accused behind bars for more than six years without the trial even beginning amounts to "punishment in itself", the Supreme Court has held, terming the state of affair... Read More


SC flags posting of 'graft-tainted' official at same hospital in Bihar

new delhi, Nov. 12 -- A government hospital official arrested on charges of demanding a bribe was sent back to the same hospital and the same post after his suspension was revoked -- a decision that h... Read More


bribery accused reinstated at same hospital, SC questions Bihar

New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- A government hospital official arrested on charges of demanding a bribe was sent back to the same hospital and the same post after his suspension was revoked -- a decision that h... Read More


bribery accused reinstated at same hospital, SC questions Bihar

New Delhi, Nov. 12 -- A government hospital official arrested on charges of demanding a bribe was sent back to the same hospital and the same post after his suspension was revoked -- a decision that h... Read More


Grandson can't claim birthright in property after partition: SC

New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that a son cannot claim coparcenary rights in his grandfather's ancestral property after it has been partitioned among the grandfather's legal heirs, ... Read More


Grandson cannot claim share in property allotted to father

New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that a son cannot claim coparcenary rights in his grandfather's ancestral property after it has been partitioned among the grandfather's legal heirs, ... Read More


Society tag can't shield govt-controlled bodies from constitutional scrutiny: Supreme Court

India, Nov. 10 -- An organisation cannot escape constitutional scrutiny simply because the government has chosen to set it up as a society rather than a government department or statutory body, the Su... Read More