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Panel probe not prerequisite criteria for rights cases: Supreme Court

India, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court has strengthened the hands of human rights courts by ruling that criminal proceedings for offences arising from human rights violations need not be preceded by an i... Read More


UP to challenge Allahabad HC order making DM pay rRs.r5 lakh for student's detention

India, Sept. 9 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it will challenge the Allahabad high court order directing payment of Rs.5 lakh compensation to 24-year-old law ... Read More


'Everyone's equal before us': SC to defamation complainant against Rahul Gandhi

India, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday said "everyone is equal" before it and asked the complainant in a criminal defamation case against the leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi t... Read More


SC may widen its scrutiny of buildings to cover PGs

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated it may expand its court-monitored exercise against illegal constructions and unauthorised change of land use in Delhi to cover the safety o... Read More


NCERT textbook case: Open to criticism, not uninformed assertions, says top court

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The judiciary, as an institution, is not, and cannot be, averse to criticism, the Supreme Court has asserted while cautioning that fair, informed and constructivecritique is a le... Read More


Expert panel to curb unethical pharma marketing, says Govt to SC

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The Centre has decided to constitute a three-member expert committee to examine whether pharmaceutical companies need to be brought under a legally enforceable framework to preve... Read More


SC says judiciary not averse to criticism, but cautions schools

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The judiciary, as an institution, is not, and cannot be, averse to criticism, the Supreme Court has asserted while cautioning that fair, informed and constructive critique is a l... Read More


SC may expand safety checks to PGs in Delhi

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated it may expand its court-monitored exercise against illegal constructions and unauthorised change of land use in Delhi to cover the safety o... Read More


SC not averse to critique, warns on school texts

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The judiciary, as an institution, is not, and cannot be, averse to criticism, the Supreme Court has asserted while cautioning that fair, informed and constructive critique is a l... Read More


Panel probe not prerequisite criteria for rights cases: SC

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The Supreme Court has strengthened the hands of human rights courts by ruling that criminal proceedings for offences arising from human rights violations need not be preceded by ... Read More