Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court questioned the Election Commission’s decision to allot the “envelope” symbol to the Ritabrata Banerjee-led Democratic Trinamool Congress for the upcoming West Bengal bypolls. The court…
The Supreme Court has begun examining a series of petitions challenging the legal exception for marital rape, with the Karnataka case involving allegations of a husband treating his wife as…
The Allahabad High Court has quashed the National Security Act (NSA) detention of Delhi University student and activist Akriti Chaudhary, strongly criticising officials over what it described as an arbitrary…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday used its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to cancel FIRs registered against youth protesters during the nationwide paper leak agitation held between…
The Supreme Court has formed a five-member High-Powered Committee to examine allegations of violence and police excesses during recent student protests in Delhi and other parts of the country. The…
Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court’s judgment convicting him in a 2013 rape case involving a former colleague. On August 6,…
The Tamil Nadu government has approached the Supreme Court, alleging that Karnataka has failed to release Cauvery water as directed by the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and the Cauvery…
A special POCSO court in Mumbai has granted temporary bail to an 18-year-old accused in a rape case, allowing him to appear for the NEET-UG re-test scheduled on June 21.…
