Source – indianexpress.com The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday recalled its earlier order directing CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma to appear before it in connection with the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kotkhai. The court asked the central investigation agency to file its final status report on May 29. The case
Source – indiatimes.com JAMMU: The accused in the Kathua rape-and-murder case will file a fresh petition in the Supreme Court (SC) in the next few days, seeking handing over of the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The apex court had yesterday directed that the trial in the case of alleged gangrape and murder of an
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Giving primacy to free will, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed an influential Karnataka politician’s daughter to break free from matrimonial and parental ties and live her life the way she chose to. The 26-year-old woman had fled home complaining that she was forced to get married against her wish. In a dramatic act,
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to pay Rs 5 lakh each to seven Hajtour operators as compensation for disqualifying them in 2016 for non-compliance of the clauses for which they were exempted. A bench comprising justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul termed the action of Ministry of External Affairs as “mindless action” and
Source – livemint.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay a 2 May Delhi high court order which held that plant varieties and seeds cannot be patented under Indian law by companies like Monsanto Inc., and that royalties on genetically modified (GM) technology would be decided by a specialized agency of the agriculture ministry.
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: In a bid to halt attempts to polarise and politicise the Kathua rape-murder, the Supreme Court on Monday shifted the trial outside Jammu and Kashmir to Pathankot in Punjab, ordered day to day in-camera proceedings and said it would continue to monitor progress of the case. Accusing Kathua bar association members of attempting to prevent
Source – hindustantimes.com The Gujarat high court on Monday struck down a state government rule debarring students of deemed universities from applying for admission to medical post graduation courses under the provision of 50% state quota. The court verdict allows deemed university students to apply for admission in medical courses under the seats reserved for pupils
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its verdict on the plea of two condemned convicts–Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta–seeking a review of the 2017 verdict by which they, along with two others, were awarded death penalty in the sensational December 16, 2012 (Nirbhaya) gangrape cum murder case here. The apex court had on
Source – hindustantimes.com Close on the heels of the government promulgating an ordinance that provides for death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12, the Supreme Court Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA) has made a representation to the Prime Minister’s Office, seeking chemical castration as additional punishment for child rapists. The PMO
Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Two prime accused in the Kathua gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl on Friday told the Supreme Court that the probe in the case should be handed over to the CBI so that justice can be meted out to the victim. They also opposed a plea seeking transfer of trial to
