Source – ndtv.com KOLKATA: Questioning the West Bengal government’s curbs on Durga idol immersion, the Calcutta High Court today said the state cannot hinder a citizen’s right to practice religion on the basis of a mere assumption of law and order disruption and must provide sound reasons for doing so.“Let them (Hindus and Muslims) live in harmony,
Source – indianexpress.com The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the sentences of three former law students convicted of gangrape and blackmail while concluding that the victim’s statement reveals a story of “misadventure stemming from a promiscuous attitude and a voyeuristic mind”. The division bench also ordered a compensation of Rs 10 lakh for
Source – financialexpress.com The Calcutta High Court on Thursday put on hold the West Bengal government’s decision to impose restrictions on the immersion of Durga idols to avoid an overlap with Moharram processions, and ordered police to chart different routes for both. Hearing three pleas challenging the restrictions after the five-day puja festival, a division bench
Source – indianexpress.com A fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court favouring the Centre’s stand to identify and deport to Myanmar around 40,000 illegal Rohingya Muslims staying here. The plea may be heard along with the PIL filed by two Rohingya Muslim refugees challenging deportation, which is likely to come up for hearing
Source – timesofindia.indiatimes.com Around the world, historically, most com munities treat the father’s right over his children as paramount. In India too, the father was traditionally privileged over the mother across most religious communities, sects and tribal customs. The law has been rigid with regard to Muslim minors. Under Hanafi and Shia law, a schoolboy may
Source – indiatoday.intoday.in Rajasthan High Court has taken a serious note of rising crime in Jodhpur following a series of firing incidents at public places and complaints of extortion. Jodhpur businessman Vaudev Israni was shot dead on September 17 after having survived a similar attempt on his life three months ago. He was murdered even
Source – asianage.com Jaipur: The Supreme Court order notwithstanding, triple talaq continue to be in practice. The latest case has been reported from Jodhpur where, married for eight years, a young woman was given talaq over phone by her husband. The couple has two children. The victim, Afsana, claimed that a week ago her husband
Source – thehansindia.com NEW DELHI: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday accused AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi High Court of adopting delaying tactics in a defamation case by seeking to summon the minutes of meetings of the cricket body DDCA between 1999 and 2014. Opposing Jaitley’s contention, Kejriwal’s counsel
Source – firstpost.com New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken note of a surge in “last minute” litigations related to admissions in medical colleges, which end up giving jitters to medical aspirants and colleges alike, and decided to lay down “deterrent measures” to avoid such situations. The top court is flooded with last minute petitions
Source – hindustantimes.com The CBI has told a parliamentary panel that it was denied permission from the then Central government to approach the Supreme Court against a 2005 Delhi high court order in the Bofors guns case, sources here said. The six-member Public Accounts Committee’s sub-committee on defence is looking into non-compliance of certain aspects of
