Source – india.com Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India] May 4 (ANI): An unusual case of triple talaq has come to light in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, where a woman named Amreen Bano has expressed her desire to sever ties with her abusive husband. Amreen Bano, (24), has filed an FIR against her husband, alleging that she was

Source – irishtimes.com The High Court has overturned awards for alleged whiplash to seven people who claimed they suffered the injuries when a mini-bus they were travelling in was rear-ended by what a judge described as a “mysterious car”. Ms Justice Marie Baker said while all the claimants had clinical signs of whiplash type injury, that

Source – firstpost.com The Supreme Court said on Thursday that the Lokpal law as it stands today is “workable” and there is no “justification” to hold it back till the proposed amendments are effected. A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Navin Sinha also dismissed another plea seeking privacy of the Chief Justice of India

Source – hindustantimes.com The Supreme Court on Friday passed a slew of directions including setting up of a data base of children living in orphanages and child care institutions to ensure their safety and welfare. A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta directed the Centre, state governments and union territories (UTs) to complete

Source – indiatoday.in The Supreme Court today rejected the plea by four convicts, challenging their death penalty, in the December 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. The apex court has decided the four convicts will be hanged till death. Following the Supreme Court verdict, lawyers for the four rapists said they plan to file a review petition

Source – firstpost.com One of the biggest misconceptions around rape is the “other-ing” of both the criminal and the victim —  that a “certain” type of man rapes and a “certain” type of woman gets raped (often under “certain” circumstances). The overwhelming complicity of perpetrators in familial positions of power, or those who are known

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has told the city’s transport department that while verifying date of sale of BS-III two-wheelers prior to registration, it should take into account the dates of online payment of insurance premium or issuance of insurance certificate. The direction comes as a relief for the dealers who had

Source – thehindubusinessline.com NEW DELHI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the integrated case management system of the Supreme Court in the presence of the Chief Justice of India. The system will help litigants access data and retrieve information online and will be a step towards a paperless Supreme Court. Speaking on the occasion, CJI

Source – ndtv.com NEW DELHI:  The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the response of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea to expunge remarks made against him by a trial court in a criminal defamation case filed by the senior BJP leader. Mr Jaitley had filed the criminal defamation complaint alleging

Source – indiatimes.com NEW DELHI: Pushing for major judicial reforms meant to bring uniformity in selection process and to curb the practice of favouritism and nepotism in selection of judges in lower judiciary, the Supreme Court in principle decided to introduce a common test for selection of judges and sought suggestions from states and union