Source – news18.com New Delhi: Courts cannot shut rape and murder cases even if victims or families of the victims agree to settle disputes with the accused, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. Economic fraud having ramifications on State’s economy, the Court added, cannot be closed. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra

Source – indialegallive.com All India Chakma Students’ Union staging a demonstration in New Delhi against oppression and racial discrimination of Chakma refugees. Photo: UNI Waiting to find the Indian government’s final stand vis-à-vis the Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar—and the Supreme Court’s final decision on that—one finds that an unresolved local issue from way back in

Source – intoday.in The high-voltage Supreme Court hearing in the Kerala ‘love jihad’ case is all set to get more rancorous. At a time CJI Dipak Misra ponders whether to continue with the NIA probe ordered by his predecessor JS Khehar to verify if there was any “ulterior or criminal” motive in Kerala-based Muslim youth Shafin Jahan marrying

Source – indiatvnews.com Punjab and Haryana High Court will today hear an appeal by Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh against his conviction in the rape cases along with the petitions filed by two victims who have sought life imprisonment for the jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief. Ram Rahim has sought directions for setting aside the August 25

Source – outlookindia.com In a move to make the premise ‘women-friendly’, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday ordered to install three sanitary napkin vending machine. The directive, that was issued by a Bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, asked the SC Registry to install the machines after an advocate brought

Source – scroll.in The Supreme Court on Wednesday said sex between a man and his underage wife should be considered rape. India’s rape and child marriage laws differ on the age of consent. While Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code calls sex with a girl below 18 rape, it has an exception that says sexual

Source – thehansindia.com Hyderabad: The High Court at Hyderabad has questioned the Telangana State government for the inordinate delay in filing case against Sub-Inspector of Police against whom the victims of torture in Nerella incident lodged a complaint. The court was informed on Tuesday by the Government Pleader that a criminal case had been filed on October

Source – cbnnews The Indian Supreme Court has implemented a new rule aimed at cutting down on spousal rape and even consensual sex with teenage brides. Under the new ruling, sex with a bride under the age of 18 will be considered rape, punishable by 10 years in prison or a life sentence. This is a

Source – dnaindia.com The Bombay High Court has issued notices to low-cost airlines Indigo and Jet Airways and the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), seeking their response on a petition challenging their policy of charging extra cost for their front-row seats. A division bench of Justices Shantanu Kemkar and GS Kulkarni on Sunday asked the

Source – ndtv.com ALLAHABAD:  The Allahabad High Court has castigated the CBI for its theory on the murder of domestic help Hemraj in the Aarushi murder case, saying it is an “impossible hypothesis” and “patently absurd”.In its 273-page verdict acquitting dentists Nupur and Rajesh Talwar in the murder of their daughter Aarushi and Hemraj, it also said