Supreme Court seeks union government’s reply on plea to decriminalise consensual sex between minors above the age of 16 years
SC has sought the centre's response on a PIL seeking decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors of age 16 to 18.
SC has sought the centre's response on a PIL seeking decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors of age 16 to 18.
Chief Justice asked whether the petitioner really thought that constitutional provisions should be struck down for such reasons. The court also expressed dissatisfaction over such petitions filed under Article 32.
Given the recent arguments about gender, privacy, and sexual autonomy in the Indian Supreme Court, petitions seeking legal sanction for incest are not 'far-fetched' five years down the line.
Supreme Court stays Calcutta HC's Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay order for ED probe in municipal job scam, orders to transfer teacher recruitment scam case from the same judge
The Supreme Court ruled that Justice Abhijit Ganguly cannot hear a case regarding Abhishek Banerjee if he had made comments about him in the media.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala refused to consider the plea, stating that it was impossible to issue general directions without regard to specific factual…
SC to hear plea by Karnataka hijab lobby after the Holi vacations.
Sabir's bail application was opposed by the Additional Solicitor General Vikramjit Banerjee, who pointed out that the accused had been convicted twice.
The Gujarat government counsel argued that Godhra train carnage was a deliberate act of homicide and not mere stone-pelting.
Justice Shah, who headed the former bench of Supreme Court, had said that religious conversions was a serious issue.