A girl was happy that today her mother offered to take her to the movies. This 7-year old girl was excited as this was her first movie in a long time. She left the house hoping to have a great time with her mother. Soon, she senses something amiss. Her
India’s daughter has again put to shame by the ghastly and monstrous act of rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu. The incident which took place in January has recently sent shockwaves and outrage across the nation. Both State and humanity has put to shame with this
The doctrine of colourable legislation is based on the maxim that what cannot be done directly cannot also be done indirectly. The doctrine becomes applicable when a legislature seeks to do something in an indirect manner when it cannot do it directly. Thus, it refers to the competency of the
It hasn’t been long since our country lurched from past cases of brutal rape that made it to the newslines. There hasn’t been so much unconstrained overflowing of outrage and distress throughout the country since the Nirbhaya case in 2012. From debating about why the media is communalising the Kathua
Supreme Court of India on Monday ordered police protection to the family of the victim of Kathua rape case and to their lawyer. A Petition has been presented in Supreme Court requesting the transfer of the case from Jammu to Chandigarh. Facts of the Case An 8-year-old girl belonging to
Facts Eleven years after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) ripped through the heritage Mecca Masjid near Charminar in Hyderabad (now in Telangana) claiming nine lives and injuring 58 persons and with the probe being handed from local police to CBI to NIA, A special court of the National Investigation Agency
Calcutta high court on Wednesday made an unprecedented move when it passed an order staying panchayat elections in West Bengal. This move comes after certain political parties in opposition raised the issue that they were not able to file nomination for upcoming panchayat elections. They could not do so because of some
Privacy has been a key focus in the recent debate on Aadhaar. This is a very welcome development. Privacy is being interpreted in different, equally valid, ways by different sets of people. But the differences in interpretations are not always obvious to those who participate in the discussions. For instance,
Supreme Court of India settled the controversy regarding the power of CJI in the allocation of cases on Wednesday by dismissing a petition which asked CJI to consult two senior-most judges of the apex court before distributing cases. Bench CJI Deepak Mishra, Justice AM Khanwilkar, and Justice Chandrachud Case name
Located on the south bank of river Yamuna, Taj Mahal was commissioned in 1648. The site was designated UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983. The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Sunni Waqf Board to present papers signed by Mughal ruler Shah Jahan in a week’s time after they claimed
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