Delhi court acquits Navy officer of rape charges as complainant gives different versions of assault

It appears as if the complaint was lodged to pressure the officer to marry the woman, the judge said.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 11, 2022 · 04:37 pm

‘It’s not an ad’: Kerala HC rejects appeal challenging Modi’s photo on Covid vaccine certificate

On December 21, the High Court had rejected the activist’s petition against the prime minister’s picture on the certificates and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 25, 2022 · 07:38 pm

Routine arrests can cause incalculable harm to reputations, Supreme Court tells police

The court observed that personal liberty is an important aspect of our constitutional mandate.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 20, 2021 · 08:44 pm

SC agrees to examine Centre’s request to keep adultery a crime in Armed Forces, issues notice

A bench, headed by Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, requested the chief justice to list the matter before a five-judge bench.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 13, 2021 · 01:05 pm

‘Not good in law’: Allahabad HC overrides order that held conversion just for marriage unacceptable

The High Court said the observation made by it on October 30 does not deal with matters of life and liberty of two mature individuals in choosing a partner.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 23, 2020 · 10:48 pm

Prashant Bhushan contempt verdict: Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa supports Supreme Court ruling

The council passed a resolution to condemn ‘efforts to pressurise’ the judiciary.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 20, 2020 · 07:59 am

‘Dark day for Indian democracy’: SC ruling against Prashant Bhushan draws wide criticism

Many of them said the top court holding Prashant Bhushan guilty of criminal contempt would discourage lawyers from speaking freely.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 14, 2020 · 10:04 pm

Prashant Bhushan held guilty of contempt for his tweets on Supreme Court and chief justice

The hearing on the quantum of punishment will be held on August 20.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 14, 2020 · 11:39 am

The $9.6 billion penalty imposed on Nigeria by a UK court poses a serious threat to its economy

Despite oil and gas being at the crux of the country’s economy, the sector is plagued by corruption, embezzlement scandals and a general lack of political will.

Oludara Akanmidu, The Conversation

· Sep 14, 2019 · 11:30 pm

With Sabarimala verdict, SC tries to reconcile religious practice with constitutional rights

Allowing women into the shrine should have been easy but a Kerala High Court judgement from 1991 and an indecisive state government stood in the way.

Alok Prasanna Kumar

· Sep 29, 2018 · 06:30 am

With adultery verdict, SC reiterates that marital fidelity cannot be enforced with a police lathi

The law presumed that the body of a woman belonged to her husband after marriage. It deemed the wife incapable of making choices about her sexual desires.

Flavia Agnes

· Sep 28, 2018 · 10:30 am

How Delhi High Court empowered the disabled by staying government plan to buy high-floor buses

In its June 1 ruling, the court also accused the state of ‘treating the disabled as non-existent or as not having any rights’.

Nipun Malhotra

· Jun 15, 2018 · 10:30 am