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Delhi High Court allows a woman to terminate pregnancy

A 32-year-old woman, who completed 22-week gestation period, had sought permission to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy as her foetus was suffering from various defects and abnormalities. Advocate Sneha…

Lok Sabha passes bill to amend general insurance law

The Lok Sabha has passed the General Insurance Business Amendment Bill, 2021 with the sole motive to amend the general insurance law to allow the Government to pare its stake…

Grounds of Preventive detention do not involve apprehension of breach of Law and Order: Supreme Court

On Monday, the Supreme Court while dealing with a case of detention order made due to 5 FIRs against the Detenu quashed the detention order and held that a mere…

Supreme Court to hear urgently Naresh Sharma plea against his non-selection in Paralympic, Tokyo 2020

After the plea was brought in front of bench headed by Justice Ramana, the matter has been listed for urgent hearing before three judge bench today.The paralympian(petitioner in this case)…

Rape survivor’s plea rejected by SC to marry rapist Catholic Priest

The survivor's plea was that the convict (Catholic Priest Robin Vadakkumcherry) should be granted bail so that she can marry him in order to grant legitimacy to the child born…

The Jharkhand High Court has taken suo motu notice of the death of a Dhanbad judge

The Jharkhand High Court took suo motu notice of the death of a Dhanbad district judge who'd been killed in a road accident while out for a morning walk on…

Legally Permissible For Court To Direct/Permit Accused To Surrender While Dismissing Anticipatory Bail Plea: Kerala HC

CASE - RAHUL R.U. v. STATE OF KERALA The Kerala court recently observed that while dismissing an application for anticipatory bail, it's legally permissible for the court to directit is…

Supreme Court Holds that imprisonment term commencing after a life sentence is unreasonable

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In the criminal Special Leave Petition No. 5183 of 2021, in the case of Imran Jalal Bilal Ahmed v. State of Karnataka , heard by the bench of Justices U.U.…

BRICS finalises Counter Terrorism Action Plan

BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) brings together five of the largest developing countries of the world, representing 41 per cent of the global population, 24 per cent of the global GDP and…

The Supreme Court rejects to decrease the Rs 5 lakh cost imposed on the petitioner who challenged CJI Dipak Misra’s appointment; direct recovery

On Friday, the Supreme Court denied Mukesh Jain's request for a reduction in the Rs 5 lakh cost imposed on him for filing a writ petition challenging Dipak Misra's nomination…