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NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over misuse of the criminal justice system by filing of rape cases when a consenting relationship turns sour, Supreme Court on Thursday held that a married woman who gets into a physical relationship with another man cannot file a rape case against him on the ground that she got into the…
NEW DELHI: Noting that an arrest can’t be made simply because it is lawful for the police officer to do so, SC on Thursday held that an investigating agency should not take an accused into custody for asking questions and the same should be done only when it is necessary for the probe.Enumerating various sections…
Misleading ads: SC verdict (AI image) Targeting to safeguard consumers against misleading advertisements, the Supreme Court, on 07.05.2024, ordered that no advertisement shall be posted, broadcast, aired or shown without a prior self-statement by the advertiser purporting that the advertisement is not misleading. The Court relied on its constitutional authority to impose what it considered…
File photo of former BCCI chief and current BJP MP Anurag Thakur. (PTI) New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Thursday, granted relief to former BCCI chief Anurag Thakur and paved way for a potential return to cricket administration. The court modified its January 2017 order which had directed Thakur to “cease and desist” from being…
NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Thursday said India’s energy security remained the government’s top priority, responding to claims by US President Donald Trump that India may stop buying Russian oil and instead source crude from countries such as the United States and Venezuela.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India’s decisions on oil imports…
Supreme Court asks Centre to review Wangchuk’s detention NEW DELHI: Observing that the medical condition of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been in detention for more than four months, is not very good, Supreme Court asked the Centre Wednesday to rethink/relook its decision to continue to keep him in custody, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.SC…
FROM ASSEMBLY TO COURTROOM: Mamata Banerjee, a law graduate, A is perhaps the first CM to argue in-person before the SC NEW DELHI: In a dramatic twist to her agitation against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday argued in Supreme Court against the exercise, which she…
Piyush Goyal in Rajya Sabha (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Commerce & industry minister Piyush Goyal said in Parliament Wednesday that ensuring energy security of 1.4 billion Indians will be govt’s “supreme priority”, hinting that any change in crude suppliers will not lead to rise in pump price.Goyal said India had secured its “core sensitivities” in…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday morning reached the Supreme Court to argue her legal battle against the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, an exercise, being conducted by the Election Commission.A Supreme Court bench comprising CJI Surya Kant, Justices Joymala Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi…
NEW DELHI: A Jharkhand HC judge kept his verdict reserved in a writ petition for two years and orally pronounced it on Dec 4 after SC found the delay “shocking”, but even after two months, there is no sign of a written judgment, which has been neither uploaded to HC website nor made available to…
