Court Seeks Police Response On Plea Against CM Rekha Gupta Over 'Hanumans' Remark On Government Officials

A plea has been filed before a Delhi Court seeking action against Chief Minister Rekha Gupta over an alleged remark comparing government officials to Lord Hanuman during an official government programme. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar of Rouse Avenue Courts sought response of the Delhi Police and directed that a status report be called. The complaint has been moved by one...

Gujarat UCC Bill Gets President's Assent; Registration Of Live-In Relationships, Penalties For Non-Compliance Among Key Provisions

President of India last month granted assent to The Gujarat Uniform Civil Code Bill 2026, which was passed by the Gujarat Assembly earlier in March. As per the website of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the date on which the President of India Draupadi Murmu gave assent to the Bill was September 17. The Assembly had in March passed the Bill with a majority voice vote after a marathon debate lasting...

Woman Need Not Remarry To Secure Livelihood After Matrimonial Breakdown: Srinagar Court Orders ₹20 Lakh Compensation For Mental Torture, Emotional Distress

A woman who has suffered the breakdown of her matrimonial relationship cannot be expected to secure her future merely by entering into another marriage, a Srinagar Court has held, observing that the choice whether or not to remarry belongs to the woman herself.The Court was hearing a petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, filed by Sheema Iqbal...

Jurist Bimal Patel Sworn-In As Judge Of International Tribunal For The Law Of Sea

Indian jurist and former Director of Gujarat National Law University Dr Bimal N Patel on Thursday (October 1) was sworn-in as a Judge of the International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea at Hamburg for a nine year term starting from 2026 until 2035. Apart from Judge Patel, four others judges were sworn in as members of the Tribunal at a public sitting held earlier today. Ms Sylvia Ama...

MPSLSA Organises One-Day Programme For Children With Hearing And Speech Impairment

The Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (MPSLSA) organised a one-day programme titled “अनुगूँज से उद्घोष” for children with hearing and speech impairment at the MPSLSA Auditorium, Jabalpur, on the occasion of Sign Language Week.The programme aimed to empower adolescents with knowledge, skills, confidence and awareness to navigate social,...

Advocate Rajanna R Elected Karnataka State Bar Council Chairman, Shivamurthy As Vice Chairman; Dhananjaya CM As BCI Member

The Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) has declared the results of its elections to the offices of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Member of the Bar Council of India. According to the notification issued by Returning Officer G. Padmavathi, Adv. Rajanna R has been elected as Chairman, Adv Shivamurthy as Vice-Chairman, and Adv Dhananjaya C M as Member, Bar Council of India, of the Karnataka State...

West Bengal SIR Appellate Tribunal Judge Offers To Resign, Cites 70-Km Daily Commute Amid Poor Road Conditions

Retired Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Indrajit Chatterjee, who is presiding over an appellate tribunal hearing appeals arising from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, has offered to resign from the tribunal with effect from November 2, citing the long daily commute between his residence in Salt Lake and the tribunal at Joka.Justice Chatterjee has...

Delhi Court Frames Money Laundering Charge Against Yasin Malik, Others Over 'Hawala Transactions' With Pakistani Outfit

A Delhi Court has recently framed money laundering charge against Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik and 6 others under PMLA, over allegations of receiving foreign funding from Pakistani establishment through hawala channels.Special NIA Judge Prashant Sharma of Patiala House Courts also framed charges against Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Naval Kishore Kapoor, M/s Trison Farms and...

Kerala Court Awards Life Sentence To Woman Who Strangled Newborn

A Kerala court has awarded life imprisonment to Thodupuzha resident Rose Mary @ Kuttiyakka for causing the death of her newborn baby by strangulation in 2014.Smt. Ash K. Bal, I Additional Sessions Judge, Special Court under POCSO Act and Children's Act, Thodupuzha found her guilty of murder under Section 302 IPC.The prosecution case was that the accused, who was living separately from her...

Delhi Court Convicts Man For Insulting Woman's Modesty By Questioning Her Child's Paternity

A Delhi court has convicted a man for insulting a woman's modesty by asking her “kaun se wale papa?” (which father?) after she told her crying three-year-old daughter, “dekho papa aa gaye, don't cry.”Judicial Magistrate First Class Moksha Bains of Tis Hazari Courts held that the remark, in the circumstances in which it was made, carried a sexually derogatory insinuation concerning...

Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition Against Former Kerala Minister Neelalohithadasan Nadar's Acquittal In Sexual Harassment Case

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a review petition challenging its January order upholding the acquittal of Dr. A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar, former Forest Minister of Kerala, accused of outraging the modesty of a woman Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta dismissed the review petition in chambers, which challenged its January...

Kerala Court Issues Contempt Notice To MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram For Allegedly Obstructing Advocate Commissioner

A Kerala court on Tuesday (September 29) issued notice to Perinthalmanna MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram under Contempt of Courts Act for obstructing the proceedings of a court-appointed advocate commissioner, who had arrived to take possession of a house.Smt. Saritha Raveendran, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Manjeri issued the show cause notice to the MLA and posted the case to be called on...