Students, Alumni From 19 Foreign Universities Including Harvard And Yale Express Solidarity With Aligarh And Jamia Students; Seeks Independent Probe Into Abuse Of Power By Police

Universities across the USA have issued a joint statement, expressing solidarity with students of Jamia Millia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim University, in their standoff against the Citizenship Amendment Act. While terming the Act as "unconstitutional" and "discriminatory" and while also condemning the use of police violence against students on December 15, 2019, the...

'Grant Of Citizenship On Basis Of Religion Is Against Grain Of Constitution' : Civil Rights Activists Move SC Against CAA [Read Petition]

Civil rights activists Harsh Mander, Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, Irfaan Habib and Prabhat Patnaik have filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019.The petitioners argue that the Act, which liberalizes and fast-tracks grant of citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan,...

'RTI Has Come To Be A Weapon For Intimidation, There Should Be Some Filters": Observes SC [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that the RTI Act has come to be a weapon of intimidation, "blackmail" no less."Can it be one's profession to be a RTI activist? People who have no concern with a subject are filing RTIs to seek information!...The objective behind this law was to allow persons to draw out information that affects them. Now all sorts of people are filing all sorts...

[Breaking]Unnao Case : Delhi Court Finds Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar Guilty Of Rape

A Delhi Court on Monday held expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar guilty of rape in the infamous Unnao case.The verdict was pronounced District Judge Dharmesh Sharma. The Court however acquitted the co-accused Shashi Singh giving benefit of doubt.Sengar has been convicted under Section 376 IPC and section 5(c) of POCSO Act. The Court will hear him on the quantum on sentence tomorrow....

Breaking: SC Agrees To Hear Petitions Challenging Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 On Dec 18

Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 on December 18. Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi has mentioned the matter before Chief Justice SA Bobde.At least a dozen Petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the new law which relaxed conditions for acquiring citizenship for...

'Stop Violence; We Will Hear Tomorrow' : SC On Reports Of Police Atrocities Against Jamia, AMU Students

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising on Monday urged the Supreme Court to take suo moto cognizance of reports of police violence against students of Jamia Milia University and Aligarh Muslim University in the wake of ongoing protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act.Mentioning the matter before the Chief Justice SA Bobde, the Senior Advocate submitted that grave human...

Delhi Court To Pronounce Verdict In Unnao Rape Case Against Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar On Monday

A Delhi court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its judgement in the case of alleged kidnapping and rape of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in Unnao in 2017.During in-camera proceedings, District Judge Dharmesh Sharma had said he was likely to pronounce the verdict on December 16 after conclusion of hearing of final arguments by the CBI and the accused in the case.The...

There Is A Chasm Between Ideals And Implementation Of Child Welfare Legislations Like JJ Act. And POCSO: Justice Chandrachud [Read Full Text]

"It is evident that there is a chasm between the ideals and the implementation of (child welfare legislations such as the Juvenile Justice Act and the POCSO). There is a problem of main-streaming, where individual cases are dealt with without focus on the nuances of each case", observed Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Saturday. The Supreme Court judge was delivering the keynote address at...

No One Can Be Inflicted With An Adverse Order Without Being Afforded A Minimum Opportunity Of Hearing: SC [Read Judgment]

'This principle is too well entrenched in the legal ethos of this country to be ignored.'

Highlights Of Parliament Winter Session 2019

The Winter Session of the Parliament, which began on November 18, concluded on December 13 as both the houses adjourned sine die. During the Session, Lok Sabha worked for 111% of the scheduled hours while the Rajya Sabha worked for 92%. The highlights of key legislative actions during the Winter Session are given below: 1. Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019 The...

AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress MP Prathapan Move SC Against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 [Read Petitions]

Lok Sabha MP and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen President Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday moved Supreme Court challenging the Constitutional validity of Citizenship Amendment Act on grounds that it pushes forcible conversion, discriminates on ground of religion and illegally divides migrants while urging that the court lift the veil and see the "unholy nexus" between the Act...

Bill To Amend Senior Citizens Act To Criminalize Abandonment & Abuse Of Parents/Senior Citizens Introduced In LS [Read Bill]

'Also suggests to bring daughter-in-law and son-in-law within the ambit of the definition of 'children''.