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Intellectually disabled woman’s testimony gets rapist 10-year RI

MUMBAI: Relying on Supreme Court’s observation that the testimony of a person with a disability can’t be considered weak or inferior only because they interact with the world in a different manner, a sessions court recently sentenced Read More

NMC drops MBBS nod for Vaishno Devi College; admitted med students to be moved to other J&K colleges

NEW DELHI: The National Medical Commission’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) has withdrawn the Letter of Permission (LoP) granted to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence to run an MBBS course with 50 s Read More

Speedy trial must, says SC, gives Red blast accused bail

NEW DELHI: At a time when home minister Amit Shah has vowed to eradicate Left-wing extremism by March-end, Supreme Court on Tuesday said success against Naxalites could not be based on arrests alone and there must be adequate courts a Read More

Chandigarh: Sponsoring terror ‘expensive affair’, says HC, junks bail plea in narco-terrorism case

CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC denied bail to Gurmukh Singh — son of former Akal Takht jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode — and Gurmej Singh in a narco-terrorism case related to smuggling of arms, explosives (including tiffin bombs), and n Read More

Big victory for Hindu dharma, slap in the face for DMK: BJP

NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday celebrated the Madras high court order as a “big victory” for Hindu dharma, justice for devotees and “slap for the appeasement politics” of DMK and its allies. Read More

Intense Cold Wave To Grip North India From Today As Mercury Drops | Check Forecast

According to the weatherman, the dramatic fall in temperatures can be compared to the severe winter spells experienced in December 2019 and early 2024. Read More

Tension Erupts At Delhi’s Turkman Gate During MCD Demolition Drive; Stones Pelted, Tear Gas Fired

As the demolition began, a large number of people gathered outside the mosque, with some raising slogans against the action. Read More

Many high courts yet to frame guidelines against sexual harassment

NEW DELHI: Nearly three decades after Supreme Court’s Vishaka judgment mandating a mechanism against the sexual harassment of women at workplaces, it remains unimplemented by many high courts, including Calcutta, Patna, Orissa, Kerala, Read More

Supreme Court gives CAQM 2 weeks to ready sector-wise plans on pollution

NEW DELHI: Conceding that its two-decade-long intervention to tackle air pollution in Delhi-NCR had failed to achieve desired results, Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to identify all ma Read More

Toxic water: Kin of 18 dead get Rs 2 lakh compensation each; panel links 6 deaths to contamination

INDORE: A week after Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav announced 2 lakh compensation for the families of those who died in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area following a diarrhoea outbreak due to contaminated drinking water, th Read More

Right to speedy trial irrespective of nature of offence: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: A day after Supreme Court rejected the bail plea of activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam by holding that delay in trial and long incarceration cannot be the sole ground to grant relief, another bench of the court on Tuesd Read More

Have authority to assess voter’s citizenship: Election Commission

NEW DELHI: Election Commission told Supreme Court Tuesday that the Constitution has cast the authority and duty on it to assess a person’s Indian citizenship prior to inclusion in the electoral roll to ensure foreigners do not vote. Read More