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The government of Kerala told the Supreme Court on Friday that 51 women of menstruating age had entered the Sabarimala temple since a landmark top court order in September 2018 scrapped the decades-old ban on such devotees from offering prayers at the hill shrine. However public been made known just two women devotees of Read More…
Varsha Kale, the president of the Bharatiya Bar Girl’s Union (BBGU), said the Supreme Court judgment on dance bars has reignited hope that dance bars would be reopened across state and dancers would come out of a chakravyuh (spiral). Others from the profession said that the verdict would weed out obscenity and exploitation at Read More…
The tenure of CBI’s Special Director Rakesh Asthana, who was sent on forced leave by the government, has been curtailed with immediate effect, according to an official order issued Thursday. The tenures of three more officers Joint Director Arun Kumar Sharma, Deputy Inspector General Manish Kumar Sinha and Superintendent of Police Jayant J Naiknavare Read More…
The Supreme Court struck down a provision that the owner of the dance bar should have a “good character” and no “criminal antecedents”. “There is no precise definition of what amounts to good character and criminal antecedents,” ruled the court. In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Thursday gave go-ahead to the Read More…
Sabarimala shrine was closed to women of “menstruating age” – defined as between 10 and 50 – until India’s top court overturned the ban in September. Kanaka Durga and Bindu Ammini, 40, made history after they entered Sabarimala in the middle of the night escorted by policemen. But as news of their entry Read More…
Justice Sikri, 65, has now turned down the post of president/member of the London-based Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal, the arbiter of disputes among 53 countries in the Commonwealth. He was to take up the job after his retirement on March 6. Sources say Justice Sikri told the centre he had decided to withdraw his Read More…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of two judges for elevation to the apex court which currently has a working strength of 26 judges. The Collegium comprising of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justices AK Sikri, SA Bobde, NV Ramana, and Arun Mishra had met on Thursday and decided to elevate Justice Dinesh Read More…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pronounced its verdict on CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma’s plea against the Centre’s decision to divest him of powers and sending him on leave. SC has quashed both CVC and DoPT’s order. Verma has sought quashing of three orders of October 23, 2018 one by the Central Vigilance Commission Read More…
Post Historical entry of women inside Sabarimala violence been unleashed by backward hindutva forces under kerala State BJP and RSS trigged massive clash and So far, 1,869 cases have been registered and 5,769 persons arrested in connection with the violence. At least 4,980 persons have been granted bail, a statement from the State Police Read More…
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its dismay and asked is it true, that the people were still being arrested under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act despite the fact that the provision was struck down by the apex court in 2015. Section 66A of the Information Technology Act provision made a person Read More…