Category: Judiciary

SC Collegium defers decision on Justice K M Joseph’s elevation

  open view web desk New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme Court Collegium today deferred a decision on the issue of reconsidering its recommendation to elevate Uttarakhand Chief Justice K M Joseph as the judge of the apex court which was sent back by the government last week. The […]

SC takes cognisance of lawyers’ obstruction in Kathua gangrape case

open view web desk New Delhi, Apr 13 : The Supreme Court today took a serious note of lawyers obstructing the judicial process in the Kathua gangrape and murder case and initiated a case on its own accord saying such impeding of the process of law “affects the delivery […]

Wife not a chattel, husband can’t force her to live with him: SC

open view web desk New Delhi, Apr 8: A wife is not a “chattel” or an “object” and she cannot be forced to reside with her husband even if the man desires to live with her, the Supreme Court has said. The apex court observed this while hearing a […]

Supreme Court upholds marriage in alleged case of “Love Jihad”

open view web desk NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted a Hindu woman who converted to Islam to live with her Muslim husband, a man federal investigators accused of being a recruiter for militant group Islamic State, in an incident they called “Love Jihad.” The […]

No one can touch a woman without her consent: Delhi court

Additional Sessions Judge Seema Maini awarded rigorous imprisonment to Uttar Pradesh resident Chavi Ram, who had inappropriately touched the minor at a crowded market in north Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar in 2014. open view web desk New Delhi, Jan 21: No one can touch a woman without her consent, a […]

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