Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced a statewide drive against child marriage, directing authorities to conduct house-to-house checks to identify underage marriages and pregnancies. Adhikari warned that those involved in arranging or facilitating child marriages would face strict legal action, including arrest and imprisonment. Families found participating in such marriages could Read More…
Kochi: The Kerala High Court has upheld the authority of railway officials to take action against people found in an intoxicated condition on railway premises or aboard trains. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas dismissed a petition challenging Section 145(a) of the Railways Act, 1989, ruling that the provision is not unconstitutional. The section empowers railway authorities Read More…
New Delhi: Article 26 of the Constitution of India guarantees every religious denomination, or any section thereof, the freedom to manage its own religious affairs, subject to certain constitutional limitations. Under Article 26, religious denominations have the right to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes. They also have the right to own Read More…
New Delhi: Constitutional law in India is built around several important legal doctrines and principles that help courts interpret the Constitution, examine legislation and protect fundamental rights. These doctrines have evolved through constitutional provisions, judicial decisions and established principles of jurisprudence. From judicial review and the doctrine of basic structure to legal principles such as Read More…
Jodhpur: A scuffle broke out during a programme organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) at the Gandhi Shanti Pratishthan in Jodhpur on Sunday, following an alleged assault on a CJP worker, eyewitnesses said. According to eyewitnesses, the confrontation began after a CJP worker was allegedly slapped by a worker of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Read More…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday settled more than 400 cases on the opening day of a three-day Special Lok Adalat organised under the “Samadhan Samaroh” initiative to encourage the amicable settlement of disputes. More than 600 cases were taken up before 16 Special Lok Adalat benches constituted for the exercise. Each bench comprised Read More…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has upheld the requirement of prior legal practice for candidates seeking entry into the judicial service, while providing a limited transitional relaxation. Candidates applying under notifications issued between May 25, 2025 and March 31, 2027 can appear without prior practice. Those selected will undergo one year of Judicial Academy training Read More…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that revenue authorities cannot review their own concluded quasi-judicial orders unless such a power is specifically conferred on them by law. The ruling came in State of West Bengal v. Jai Hind Pvt. Ltd. (2026), where the court examined whether revenue authorities empowered under Section 57A of the Read More…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reiterated that a person alleging non-registration of an FIR or improper investigation should ordinarily first pursue the remedies available under the statutory criminal procedure framework rather than directly approaching the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution or invoking its inherent powers. The observation was made in Sujal Read More…
New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said history would remember former prime minister Manmohan Singh as a quiet, gentle and highly consequential leader, days after the Supreme Court gave him a clean chit in the coal block allocation case. Sonia Gandhi said Singh’s record of integrity and accountability stood in sharp contrast to Read More…