New Delhi: In a landmark decision, the Uttarakhand assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Uttarakhand 2024 Bill, making it the first state in India to implement such legislation. This fulfills a key promise made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the 2022 assembly elections. The bill, which will become law once Read More…
KOCHI: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and High Court Chief Justice Ashish Jitend Desai have given their nod to the establishment of a judicial city in Kalamasery, including a new High Court building that will house 60 courts. The decision was announced after a meeting held in Kochi, where Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated that Read More…
By our legal correspondent Thrissur, Feb 02 (IVC) The Mavelikkara (Alappuzha) First Additional District and Sessions Court judge V G Sreedevi on January 30 awarded capital punishment to the all 15-accused in the sensational murder of Advocate Ranjith Sreenivasan on December 19, 2021. According to prosecution, the accused had encroached the house of Sreenivasan Read More…
Varanasi: In a pivotal judgment that marked the culmination of his career, Varanasi’s district and sessions judge, Dr. Ajaya Krishna Vishvesha, delivered a significant ruling allowing Hindu prayers in a cellar at the historic Gyanvapi Mosque. This verdict, rendered on Dr. Vishvesha’s last working day before retirement, has stirred discussions in the ongoing legal battle Read More…
Ranchi (Jharkhand): A Day after his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and former Chief Minister Hemant Soren has been sent to one-day judicial custody by a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Ranchi. The arrest is related to the ED’s investigation into an alleged land scam. Read More…
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has filed a case against senior officers of the Enforcement Directorate’s Ranchi office under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The complaint, lodged at the SC/ST police station in Ranchi on Wednesday, is in response to the agency’s search operation at Mr. Soren’s residence in Read More…
Varanasi: In a significant development in the ongoing Gyanvapi mosque dispute, a Varanasi court on Wednesday granted Hindus the right to offer prayers inside the previously sealed “Vyas Ka Tekhana” area, located in the basement of the mosque complex. This ruling comes as a major victory for the Hindu petitioners, who have long claimed historical Read More…
*Rare Verdict in Alappuzha District as Court Pronounces Death Penalty in Front of Family Murder In a landmark verdict, an additional district sessions court in Kerala’s Alappuzha district handed down the death sentence to 15 individuals associated with the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its political wing, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), Read More…
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan was granted Z security cover by the Union Home Ministry on Saturday, following an incident where he staged an impromptu sit-in protest against student activists who showed black flags to his motorcade. The Governor blamed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for “lawlessness” in the state, alleging that police allowed protesters to Read More…
By Our legal Correspondent New Delhi, Jan 24 (IVC) The Honorable High Court of Delhi on January 23 has recalled its January 04 order granting permission to a widow to terminate her 29-week-old pregnancy , as against the statutory limit of 20 weeks for termination of pregnancy. The permission was granted by the High Read More…