The Bench had said “treating women as the children of a lesser God is to blink at the Constitution.” It was a “form of untouchability” abolished decades ago. The ban on women was derogatory to equal citizenship. The right to practise religion should yield to the right of dignity of …
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‘Why are regulators soft with scribes?’
“This is like a velvet fist inside a velvet glove. It is of no use… If there is criminal liability involved, there should be prosecution launched under a penal statute,” Justice Lokur said categorically. Though the oral observations from the Bench came during the hearing of a petition filed by …
Read More »SC dismisses plea to lower marriageable age of men
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL petition seeking a judicial order to lower the legal marriageable age of men from 21 to 18 years. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi imposed Rs. 25,000 costs on petitioner-lawyer Asok Pande, and said there was no public …
Read More »Experts’ group to cut school bag weight formed, court told
Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) informed the Madras High Court on Monday that an Experts’ Group has been constituted to formulate a draft policy on reducing the weight of school bags in proportion to the age and average weight of children. Justice N. Kirubakaran was told that the …
Read More »Lower judiciary vacancies unacceptable: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday took suo motu cognisance of over 5,000 vacancies in the lower judiciary across the country, saying the situation is “wholly unacceptable”. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi found that even the official statistics provided by various High Courts on the recruitment …
Read More »‘In urban U.P., 87% of waste from toilets goes to rivers, farmlands’
While urban Uttar Pradesh has an 80% coverage of toilets, inefficient sanitation systems ensure that almost 87% of the excreta being generated by these toilets is being dumped in waterbodies or agricultural lands, according to a new analysis of 30 cities by the Centre for Science and Environment. “With 2019 …
Read More »SC to list review petitions today
The Supreme Court decided to consider on Tuesday when it will hear multiple review petitions filed against its September 28 majority judgment allowing women of all ages entry into the famed Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Responding to an oral mentioning to urgently list the petitions, Chief Justice of India Ranjan …
Read More »Why are media regulators soft with scribes, asks SC
The Supreme Court on Monday said media regulators tend to wear a “velvet fist inside a velvet glove” when it comes to dealing with journalists and media organisations whose actions, like revealing the identity of a rape survivor, make them criminally liable. It is a crime under the Protection of …
Read More »Modi steps in as CBI begins to probe its own leadership
As the Central Bureau of Investigation’s second-in-command Rakesh Asthana was embroiled in a bribery case, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval swung into damage control, asking CBI Director Alok Verma to ensure the government’s image was not tarnished. Mr. Verma briefed the Prime Minister on Sunday …
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