President Droupadi Murmu has invoked Article 143 to seek the Supreme Court’s opinion on whether timelines can be imposed on Governors for clearing state bills. She also questioned the justiciability of a Governor's discretion and cited Article 361 regarding executive immunity.

In a most telling observation to have sparked a new national debate in India on gender-sensitive law, India's Supreme Court has again in recent times reaffirmed the need for sensitive protective law hearing women's pain even as it acknowledged the presence of battered or falsely accused men.

In the recent Supreme Court proceeding, Justices BV Nagarathna and SC Sharma asked a lawyer virtually appearing for the hearing whether he was real.

The Supreme Court challenges the Centre on provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act, including 'Waqf by user' and non-Muslim representation on the Waqf Council, raising concerns over religious freedoms and governance.

The term “Human Trafficking” describes the forced labor and sexual exploitation of humans. Two out of every three victims of human trafficking are girls. The reality is that these trafficked and exploited children are kept like slaves without enough food, shelter, or clothing. They are frequently severely abused and cut off from all contact with […]

Kolkata, 2024: Amid the nationwide outrage and protests in the brutal rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Supreme Court of India resumed suo motu hearing on Tuesday. A bench combining Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Nisar conducted the hearing […]

The Indian Supreme Court considered the act of watching and downloading child pornography as an offense under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act). The High Court statement was declared on Monday, September 23. The ruling of the Indian Supreme Court overturned a previous judgment by the Madras High Court. The ruling […]