The international community is increasingly taking note of rising cases of hate speech and hate crime and failure of the state to protect the rights of minorities. The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, slammed India’s worsening record of human rights violations
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Center on a Public Interest plea (PIL), ordering the Center to give effective guidelines to check population explosion and restrict families to two children if they wanted to avail benefits including government
The long-awaited US Supreme Court decision on Abortion Rights was rendered by a 6-3 vote in the so-called “Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health”. “Today’s Supreme Court ruling represents a powerful blow to five decades of sexual and reproductive health protection and to
Development is necessary for the economy but safeguarding the environment for future generations is equally important, said the Supreme Court, as it allowed the Andhra Pradesh government to go ahead with a tourism project in Vishakapatnam’s ecologically-sensitive Rushikonda Hill subject to certain
In a landmark order, India’s Supreme Court recognised prostitution as a “profession” and ordered police to treat sex workers with respect. The SC further said that they should be given equal protection under the law and the police should refrain from harassing
Courts must now report on the accused’s mental health and assess his behaviour in prison before handing down a death sentence, according to a new set of guidelines issued by the Supreme Court in a ruling last week. Madhya Pradesh is facing
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has directed the Assam government to take action on allegations of occupation of government land in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR) and destruction of wildlife corridors as well as conflicts between humans and animals.
Thousands of people took to streets in the United States in response to the draft ruling leaked to the media showing that the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seeks to overturn Roe v. Wade, which in 1973 established guarantees for access to abortion
On the much-discussed issue of criminalization of marital rape, the Delhi High Court today gave a split verdict. The case will now go to the Supreme Court. The two judges, Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Hari Shankar, failed to agree on their decision
A law which Parliament approved in early April to replace a 102-year-old piece of legislation and give legal backing to the collection of measurements of convicts and other persons is so wide in its ambit regarding both personal data points that can
