Residents of Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya exempt as case challenging move is pending in SC The revenue department has exempted residents of Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, and citizens above 80 years from…
Highlights Supreme Court said triple talaq was the “worst” form of divorce among Muslims. SC asked Salman Khurshid to make a list of countries where triple talaq is banned. Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia…
Highlights Petitioner’s advocate said lack of privacy in messages over WhatsApp not only violated right to privacy, but also stifled right of free speech in conversations between 2 individuals WhatsApp’s lawyer said messages sent…
Liquor outlets down their shutters near highways in Goa on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Atish Pomburfekar Number of affected outlets down from 3,200 to 2,100 Panaji: The Goa government on Saturday admitted…
The Supreme Court’s decision this week to grant bail to former world billiards champion Michael Ferreira in the alleged Rs 1,000-crore QNet multi-level marketing case has cleared confusions clouding India’s billion dollar direct selling…
The inventory of two-wheelers stands at 7.5 lakh vehicles.(Hemant Mishra/Mint File Photo) There has been a sudden rise in buyers at automobile showrooms after the Supreme Court banned the sale of BS-III vehicles from…
The meeting of meat sellers and exporters from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Mumbai and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath remained inconclusive, as the latter gave no relief to the strikers. A delegation of owners…
New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) told the Supreme Court that pleas challenging the practices of triple talaq, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy among Muslims were not maintainable as the issues…
Often, we come across people who just hate dogs and cause harm to them for no reason. Time and again they look for a chance to throw stones at them and irritate them with…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to accord urgent hearing to a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a legal provision that prohibits abortion of a 20-week-old foetus, saying there were “very important…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday the plea of a Mumbai woman to abort her 26-week-old foetus which, reports show, suffers from ‘Down Syndrome’ and may be born with physical and mental…
