Representative photo (AI-generated image) NEW DELHI: Noting that a woman who is employed and holds the same post as her husband and can take care of herself independently, Supreme Court has turned down her plea seeking maintenance from her estranged husband.A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan refused to grant relief to…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday allowed transportation and disposal of hazardous chemical waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy site at a treatment-storage-disposal-facility (TSDF) in the industrial town of Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and A G Masih refused to interfere with the order of Madhya Pradesh high court for…
NEW DELHI: Holding that the evidence of a child witness stands on the same footing as any other witness if the child is competent to testify, Supreme Court has convicted and sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife by relying upon the statement of the couple’s seven-year-old daughter who witnessed the incident.A…
This is a representational AI image (Pic credit: Lexica) JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court has ruled that a married woman cannot claim that her consent for physical relations with another man was obtained under a false promise of marriage.Justice Maninder S Bhatti quashed a rape case against a man who was booked on the complaint…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court (HC) Tuesday agreed to state govt’s proposal for a retrial of Union Carbide waste disposal at a Pithampur facility so that Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) can decide what amount of the waste should be incinerated and when.State govt presented a status report in court on compliance with the HC…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh HC, in an interim order, directed Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to allow candidates from economically weaker sections (EWS) category to fill the form for Civil Services Exam with a five-year relaxation in maximum age limit, and permit them nine attempts as provided to candidates of other reserved classes.The results of these…
JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court (HC) has ordered an engineer to hand over passwords of all his electronic gadgets and social media accounts to police while granting him anticipatory bail in a rape complaint. The single bench of Justice Dev Narayan Mishra also asked the accused to hand over intimate photos of the complainant to…
Saif Ali Khan has safely returned home from Lilavati Hospital after sustaining multiple injuries owing to the robbery and knife assault incident at his Bandra residence. On the one hand, where the family is celebrating his return, on the other hand, another piece of news has surfaced which might put a dent into the celebratory…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday gave the state govt six weeks to dispose of the Union Carbide waste under safety protocols, and prohibited media from giving “incorrect news” on the issue.The state govt, in its compliance report, had referred to resentment among Pithampur citizens over disposal of Carbide waste at a plant in…
BHOPAL/JABALPUR: A woman living with a person for a considerably long period of time is entitled to maintenance on separation even if they were not legally married, Madhya Pradesh high court has said.The petitioner, Shailesh Bopche, had moved high court after a Balaghat district court ordered him to pay a monthly allowance of Rs 1,500…
