NEW DELHI: After the Supreme Court rapped the West Bengal government over the way the Kolkata rape-murder case was handled, the state governor CV Ananda Bose termed the hearing a “great relief”.Taking a dig at Bengal chief minister, Bose said, “Remember, every saint has a past, every sinner has a future. Anyone listening?”“Will Mamata Banerjee…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday heard a suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata that has led to a massive uproar across the nation over women safety at the workplace.The top court pulled up the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its disapproval to the statements made by the Calcutta high court, which advised teenage girls to “control their sexual desires and not give in to two minutes of pleasure.” The apex court overturned the high court’s decision that acquitted an individual charged under the Protection of Children…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court has exercised its suo motu power a record 10 times this year taking cognisance of diverse issues, the audacious judicial order of a Calcutta high court judge being the first and the rape-murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College & Hospital being the latest. Most of them, however,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Sunday took suo motu cognisance of the August 9 rape-murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar hospital. This comes days after Calcutta HC had transferred to probe to CBI expressing reservations about Kolkata police’s probe into the case.CJI D Y Chandrachud ordered registration of suo motu criminal writ…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has taken suo motu cognizance of the tragic rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata, which occurred on August 9. The action signifies that the court is initiating legal proceedings on its own accord, without a formal petition being filed. Taking suo motu cognizance allows…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Sunday took suo motu cognizance of the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata.A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra will hear the case on August 20.The apex court’s intervention comes after widespread…
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No political party in power took this short step despite SC goadingNEW DELHI: When the Constitution was just a year-old, law minister B R Ambedkar had stoically met the charge that the Hindu Code Bill, 1951, was communal in nature as it aimed to codify the personal law of one religious community leaving aside the…
NEW DELHI: Several senior police officers in Jammu and Kashmir, including IGPs and DIGs, have been transferred, with many districts to get new police chiefs.This reshuffling of top police officials comes in the wake of the Election Commission‘s announcement that it will declare the poll schedule for Jammu and Kashmir’s legislative assembly on Friday, marking…
