The Supreme Court today directed the Union Government and States and Union Territories, who have not entered appearance, to file an affidavit within 8 weeks on a Public Interest Litigation seeking the establishment of the Transgender Welfare Boards. A bench […]
The girl’s father opposed the appeal filed in the apex court against the high court judgment by some local villagers on the ground that they had no locus standi as they were not the aggrieved party The Supreme Court has […]
“Justice Ranganath Mishra Commission in 2007 recommended that SC status should be given to the Dalits belonging to the Muslim and Christian converts.” CHENNAI: The three-member commission headed by former Chief Justice of India Justice K.G. Balakrishnan has been granted […]
On August 1, a 7-judge Constitutional bench of the apex court upheld the validity of sub-classifications within the SC and ST categories. KOCHI: A national conclave of dalit and adivasi organisations will be convened during the first week of February […]
The Supreme Court has ordered an independent probe by two retired IPS officers into allegations of social boycott of Dalits by a “dominant community” at a village in Hisar district of Haryana. “We request Vikram Chand Goyal and Kamlendra Prasad,… […]
The Supreme Court recently directed two former DGPs of the State of Uttar Pradesh to conduct an independent investigation into the situation prevailing at a village in Haryana’s Hisar district, in relation to which allegations of social boycott of Dalit […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act related to the grant of Indian citizenship to illegal immigrants in Assam. A 5-judge bench –CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justices Surya Kant, M […]
BNS does not recognise non-consensual unnatural sex, sodomy and bestiality as a penal offence. New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a plea on Monday against the “missing” protection in the newly enacted Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) about non-consensual unnatural […]
This decision may have significant implications for studying prison demographics, as these registers are perhaps the only source of data available on the caste composition of incarcerated individuals. Sukanya Shantha Mumbai: On October 3, the Supreme Court issued a landmark […]
The court expressed concern over the systemic bias against women elected from reserved seats, emphasizing that such discrimination undermines efforts toward gender equality and women’s empowerment in public office. Geetha Sunil Pillai New Delhi/Jalgaon – In a landmark case that […]
