The Supreme Court, while acquitting a convict in a dowry death case, emphasized the critical importance of ensuring that a dying declaration is trustworthy and reliable, and inspires confidence when it is considered the sole basis for a criminal conviction. The Court pointed out that the circumstances under which the dying declaration was recorded raised concerns about whether it was a...
Section of the Indian Penal Code a colonial-era law criminalized unnatural offenses including consensual same-sex relationships However in a historic judgment on September the Supreme Court of India decriminalized consensual homosexual acts between adults marking a significant...
The arbitration law has undergone repeated amendments with only one aim mdash making India the hub of international arbitration Last month the government set up an expert panel headed by former law secretary TK Viswanathan to suggest reforms in the...
The Supreme Court on Monday September dismissed a petition challenging the decision of the Union Government to reduce the cut-off for post-graduate medical college admissions through NEET-PG exam as zero percentile A bench comprising dismissed a PIL filed...
The Supreme Court on Thursday Aug held that maternity benefits have to be granted even if the period of benefit overshoots the term of contractual employment Maternity benefits can travel beyond the term of contractual employment The court directed the...