#SupremeCourt hears appeal against Karnataka HC verdict directing a married man to face trial for rape charges brought by his wife. The husband had moved the High Court after a trial court took cognisance of the offence under Section 376 (rape)
Sr Adv Indira Jaising: The wife has been waiting indefinitely for the trial to proceed.
Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court will shortly hear a petition seeking a direction to ASI to open doors of over 20 rooms inside the Taj Mahal premises so that the alleged controversy related to the “history of Taj Mahal” can be put to rest
A bench of Justices DK Upadhyay and Subhash Vidyarthi will be hearing the Tajmahal matter shortly.
#SupremeCourt to hear a batch of appeals and a fresh plea against verdicts of the Madras and Bombay HCs which dismissed challenges to the decision of the Centre to trade 5 per cent of its shareholding in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) through an IPO #LIC#IPOAlert
#SupremeCourt to hear appeal by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee against a Delhi HC order dismissing their petition seeking quashing of summons issued to them in a money-laundering probe linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal @abhishekaitc@dir_ed
Hearing begins.
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: This matter- in Nalini Chidambaram the same issue arose and Justices passed an order saying that the interim order in the HC will continue.
#Breaking Justice Rajiv Shakdher of Delhi High Court expresses his regret that he was not able to persuade Justice C Hari Shankar to strike down the marital rape exception in IPC. #DelhiHighCourt#MaritalRape#JusticeRajivShakdher
"He (Justice Hari Shankar), perhaps, hears a beat of a different drummer. I respect that," J Shakdher says in his judgment. #DelhiHighCourt#MaritalRape#Section375IPC
To the petitioners, J Shakdher says, "it may seem that you plough a lonely furrow today but it will change, if not now, some day." #MaritalRape#DelhiHighCourt#Section375IPC
CBI files FIR against Home Ministry officials, Consultancy Companies and Private NGOs who were allegedly used to route FCRA funds, promise to get FCRA approvals.
CBI has alleged that a network of people in Delhi, TN, Jharkhand, North East perpetrated this scam along with Home Ministry officials in the FCRA department.