-PTI A daughter-in-law should be treated as a family member and not as a maid, and she cannot be "thrown out of her matrimonial home at any time", the Supreme Court has said. The court was expressing concern over instances of brides being tortured in the country. The apex court made the observations while sentencing a man to five years imprisonment for torturing his wife and abetting her suicide. The court said a...
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No arrest for posts on social sites without senior cops' nod, Supreme Court says
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said that no person should be arrested for posting objectionable comments on social networking sites without permission of senior police officials. The SC has also directed all states and UTs to comply with Centre's advisory on arresting people for their comments on websites. The court on Wednesday had agreed to hear a plea seeking to restrain government authorities from taking any coercive...
More »Despite fast-track courts, rape conviction rate still low -Apurva
-The Indian Express Amid the clamour to establish fast-track courts for rape cases, the numbers tell a different story in Rajasthan, where such courts were first set up. While the conviction rate in rape cases has stayed the same and Pendency has barely improved, authorities admit that due to hurried trials, a fair share of convictions are overturned in the high court. All rape cases were transferred to fast-track courts in Rajasthan...
More »Sajjan acquitted in '84 anti-Sikh riots case, shoe hurled at judge -Aneesha Mathur
-The Indian Express A Delhi court on Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar of all charges in a case related to the killing of five men in a Delhi Cantonment colony during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots that followed the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Five others named as accused with Sajjan Kumar were convicted - three of murder and rioting, and two of rioting. The acquittal of Kumar led to protests from...
More »SC stays own order for appointment of retired judges to info panels
-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed its seven-month-old controversial order directing governments to appoint retired SC and HC judges as heads of Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions. In an interim order passed on a petition by the Union government seeking review of the apex court's September 13, 2012 judgment, a bench of Justices A K Patnaik and Arjan K Sikri also stayed the earlier directive to...
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