Tag: Supreme Court of India
SC grants govt more time to respond to PIL on persecution
The Supreme Court of India has granted the Union government more time to provide details of alleged attacks against Christians in the country.
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Persons above 18 free to choose religion, Supreme Court says
The Supreme Court on Friday said persons above 18 years of age are free to choose their religion as it refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to the Centre and states to control black magic and religious conversion.
Indu Malhotra takes oath as Supreme Court judge
The Bangalore born Malhotra was designated senior advocate by the top court in 2007 and became the second woman to be designated as such by the apex court after a gap of over 30 years.
Homosexuality is criminal offence, Supreme Court rules
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the decision of the Delhi high court, which had in 2009 decriminalised sexual relation between persons belonging to same sex.
SC refuses to bring down juvenile age from 18 to 16...
ON December 16, last year, a 23-year-old girl was brutally gangraped and assaulted in a moving bus allegedly by six persons, one of whom is a minor and is facing proceedings before a Juvenile Justice Board which is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on July 25.
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