The Supreme Court needs to reaffirm India's constitutional and international obligations to rights on complex issues of nationality, detention and deportation and not be unmindful of its own commitment to these duties, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has urged.Read News

The Delhi High Court verdict on Hashimpura custodial killings case has evoked mixed reactions in Meerut and other concerned quarters. The victim families and Muslim leaders including Jameeyat Ulema-e-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madni have hailed the decision as eventual justice. However, there are groups with differing opinions – some that say the decision needed be challenged in the Supreme Court and some that assert that it is 'curtailed justice.'Read News

The demand for the Narendra Modi government to take the ordinance route to facilitate early construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya grew louder on Monday as several BJP leaders and Sangh outfits voiced their frustration with the judicial process "getting delayed”Read News

The Supreme Court on Tuesday modified its order fixing 8-10pm for bursting firecrackers on Diwali and said the time will be changed in places like Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, but cannot exceed two hours a day.A bench comprising Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan also observed that the direction for permitting the use of green crackers was meant for the Delhi-NCR region and was not pan-India.Read News

The Supreme Court asked the Centre to provide details of the decision making process in the Rafale fighter jet deal with France in a sealed cover but clarified that it does not want information on pricing and technical particulars. Read News

Justice Ranjan Gogoi was Wednesday sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra.Read News

The Delhi High Court allowed Gautam Navlakha, one of the five rights activists arrested in connection with Koregaon-Bhima case, to be freed from the house arrest.Read News

The Supreme Court paved the way for entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala. The CJI said religion is a way of life basically to link life with divinity.Read News

The Supreme Court declined to refer to a five-judge Constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgment that a mosque was not integral to Islam, which had arisen during the hearing of Ayodhya land dispute.Read News

Supreme Court Thursday declared that adultery is not a crime and struck down the anti-adultery law, saying it was unconstitutional as it dented the individuality of women and treated them as "chattel of husbands".Read News