A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday pronounced a split verdict on the Centre's plea for recall of its October 9 order granting permission to a married woman, a mother of two, to......
Observing that pregnancy in cases of sexual assault is a cause of stress and trauma to the victims, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed a rape survivor to undergo medical termination of her over......
The Supreme Court on Saturday expressed displeasure over the Gujarat high court adjourning a rape victim's plea for a medical termination of her 26-week pregnancy, and said 'valuable time' has been......
In a significant order, the Supreme Court Thursday expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act to include 'unmarried woman' and allowed a woman to abort her 24-weeks pregnancy......
Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud, who was part of the Supreme Court benches that delivered several landmark verdicts including the Ayodhya land dispute case, was sworn in as the 50th Chief......
Introduction of e-pharmacy, to protect the interest of a handful of players, would hamper the interest of 800,000 chemists and 80 lakh workers and their families Apex body of chemists and druggists......
The brunt of a delay in effecting a rise in railway fares has been borne by suburban rail systems and metro projects, with the railways reducing its spending on this segment by about Rs 2,500 crore......
Taking note of the inordinate delay in carrying out amendments by the labour ministry inlaws concerning women, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the ministry to expedite the process. The......
Domestic equity funds were hit by the vagaries of the stock markets in the current month, with 94 of the 160 schemes in operation underperforming the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)-500 index. Only 41......
Lastweek the BSE Sensex closed at 9,257 points, a 28-point drop (-0.30 per cent) over last week. The S&P CNX Nifty ended the week at 2,805 (down 0.12 per cent), a 5-point fall week on week. The CNX......