Same-sex wedding: After SC snub, call for legislative action

With the Supreme Court declining to accord legal recognition to same-sex marriage on Tuesday, a section of the LGBTQ+ community, petitioners and activists highlighted the positives in the ruling......

5-judge SC bench to hear pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 on July 11

Nearly four years after the government abrogated Article 370 that bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, a five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of......

SC prohibits all prosecution under Section 66A of IT Act

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed no citizen can be prosecuted under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, which it had scrapped way back in 2015. Photograph: ANI Photo Under......

5 held so far for attack on foreign students of Guj University over namaaz

A total of five persons have been arrested by the police in connection with an attack on international students at the Gujarat University hostel for offering namaaz even as the varsity decided to......

Caution: You are still being watched!

The government claims the existing safeguards under the law are adequate, lawful, towards a legitimate purpose and provide for a "proportionate interference" in citizens' right to privacy, reports......

Centre pulled up for limiting BPL people per state

The Supreme Courton Tuesdaypulled up the Centre for limiting the number of below poverty line (PDS) people in a state to 36 per cent of its population as per the Planning Commission's......