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Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi hails Supreme Court's judgement criminalising sex with minors

Nobel laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi Thursday hailed the Supreme Court judgement criminalising sex with a minor wife saying it will help to curb child marriages in the country

Panama Papers verdict: Full text of SC judgement which disqualified Nawaz Sharif as Pakistan PM

Here are excerpts from the Supreme Court judgement entailing the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister of Pakistan

Fake Facebook post costs woman $500,000 in penalties

A judge in North Carolina has ordered a woman to pay $500,000 for writing a Facebook post falsely accusing her former friend of killing her son.

Full text: SC judgement rejecting Novartis patent plea for Glivec

In a landmark judgement, India's Supreme Court today rejected a patent plea by Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG for cancer drug Glivec, boosting the case for cheaper drugs for life-threatening diseases.

Court may set date for final verdict in Satyam case on Oct 30

The trial in Satyam fraud case had concluded in June before the special court, which examined 216 witnesses and marked 3,038 documents during the course of the hearing.

DA case: Why the judgement will be critical for Jayalalithaa

The case, originally filed in 1996, has seen innumerable delays because of associated cases and petitions being filed over the years. It pertains to allegations that Jayalalithaa accumulated properties worth Ra 66 crore, disproportionate to her known sources of income.

Forced sexual relations between married couples not rape: Delhi Court

Sexual relations between a legally wedded husband and wife, "even if forcible, is not rape", a Delhi court has said while acquitting a youth who was accused of marrying a 21-year-old girl after serving her a sedative- laced drink and raping her.