Legal

Instead of a blanket COVID-19 vaccine mandate, India should allow institutions to make their own decision

A vaccine mandate has to balance potential public health risks against a possible violation of personal autonomy.

Catholic priest, nun sentenced to life in Sister Abhaya murder case; duo to serve seven years for evidence tampering

The court, on Tuesday, had found the two guilty of the murder of Sister Abhaya, who was found dead in a well in St Pius Convent in Kottayam in Kerala in 1992

'Don't hide behind RBI': SC raps Centre over banks charging 'interest' on deferred loan payments

Earlier, the top court had said there was "no merit in charging interest on interest" for deferred loan payment installments during the moratorium period announced in wake of the pandemic

Supreme Court refuses to intervene after JD(U) MP's self-proclaimed wife moves plea seeking to live with him

JD(U) Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Prasad, popularly known as 'King Mahendra', has found himself in a peculiar legal tangle wherein a woman has knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court seeking to live with him claiming to be his legally wedded wife

Timely push from SC, Narendra Modi's mandate indicate time is right for fresh look at Uniform Civil Code

A Uniform Civil Code for citizens — one law for one nation — has not been implemented even though it is enshrined in Article 44 of the Indian Constitution dealing with Directive Principles of State Policy, and 63 years have lapsed since the reformation of Hindu law in 1956

All you need to know about International Court of Justice, which will deliver its verdict in Kulbhushan Jadhav case today

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN), which was established in 1945, and has its seat in The Hague, Netherlands. The court will deliver its verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case on 17 July

Madhya Pradesh's maternal mortality rate higher than rest of India: Amendment of laws needed to give women access to safe abortion

Even though abortion is legal in India since 1971, ten women in the country die every day due to unsafe abortions performed by quacks and untrained 'doctors'.

Legality of Pakistan surgical strikes: India has arsenal of lawful defences at its disposal, conjecture is unnecessary

While it is indisputable that, principally, bombings well within the territory of Pakistan bear greater legal repercussions than the erstwhile surgical operations in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, authors argue that India has a whole arsenal of legal defences at its disposal and the conjectures are therefore inappropriate

Robert Mueller considers new charges against Paul Manafort as Donald Trump family members become central figures in Russia probe

Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, is still considering filing new charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort after his plea deal fell apart over allegations of lying to investigators, prosecutors said Friday.

Donald Trump White House braces for Robert Mueller probe to fire up again as threat looms of damning final report

The White House is bracing for the probe of Donald Trump's presidential campaign to fire up again. Trump's advisers are privately expressing worries that the special counsel, who's been out of the news for the past month, has been stealthily compiling information and could soon issue new indictments or a damning final report.