New Delhi: The ongoing controversy over Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s letter to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, bringing serious charges against Supreme Court Justice NV Ramana, has taken a curious turn with a new special license petition filed in high court by a chief justice of …
Read More »You cannot prosecute a higher caste person just because the plaintiff is from the SC / ST community: Supreme Court
A person belonging to a higher caste cannot be deprived of exercising his legal rights just because his opponent is a member of the SC / ST community, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a remarkable judgment on the interpretation of the law that protects SC / ST communities from …
Read More »21 years later, SC exonerates man from Jharkhand charges
It was not a violation; they were deeply in love, the Supreme Court held in exonerating a man after his 21-year ordeal. He pointed out that the girl had accused him of rape because they belonged to different religions and could not marry. The man from Jharkhand was charged with …
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