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Murder and Terrorism are Different, Says SC Lawyer
1 week, 3 days ago

Murder and Terrorism are Different, Says SC Lawyer

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior Supreme Court advocate Colin Gonsalves on Monday highlighted the need to understand the interpretation of murder and terrorism. Speaking on 'The Rise of Fascism and Question of Law and Judiciary' at the second day of the International Seminar on Fascism organised by Arvind Memorial Trust at Bagh Lingampally, Gonsalves highlighted various examples of resistance emerging from courts when …

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Refusal to marry isn’t an abetment to suicide, heartbreaks are part of life: SC
1 month, 1 week ago

Refusal to marry isn’t an abetment to suicide, heartbreaks are part of life: SC

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that refusal to marry, even if preceded by a relationship or promises of marriage, cannot be construed as abetment to suicide under the penal law of the land. The Supreme Court verdict came on a case in which a 21-year-old woman consumed poison after her boyfriend refused to marry her in 200 Emphasising the …

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How One Activist is Leading the Push for Legalisation of Cannabis in India
1 month, 1 week ago

How One Activist is Leading the Push for Legalisation of Cannabis in India

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 27, 2024 10:23 IST - 7 MINS READ For a decade now, the Bengaluru-based Great Legalisation Movement India has been championing the cause of farmers cultivating cannabis and campaigning for legalising the drug that it claims can pave the way for replacing thousands of ecologically damaging products with sustainable hemp-based alternatives. “It is shameful that the government …

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Supreme Court flags 'worrying trend' of rape cases after relationships turn sour
1 month, 1 week ago

Supreme Court flags 'worrying trend' of rape cases after relationships turn sour

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday raised concerns over what it said was a "worrying trend" of rape cases being filed after consensual relationships turn "sour". The court said that a prolonged physical relationship between couples without protest or demands for marriage by the female partner indicated a consensual relationship rather than one based on a false pretext of marriage. "It …

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Ram Mandir to electoral bonds: Key judgments by Chief Justice Chandrachud
2 months ago

Ram Mandir to electoral bonds: Key judgments by Chief Justice Chandrachud

India Today  

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, after a tenure of over eight years at the Supreme Court, marked his last working day on Friday with another Constitution Bench judgement in a 4:3 majority ruling and overruled its 1967 decision which held that Aligarh Muslim University is not a minority institution. LOOKBACK AT KEY JUDGEMENTS PASSED BY HIM Ayodhya land …

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CJI DY Chandrachud’s last day in office today: From privacy to adultery - a look back at his 10 landmark rulings
2 months ago

CJI DY Chandrachud’s last day in office today: From privacy to adultery - a look back at his 10 landmark rulings

Live Mint  

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud will retire on November 10. Justice Chandrachud, son of the longest-serving Chief Justice of India, Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud, has served as Supreme Court judge since 2016. Here is a look at landmark judgements that Justice Chandrachud has been part of: 1-Electoral Bonds Case: February 2024 In February 2024, the five-judge Constitution Bench of the …

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Blur drummer calls UK assisted dying law ‘psychopathic’ after ex-wife went to Switzerland to die alone
2 months, 1 week ago

Blur drummer calls UK assisted dying law ‘psychopathic’ after ex-wife went to Switzerland to die alone

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has …

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'It's rather different from selling an ordinary book': How Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned – and became a bestseller
2 months, 1 week ago

'It's rather different from selling an ordinary book': How Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned – and became a bestseller

BBC  

'It's rather different from selling an ordinary book': How Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned – and became a bestseller Getty Images The UK publication of DH Lawrence's novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, gripped the nation in 1960. Until November 1960, British people were prevented from reading Lady Chatterley's Lover by a law that criminalised the publication of writing considered indecent and …

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Italy criminalises citizens who go abroad to have children through surrogacy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Italy criminalises citizens who go abroad to have children through surrogacy

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Italy has criminalised citizens who …

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Abortion becomes a Queensland election issue
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion becomes a Queensland election issue

ABC  

ALEXANDRA BLUCHER, REPORTER: Ana and Josh Starrenburg are deep in the newborn bubble with their son, Matteo. ALEXANDRA BLUCHER: In 2018 all but three of the party’s MPs voted against decriminalisation including leader David Crisafulli and his deputy Jarrod Bleijie. ALEXANDRA BLUCHER: Rosie O’Brien fell pregnant last May but made the agonising decision not to proceed during a traumatic relationship …

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The SC criticises ‘undue’ sympathy shown by lower courts in bigamy cases
5 months, 1 week ago

The SC criticises ‘undue’ sympathy shown by lower courts in bigamy cases

Hindustan Times  

On July 15, a division bench of the Supreme Court pronounced an interesting judgment, coming down heavily on a couple for committing bigamy and sentencing a woman and her second husband to six months in jail each. While enhancing the punishment imposed by the Madras High Court, the apex court went on to chastise the High Court’s sentence of ‘imprisonment …

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Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden pardons potentially thousands of ex-service members convicted under now-repealed gay sex ban

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: President Joe Biden pardoned potentially thousands of former US service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex, saying Wednesday that he is "righting an historic wrong" to clear the way for them to regain lost benefits. Biden's action grants a pardon to service members who were convicted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice's …

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Letters to The Editor — June 10, 2024
7 months ago

Letters to The Editor — June 10, 2024

The Hindu  

The first stage is over The scintillating and sober swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister, followed by some of his colleagues, who included a few new faces, brings to an end the suspense over which party is to rule the country. The popularity graph of the Bharatiya Janata Party slid mainly because it never cared for the …

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NSW Premier Chris Minns to issue state apology over historic anti-gay laws
7 months ago

NSW Premier Chris Minns to issue state apology over historic anti-gay laws

Daily Mail  

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns will make a formal state apology to people convicted under historic laws that made homosexuality a crime up until 1984, when the discriminatory laws were abolished. Labor's Leader in the Legislative Council Penny Sharpe, who is the first lesbian to serve in NSW parliament, and the state's first lesbian minister, will issue a similar …

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After joint 108 years on remand, Hong Kong 47 face security trial verdict
7 months, 1 week ago

After joint 108 years on remand, Hong Kong 47 face security trial verdict

Al Jazeera  

The trial of prominent democracy activists and politicians, who were arrested in 2021, is the largest under the security law. A verdict is finally looming in Hong Kong’s longest running and largest national security trial of 47 pro-democracy legislators and political activists, with the defendants having together logged 39,000 days or some 108 years on remand even before the sentencing …

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Students take Columbia building; backlash to discrimination law
8 months ago

Students take Columbia building; backlash to discrimination law

Hindustan Times  

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. FILE PHOTO: Police stand guard near an encampment of protesters supporting Palestinians on the grounds of Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo Pro-Palestinian protesters …

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Columbia University classes go online amid pro-Palestinian protests
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Columbia University classes go online amid pro-Palestinian protests

India Today  

Columbia University was forced to take its classes online on Monday amid rising tensions and safety concerns on the campus. Columbia University President Nemat 'Minouche' Shafik announced a same-day shift to virtual classes as a means to “de-escalate the rancour” and “give us all a chance to consider next steps", encouraging students living off campus to refrain from coming to …

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Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be criminalised in UK
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Creating sexually explicit deepfake images to be criminalised in UK

Hindustan Times  

The UK will criminalize the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images as part of plans to tackle violence against women. People convicted of creating such deepfakes without consent, even if they don’t intend to share the images, will face prosecution and an unlimited fine under a new law, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement. “This new offence sends …

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‘#ArrestMe’: JK Rowling's ‘transphobic’ tirade won't quiet down even in the face of Scotland's new hate crime law
9 months, 1 week ago

‘#ArrestMe’: JK Rowling's ‘transphobic’ tirade won't quiet down even in the face of Scotland's new hate crime law

Hindustan Times  

JK Rowling's X is an official logbook of her controversial ‘transphobic’ rants. Slamming the recently introduced new anti-hate crime law in Scotland, she “looked forward to being arrested” if all claims in her verbose address were classified as an offence. Effectively coming into force on Monday, April 1, the Hate Crime and Public Order Act criminalised “stirred up hate” on …

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Hong Kong jails 12 for storming legislature in 2019
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Hong Kong jails 12 for storming legislature in 2019

Al Jazeera  

Defendants jailed for terms between four and seven years after being found guilty of rioting after forcing their way into the chamber. A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to jail terms ranging from more than four years to nearly seven years after they stormed the city’s legislature during the 2019 pro-democracy protests. Hundreds of protesters broke into the …

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Ghana anti-LGBT+ bill condemned by UN as ‘profoundly disturbing’
10 months, 1 week ago

Ghana anti-LGBT+ bill condemned by UN as ‘profoundly disturbing’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An anti-gay bill that criminalises …

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Organ commerce rears its ugly head again
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Organ commerce rears its ugly head again

The Hindu  

This nation has an embittered history with reference to illegal organ trade. We did not hear of the results of the probe, but interestingly, last week, in a follow-up, Bindu Shajan Perappadan reported on the Health Ministry’s warning that there are possible commercial dealings in organ/tissue transplantation of foreigners in India. A new study found key health policy committees since …

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Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies. Who are other jailed Oppn activists in Russia?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies. Who are other jailed Oppn activists in Russia?

Hindustan Times  

Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, died on Friday after collapsing at the penal colony where he was serving a long jail term, prison officials said. Ostanin had run Navalny's local headquarters in the Siberian city of Barnaul and was sentenced to nine years in July for participating in an "extremist community". A former head of FBK in Siberia's …

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Federal government moves to criminalise 'doxxing' after publication of Jewish Australians' WhatsApp messages
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Federal government moves to criminalise 'doxxing' after publication of Jewish Australians' WhatsApp messages

ABC  

In short: Doxxing could be criminalised in the wake of hundreds of Jewish Australians' details being published online. The federal government will move to criminalise "doxxing" after the details of a WhatsApp group involving hundreds of Jewish Australians were published online. The log of the private WhatsApp group, involving Jewish Australians largely working in creative industries, was recently published online. …

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