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"I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air": Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud urged parliament to revise the age of consent for sex under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, saying this provision poses difficulties for judges
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CJI DY Chandrachud says there is a growing concern about the age of consent for sex under POCSO, recently two high courts declared the marriage of Muslim girls invalid under POCSO even though it is allowed under Muslim Personal Law
“Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered”: MoP issue settled; government cannot conveniently cite views of few judges on MoP to oppose Collegium recommendations, scheme of our constitution requires court to be final arbiter of law ~ Supreme Court
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The apex court emphasised that the government cannot conveniently pick and choose opinions of judges or judicial opinions of benches of lesser strength to delay Collegium recommendations
“Talking about justice, doing injustice is indeed unfair conduct and hypocrisy”: HC grants divorce citing cruelty by wife who taunted polio-stricken husband's disability, snatched his crutches, manhandled & threw him around, orders man to pay 25L alimony
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However, while leaving, the wife cleverly and secretly took all the gold ornaments and cash lying in the house without telling the husband, and since then she had been living at her parental house
"Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer": Bengaluru Eng student Faiz Rasheed sentenced to a 5 year jail term for celebrating Pulwama terrorist attack on Facebook, said more such attacks needed to free Kashmir and asked "how is the khauf"
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Rasheed, who was a 3rd-year student of Electronics & Communications Engineering, was arrested in 2019 from a bakery near his house. Rashid is a resident of HRBR layout in eastern Bengaluru
"My Shelter Days are over, done, Because you, my master, took me home": Bombay HC imposes fine on citizens feeding strays in public places, "If these so-called friends are really interested in protection and welfare of strays, they must adopt those dogs"
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The Court said that those interested in protection and welfare of the strays, must adopt them, take them home or at least put them up in dog shelter homes and bear all expenses for their registration and maintenance
"Law is not law, if it violates principles of eternal justice": Justice DY Chandrachud is set to become India’s 50th CJI, a judge known for his often liberal and dissenting views has been part of some landmark verdicts of Ayodhya, Section 377 & Sabrimala
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A judge known for his often liberal and dissenting views, he has been part of some landmark verdicts like the Ayodhya dispute, Section 377, and the Sabrimala temple case
"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable": Supreme Court & High Court Litigant Association filed complaint against Justice Chandrachud accusing him of passing order benefiting his son’s client, Bar Council dismisses claims
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Complainant Rashid Khan Pathan has also asked CJI U.U. Lalit not to recommend the name of Justice DY Chandrachud as the next chief justice of India
"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst": Justice P Velmurugan, Madras HC observed that "Evidence of woman's relatives in matrimonial dispute can't be brushed aside terming them interested witnesses"
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The Court said that in matrimonial disputes, it is usually the family members who would know about incidents which happen within the four walls of the house
“Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you”: In a historic judgment, Supreme Court declared that unmarried women are entitled to terminate pregnancies of 20-24 weeks from consensual relationships on International Safe Abortion day
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The fetus relies on the woman's body to sustain it. Therefore, the decision to terminate is firmly rooted in their right to bodily autonomy
“Keep your pity because you’re going to need all your pity for what’s coming”: Central Government declared PFI a terror outfit of radical Islam, its associates or fronts as an unlawful association and ban them with immediate effect, for a period of 5 year
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The fresh raids came five days after 108 PFI functionaries, including its chairman OMA Salam, were arrested