Comply with orders on cow vigilantism: SC to states... The Supreme Court has given a week's notice to all the states that haven't filed a report on the incidents of cow vigilantism and lynching. Only 11 out of 29 states and Union territories have filed their reports till now. The states were given 3-weeks notice on July 17, 2018.
#LoveIsLove: A guide to how not to be a homophobic... Now that the Supreme Court has decriminalized gay sex, it's time for all of us to throw homophobia out of our lives. As historic as this judgment is, it means nothing if the LGBT community is constantly judged and inclusiveness doesn't happen on ground level. Here's how not to be homophobic.
Homosexuality not a crime, but same-sex marriage is unnatural: RSS... Homosexuality is not a crime, the RSS said on Thursday, while maintaining that it does not support same-sex marriage as it was not natural. The comments came on a day the Supreme Court unanimously decriminalized part of Section 377 of IPC, which criminalizes consensual unnatural sex.
Supreme Court to give verdict on Section 377 shortly... The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped section 377 of Indian Penal Code giving a new found freedom to LGBTQ community. The constitution bench was headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, whose tenure ends soon. The arguments were heard for four days in July and had reserved the judgement.
Men, who spent years on fake rape-charges, acquitted by SC... The Supreme Court found that two brothers were wrongfully convicted of rape charges leveled against them by a minor, and ordered their release. The brother, who were uncles of girl, spent 10 and 7 years in jail, and the SC on Tuesday said the charges of rape against them couldn't be substantiated.
Husband's kin shouldn't be roped in marital disputes, dowry-deaths: SC... The relatives of a husband shouldn't be roped in cases of matrimonial disputes and dowry deaths unless specific instances of their involvement in the crime is made out, the SC has held. It also cautioned the courts to be careful in proceeding against distant relatives of the husband in such cases.
***Live Updates*** Trump to Announce Second SCOTUS Pick... President Donald Trump will announce his second Supreme Court pick tonight, and left-wing activists and lawmakers were quick to oppose Trump's pick even before his formal White House announcement. Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Raymond Kethledge,