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Centre moves SC for transfer of pleas against transgender law from high courtsThe government has approached the Supreme Court to centralize all legal challenges against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (...- Rajasthan HC calls transgender policy ‘eyewash’, orders 3% extra weightageRajasthan High Court has slammed the state's transgender reservation policy as a mere facade. The court has ordered a 3% weightage in marks...
- Lok Sabha passes bill to amend law on protection and rights of transgenders amid protestsThe Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, facing strong opposition from trans rights activists. C...
- Legal aid not merely act of charity but moral duty: CJI BR GavaiCJI Gavai suggested the creation of an advisory committee at NALSA and SLSAs, respectively, comprising the current executive chairpersons a...
- Justice delivery system must offer unwavering assurance to women: CJI-designate Surya KantJustice Surya Kant stated every woman needs confidence in the justice system. He launched the 'Nyay Marg' AI chatbot for digital legal aid ...
- SC defers plea over reservation of transgenders in PG medical coursesThe Supreme Court has postponed the hearing on a plea advocating for transgender reservation in postgraduate medical courses until next wee...
- Same sex couples can constitute a family: Madras High CourtThe Madras High Court affirmed that same-sex couples can form a family, allowing a young woman to join her female partner. Citing the conce...
- Justice Sanjiv Khanna to be sworn in as 51st CJI on November 11Justice Sanjiv Khanna, renowned for landmark judgments on electoral bonds and Article 370, was sworn in as the 51st Chief Justice of India....
- In a first in India's civil services, IRS officer gets name and gender changed in official recordsIn a historic event for India's civil services, Ms. M Anusuya, an IRS officer at the Central Excise Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate ...
- SC directs Centre, states to ensure eradication of manual sewer cleaning in phasesThe Supreme Court of India has directed the Centre and states to take measures to eradicate manual sewer cleaning and improve the condition...
- A social barrier well transcendedIn recent years, laws have tried to change this reality. The Supreme Court's 2014 National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa) judgment recogn...
- Not in favour that lawyers who speak more in English get more cases, more fees: Law Minister RijijuLaw Minister Rijiju said there are lawyers who cannot effectively argue in English, and as such when a common speaking language is used in ...
- 'Others' voters increase by 15,306 in 5 yrs; activists blame paperwork, insensitive officialsThough the 2011 census puts the population of transgenders at around 4.9 lakh, activists claim it is much higher than that.
- Will India Inc hire ‘gay’ Tim Cook post-377 verdict?These are questions we need to ponder. The govt has stepped out of the bedroom. India Inc needs to follow.
- Section 377: Impact will be felt beyond IndiaJustice AP Shah, architect of the landmark Delhi high court judgment that first decriminalised homosexuality in July 2009, writes exclusive...
- Supreme Court to resume hearing on Section 377 on WednesdayAppearing for petitioner Keshav Suri, former AG Mukul Rohatgi, stressed that with change in the society there is change in the values. He a...
- Transgender bill may offer gender choiceCentre plans to tweak the clause in the bill to shift the focus from "biological test" to an individual's exclusive freedom to choose gende...
- Privacy right vital to civilised existence but it is subject to reasonable restrictionsA privacy right is obviously derogable for public welfare, public interest, law & order, public order, national security, sovereignty & int...
- Law ministry to launch TV channel, discuss issues like triple talaq, uniform civil codeThe ministry is considering hiring leading Bollywood directors like Prakash Jha to produce quality programmes on legal education for the ma...
- Gay plea in Supreme Court to cite third gender verdictGrover was one of the speakers at an event organized by India HIV/AIDS Alliance and Delhi Queer Pride to celebrate the victory for transgen...
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