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Quote of the day by Oscar Wilde: 'When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her...' The Irish writer's timeless lesson on how love and relationships change with timeOscar Wilde’s quote of the day offers a witty yet thought-provoking reflection on how romantic feelings can change over time. The celebrate...- Quote of the Day by Oscar Wilde: 'Most people are other people. Their thoughts are…'—Inspiring quotes by the most famous 19th-century Irish playwright, novelist, and poet celebrated for his sharp witOscar Wilde's powerful quote highlights how many people live as reflections of others. His words urge readers to question their own beliefs...
- NITI Aayog bats for reforms in I-T Act with focus on decriminalisationNITI Aayog proposes significant reforms to the Income Tax Act, 2025, including decriminalizing 12 minor offenses and reducing mandatory min...
- NITI Aayog proposes direct tax reforms; focuses on decriminalisation and trust-based governanceIn its Tax Policy Working Paper Series - II: Towards India’s Tax Transformation: Decriminalisation and Trust-Based Governance, released on ...
- Centre finds death penalty clause in Aparajita Bill 'excessively harsh', Guv sends it back to stateWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has returned the Aparajita Bill to the state government due to serious objections raised by the Centre...
- Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishmentPresident-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his hush money case, but Judge Merchan did not impose any punishment. This allows Trum...
- India aims to curb judges' arbitrary sentences for criminals, sources sayIndia is working on a new system for criminal sentencing. This follows concerns over inconsistent punishments in court cases. One case invo...
- Nithari killings: Horror walks free, criminals go unpunished for 'want of a nail'The Allahabad High Court acquitted Nithari serial killings accused Moninder Singh Pandher and Surinder Koli due to the prosecution's failur...
- Cannot have separate norm for MP, MLAs in suspension of conviction, sentence: SCThe remarks were made by the court after senior advocate AM Singhvi, appearing for Faizal, said that what weighed in the mind of the Kerala...
- Trump commutes longtime adviser Roger Stone's prison sentenceTrump's decision to commute Stone's sentence days before he was due to report to prison marked the Republican president's most assertive in...
- In many death penalty verdicts, trial courts overlooked mitigating circumstances of accused, finds studyAnalysis of cases in three states from 2000 to 2015 show “collective conscience” often invoked by courts while pronouncing death penalty.
- Supreme Court confirms death sentence for four convicts in Nirbhaya gang rape caseIn a message that the crime had shocked the collective conscience of the society, and that it is a rarest of rare case, the SC agreed that ...
- UK plans criminal check certificate for work visasThe move, which is subject to parliamentary approval, will supersede the current process of being able to self-declare any criminal record ...
- Shops allotment scam: Court gives two-year jail to ex-govt officialThe former government officer was held guilty for offences of criminal conspiracy under IPC and criminal misconduct under Prevention of Cor...
- Pakistan's role in Bangladesh war crimes will always haunt themPakistan may have expressed regret to the people of Bangladesh in 2002, but does that exonerate those who stand accused or convicted of the...
- Supreme Court limits states' power to remit long jail termsThe court said that the states couldn't release a convict if courts awarded a term much in excess of that period while considering the natu...
- Mercy petitions can't be kept pending for too long: CJI P SathasivamThe CJI was speaking at a seminar on "Improving Criminal Investigation" organised by Legally Speaking Trust in collaboration with the CBI.
- Combating social evil not criteria of quantum of punishment: Supreme CourtSupreme Court has ruled that quantum of punishment cannot be determined on the basis of necessity to combat social evils like dowry deaths ...
- Noida land scam:UP Govt asked to file counter affidavit on PILAn order of the High Court was submitted in its Lucknow bench regarding suspension of Kumar's conviction.
- Noida land scam: Neera Yadav, another IAS office get 3 year jailNeera Yadav and another IAS officer Rajiv Kumar were today sentenced to three-year imprisonment by a special CBI court here in the Noida pl...
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