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Viral Kumbh mela girl Monalisa appears to be an adult: Kerala High Court, husband gets one-month reliefThe Kerala High Court granted transit bail to Mohd Farman, husband of the viral Kumbh Mela girl, for one month to seek anticipatory bail in...
SC issues notices to Centre on PIL seeking ban on employment of children in orchestras, spasThe Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, NCPCR, and NHRC regarding a PIL. The petition seeks a complete ban on employing childre...
Decided to bring back to India some persons deported to Bangladesh: Centre to SCThe Indian government will bring back individuals previously deported to Bangladesh. These people will then have their claims of Indian cit...
Education alone no ground to deny maintenance to wife: Delhi CourtA Delhi court has ruled that an educated woman cannot be denied financial support. The court upheld an order for a man to pay interim maint...
Amend pregnancy termination law of rape survivors, says SCThe Supreme Court has asked the government to remove time limits for rape survivors to get abortions. This comes after a plea from AIIMS re...
SC asks Centre to consider amending law on terminating pregnancy of rape survivorsThe Supreme Court strongly criticized AIIMS for challenging an order allowing a 15-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 30-week pregnanc...
Don’t marry if you can’t pay maintenance: Allahabad HC’s blunt message to husbandsThe Allahabad High Court has ruled that a man cannot use financial hardship as an excuse to avoid supporting his wife and children. Upholdi...
SC reverses child custody order after minor has mental breakdownThe Supreme Court overturned its previous order regarding a child custody case. This decision came after a 12-year-old experienced a mental...
SC to hear on January 20 plea by Atul Subhash's mother seeking custody of his minor sonThe Supreme Court will hear a plea by Anju Devi seeking her four-year-old grandson's custody after her son, Atul Subhash, committed suicide...
Sexual intercourse before child is sexual harassment of the minor: Kerala HCThe Kerala High Court ruled that exposing a naked body or having sexual intercourse in front of a minor constitutes sexual harassment under...
Dont' drag us into your agenda: SC slams NCPCR over plea seeking SIT probe against missionariesThe Supreme Court dismissed a plea by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) seeking an SIT probe into alleged chil...
SC to hear plea of NCPCR on child marriageThe Supreme Court agreed to list a plea from NCPCR seeking clarity on whether secular laws banning child marriage take precedence over Musl...
Comfort of child should be taken into account while deciding custody matters involving children: Bombay HCThe Bombay High Court has ruled that the welfare of a child includes both physical and mental well-being, health, comfort, and overall soci...
Child shouldn't be deprived of education due to family circumstances: HCThe high court, in its order, also observed that once it comes to the notice of the court that a child or an individual is deprived of a fu...
Plea to declare all child marriages in Delhi as void: HC seeks AAP government standA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Delhi government and sought its stand on the petition by a ...
Exemption under RTE: Supreme Court seeks Centre and Uttar Pradesh government's responseA bench of justices MB Lokur and RK Agrawal issued notice on the plea filed by Independent Schools' Federation of India and others.
SC turns down plea to reduce age of juvenile from 18 to 16 yearsThe petitioner had also sought that the punishment for heinous crime committed by a minor should not be decided by the juvenile justice boa...