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Parents' support to wife doesn't relieve husband of maintenance duty: Allahabad HCThe Allahabad High Court has ruled that a husband cannot deny maintenance to his wife simply because her parents offer financial help. The ...
Rape case of minor: SC notice to Rajasthan on Asaram's plea challenging Rajasthan HC judgmentThe Supreme Court has asked the Rajasthan government to respond within two weeks to a plea by Asaram, challenging his life sentence for the...
US Supreme Court rejects Trump's unprecedented bid to fire Fed's CookThe Supreme Court has taken a significant stand for the Federal Reserve's independence, rejecting President Trump's unusual effort to remov...
SBI ordered to pay Rs 20 lakh compensation each to sweepers; HC says bread is costlier than bloodEnding a 27-year legal fight, the Orissa High Court ordered a public sector bank to pay Rs 20 lakh each to two daily-wage sweepers. The cou...
US judge's order in Adani case is procedural: Senior lawyer Raian KaranjawalaA senior lawyer clarified that a US judge's request for more details on dropping charges against the Adani Group is a standard legal proced...
Adani case: NY judge's query procedural, unlikely to derail DoJ bid to drop charges, says US lawyerA US judge's request for more details on dismissing charges against Gautam Adani is a standard procedural step, not a sign the case will re...
As Supreme Court's term nears its end, three major Trump rulings dueThe U.S. Supreme Court is nearing the end of its term with crucial decisions pending. Key cases involve President Trump's authority to fire...
Senior citizen mistakenly paid tax on tax-free VRS compensation; wins complete relief from ITAT Chennai on this groundA senior citizen wrongly paid tax on Rs 24 lakh retrenchment compensation received under a BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme. Despite a sign...
Passport row highlights India's larger citizenship documentation challengeA remark by an External Affairs Ministry official on Passport Seva Divas that a passport is "a travel document, not a document of citizensh...
Trump climate pushback spurs courtroom battles, report saysPresident Donald Trump's rollback of federal regulations has spurred an unprecedented wave of lawsuits in defence of climate protections, a...
Income tax dept identifies up to 20,000 cases of individuals who used the ‘swapped provisions’ trick to reduce net tax liability; Know what to do now to fix thisThe Income Tax Department has flagged 15,000-20,000 cases of individuals using a 'swapped provisions' trick to unfairly reduce their tax li...
Kolkata woman made Rs 26 crore profit in stocks and paid zero tax: Here's how she did it legallyA Kolkata businesswoman, Saroj Goenka, legally saved ₹26 crore in taxes by reinvesting long-term capital gains from share sales into constr...
Tarun Tejpal case: Bombay High Court to hear concluding arguments by State of Goa on June 24During the Bombay High Court hearing on Tarun Tejpal's acquittal in a rape case, the State argued the complainant was "virtually put on tri...
West Bengal police book ex-TMC MLA Saukat Molla on rape chargesFormer TMC MLA Saukat Molla faces serious charges. A woman has filed a complaint alleging rape and criminal intimidation. The incidents rep...
"They are not Japanese, predominantly Pakistani Muslim rape gangs": Rupert Lowe reignites UK Grooming Gang inquiry debateBritish MP Rupert Lowe has reignited debate over grooming gangs, challenging the term "Asian grooming gangs" and calling them "Pakistani Mu...
Ghaziabad 4-year-old rape case: “She was alive for two hours”, father of victim alleges two private hospitals denied emergency careA father claims two private hospitals refused to treat his critically injured daughter after an alleged sexual assault. The four-year-old d...
Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi linked to Hathras rape case revivedRahul Gandhi finds himself at the center of renewed legal scrutiny as a defamation case surrounding his comments on the Hathras Boolgarhi r...