Justice Nariman, the illustrious son of noted jurist Fali Nariman, is an ordained Parsi Priest and among the select company of five lawyers...

It has been said when jawans and officers are posted in forward inhospitable areas, their families are taken care of at base camp by other ...

Supreme Court on Saturday ruled that the Hindus would get the entire disputed 2.77 acres in Ayodhya. The Muslims will get alternate land ei...

Government sources said since the Allahabad HC judgement was made, it was felt that the “excess land can be restored”.

A person charged under Section 46 of the Army Act is guilty of disgraceful conduct of a “cruel, indecent or unnatural kind”.

Justice D Y Chandrachud is a Mumbai boy who studied at Cathedral and John Connon School before moving to Delhi where his father Y V Chandra...

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra was unanimous in striking down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dea...

A CJI-led five-judge constitution bench has already delivered a landmark verdict decriminalising section 377 of IPC to legalise gay sex. Th...

Personal laws cover matters of property, marriage, divorce, inheritance and succession. Currently, there are personal laws for Hindus, Musl...

The bench also questioned the law on various counts including that an extra-marital affair becomes non-punishable if the woman's husband st...

"What is the sanctity of marriage here. If the consent of husband is taken then there is no adultery," the bench said.

“The law seems to be prowomen but is anti-women in a grave ostensible way. As if with the consent of the husband, wife can be subjected to ...

"Definitely the matrimonial sanctity aspect is there, but the way the provisions are enacted or made run counter to Article 14 (Right to Eq...

In her petition, Jaising gave a long list of her personal achievements and mentioned that she was the 'editor-in-chief' of a digital magazi...

If SC decides to make adultery laws gender-neutral, it could affect provisions on bigamy, dowry and rape in the IPC and Domestic Violence A...

The law is applicable only when the wife commits adultery.

The Supreme Court today said a woman in an illicit relationship cannot be punished for adultery despite being an abettor in the crime thoug...