Aadhaar Card Has Nothing To Do With Citizenship, Can Be Given To Non-Citizens: UIDAI Tells Calcutta High Court

These submissions were made before a division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya, who were hearing a plea by the 'Joint Forum Against NRC' challenging the sudden deactivation and reactivation of a number of Aadhaar cards in West Bengal. Read More>>

Marriage Equality Case : Supreme Court To Consider Review Petitions On July 10; Justices Sanjiv Khanna & Nagarathna Replace Retired Judges

Justices Sanjiv Khanna and BV Nagarathna replace the retired members of the bench. The other judges are Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha. Read More>>

Woman Attaining Motherhood Through Surrogacy Entitled To 'Maternity Leave': Orissa High Court

“…right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution includes the right to motherhood and also, the right of every child to full development. If the Government could provide maternity leave to an adoptive mother, it would be wholly improper to refuse to provide maternity leave to a mother who had begotten a child through surrogacy procedure…” Read More>>

Calcutta High Court Division Bench Delivers Split Verdict In Death Reference Case, One Judge Orders Acquittal While Other Commutes Sentence

The Calcutta High Court has delivered a split verdict in a death reference case. A division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Partha Sarathi Sen arrived at a split verdict whereby Justice Soumen Sen ordered for the accused's death sentence to be commuted to 30 years imprisonment, while Justice Partha Sarathi Sen ordered the acquittal of the accused. Read More>>

NEET-UG 2024 | Giving Two Correct Options For One Question Didn't Affect Exam : NTA To Supreme Court

It may be mentioned that among the pleas filed before the Top Court in NEET UG 2024 controversy, one of them alleged that one of the questions was "ambiguous" as it had two correct options. The plea filed by a NEET-UG candidate argued that she left the question unattempted to avoid negative marking and loss of rank. Read More>>