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In both cases, the accused weren't supplied with written grounds for arrest when they were taken into custody. While one SC Bench deemed this an 'arbitrary exercise of power', the other upheld it.
Last year, Haryana reserved 75% jobs paying up to Rs 30,000 in the private sector for ‘local’ candidates. The HC has said this is discriminatory, and the provisions of the law amount to ‘Inspector Raj’. What’s going on?
The government will defend the legal manoeuvres of August 2019 this week.
In the IPC, Section 377 — which mentioned “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal” — did offer protection to non-minor males from rape. Now, in the proposed BNS, this section is gone.
A parliamentary panel has recommended that High Court judges take turns going on vacation to tackle the mounting pendency of cases. This is an old debate — and even with its summer, winter, and festival vacations, the SC sits for longer than top courts in many other countries