South Asia

To invite big corporate investments into the country’s agriculture sector, Pakistan has announced the building of six canals on the Indus River.

“No God, gods, goddesses, prophets or saints may be invoked to justify the killing and/or terrorising of fellow human beings”.

In contrast to the verdict delivered by Justice Hari Shankar, his brother judge hearing the matter, Justice Shakhder’s judgement in the May 2022 case hearing the constitutional challenge to the exception to marital rape provision under Section 375, strikes it down as anti-constitutional. The matter will now go before the Supreme Court where the constitutional challenge lies pending for two years

One judge of a division bench of the Delhi High Court, Justice C. Hari Shankar, hearing a petition on the crucial issue of marital rape, in 2022, upheld the exception of this form under section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a reasoning that is also facing constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court for the past two years

The union has decided to hold a protest in front of the SIPCOT unit on February 20 and serve strike notice on February 21, if the talks scheduled on February 19 do not bring any positive outcome.

In Mahabir & Ors. v. State of Haryana, the Supreme Court reinforced principles for striking a balance between victims’ rights and fair trials in India’s legal system by upholding due process, victim participation, and prosecutorial accountability

Religious procession turns violent, internet services suspended, and political tensions rise as state assembly polls approach