Delhi High Court: Muslim personal law cannot shield sexual intercourse with wife below 18 from POCSO

The Delhi High Court has held that a marriage claimed to be valid under Muslim personal law cannot, by itself, provide immunity from prosecution under the Protection of Children from…

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Supreme Court refuses to stay MDR on UPI transactions above Rs2,000 seeks Centre’s affidavit

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Central government’s decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified Unified Payments Interface (UPI) person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions exceeding Rs2,000.…

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Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking probe into alleged offshore fund routing, Adani transactions

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a probe into the alleged routing and rerouting of funds through overseas entities into the Indian equity market, including transactions involving…

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Supreme Court grants Election Commission of India four months to adjudicate TMC name and symbol dispute

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to bring to finality, within four months, the dispute between rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress…

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Plea in Supreme Court alleges CEC Gyanesh Kumar took ECI decisions without full commission approval

A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court alleging that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar took several decisions concerning the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) without…

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