Kerala High Court rejects challenge to scheme providing free KSRTC travel to women, transgenders

The Kerala High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the state government’s Priyadarshini Scheme, which grants free travel in ordinary KSRTC buses to all women and transgender persons. The…

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Supreme Court declines urgent listing of PIL seeking CBI probe into Bharat Bhushan Tiwari encounter

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant urgent listing to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an independent investigation into the alleged fake encounter of 28-year-old Bharat Bhushan Tiwari…

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Karnataka High Court permits Hysterectomy for woman with severe developmental disabilities

The Karnataka High Court recently permitted the parents of a 23-year-old woman with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities to proceed with a Total Abdominal Hysterectomy after concluding that the surgery…

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Allahabad High Court declines urgent hearing on pleas seeking CBI probe into Ram Mandir Trust funds

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday refused to grant an urgent out-of-turn hearing to two public interest litigations seeking an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of…

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