The Supreme Court has criminalised homosexual intercourse between consenting adults today, reversing the Delhi high court’s 2009 decision to overturn section 377.

Former Supreme Court Justice AK Ganguly continued insisting that he would not resign from his chair at the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC). Calls for him to step down grew meanwhile, with the Trinamool Congress, the BJP, Congress and additional solicitor general Indira Jaising asking for...

The Supreme Court threatened to stay the appointment of retired judges to tribunals across India blaming lack of action in bringing uniformity in their appointment process and service conditions, reported the Times of India . Picking out Armed Forces Tribunal, National Commission for Dispute Redress...

The Puducherry Bar Association president, secretary and two other Puducherry advocates locked litigants inside a courtroom hall during court proceedings demanding the transfer of a local judge. The lawyers proceeded to barge into the chamber of a family court judge and abused him, and are now facing...

Six presidential candidates, including one female advocate, filed their candidature for the 16 December Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) executive committee 2013-14 elections before nominations closed yesterday.

3 SC registry contacts for holiday / late-night relief As first notified in a September registry circular, three additional court registrars have been designated as points of contacts for advocates “seeking relief in urgent matters either on court holidays or after court hours”. After “screening the...

The Allahabad high court yesterday constituted a committee to deal with “unfair treatment of women counsels” and “complaints of eve teasing and molestation” of women working in the court

CJI Sathasivam has released an excerpt of the judicial inquiry report into the #InternJudge sex harassment allegations against retired Justice AK Ganguly, which acknowledged a “prima facie” case.

The judicial inquiry into allegations that retired Justice AK Ganguly sexually harassed a former intern (“SJ”), has found “merit” in the allegations, reported the Times of India today, writing: According to sources, the conclusion of the fact-finding committee comprising Justices R M Lodha, H L Datt...

With the courts closed as much of Delhi voted today, the Delhi high court is reconsidering former DBA president Rajiv Khosla’s plea against election rule amendments barring him from the 13 December DHCBA polls.

SC pushes acid sale ban by 4 months A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice RM Lodha has extended the deadline to ban the sale of acids commonly used in horrific attacks, primarily against women, after the apex court’s previous 16 July deadline passed last weekend. The apex court also asked for prog...

The US NRI widower who won a Rs 6 crore medical negligence in October, yesterday won in a special CBI court that convicted two ex-Supreme Court registry officials of corruption.

The *Times of India today revealed further details of the sexual harassment allegations made by a former intern (“SJ”) of ex-Supreme Court Justice AK Ganguly.

BJP leader calls for AK Ganguly resignation : BJP Lok Sabha opposition leader Sushma Swaraj called for former Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly’s resignation as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission over the allegation that he sexually harassed an intern in 2012 . “Not only Caesar’s wife but ...

The revelation that former Supreme Court Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly is the judge alleged to be at the heart of the apex court’s sexual harassment inquiry, has split commentators along political and institutional lines.

The three-judge probe into allegations of sex harassment against a former apex court judge, has submitted its report to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), identifying Justice AK Ganguly as the alleged perpetrator.

The employer of a law graduate (“SJ”), who alleged that a former Supreme Court judge had sexually harassed her in 2012 while she interned under him, has issued a statement of support and solidarity about her going public. The South Africa-headquartered not-for-profit Natural Justice: Lawyers for Com...

The Ghaziabad session court judgment has been published in the Aarushi Talwar murder case, after the handed down life sentences to both her parents today [ IBN Live / WSJ / BBC ]. The CBI special court’s additional sessions judge held: Now is the time to say omega in this case. To perorate, it is pr...

The Supreme Court has constituted a workplace sexual harassment panel that is compliant with the so-called Vishaka guidelines, including a majority of female members and two members of civil society nominated by the Chief Justice of India (CJI).

Karanjawala & Co is advising Tehelka founder and editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal who allegedly sexually assaulted a junior journalist at the magazine. Tejpal today moved the Delhi high court for anticipatory bail after the Goa police charged him with rape on Friday, according to the Express . Kara...