Month: May 2025

[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC ruled Wednesday that a parent cannot be charged with kidnapping her own child, granting custody of a 12-year-old boy to his Australia-based mother amid a family dispute.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar made the ruling while hearing a habeas corpus plea filed by Raja Rekhi of Gurgaon, the child's paternal uncle. Rekhi sought the boy's release from what he called the illegal custody of the mother, who had taken the child while his father was away on a business trip to Belgium."For an act to amount to kidnapping, it is necessary that the minor is taken from the custody of a 'lawful guardian'. However, a mother falls well within that ambit, especially in the absence of an order passed by a competent court, divesting her of the same," the court said.The boy's father Amit Rekhi was […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A man lost interim custody of his eight-year-old daughter, ordered by Kerala HC to stay with her estranged parents alternatively for 15 days in a month, for not being able to provide home-cooked food even for a single day during the stay with him.After interacting with the child, a bench of SC Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta found several reasons - the girl not getting home-cooked food, separated from her three-year-old brother, and no one except father for company - for quashing the HC order on the ground that even though he is a doting father, the surroundings and circumstances at his place is not conducive for her.The man, working at Singapore, had rented out a place in Thiruvananthapuram and used to fly down every month to be with his daughter.Writing the judgment, Justice […]

[ad_1] New Delhi: Ruling that right to digital access is an intrinsic part of the fundamental right to life and liberty, Supreme Court Wednesday said it is a constitutional imperative for the Centre and its authorities to bridge the digital divide faced by large sections of the country's rural population, senior citizens, economically weaker communities, linguistic minorities and differently-abled persons.SC passed a slew of directions to revise the current KYC process for visually- and hearing-impaired users, and to develop alternative formats - including Braille and voice-enabled services - to ensure accessibility for all.Digital transformation must be inclusive, equitable: SCAt this juncture, we may also wish to observe that in the contemporary era, where access to essential services, governance, education, healthcare and economic opportunities is increasingly mediated through digital platforms, the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution must […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Most parts of the country are likely to have ‘above normal’ temperatures in May with parts of the northwest, central and adjoining east India witnessing more than usual heat wave days during the month, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.States/regions which may experience ‘above normal’ heat wave days in May include many parts of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal and some parts of Gujarat, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and adjoining Telangana, and north Karnataka.Though rains and thunderstorms are expected to bring some respite in northwest India, Indo-Gangetic plain and Delhi during the first week of May, most parts may still face 2-7 heat wave days -- 1 to 4 days higher than normal -- during the month.Releasing the temperature and rainfall outlook for the month, IMD chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The desire to negate efforts to retard broader Hindu consolidation appears to have played a major role in the decision of the cabinet committee on political affairs (CCPA) to include caste enumeration in the next census. While political watchers are linking the move to assembly elections in Bihar, sources pointed out that the political field had been levelled in the state with the caste survey already completed.Besides, the move was closely associated with chief minister Nitish Kumar, BJP's alliance partner, leaving little space for RJD's Tejaswi Yadav to claim bragging rights. A major consideration appears to have been to check attempts to split Hindus on caste lines, a cause for concern for BJP and RSS, which has been working on Hindu consolidation since inception.Sources pointed out that the decision came hours after a one-on-one meeting between PM […]