While the law initially granted immunity to husbands if their wives were under 15 years old, the Supreme Court revised this age limit to 18 years in Independent Thought v. Union of India (2017).

A tear rolled down the 21-year-old's cheek as she recalled her wedding ... However, the case now in the hands of India's Supreme Court — after a lower court's 2022 split verdict on the ...

The Supreme Court on Friday (October ... of PCMA nearly two decades ago. The apex Court said the centuries-old trajectory of child marriage in India was “threatening” modern laws like the ...

In diem vivere in lege sunt detestabilis', goes an old legal maxim ... This, in essence, describes three of India's oldest ...

With long lines reported for mail-in ballots, voters are taking action to ensure their votes are counted in key state, which ...

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday said the Supreme Court ... gap between the court and the arguing lawyer. He said the SC has tried to clean up old ways by using ...

The Supreme ... 2016 under the old law were null and void. The August 2022 verdict also raised the potential for challenges to related laws, such as PMLA. In particular, the court flagged the ...

The SC judge has disagreed with the apex court's majority view on privately-owned properties, opting for a broader, more ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted the death penalty ... The bench said the man was 38-years old at the time of the crime without any criminal antecedents and underlined the various other ...

This is the second colonial-era law struck down by India's Supreme Court this month - it also overturned a 157-year-old law which effectively criminalised gay sex in India. While reading out the ...

The Supreme Court has ... This came after the court witnessed disagreements over the age of Dharamraj Kashayap. Kashayap said that he was 17 years old while the prosecutors told the court that ...