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The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to all women officers in the Army within three months, terming the Centre's argument of physiological limitations and social norms for denying them command posts "disturbing". Let’s find out more about this watershed moment in Indian Army, in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

A Delhi court has fined a sum of Rs 5000 on senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for repeated non-appearance in the court over a defamation case. 

The top court dismissed the petition of Vinay Sharma, one of the Nirbhaya convicts. He had approached the court in relation to the President rejecting his mercy plea. Rahul Gandhi played politics at a time when Pulwama martyrs had to be paid homage to.
 

Vinay Sharma's petition challenging rejection of mercy plea was dismissed by the Supreme Court bench. Meanwhile, Justice R Banumathi fainted while hearing Centre's petition seeking separate execution dates of convicts in the Nirbhaya case.

Cylinder blast in Rajasthan leaves 13 injured and 9 seriously injured. Karnataka bandh turns out to be a damp squib called to implement Sarojini Mahesh report.
 

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all political parties to upload on their websites the details of criminals records against their candidates in Parliamentary and Assembly elections, along with the reasons for the selection of those with criminal antecedents.

Supreme Court has asked political parties to give reasons as to why they field candidates with criminal antecedents and also display related matter on their websites 

Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, challenged the President's decision to dismiss his mercy petition in the apex court on Tuesday.

Anyone opposing the CAA should go to the Supreme Court and challenge it constitutionally and government and people protesting are bound to abide by the decision.  Holding people and nation to ransom without any rhyme or reason should be dealt firmly under the provisions of the law. 

This article was first published in the magazine Spade A Spade. 

While hearing a petition on Shaheen Bagh protests, the top court has observed that protests can’t be held on public roads and others can’t be inconvenienced. 

Anti-CAA protesters have been staging demonstrations for over 55 days now. Even a month-old infant lost its life due to the cold weather in Delhi. 
 

UK court cleared the extradition of Dawood Ibrahim’s aide, Jabir Motiwala to the United States. For India, this decision comes as a shot in the arm, as the interrogation of Motiwala, will further expose Pakistan.
 

“As three mercy petitions have been dismissed till now and now no application of any convicts is pending in any court. Kindly issue a fresh date of execution,” prayed public prosecutor Irfan Ahmad
 

A Delhi court has sought response by Friday of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case based on an application seeking issuance of fresh death warrants against them
 

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has refused to honour Pakistan’s request of an immediate hearing on Kashmir. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear Central government's appeal against Delhi High Court order on Nirbhaya’s hanging.