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Courts have frequently emphasised that consensual sex between adults performed voluntarily does not constitute rape. The Supreme Court and numerous High Courts have concluded that a broken relationship or unfulfilled marriage commitment does not automatically translate consenting sex into rape.

SC stayed directives issued in UP against owners of shops and eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their names outside such shops

A 7-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court ruled by a 6:1 majority that sub-classification of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes is admissible

Notably, the Bihar government has approached the top court to challenge the Patna High Court’s order dated 20th June 2024 in which it set aside its law that increased reservation from 50% to 65% in the state.

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed grave concern over tonnes of untreated solid waste in Delhi and noted no concrete solution seemed to be in sight until 2027

UP govt stated that the directive was implemented to maintain peace during the Hindu pilgrimage of Kanwar Yatra.

Kamlesh Tiwari, the Hindu Samaj Party leader was murdered in Lucknow on October 18, 2019, when the assailants came to meet him on the pretext of working for his outfit. He was murdered at his home in Naka Hindola area in Lucknow.

Justice Gavai expressed displeasure after another bench led by Justice AS Oka took up the same contempt case later.

The SC on Wednesday asked the Centre and state govt to come up with a rehabilitation scheme for encroachers in Uttarakhand's Haldwani area.

The SC said, "In furtherance to this, the competent authority may perhaps issue orders under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and the Street Vendors Act, 2014."