A Belgian court on Tuesday handed down verdicts on the 2016 Brussels terrorist attacks targeting the airport terminal and a subway station in which 32 lives were lost and 300 people were injured. Out of the ten individuals facing charges, six have been convicted of murder and attempted murder. Salah Abdeslam, already serving a life [...]
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh state police conducted an operation Monday resulting in the arrest of 74 Rohingya Muslims who had allegedly entered India illegally from Myanmar and Bangladesh and settled in various districts in the western parts of the state. The ATS operation covered six local districts. Mathura recorded the highest [...]
The Supreme Court of India said on Wednesday that it will deliberate on the constitutional validity of Exception 2 to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code. This exception currently prevents non-consensual marital sex from being considered rape, raising concerns about the rights and protection of those involved. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, [...]
The Supreme Court of India referred the Delhi government’s petition challenging the Government of India’s recent services ordinance to a five-judge constitution bench. The ordinance would transfer control of some civil servants from the Delhi government to the national government, which the Delhi government argues is unconstitutional. The Delhi government’s petition challenged the Government of [...]