UGC may put faculty recruitment on hold till SC order

All universities in India may have to postpone their recruitment of faculties until the Supreme court delivers its verdict on the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the HRD Ministry. The petition challenges an order passed by Allahabad High Court

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SC reserves Section 377 verdict: 'If rights are violated, we can't wait for majoritarian Govts to act'

Raising hopes among those who have challenged the Indian Penal Code Section 377, which criminalises same-sex relations between two consenting adults in private, the Supreme Court Tuesday observed that it does not wait for “majoritarian governments” ... We'll strike down any law that violates rights, says SCTimes of India Scrapping Section 377 in entirety will lead to anarchy: Supreme CourtIndia Today Supreme Court reserves verdict on validity of Section 377Daily News & Analysis The Hindu -Financial Express -Livemint -The Telegraph India

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Make lynching a separate offence, SC tells Parliament

Asking whether the people of India have lost their tolerance for each other, the Supreme Court on Tuesday condemned the recent spate of lynchings as “horrendous acts of mobocracy” and told Parliament to make lynching a separate offence. The 45-page ... SC lays down guidelines to curb lynchingThe Telegraph India Justice is the law's business, not mobs'Economic Times (blog) New law for mob lynching will drain legislative time, SC order an open invitation to further politicise situationFirstpost Deccan Chronicle -Livemint -Deccan Herald -Times of India

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Horrendous acts of mobocracy can't be allowed, create law against it, SC asks government

"Horrendous acts of mobocracy" cannot be allowed to overrun the law of the land, the Supreme Court today said and asked Parliament to consider enacting a new law to sternly deal with mob lynching and cow vigilantism, warning that such incidents may

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Mob lynching: 'Draft new legislation to stop people taking law into own hands', says SC to Parliament

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday condemned lynching incidents and recommended to Parliament to enact a separate law to punish offenders participating in lynching. It also said that horrendous acts of mobocracy cannot be tolerated and ... SC tells Parliament to bring special law against lynchingThe Hindu "Mobocracy Can't Become New Norm": Supreme Court On Cow VigilantismNDTV Supreme Court asks Parliament to create law against lynching; CJI Dipak Misra says 'mobocracy' can't take overDaily News & Analysis The Indian Express -The New Indian Express -Economic Times -News18

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