DEHRADUN: A single bench of Justice Pankaj Purohit of the Uttarakhand high court on Friday delivered what was termed by judicial watchers ‘a landmark judgment’ that specified that both parents were liable for maintenance of a child, and not just the father. The judgment drew upon the recent amendment to Section 125 of the CrPC…

NEW DELHI: Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh placed blame on prominent wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik for the suspension of the federation. This suspension comes as a severe blow ahead of major sporting events like the Asian Games, World Wrestling Championships, and the highly anticipated 2024 Paris…

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court recently directed the parents and kin of a 22-year-old lesbian woman to undergo counselling to prepare themselves to accept her “as per her wishes”.The court’s order came on a habeas corpus petition by the woman’s friend who claimed that she was “missing” and police managed to produce her before the…

GORAKHPUR: Former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani, serving life sentences in the poet Madhumita Shukla murder case, were released on Friday evening, ahead of the completion of their terms. The Uttar Pradesh prisons department on Thursday issued an order for their premature release, citing the state’s 2018 policy on remission, since…

NEW DELHI: The national anthem will not be played and the tricolour will not go up inside the arena when an Indian wrestler finishes on the podium at the World Championships in Serbia next month. Indian wrestlers will participate there as ‘neutral athletes’ because the United World Wrestling (UWW) – the sport’s global governing body…

NEW DELHI: The following is the timeline of the chain of events that led to the suspension of the Wrestling Federation of India by UWW, the sport’s global governing body.January 18: Wrestlers begin protest at Jantar Mantar, accuse WFI chief Brij Bhushan Singh Sharan of sexual exploitation and intimidation, demand his resignation and dissolution of…

NEW DELHI: Indian airline SpiceJet told Delhi high court on Thursday that it was ‘struggling to stay afloat,’ as it was ordered to make a payment to its former owner Kalanithi Maran over money owed.While SpiceJet offered to deposit 750 million rupees within 10 days, the airline was told by the court to pay 1…

NEW DELHI: UWW, the world governing body for wrestling, has suspended the WFI for not conducting its elections on time, a development which will not allow Indian grapplers to compete at the upcoming World Championships under the Indian flag.The Indian wrestlers will have to compete as ‘neutral athletes’ at the Olympic-qualifying World Championships, starting September…

PRAYAGRAJ: Observing that a person has a constitutional right to change his or her sex through surgical intervention, the Allahabad high court has directed the UP DGP to dispose of an application filed by a female police constable seeking permission to undergo sex reassignment surgery (SRS). Justice Ajit Kumar observed that if a person suffers…

PRAYAGRAJ: Observing that a person has a constitutional right to change their gender through surgical intervention, the Allahabad high court has directed the UP DGP to dispose of an application filed by a female police constable seeking permission to undergo sex reassignment surgery (SRS).While passing the directive, Justice Ajit Kumar observed that if a person…