Guwahati, Oct 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid protests by citizens of Guwahati against the Assam government’s plan to cut some 200-year-old trees in the city, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted on Wednesday that the state administration…
New Delhi, Oct 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s (MCD) refusal to admit Rohingya refugee children from Myanmar into…
Kochi, Oct 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court has quashed an order of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) giving the custody of a one-year child to the father, and handed over the child to the…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that an Aadhaar card, which can be used to establish identity, is not, per see, proof of date of birth. A bench of Justices…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any coercive action against a journalist, who was booked recently for authoring a “false and defamatory” post…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has passed a resolution questioning the change in the top court’s emblem and in the statue of Lady Justice “without consultation with the Bar”….
Chennai, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Fishermen and their families in Rameswaram are protesting against the arrest of 16 Tamil fishers from the area by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday night. More than 200 people are…
Phnom Penh, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cambodia released a report on children’s environmental health (CEH), highlighting joint action to protect children from environmental health risks. The CEH report, the first of its kind in the Southeast…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) A public service awareness short film on the inclusion of the disabled was launched by Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred hearing on a clutch of pleas relating to criminalisation of marital rape. CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, who headed the three-judge bench dealing with the marital…
Jaipur, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar on Tuesday assumed charge as the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), according to an official order. Rahatkar told IANS that taking up this position comes…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the practice of declaring the sole candidate as duly elected in “uncontested” polls. A bench of…
New Delhi, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court, in an interim order passed on Monday, stayed a National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) recommendation asking all states and Union Territories to discontinue funding…
New York, Oct 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indigenous Americans urged efforts against long-standing violence and sex trafficking of indigenous women during the third Annual National Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Parade here on Saturday. “We’re still going…
Agartala, Oct 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tripura Human Rights Commission (THRC) has asked the Director General of Police Amitabh Ranjan to submit an interim report within 15 days on the death of a 34-year-old man, who…
New Delhi, Oct 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Issuing a slew of directions for effective implementation of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, the Supreme Court on Friday said that child marriage deprives children of their agency,…
Kolkata, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thousands of women on Thursday took out a protest rally to the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) Special Crime Unit office at the Central government office (CGO) office complex at Salt…
New Delhi, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Priyank Kanoongo, Chairman of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), expressed satisfaction upon the successful completion of his tenure. Speaking to IANS, Kanoongo reflected on both his…
Chandigarh, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The farmers of Haryana have expressed happiness after the Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decided to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all essential Rabi crops for 2025-26. Sanjay…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) In an initiative shedding the colonial imprint and traditional attributes, the statue of Lady Justice, in the judges’ library of the Supreme Court, now holds a copy of the Indian…