SC: Remarriage after spouse’s death no bar to custody claim

NEW DELHI: Remarriage after the death of a spouse cannot be a stumbling block to claim custody of a child from the first marriage, Supreme Court has said while allowing a father to take back custody of his minor son who was taken away by in-laws after the death of his first wife.A bench of … Read more

251 out of 543 Lok Sabha MPs face criminal cases, including 19 of 20 Kerala MPs | India News

NEW DELHI: Data on criminalisation of politics presented to Supreme Court on Monday showed that of the 543 Lok Sabha MPs, as many as 251 face criminal cases, and of them, 170 are charged with offenses that are punishable with an imprisonment of five or more years.Collating the data from various high courts, amicus curiae … Read more