The Supreme Court on Monday listed for September 30 hearing on suo motu petition on the rape and murder of a doctor in state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday took suo motu cognizance of the reported death of a chartered accountant girl from Kerala in Pune due to excessive workload in her company.
The Supreme Court on Friday took suo motu cognisance of the media reports pertaining to certain comments made by a Karnataka High Court judge against a woman lawyer.
During today's hearing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal raised concern about live streaming of the court's proceedings stating that it is having huge implications and clarifies that he is not representing the accused but representing the state of West Bengal. Sibal also apprised the bench stat
The former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and Senior Advocate Adish Aggarwala had requested the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to take suo motu action based on a letter written by three judicial officers from West Bengal.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that a pregnant woman in labour pain was not attended for about 27 hours at MGM hospital in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur after she was referred by a Community Health Centre for better medical care.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that an attempt to rape and murder a woman escalated into a situation of communal tension and violence amidst protests by the tribal organisations in the Jainoor town of Kumuram Bheem Asifabad distric
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports that over 300 photos and videos were allegedly taken from the washroom of the girls' hostel of an Engineering College in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, with the help of a hidden camera. The incid
At least 17 workers died and 50 others were injured in a reactor blast at a private industrial unit at Atchutapuram Special Economic Zone in Anakapalli on August 21.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of two separate incidents of food poisoning in Andhra Pradesh that claimed the lives of three children and left several others sick.
Following the Supreme Court's order to hand over security of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) during the hearing of the suo motu case of the rape and murder of the trainee doctor there, CISF personnel were deployed to beef up the s
Maharashtra Congress Leader Nana Patole on Thursday welcomed the decision of the High Court taking Suo Motu cognizance of Badlapur sexual assault.
He said, "I welcome the decision of the court. We are expecting the High Court to hear the Suo Moto cognizance the way the Supreme Court heard i