Additional Solicitor General SV Raju appearing for the Gujarat government reiterated before Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan that all necessary compliances had been done before granting the remission.
"Sexual assault of a woman is itself distressing and sexual abuse resulting in pregnancy compounds the injury. This is because such a pregnancy is not voluntary or mindful,” the apex court said.
The Supreme Court on Thursday while hearing a plea filed by Bilkis Bano against the release of 11 convicts who had gang-raped her and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots, queried the Gujarat and Central governments about the selective application of the pre-mature releas
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice SV Bhatti took oath as judges of the Supreme Court on Friday. The Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, administered the oath.
The Supreme Court Collegium last week recommended the appointment of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Chief Justice of Telangana High Court, and Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti, Chief Justice of Kerala High Court, as judges of the top court.
The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday recommended the appointment of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, Chief Justice of Telengana High Court and Justice S Venkatanarayana Bhatti, Chief Justice of Kerala High Court as the judge of the top court.
After a series of protests by students complaining that a Government Junior College with 700 students has just one toilet, the Telangana High Court on Thursday issued a notice to officials seeking a response in the matter.