SC Bars Gender Bias in Open Prisons
Why in the News ? The Supreme Court has ruled that exclusion of female prisoners from Open Correctional Institutions (OCIs) is unconstitutional and amounts to gender-based discrimination, directing States and […]
SC RULING ON STEM CELLS SETS A PRECEDENT FOR HEALTHCARE REGULATION
Syllabus: GS 3: Science and technology Biotechnology-Healthcare Why in the News? The Supreme Court of India, in a landmark judgment delivered on January 30, prohibited […]
Disability Pension Is Vested Right: Supreme Court
Why in the News? The Supreme Court of India pulled up the Centre for restricting arrears of disability pension for ex-servicemen, holding that once entitlement is recognized, benefits must flow […]