The Supreme Court on Monday referred to a Constitution Bench a plea questioning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) prevalent in the Dawoodi Bohra community. The issue was referred to the Constitution Bench on the request of Attorney General K.K. Venugopal and senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi appearing for the[Read More…]
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Madhya Pradesh: FIR against Congress leader for posting morphed image of PM Modi
On September 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in an event for the Bohra community in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. One of the pictures from the same program of PM was morphed and shared on Facebook. A complaint was lodged by Indore Development Authority president Shankar Lalwani, in Palasia police station. Police[Read More…]
Can’t quote religious practices for female genital mutilation: SC
New Delhi: Dubbing female genital mutilation as violative of bodily integrity of a girl child, the Supreme Court on Monday said that religious practices cannot be cited to justify such mutilation in the Dawoodi Bohra community. The observation came from a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar[Read More…]