Deported while visibly pregnant, 25-year-old Muslim woman Sunali Khatun was forced into Bangladesh despite holding valid Indian documents. She has now returned to India with her eight-year-old son after the Supreme Court intervened and questioned the illegal pushback.
The Delhi High Court has sought MHA’s response on a PIL alleging BSF and CAPF personnel are misused as domestic workers at senior officers’ homes. The plea warns such misuse threatens national security amid 83,000 vacancies.
The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled that parents are entitled to family pension if the widow of a deceased government employee remarries. The Court directed pension benefits for an 83-year-old mother of a BSF jawan.
Google is facing contempt of court for not removing a defamatory video about the Dhyan Foundation, even after orders from the Bombay High Court and Magistrate Court. The foundation says Google misled the Mumbai Sessions Court by falsely claiming the video was taken down, while proof shows it is still online. Google’s lawyer, Senior Advocate Aabad Ponda, admitted there are difficulties in following the court’s order, raising questions about Google’s respect for Indian courts. A contempt notice has been sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and the hearing is set for January 3.
The Supreme Court reserved its judgment on the customs department’s review plea regarding a 2021 ruling that denied DRI officers the authority to recover duties on cleared goods. The case involved arguments on whether DRI officials qualify as customs officers, with the opposing side asserting that the original judgment contained errors.
