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SC overturns Gujarat's ‘illegal remission’ in Bilkis Bano case, orders surrender of convicts within two weeks

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Central Wing of the Supreme Court of India where the Chief Justice’s courtroom is situated. (Photo: Subhashish Panigrahi/Wikimedia Commons) In a landmark decision, on January 8, a bench of the Supreme Court of India, headed by Justice B.V. Nagarathna, has overturned the Gujarat government’s controversial remission of sentences for 11 men convicted in the Bilkis … Read more

After tedious legal battles Supreme Court of Nepal convicts Nepali pastor of proselytisation

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Pastor Keshab Acharya and his wife Junu Acharya. (Photo: Christian Today/Hannah Mitchell) The Supreme Court in Nepal denied the application of a Nepali pastor and upheld the High Court judgement of a one-year jail term and fine, even after there were no witnesses to establish the allegation of proselytization, said the pastor himself. Keshab Raj … Read more