Apex court

It is essentially a document that sets out a patient's wishes regarding how they want to be treated if they are seriously ill. With this judgement, the right to die with dignity has been recognised as a fundamental right.

"Human beings have the right to die with dignity," the bench said while announcing the ruling.

The Apex Court's order in 2014 opened doors for the transgender community in India.

Indu Malhotra has served as a member of the Central government-appointed High-Level Committee (HLC) in the Ministry of Law and Justice to review ‘Institutionalisation of Arbitration Mechanism in India'.

She joined the legal profession in 1983 and later secured the first position in the Advocate-on-Record exam for the Supreme Court, which is a feat in itself.

The central bank issued a statement dismissing media reports that quoted a reply to a Right to Information query, which had suggested that the RBI had not issued any notification making it compulsory to link Aadhaar with bank accounts

Other than the funds for the vending and incinerating machines, a bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also allocated Rs 80 lakh for the Supreme Court Bar Association, which will be used towards medical assistance for lawyers.

While Mathura’s case did not end with justice, what it did for many others is path-breaking.

“Justice has become elusive to Muslim women and remedy lies in the codification of the law of divorce.”

The Supreme Court has given the Narendra Modi government and the RBI two weeks’ time to come up with alternatives to the issue.