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On July 5, the Supreme Court will hear petitions seeking the dismissal of cases stemming from the 2015 Assembly squabble.

The Supreme Court decided on Tuesday to hear the State of Kerala's petition for the withdrawal of criminal charges against six prominent CPI(M) members for causing a commotion and vandalism…

Delhi High Court rejects the petitions filed by Punjab National Bank

27 Jun 202127 Jun 2021

On friday, the Delhi High Court dismissed the petitions filed by Punjab National Bank (PNB) and its late employee IP Singh seeking to invalidate the order of issuance of process…

Right of girl continuously staked to peril: Madras High Court

Justice K Murali Ravi Shankar, Case - Mookan @ Murugan v. State The Madras court recently expressed its anguish over the increasing instances of cases where children are sexually mistreated…

Supreme Court dismissed the plea to suspend the sentence for medicial treatment to Asaram Bapu

A please was filled by Asaram aged 83 who is presently in a custody in sexual assault case in Central Jial. Jodhpur and also facing trial in another case at…

Supreme Court quashes sedition charges against Journalist Vinod Dua

A sedition case was registered against senior journalist and Padma Shri awardee, Vinod Dua for his critical remarks about the Prime Minister and the Union Government in a YouTube telecast. The complaint was filed by…

Allahabad HC Grants Bail To Man Booked Under UP Anti-Conversion Law

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to a man booked under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religion Conversion Act, 2020 who has been accused of committing rape…

‘It’s Time We Defined Sedition Limits,’ the Supreme Court Says, Refusing to Take Coercive Action Against News Organizations

31 May 202131 May 2021

The Supreme Court on Monday barred the Andhra Pradesh police from taking any coercive action against two Telugu news channels, TV5 and ABN Andhra Jyothi, for allegedly sedition in airing…

SC widens the scope of dowry death under Section 304B of IPC

Case- Satbir Singh v. State of Haryana As per Section 304B of IPC, it is considered as a case of dowry death, if a woman dies of burns or other…

In a sexual harassment case, a Goa court acquitted former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal.

Tarun Tejpal, the formerly Tehelka editor-in-chief, was acquitted of all counts of rape and sexual harassment of a subordinate coworker by a Sessions Court in Goa on Friday. Additional Sessions…

Whatsapp admin not responsible for member’s objectionable post in case of no ‘common intention’: Bombay HC

The bench while quashing an FIR and subsequent charge sheet in the case, Kishor Tarone v. State of Maharashtra & Anr., against a Whatsapp group administrator accused under sections 354-A(1)(iv),…