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Delhi Riots Committee formed by Delhi Assembly to probe social media giants’ omissions unconstitutional: Centre, Facebook tell Supreme Court

As per Central Government and Facebook, The Peace and Harmony Committee constituted by the Delhi Legislative Assembly to probe the Delhi riots of February 2020 is unconstitutional. The aim of…

Future-Reliance deal: Future Retail challenges Delhi HC stay

Future Retail Ltd. has challenged the order passed by a single-judge Delhi HC bench on Tuesday directing it to maintain status quo on its Rs 24, 713 crore-deal with Reliance…

SC: Financial Creditor which is not a related party to Corporate Debtor can be excluded from COC

Phoenix, in Civil Appeal No. 2842 of 2020, submits that though the NCLAT correctly dismissed the appeal filed by Spade and AAA, holding that they are related parties of the…

Offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act are Offences against Society*

In State of Gujarat vs. Bhalchandra Laxmishankar Dave [Cr. A. NO.99 OF 2021] (LL 2021 SC 58).Supreme Court observed while setting aside a Gujarat High Court judgment acquitting an accused…

FIR cannot be quashed on the grounds of Compromise between the parties in rape case: Delhi High Court

Akhtar v. Government Of NCT Delhi And Another [CRL.M.C. 59/2021 & CRL.M.A. 278/2021 (Stay)] A police complaint was filed against the petitioner u/s 419, 467, 471, 474, 376 354,506 read…

SC seeks reply from whatsapp for not sharing UPI data with any third party*

In addition to the plea which seeks to get the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court regarding the sharing of UPI data with any third party, a number of interlocutory…

Already Married woman living with some another man without divorcing her husband cannot seek legal sanctity: Allahabad HC

If a married woman stays in a live-in relationship with another person without ending her marriage, then in the eyes of Law, this act will be termed as crime with…

Sub standard quality of testimony of victim, absence of scuffle injuries: Bombay High Court acquits rape, POCSO accused

The Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court, on January 15, acquitted a 26-year-old accused charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) for the offence of…

UP Police filed an FIR against “The Wire” for promoting fake news

An FIR against The Wire's founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan has been reported by the UP Police for his tweet regarding a report on The Wire in which the family of…

Supreme Court to decide filing period of chargesheet in matter of Default Bail

In this case, the accused had been booked under Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, for allegedly leaking information to the Chinese Agents. The offence which was alleged…