News Update Mahatma Gandhi statue vandalised in US; India demands action 31 Jan 2021 The 6-ft tall, 650-pound (294 kg) bronze statue of Gandhi, in the Central Park of the City of Davis in Northern California, appeared to have been sawed off at the…
News Update FIR against web series “Mirzapur” is prima facie inaccurate, says Allahabad HC 31 Jan 202131 Jan 2021 BackgroundThe First Information Report that was registered against the petitioners, under Section 67 - A of Information Technology Act and Sections 295 - A, 504, 505 read with Section 34…
News Update Online friend takes 13-year-old girl to Mumbai, gang-rapes her with minor boy 30 Jan 2021 An online friendship proved toxic for a 13-year-old girl from Jaipur, who was allegedly gang-raped in Kurla, Mumbai. The 13-year-old girl became friends with a youth on social media and…
News Update Kunal Kamra reacts to the notice of contempt of the Supreme Court, refusing to apologise 29 Jan 202129 Jan 2021 Before the hearing on a contempt case against him, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court arguing that if influential individuals and organisations continue to display…
News Update Mother’s possess the power to understand the feelings of their child: Bombay High Court 29 Jan 2021 While upholding the conviction of a person convicted for the rape of a minor girl, the Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench noted that a mother has "divine powers" to perceive…
News Update Poland Implements near-total ban on Abortion 29 Jan 2021 Following the controversial decision by the Constitutional Court of Poland, amid the huge protests Poland implemented a near-total ban on abortion. The Constitutional Court ruled in October that a 1993…
News Update Tablighi Jamaat case: SC questions Centre if it can keep control on inflammatory TV shows 29 Jan 2021 The SC on Thursday asked the Centre about its powers under the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1994 that enable it to regulate broadcast content on electronic media which has…
News Update Lawyers opinions on POCSO judgment of Bombay High Court 28 Jan 2021 A recent judgment of the Bombay High Court read that skin to skin contact is a requirement to qualify as sexual assault, this judgement read as:"Admittedly, it is not the…
News Update Amazon Prime, team Tandav filed petition against all the FIRs, hearing today 28 Jan 2021 BackgroundThere is an allegation on the web series ‘Tandav’. Web series released on January 16 on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video, the series hurts religious sentiments. Recently, FIR lodged…
News Update PIL filed in Delhi High Court for removal of Protestors by deploying paramilitary forces 27 Jan 2021 A public interest litigation (PIL) for the eviction of people sitting on roads "under the robes of Kisaan Protest" was moved before the Delhi High Court. The petitioner, Dhananjai Jain,…
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