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Petition filed in the Supreme Court by Kapil Mishra

BJP member Kapil Mishra has approached the Supreme Court and filed a petition seeking compensation for a rape accused, Vishnu Tiwari who was recently acquitted by the Allahabad High Court…

Supreme Court Bar Association files a plea against the SOPs released by the Registry

The Supreme Court Bar Association has filed a writ petition, seeking to quash the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) laid down by the Supreme Court registry for Hybrid Physical Hearing. According…

Maratha Quota case: SC states, Indra Sawhney case will be reconsidered if required

While addressing the Maratha reservation case challenging the Bombay High Court order upholding quotas for Marathas in education and employment under the Maharashtra Socially and Educationally Backward Classes Act, the…

“Objectification of women has to stop:” Bombay High Court pulls up Telugu film producer for picking up image of Sakshi Malik without license

The Bombay High Court reprimanded the producers of the Telugu film "V" in connection with the use of private image of model and Bollywood actor Sakshi Malik while not getting…

Order VII Rule 11 is not Exhaustive – SC

In the case of K. Akbar Ali v. K. Umar Khan (SLP 31844/18), the apex court observed that the order VII and rule 11 which talks about rejection of plaint…

Courts overburdened with dishonest litigants dodging debts by resorting to non-existent, mercy jurisdiction of writ courts: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently noted that the courts are often burdened with dishonest petitions filed by litigants who try to dodge debts by resorting to non-existent mercy jurisdiction of…

Delhi court-ordered to return the passports of foreign members of Tablighi Jamaat

The Saket Court Complex, New Delhi, ruled in favor of the Tablighi jamaat members and ordered that the actual passports of 31 members of the Tablighi Jamaat acquitted earlier on 20 December 2020,…

Death row convict Shabnam, convicted of murdering seven family members, files second mercy petition

Shabnam has submitted her second mercy petition to Governor of Uttar Pradesh Anandiben Patel and President of India Ramnath. The Mathura Prison which is the only jail in the country…

An environment activist arrested from Karnataka

A, 21-year-old, Disha Ravi climate activist, has been 'picked up' from her house in Karnataka's Bengaluru in Greta Thunberg "toolkit" case. The student-cum-activist, was picked up from her house in…

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, author of controversial POCSO Act judgments, takes oath as additional Judge of Bombay High Court

Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, the author of a series of controversial lawsuits on the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, took an oath as an additional judge of the…