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Waqf Act Amendments Partly Stayed: SC blocks government control, backs registration and reforms
CJI Gavai-led bench intervenes narrowly—suspends five-year Islam clause and executive powers over land disputes through interim order, while letting registration mandate and abolition of ‘Waqf by user’ operate
SC dismisses CPI-M’s Shaheen Bagh plea
Court says that it cannot issue orders in such matters, and asked the petitioners to approach the High Court
Bombay High Court quashes FIR against Solapur Journalist
Procedure was not followed as per CrPC., for a public servant wishing to prosecute someone for defamation, says HC
Chennai: Murder charges filed in Custodial Death case against cops
CB-CID arrested two policemen, out of nine summoned, on charges of murder
Krishna Janmabhoomi: Court reserves orders on whether petition against Shahi Idgah is maintainable
Suit had been filed to remove the Shahi Idgah built alongside the Katra Keshav Dev temple and return the entire parcel of land to the temple trust
Use of loudspeakers not a fundamental right: Allahabad HC
Court dismisses Petition by holding it as ‘patently misconceived’
State of UP habitually inactive, non-compliant with directions, unless contempt is filed: SC
Court's observations in connection with Allahabad HC’s order summoning top State officials including the Chief Secretary and CMO officials in a habeas corpus case; SC stays the order
Major arms haul in Saurashtra
Gujarat ATS nabs 24 people, seizes 54 weapons that were allegedly sourced from MP
Once declared citizen, a person cannot be declared foreigner by FT as per Res Judicata: Gauhati HC
Order comes as a relief to people who had been dragged to FTs multiple times
950 mosques and 24 temples approved for loudspeakers: Mumbai Police
All religious places worked together to ensure adherence to noise pollution rules
Now, Jignesh Mevani sentenced to three months in jail for unlawful assembly
Convicted and sentenced along with nine others for holding protests on the one-year anniversary of the infamous Una flogging incident
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Waqf Act Amendments Partly Stayed: SC blocks government control, backs registration and reforms
CJI Gavai-led bench intervenes narrowly—suspends five-year Islam clause and executive powers over land disputes through interim order, while letting registration mandate and abolition of ‘Waqf by user’ operate
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Rights
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Rule of Law
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Rule of Law
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Communalism
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