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Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”

Gyanvapi case: Hearing continues on provisions of Order 7 Rule 11 of CPC

Both sides given copies of videography report, mosque management committee said “Shivling” rumours were being spread to stir up people’s sentiments

Allahabad HC quashes FIR against “The Wire” editor, Siddharth Varadarajan and reporter, Ismat Ara

FIR was filed against them for tweeting a report on the death of a protester in New Delhi during the Republic Day

Madras HC shoots down Bar Association’s resolution to not offer legal assistance to certain accused

Court granted bail to three accused in a case where they were not allowed get a legal representation because of the resolution passed by the Karaikudi Bar Association

Delhi HC asks Sharjeel Imam to approach Trial Court to seek interim bail in seditious speeches case

Sharjeel Imam to seek bail in view of recent SC order wherein the sedition law has been kept in abeyance till the Union Government reconsiders the provision

Krishna Janmabhoomi: Now plea seeks ban on loudspeaker at Shahi Idgah

After a district court admitted a plea against the Idgah, a batch of related petitions have sprung up with demands ranging from permission to conduct prayers to the latest demanding removal of the loudspeaker

SC directs Aadhaar cards be issued to sex workers without insisting on the residential proof

Court asks UIDAI to maintain the confidentiality of sex workers’ data in the Aadhaar card issuance process

Bhima Koregaon: Accused Sagar Gorkhe goes on hunger strike against jail authorities

Accused alleges harassment by jail authorities and denial of basic facilities, Co-accused Gautam Navlakha seeks special court’s permission to use a mosquito net

Sanitary napkin distribution stopped in Delhi gov’t schools, HC expresses disappointment

Court holds that cancellation of tender is not sufficient reason to discontinue the facility; issues notice to Delhi government

Assam: UAPA charges filed against family of fisherman who was killed in police custody

The fisherman’s wife and daughter now face charges for allegedly burning down the police station

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Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”

Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices

From Cow Slaughter to “Public Order”: Allahabad High Court’s expanding use of preventive detention

Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse