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From Protest to Petition: Maharashtra’s Public Safety Act in the dock
After months of state-wide protests, thousands of objections and sustained civil society opposition, Maharashtra's controversial security law now faces a constitutional challenge before the Bombay High Court
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The court clarified that arrest is not necessary unless it is a heinous crime or where there is a possibility of influencing the witnesses, or accused may abscond
Anti-conversion law will not apply to inter-faith marriages unless there is force, fraud, allurement: Gujarat HC
This interim order has been passed to protect interfaith couples from being unnecessarily harassed
Give autonomy to CBI: Madras HC to GoI
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Dead man declared foreigner, Gauhati HC sets aside order
The petition was filed by the son of the deceased person to get ex-parte order set aside, as the same was passed years after his father’s death
Pegasus Scandal: SC finally issues notice to GoI
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The wide terms of the IT Rules 2021 have a chilling effect on freedom of speech: Bom HC
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Gauri Lankesh murder: SC to decide on HC’s order cancelling KCOCA charges against the accused
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Kavitha Lankesh and the State have moved SC against the HC order dropping organised crime charges against accused Mohan Nayak
ISRO espionage case: Kerala HC grants pre-arrest bail to former Gujarat DGP RB Sreekumar, three others
Image Courtesy:keralakaumudi.comThe Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail...
Bom HC grants bail to terror accused due to violation of right to speedy trial
The court observed that the accused had already spent more than half of the maximum sentence of 10 years in some offences, while keeping the probable life imprisonment prescribed for other offences he was charged for
Cutting beef at home cannot be ground for detention under NSA: Allahabad HC
The Court stated that the incident can be termed as disturbing law and order, and not public order, and could not be said to stand on the same footing as a situation where a number of cattle have been slaughtered outside in public view and the public transport of their flesh
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