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Supreme Court asked to intervene as petitions flag “normalisation of hate” in Assam CM’s public speeches

CPIM, Annie Raja, former civil servants and clerics seek FIRs, an independent SIT and binding guidelines on speech by constitutional functionaries, alleging sustained communal targeting and abuse of executive authority

Delhi violence: Court questions credibility of police witness, grants bail to accused

The court questioned why the police witnesses waited two months before naming the accused, instead of taking immediate action when the incident happened.

Delhi Court rejects plea by Mehmood Pracha against raids at his office

The Magistrate held that the courts cannot interfere in data collection, holding that the objections raised by Pracha were baseless

SC reserves order in Gautam Navlakha’s plea for default bail

The top court is set to decide whether his house arrest period is part of the 90-day remand period

BREAKING: SC refuses to stay the sale of electoral bonds

The top court Bench said that there were sufficient safeguards and that it saw no justification for barring the sale

Madras HC expresses concern over plea alleging BJP Puducherry illegally using Aadhaar data for votes

The court told the Election Commission to not “pass the buck” and file a report in the matter

PIL filed for implementation of Manual Scavengers Act, Allahabad HC seeks State’s reply

The petitioners/law students undertook a detailed study and found that no adequate safety equipment was provided to workers

Condemning govt inaction cannot be branded as an attempt to promote hatred: SC

The court quashed the FIR filed against journalist, Patricia Mukhim, as it deemed that her Facebook post was only a call for action against culprits

Param Bir Singh moves Bombay HC seekings CBI probe against Anil Deshmukh

He has filed a plea before the Bombay High Court as a similar plea filed by him before the Supreme Court was not entertained

Karnataka: FIRs filed against Tikait for “gherao Bengaluru” speech

Former CM, HD Kumaraswamy called for withdrawal of the cases, and said it is well within rights to give a call for protest

K’taka HC sets aside order directing FIR against Kangana Ranaut for tweets about farmers’ protests

The court said that the trial court failed to peruse averments that amount to offence and thus, remitted the matter back to the lower court

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Supreme Court asked to intervene as petitions flag “normalisation of hate” in Assam CM’s public speeches

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