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After Five Years in Jail, Bail Still Barred for Two: Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in Delhi riots case

Holding that the UAPA’s elevated statutory threshold continues to apply, the Court says Khalid and Imam stand on a “qualitatively different footing”, while granting conditional bail to five co-accused after more than five years of incarceration

Muslim group switches sect, Kerala HC upholds their rights to prayer and burial

Court held that a Jama-ath cannot prevent Muslims belonging to other sects from offering prayers in the mosque or burying their dead in public kabristan on their property

Gyanvapi case: SC admits petition seeking permission to worship “Shivling”

Case to b heard on July 21, the same day as mosque committee’s plea against a survey of the premises will be heard by another SC bench

Babri Masjid demolition case: Allahabad High Court to hear plea against acquittal of 32 people

Leaders such as LK Advani, Uma Bharati and Murli Manohar Joshi had been acquitted in the criminal case surrounding the demolition

SC grants interim relief to former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma

Sharma had moved the Court seeking to revive the plea to club FIRs and stay arrest

‘Vicious cycle’ against Mohammed Zubair: SC

Court asks UP Police not to take ‘precipitative action’ against him until July 20

Arguments to continue in Teesta Setalvad’s bail application on July 20

Setalvad’s team has finished making their arguments, the State will now make their submissions

Freedom of Speech does not mean hurling abuses at the Prime Minister: Allahabad High Court

High Court refuses to quash FIR against man for derogatory remarks made on PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and other Union Ministers.

Mohammed Zubair seeks urgent hearing before SC on his plea against FIRs

Zubair sought to quash 6 FIRs against him by Uttar Pradesh police

Lucknow: Were Lulu mall “namazis” part of conspiracy to disrupt communal harmony?

The men didn’t face the correct direction, and finished namaz in 18 seconds!

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