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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”

Take strict action against Safai Karamcharis taking law in their own hands: Delhi HC

The court was hearing a petition filed by a Municipal Corporation alleging that some safai karamcharis were impeding the daily functioning and obstructing ingress and egress to headquarters

Priya Ramani defamation case verdict expected tomorrow

Verdict in the criminal defamation case filed by former minister MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani expected on February 10

Allahabad HC acquits a man jailed for 20 years on rape charges

The court noted the ‘sorry state of affairs’ and mentioned that even after 14 years of incarceration, the State did not think of reversing his life sentence

Activist Rehana Fathima can use social media without hurting religious feelings: SC

SC partially stayed Kerala HC’s order banning her from social media, for uploading a cooking video and using the term ‘Gomatha’ as synonym for meat

Shaheen Bagh women move SC seeking joint hearing with the farm laws plea

The women protestors of Shaheen Bagh had filed a review plea against SC’s order that held right to protest is ‘not absolute’

Deep Sidhu arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell

He is named in FIR and accused of instigating the Republic Day violence at Red Fort

Publication of intended land acquisition in lesser known newspapers, fraud on right to property: Madras HC

The court even pulled up the Chief Secretary to be answerable to why the court’s previous judgment in this regard is not being followed even after 2 decades

Don’t reveal name of kin, school or employer in rape cases: Bombay HC

The court has issued specific directions in furtherance to the Supreme Court guidelines issues in Nipun Saxena case, to not reveal any information could invariably establish the victim/survivor’s identity

Plea seeking restoration of internet in Haryana, HC issues notice

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice to the government in a plea that the suspension of internet was arbitrary and malicious

Delhi court asks Police to respond to plea seeking FIR against Kapil Mishra

A trial court has asks Delhi Police to file a report on Kapil Mishra’s alleged inflammatory, incendiary, and provocative speeches of February 2020

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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