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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”

Police can’t use non-functional CCTV camera as defense: Bombay HC

 The Court noted that the CCTV system controls atrocities against persons who are brought to the Police Stations

Witness Protection Scheme: Allahabad HC seeks State’s response over implementation

The High Court was hearing a PIL for effective implementation of this 2018 Scheme

Discrimination after death: Punjab and Haryana HC raises questions over different cremation grounds

The petitioners have alleged that Brahmins, Sikhs and Backward Classes have separate cremation grounds

SC on Dowry Death: No conviction if unnatural death not established

The top court noted that the prosecution has to clearly establish that the deceased was subject to harassment and cruelty for dowry soon before her demise

Custodial deaths: Relatives can take photos, videos of dead body before post mortem says Madras HC

The court even transferred the case to CID considering it to be in interest of justice since custodial death was alleged

K’taka HC tells state govt to rebuild burnt down shanties to protect right to shelter

The huts of migrant workers were burnt down by miscreants during lockdown and the court held that it was the state’s duty to protect right to shelter

Justify ‘attempt to murder’ charge on Tablighi Jamaat attendee: Allahabad HC

The high court stated that invoking the charge under section 307 of IIPC seemed to be abuse of process of law

Early Christmas miracle: Taloja jail authorities show compassion, give Fr. Stan Swamy sipper, warm clothes!

The 83-year-old can now finally take a proper drink of water as he was previously unable to hold a cup or a glass as his hands shook due to Parkinson's disease

MP High Court puts counselling as bail condition for accused for anti CAA WhatsApp status

The HC directed the petitioner to attend counselling sessions with an advocate-social worker and follow instructions accordingly, failing which his bail could be reconsidered

Lucknow police stop interfaith wedding citing conversion laws!

Days after the UP’s Unlawful Religious Conversion Prohibition Ordinance is passed, right-wing elements begin using the law to prevent peaceful weddings.

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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