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Gauhati High Court questions allotment of 3000 Bighas of land to private cement company in Assam
Behind the 3,000-bigha allotment to Mahabal Cement lies a decades-old conflict over customary rights, ecological safeguards, and Sixth Schedule protections
When the Supreme Court directed protection for the Gyan Vapi Mosque, upheld the Places of Worship Act, 1991 (1994, 1995, 1997)
In back to back orders passed by different benches of the Supreme Court (SC), in the wake of the violent mobilization that led to the catastrophic demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992, the SC directed the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government, district administration and state and law enforcement agencies to protect the historic Gyan Vapi Masjid, Varanasi, Shahi Idgah Mosque, Mathura and moreover observed that the Places of Worship Act (PWA), 1991 must be implanted.
Conduct Fair Inquiry, take action against MLAs Geeta Jain and Nitesh Rane: Citizens of Mira Road-Bhayandar
Citizens of Mira-Road Bhayandar from different walks of life have met the Senior Police Inspector (PI) Naya Nagar Police Station, Vilas Supe and, in strongly worded and detailed written complaint to him demanded a full-fledged inquiry and strict legal action into elected members from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Geeta Jain and Nitesh Rane over their inciteful behaviour on January 22 and 24
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Puja in Gyanvapi: Mosque Committee announces bandh, Shahr Mufti Batin Nomani appeals for peace
Late night puja facilitated by the district administration on February 1 resulted in a call for a bandh in minority areas of Varanasi (Banaras) on Friday even as the Shahar Mufti Abdul Batin Nomani called for peace and calm
2023 Amendment to Broadcasting Rules are clear case of censorship nothing less: Justice GS Patel, Bombay HC
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UP Bajrang Dal leader and 3 others arrested for slaughtering cows to falsely implicate a Muslim man
According to the police version, as reported by The Indian Express, one of the accused took the help of Bajrang Dal workers to put his ‘enemy’ in jail by making it appear that he had slaughtered cows.
Where thou prisoner rights? Five out of six accused in parliament breach case allege torture, electric shocks
An application has been moved by the five in a Delhi Court, the five have submitted that they were tortured to confess to crimes, accept association with political parties, made to sign 70 blank papers
Judges differ on challenge against IT amendments of 2023, right to freedom of speech & expression hangs in balance
Bombay HC's Chief Justice will now place matter before a third bench within 10 days as Justice Patel rules in favour of the petitioner and scraps the amendments while Justice Gokhale upholds the amendments
Courts and the Gandhi murder case: What happened on January 30 and who was behind it?
75 years have passed since the assassination of Gandhi - CJP analyses the historical judgements by the trial courts and high courts in the murder of the father of the nation
Four years behind bars, Sharjeel Imam still waits for a fair trial
Serving as an under trial prisoner since 2020 and not convicted so far, Sharjeel Imam, taken into custody after the anti-CAA movements when activists associated with the movement were being arrested, has completed more than half of the maximum sentence that the cases against him suggest
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