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Ex-TISS student gets bail as Mumbai Court rejects Maoist link based on ‘suspicion’

Court rejects the prosecution’s attempt to link Abhirup Ashim Paul to Maoist activities, holding that books, slogans and association with a student group could not by themselves establish such a connection

Five more ‘love jihad’ laws challenged before SC

The apex court had issued notice when CJP had challenged the anti-conversion laws of UP, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh in 2021

UP DP-Prisons forewarned of contempt action in case of any disobeyance of policy for premature release

Dealing with a case on inordinate delay in providing premature release to convicts, SC issues strict directives

‘You want to arrest a college principal for a book found in the library? Are you serious?’: Supreme Court asks MP govt

The state was trying to intervene in anticipatory bail proceedings that are infructuous given that the High Court has granted this

SC questions delay of 5 months in filing FIR in Hindu Yuva Vahini hate speech case

The apex court has sought from Delhi Police details of investigations and the steps taken after filing thee delayed FIR, in a contempt petition filed by Tushar Gandhi

News Channels causing rift in society, says SC while hearing hate speech cases

Supreme Court bench questioned the NBDSA for lack of action and urged regulation of anchors and news channels pushing agenda through hate speech

Indian Courts on Marital Rape, an analysis: fresh petition in SC

As all eyes are on the SC, that issued notice on a latest petition, CJP analyses the current position of courts and parliament on the issue of Marital Rape

Places of Worship Act: Again, Centre seeks more time, SC says Feb-end

The 1991 Places of Worship Act, enacted when the Babri Masjid still stood, mandates that the nature of all places of worship, barring the one at Ayodhya, be maintained as they stood on August 15, 1947

79% of High Court Judges Appointed Between 2018-2022 Upper Castes: Law Ministry

The figure comes from a Ministry report aimed at...

Supreme Court will soon hear pleas challenging constitutional validity of sedition law

The archaic colonial section in Indian criminal law criminalises free speech and dissent; in the pre-Independence era, the provision was used against freedom fighters, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi.

Uniform laws on marriage, divorce issue for Parliament to decide: Supreme Court

These are matters for Parliament to decide. We cannot make laws. This falls within Parliament’s sovereignty. We cannot tell the Parliament you shall enact a law,” the Supreme Court said on Friday, January 6

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