Law

News about judgements of the courts and articles regarding specific laws of the land that matter.

News Reports

Supreme Court does not like NewsClick approaching them directly, but concedes to their plea anyway: What Kapil Sibal was contending

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2024

SC issues notices to probe agencies for response to NewsClick plea for guidelines on seizure of digital devices

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CBI moves Karnataka High Court challenging state Congress govt’s decision to withdraw case against Deputy CM DK Shivakumar

ANI - 5 January, 2024

CBI has moved the Karnataka High Court after the state government dropped the CBI case against Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar.

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Maharashtra: Thane court orders Digvijaya Singh to give written apology for insulting former RSS chief Golwalkar Guruji

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2024

Digvijaya Singh ordered by a Thane court to apologise for a contentious post insulting former RSS chief MS Golwalkar Guruji

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Writing such judgments is absolutely wrong: Supreme Court criticises Calcutta HC judges after they advised adolescent girls to ‘control sexual urges’

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2024

The Supreme Court deemed the observations by the Calcutta High Court as 'problematic' and also questioned the legal principles involved in the judgment.

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Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh sexual harassment case: Delhi Police begins arguments afresh after the transfer of judge

ANI - 4 January, 2024

Delhi Police on Thursday began its arguments afresh on the framing of charges against former WFI Chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the sexual harassment case

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‘No intention to humiliate’, ‘did not know woman’s caste’: Punjab and Haryana HC quashes SC/ST FIR against Times Now journalist Bhawana Gupta

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2024

On Thursday, 4th January, the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed an FIR filed last year against Times Now Navbharat reporter Bhawana Gupta (Bhawana Kishore) for allegedly hitting a Dalit woman with a car and hurling casteist slurs against her.

Politics

Former Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra withdraws her plea from Delhi High Court challenging the order to evacuate government bungalow

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2024

Mahua Moitra will now go to the union government's Director of Estates to seek permission to live in the provided accommodation facility.

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Bar Council of India appreciates the removal of colonial, outdated criminal laws by replacing them with three new laws

ANI - 3 January, 2024

The Bar Council of India acknowledges the positive features embedded in the three new criminal laws

Law

Lucknow Court orders AAP leader Sanjay Singh, who is already in jail, to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to former UP Minister in defamation...

OpIndia Staff - 3 January, 2024

Civil Judge (Senior Division) Kamla Kant Gupta directed Sanjay Singh to pay the damages within two months, following which an interest of six per cent will be imposed on the amount.

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