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Supreme Court quashes Gujarat govt’s decision to release 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano rape case, says State was not competent to pass remission orders

In March 2002, during the post-Godhra riots, Bano was allegedly gang-raped and left to die with 14 members of her family, including her three-year-old daughter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Bar Council of India appreciates the removal of colonial, outdated criminal laws by replacing them with three new laws

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

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

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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