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Kerala HC quashes case against Rehana Fathima, who had tried to desecrate Sabarimala, over publishing video of her children painting on her topless body

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2023

Rehana Fathima was booked under POCSO Act after she uploaded a video of her children painting her half naked body, Kerala HC has quashed the case

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Mukhtar Ansari gets life imprisonment in the 1991 case of the murder of Congress leader Awadhesh Rai

ANI - 5 June, 2023

A special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi awarded life imprisonment to jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in the 1991 Awadhesh Rai murder case.

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Complimenting a female colleague’s figure amounts to sexual harassment: Sessions court in Mumbai

OpIndia Staff - 4 June, 2023

The court noted that telling a female coworker repeatedly that she has a beautiful figure and has maintained herself well amounts to outraging her modesty.

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There was pressure on me to postpone the judgment in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case: Former Allahabad HC judge

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2023

Justice (retired) Sudhir Agarwal, former Allahabad HC judge, said he was under pressure not to deliver Ram Mandir case verdict

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Allahabad HC asks Lucknow University to find out if an alleged rape victim is ‘Mangalik’ by studying her ‘Kundli’, Supreme Court stays the order

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2023

Supreme Court stays Allahabad HC’s order to assess ‘Mangalik’ status of a woman alleging rape on the promise of marriage

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‘Preventing Hindus from worshipping deities is a continuing wrong’: Read what Allahabad HC said dismissing Gyanvapi mosque’s plea

OpIndia Staff - 2 June, 2023

"The denial of the right to worship the object of it, that is the Deity, is a continuing wrong," said Allahabad HC dismissing Gyanvapi Mosque Committee's plea

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Bombay High Court refuses gangster Chota Rajan’s plea seeking stay on release of Netflix series Scoop

ANI - 2 June, 2023

Bombay High Court on Friday refused to put a stay on the release of the series, 'Scoop', filed by gangster Chhota Rajan.

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Delhi HC issues notice to police on Sharjeel Imam’s plea for quashing of chargesheet against him for his seditious speeches delivered at Jamia in...

ANI - 2 June, 2023

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Delhi Police on a plea moved by Sharjeel Imam challenging trial court proceedings against him in two cases for one speech delivered in Jamia Milia Islamia on December 13, 2019.

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