Law

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

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Uttarakhand: Family along with 6-year-old child sent to jail in land dispute case involving SC/ST Act, family alleges false case by land mafia

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2023

Four adults and a 6-year-child sent to jail in Uttarakhand after they were slapped with SC-ST case in a land dispute

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Non-bailable warrant issued against Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in defamation suit filed by Medha Somaiya

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2023

Mumbai court warrant issues non-bailable warrant against Sanjay Raut for not appearing in court in defamation case filed by Medha Somaiya

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‘Divorced Muslim women are entitled to maintenance beyond Iddat period until remarriage’: What the Allahabad High Court said

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2023

Allahabad High Court held that a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to maintenance from her ex-husband for the rest of her life until she remarries and not only till the completion of Iddat period.

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CJI Chandrachud recuses himself from hearing a contempt case against ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2023

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud recused himself from hearing a contempt case against 'comedian' Kunal Kamra.

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As Supreme Court says 50,000 people cannot be uprooted overnight, here is how 1 lakh people were displaced during the Khori Gaon eviction

Shraddha Pandey - 5 January, 2023

On June 7, 2021, Supreme Court had directed the removal of illegal encroachments on forest land in Khori Gaon, a village at the foothills of the eco-sensitive Aravallis in Haryana’s Faridabad within six weeks.

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‘Dogs aren’t humans’, Bombay HC imposes fine on State for filing FIR against delivery boy for ‘killing’ a dog by ‘rash driving’

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2023

The Bombay HC quashed an FIR against a Swiggy delivery executive who had accidentally mowed down a stray dog while delivering a food parcel

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Supreme Court refuses to hear Azam Khan’s plea to transfer the cases against him out of Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2023

Supreme Court rejected to hear a plea by Azam Khan in which he had requested to transfer the cases against him out of Uttar Pradesh

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‘State dutybound to maintain cows and calves in gaushalas’: Telangana High Court

OpIndia Staff - 29 December, 2022

Telangana High Court said in its order, "It is primarily the executive function of the State to look after and maintain gaushalas, therefore, the State should provide adequate funds to the gaushalas through the board."

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