Law

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

News Reports

As ED chargesheet finds Republic TV, Arnab Goswami innocent, here is what it says about TimesNow and India Today in TRP manipulation case

Nupur J Sharma - 29 September, 2022

ED charge sheet confirmed that no evidence was found against Republic Media Network and Arnab Goswami in the fake TRP case.

News Reports

‘All women entitled to safe, legal abortion’, Supreme Court says denying unmarried women right to terminate pregnancy is unconstitutional

OpIndia Staff - 29 September, 2022

Supreme Court said that making a distinction between married and unmarried women on right to abortion is unconstitutional

News Reports

Chargesheet that exonerates Arnab Goswami: ED finds that Mumbai Police got bribes during the investigation into TRP manipulation case. Details

Nupur J Sharma - 29 September, 2022

ED chargesheet confirmed that no evidence was found against Republic and Arnab Goswami in TRP manipulation case

Media

TRP manipulation case: What the chargesheet by ED says while giving a clean chit to Arnab Goswami and Republic TV in the case

Nupur J Sharma - 29 September, 2022

ED has filed a chargesheet which it confirmed that no evidence was found against Republic Media, Arnab Goswami in TRP case

News Reports

‘Customs and rituals of a particular community systematically targeted’: BJP MP Manoj Tiwari moves Supreme Court against ban on firecrackers

OpIndia Staff - 23 September, 2022

In the PIL, Manor Tiwari said that states are violating Supreme Court order against blanket ban on firecrackers

News Reports

Kerala HC initiates suo motu contempt case against PFI after the organisation called for 1 day hartal, created violence, post arrest of Islamists

OpIndia Staff - 23 September, 2022

The Court has impleaded PFI State General Secretary A Abdul Sathar as an additional respondent in the case and has directed the State government to file a report. The matter will be taken up next on September 29.

Opinions

Reports say govt may set up panel to ‘study condition of Dalits who convert to Islam or Christianity’: Why we need to tread carefully

Nupur J Sharma - 23 September, 2022

With several such pleas pending in the court, that demand reservation for "Dalit Christians" and "Dalit Muslims", according to media reports, the government is now mulling setting up a panel to study the condition of those Dalits who convert to Christianity or Islam.

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Karnataka govt argues in SC that like cow slaughter on Eid, Hijab not covered under Article 25, objects to claims of religious right

OpIndia Staff - 22 September, 2022

Muslim side in the hijab case in Supreme Court claimed that hijab is a religious right guaranteed under Article 25

Opinions

Places of Worship Act: A law against principles of Natural Justice, that says Hindus should have demanded justice before we got independence

Sachin R - 22 September, 2022

The Places of Worship Act was passed by the Congress-led govt of PV Narasimha Rao in 1991 when the illegal Babri Mosque was still standing on top of Ram Janmabhoomi

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