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Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati says allegations against him are conspiracy to defame him for protecting cows, his anticipatory bail plea to be heard by Allahabad...

OpIndia Staff -
Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati has rejected all the allegations levelled against him as baseless.
Law

Delhi Court discharges all 23 accused including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in Delhi excise policy case: Read how discharge is different from acquittal

OpIndia Staff -
Dismissing the CBI-filed case, Special Judge (PC Act) Jitendra Singh said, "There was no overarching conspiracy or criminal intent in the excise policy." 
News Reports

Supreme Court bans NCERT textbook over chapter on judicial corruption: Read how the serious issues plaguing Indian courts are not allowed to be discussed

Rukma Rathore -
The Supreme Court declared, "They fired gunshot, judiciary is bleeding today," while adopting a firm stance against the NCERT.
News Reports

Supreme Court ends more than 100-year-old old legal battle, upholds hereditary pujari right at Amogasidda temple in Karnataka: Here is what you should know...

Rukma Rathore -
The issue pertained to a long-running dispute that lasted more than a century, in which the appellants or defendants (Ogeppa, deceased) and the respondents or plaintiffs (Sahebgouda, deceased) made opposing assertions with regard to the ancestral pujari rights and the authority to carry out worship of Amogasidda, a saint who died 600 years ago.
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Supreme Court bans NCERT textbook with chapter on judicial corruption, issues contempt notice, orders removal of people who authored and defended the chapter

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday imposed a complete blanket ban on the publication, reprinting, and digital dissemination of the newly released NCERT...
Law

NCERT stops distribution of Class 8 social science textbook after SC objects to chapter on ‘corruption in Judiciary’

OpIndia Staff -
NCERT clarified that it holds the judiciary in the highest esteem and that the 'error' was purely unintentional.
Entertainment

Kerala HC to watch the movie Kerala Story 2 to decide petition challenging use of the state’s name

OpIndia Staff -
"Kerala lives in total harmony. But you have portrayed that this is happening all over Kerala," the high court remarked during the hearing.
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Corruption, backlogs of cases and more: New class 8 NCERT social science book introduces fresh chapters on the Indian judiciary

OpIndia Staff -
"In cases where the allegations are serious, the Parliament can take action and remove a judge by passing a motion of impeachment, it reads.
Law

‘How can we decide one category is backward?’: Supreme Court questions plea seeking OBC quota for Pasmanda Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
Hearing a plea seeking 10% reservation based on Sachar Committee findings, the Court asked how it could determine internal Muslim backwardness without detailed studies, and scheduled further consideration alongside related constitutional questions in April 2026.
News Reports

Wrongful arrest, scapegoating of Hindus and CPIM conspiracy: As Sabarimala Tantri is granted bail after 41 days, read what the court said in ‘gold...

Shraddha Pandey -
In a strongly worded bail order, the court said that the Kerala Police’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) failed to establish any “prima facie materials to link the petitioner in the alleged conspiracy by any means”.
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