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

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‘Bhagwan Sri Krishna Virajman’: Mathura district court reverses civil court order, allows petition seeking removal Shahi Idgah disputed structure

OpIndia Staff -
Mathura court Thursday allowed the plea to seal the disputed structure of the Shahi Idgah Mosque over the Krishna Janmabhoomi land.
News Reports

Yasin Malik convicted by special NIA court for terror funding activities in Jammu and Kashmir, charged under UAPA

OpIndia Staff -
Yasin Malik pleaded guilty to all charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities and Prevention Act (UAPA).
News Reports

‘Remnants of old Hindu temple clear inside Gyanvapi, Shringar Gauri, Sheshnaag, lotus structures found’: Former court-appointed survey commissioner Ajay Mishra’s report

OpIndia Staff -
Ajay Mishra in his report has submitted that the survey was done by him on May 6 and May 7 and the Muslim side had gathered a mob of over 100 people during the survey to hinder their work.
Law

Maharashtra: Juvenile Justice Board releases ISIS terrorist after 3 years to be a home tutor for school students, serve at old age home, despite...

OpIndia Staff -
Juvenile justice board in Maharashtra released an ISIS convict and allowed him to be a tutor to school children in his locality despite conviction
News Reports

‘Tolerance is the hallmark of Hinduism’: Says Madras HC in its order over chanting rituals at a Tamil Nadu temple

OpIndia Staff -
The Madras High Court bench led by Justice SM Subramaniam heard a petition to decide a dispute between two Hindu sects over chanting prayers at the Sri Varadaraja Perumal Temple in Tamil Nadu.
News Reports

‘State cannot be mute spectators’: Delhi High Court pulls up AAP govt for illegal Islamic religious structures on public roads

OpIndia Staff -
The Court was hearing a petition contesting the unlawful construction of two Mazars, one on a road adjacent to Hassanpur Depot and one on Wazirabad Road in Bhajanpura.
News Reports

Gyanvapi hearing: Muslim side wanted to keep washing their feet and spit on the Shivling, SC order protects site, allows Namaz

OpIndia Staff -
Justice DY Chandrachud pronounced an order extending that the Varanasi DM shall ensure that the area where the Shivling is reported to have been found shall be duly protected.
News Reports

Hindu petitioners say a door to Shivling inside the disputed Gyanvapi structure has been blocked by debris, ask court to grant access

OpIndia Staff -
On May 17, Tuesday, the Hindu petitioners urged the Varanasi court to grant them access to an eastern door that leads to the Shivling found inside the disputed Gyanvapi structure.
Law

Gujarat High Court sets aside the order of state Waqf Board halting railway line construction near dargah. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The Court held that the proximity of a dargah to a railway land did not automatically imply that the surrounding land belonged to the dargah authorities.
OpIndia Explains

Could the survey at the Gyanvapi compound lead to its exemption from the Places of Worship Act? Read what the law says

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The Places of Worship Act, 1991, exempts any ancient monument or site covered by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.
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