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

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Supreme Court refuses to stay UAPA case by Tripura police against lawyers & journalist and tag it with other pleas against UAPA, grants protection...

OpIndia Staff - 17 November, 2021

Even though petitioners granted protection from arrest by Tripura Police in UAPA case, Supreme Court court refused to interfere with the probe

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‘Parody is supposed to be creative’: Delhi HC tells Newslaundry hurting someone’s reputation cannot be allowed under freedom of speech

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2021

The Delhi High Court has slammed Newslaundry, saying one cannot be allowed to ruin another's reputation citing FoS.

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Kerala HC quashes time limit on anticipatory bail of ex-cop Siby Mathews who framed scientist Nambi Narayanan in fake espionage case

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2021

Siby Mathews is the fourth accused being probed by the CBI in the 1994 ISRO espionage case in which erstwhile ISRO scientist Dr Nambi Narayanan was framed

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Court slams Mehmood Pracha who said ‘only Muslims were targeted’ trying to defend Asif, accused of murdering Alok Tiwari during Delhi Riots: Details

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2021

Adv. Mehmood Pracha submitted in the court that Delhi Police targeted only Muslims during the northeast Delhi riots of 2020

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Complaint asks CJI NV Ramana for action against Kangana Ranaut for ‘blasphemous’ and ‘seditious’ ‘Independence ki bheek’ remark

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2021

The Telangana lawyer demanded that sedition charges be pressed against actor Kangana Ranaut for her 'blasphemous' remark.

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Supreme Court likely to hear Suvendu Adhikari’s petition to transfer Mamata Banerjee’s election result plea outside Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 13 November, 2021

Fearing a fair hearing may not be possible in Calcutta High Court, Suvendu Adhikari had moved a petition before Supreme Court on July 14.

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‘Enough evidence to show they extorted, threatened to kill him and his family’: Delhi Court frames charges against AAP MLA in a doctor’s suicide...

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

Delhi court framed charges of abetment of suicide against AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal and his aide in connection with the suicide of a South Delhi-based doctor.

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Justice Chandrachud led Supreme Court bench warns Army of contempt over permanent commission for women

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

The SC warned the Army of contempt action in a plea related to permanent commission for women.

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Punjab Deputy CM’s son-in-law appointed as AAG, senior adv tells govt not to ridicule HC lawyers: Details

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2021

Sidhu wanted Deol's ouster on the pretext that he was a counsel for former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and represented him in 2015 Kotkapura police firing incident cases related to Sikhs protesting against blasphemy incidents.

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