Law

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

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Karnataka High Court upholds Arms Act exemption granted to Kodavas & Jumma Land Holders to carry weapons without licence

OpIndia Staff - 22 September, 2021

The court said that the Kodava community and Jumma tenure holders are enjoying exemptions from Arms Act since pre-independence

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NIA releases hotline number, asks people to report ISIS propaganda on social media and Jihadi activities in India: Read full details

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2021

NIA that has investigated a large number of cases related to terror funding, conspiracy and attack and out of which 37 are such cases where accused were inspired by ISIS

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Supreme Court Collegium recommends 8 names as Chief Justices of High Courts, Calcutta HC acting CJ Rajesh Bindal made CJ of Allahabad HC

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

High Courts in Allahabad, Calcutta, Andhra, Karnataka, Telangana, Meghalaya, Gujarat, MP to get new CJs on collegium recommendation

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NCPCR approaches Delhi HC, seeks removal of AltNews co-founder Zubair’s Tweet doxxing a minor

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

“Twitter is not cooperating with the law enforcement agencies," said NCPCR.

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Attorney General KK Venugopal grants sanction to initiate contempt proceedings against DO Politics’ Ajeet Bharti

OpIndia Staff - 14 September, 2021

Attorney General KK Venugopal has given his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against journalist Ajeet Bharti.

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Australia: Apex court rules that media houses are responsible for defamatory comments posted by others on their social media pages

OpIndia Staff - 9 September, 2021

High Court of Australia said that an entity with a social media account is considered ‘liable for adverse material in the comments sections’

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Third anniversary of Section 377 verdict: How Manmohan Singh govt stonewalled the removal of a colonial law that criminalised gay relationships

Jinit Jain - 6 September, 2021

In 2009, the UPA-II government had the golden opportunity to outlaw the controversial provisions under Section 377, but it had it squandered the opportunity, choosing instead to take a conflicting stand and avoid responsibility.

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Supreme Court rejects bail plea of anti-Sikh riots convict Sajjan Kumar, says he can’t be treated as a VIP

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2021

The order came after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a response saying Kumar’s medical condition was stable and that he had been showing signs of improvement.

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