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‘Justice Shinde has respect for terror accused Stan Swamy, please ask him to recuse himself from Bhima Koregaon cases’: LRO appeals to CJI

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2021

Stan Lourduswamy, commonly known as Stan Swamy, an undertrial prisoner in the Bhima Koregaon violence case was praised recently by Justice SS Shinde after his demise.

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Kerala: Woman pretends to be an advocate for 2 years, flees with rare books and documents after anonymous letter exposes her

OpIndia Staff - 24 July, 2021

27-year-old woman, who had been pretending to be a lawyer for the past 2.5 years, fled from the Alappuzha (Aleppey) court in Kerala after being caught

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Bombay High Court takes back its statement praising Stan Swamy after objections by NIA

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2021

Justice SS Shinde said that he realises that NIA was hurt by his praise of Stan Swamy, and informed that he is taking those words back.

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Delhi HC raps Arvind Kejriwal for not fulfilling promise of paying rent for poor in press conference, Delhi govt calls it ‘political statement’: Read...

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2021

Delhi High Court came down hard on the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for not fulfilling his promise made during a press conference on March 29 last year

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Former Roadies and Big Boss winner Ashutosh wants ‘right to be forgotten’, moves Delhi HC

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2021

In 2009, Kaushik was arrested for allegedly driving in an inebriated state and for not wearing a helmet and once again made the headlines in 2013 for being involved in an altercation at a cafe in Mumbai.

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Qatar-based Indian PhD scholar says false SC/ST case filed against her by Nagarjuna University professor who used to harass her online

OpIndia Staff - 19 July, 2021

Aruna in her petition, FIR and in an interview with OpIndia informed that Kondru who is a practicing Christian as per his social media profiles (which has now been locked), continues to call himself a Hindu taking undue advantage of the reservation given to SCs and STs.

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SC avoids passing order to stop Kerala’s lockdown relaxation for Bakra Eid, had taken suo motu case against Kanwar Yatra in UP

OpIndia Staff - 19 July, 2021

SC going soft on Kerala Govt's decision to relax Covid curbs during Bakra Eid is in stark contrast to its stand on Kanwar Yatra in UP.

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CJI Ramana says 45 million pending cases do not indicate whether Judiciary is functioning poorly, invokes Shri Krishna as a mediator

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2021

CJI NV Ramana made the comments on the pendency of cases at the India-Singapore Mediation Summit 2021.

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Maoist Milind Teltumbde says he was inspired by brother Anand Teltumbde to further activities of banned CPI(M): Details from the court order

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2021

According to key witnesses in the case, Milind Teltumbde was inspired by his brother Anand Teltumbde and used the Maoist literature provided by the latter to further the activities of banned organisation CPI(M)

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