Law

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

Law

‘Based on social media narrative than evidence and chargesheet: Delhi Police files SLP after Pinjra Tod accused get bail

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2021

On 15th June, the Delhi High Court granted bail to Jamia Milia Islamia student leader Asif Iqbal Tanha, far-left ‘activists’ Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal in the Anti-Hindu Delhi riots case.

News Reports

Karnataka HC dismisses petitions against probing Amazon, Flipkart: Here are the allegations against e-commerce giants

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2021

Karnataka High Court quashed petitions filed by Amazon and Flipkart against an order by competition regulator over unfair trade practices.

Opinions

Importance of social media in democratising freedom of speech, tussle with the Govt of India and why Twitter must comply

Avni Sablok - 11 June, 2021

As the world battles COVID-19 pandemic, another crisis has emerged over ‘penetrative’ role of social media platforms, like Twitter, in India

News Reports

Father of Sushant Singh Rajput moves Delhi HC to stop movies based on the actor’s life, Court refuses

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2021

KK Singh claimed that the said movies was released by 'close confidants' of the accused involved in the abetment of suicide case of Sushant Singh Rajput.

News Reports

Madras High court directs Tamil Nadu government to protect Hindu temples, issues directions: Details

OpIndia Staff - 9 June, 2021

The Madras High Court observed that 2000-year-old temples in the State are in ruins, which has facilitated miscreants to 'lay their hands on the idols.'

News Reports

Supreme Court questions West Bengal and Delhi for not providing data on children orphaned since March 2020

OpIndia Staff - 8 June, 2021

Counsel for the Delhi government, Chirag M Shroff, submitted before the Supreme Court that the data could not be uploaded on the NCPCR website owing to problems in 'data collection.'

Law

Munger firing case: Supreme Court dismisses Bihar govt petition, upholds compensation for deceased Anurag Poddar

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2021

The Bihar government had moved the apex court to challenge the Patna High Court order, which had asked it to pay compensation to the victim.

News Reports

‘Don’t use IMA to propagate any religion’: Read what the Delhi court said slamming IMA President John Rose Jayalal

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2021

Delhi court ordered Indian Medical Association (IMA) President John Rose Austin Jayalal to not use the organisation’s platform to propagate religion

News Reports

Govt grants approval to NGOs to open SBI account for receiving foreign contributions, to get letter of commitment from donor about purpose of donation

OpIndia Staff - 5 June, 2021

The Union government emphasised that the time period for verification and application for bank accounts must be cleared within 1 week from the date of removal of all objections (if any)

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