Law

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

Law

‘Petition rightly nipped in the bud by HC’: SC rejects petition of sacked BSF jawan who challenged election of PM Narendra Modi

OpIndia Staff - 24 November, 2020

Delivering its verdict on Tuesday, SC rejected the petition of sacked BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav against Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Marriage between first cousins per se illegal under the Hindu Marriage Act, observes Punjab and Haryana High Court

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2020

The high court was hearing a anticipatory bail plea by a man living in live-in relation with a minor girl, both are first cousins

Law

Abusive ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra gets one step closer to seeing his desire of being a ‘liberal’ hero fulfilled: Read how

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2020

AG KK Venugopal has given his consent to initiate contempt proceedings against Kunal Kamra for his latest tweet insulting SC

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Bail plea of Republic TV’s Assistant VP Ghanshyam Singh adjourned till November 24, to remain in judicial custody

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2020

Maharashtra government sought the time of 5 more days to respond to bail plea of Republic TV's assistant VP Ghanshyam Singh

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Delhi HC slams Kejriwal govt for mismanaging COVID crisis, asks why they did not ‘wake up’ when cases were rising

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2020

The High Court also asked why did the Delhi government wait till the court intervened to take steps such as reducing the number of people attending weddings to 50 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Bombay High Court orders Bhima Koregaon accused Varavara Rao to be treated at Nanavati Hospital at state expense

OpIndia Staff - 18 November, 2020

Advocate Indira Jaising told the court that Rao is suffering from dementia and urinary tract infection.

Law

Devise a mechanism to deal with complaints against media: Supreme Court to centre on Tablighi Jamaat petition

OpIndia Staff - 17 November, 2020

The SC has asked to centre to devise a mechanism to address complaints regarding media. It asserted that the NBSA should not address the issue when the centre has the authority to do it.

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Sameet Thakker granted bail by lower court after Maha govt say in SC that they will not oppose bail

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2020

Sameet Thakkar has just been granted bail by a lower court in Maharashtra after Maha government asserted in Supreme Court that they will not oppose his bail.

Media

‘Harish Salve did not charge a single rupee to represent me, I am deeply grateful’: Arnab Goswami on his first 9 PM debate back

OpIndia Staff - 13 November, 2020

Republic TV Editor Arnab Goswami expressed his heartfelt gratitude towards senior advocate Harish Salve on live air for representing the news channel in the Supreme Court

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