Law

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

News Reports

Supreme Court dismisses plea to transfer money collected under the PM CARES Fund set up for COVID-19 relief to the NDRF

OpIndia Staff - 18 August, 2020

The apex court bench comprising of justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy, and MR Shah held that there is no need to transfer funds under the PM CARES to NDRF.

News Reports

Plea seeks contempt action against Swara Bhaskar over her remarks against SC judgment on Ram Janmabhoomi

OpIndia Staff - 18 August, 2020

The petitioners have argued that Swara Bhaskar resorted to a 'cheap stunt of publicity' in a bid to make the people revolt against the apex court.

News Reports

Read the scathing observations made by the Supreme Court while holding advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2020

The Supreme Court notes that tweets of Prashant Bhushan attempt to shake the public confidence on the judiciary

Opinions

This is why Prashant Bhushan’s rants against judiciary were fit cases for contempt of court, don’t fall for ‘dissent’ propaganda

Editorial Desk - 14 August, 2020

The fact that Prashant Bhushan launches attack on court whenever he does not get favourable judgement is not lost on judges

Law

SC holds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court, could land him in jail for up to 6 months: Read the details

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2020

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court held advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for his tweets against the CJI

News Reports

Prashant Bhushan withdraws petition against Contempt of Court law after plea was moved to Justice Arun Mishra’s court, to file it again after Justice...

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2020

The development came after case was re-listed before Justice Arun Mishra, after it was wrongly registered with different justices

News Reports

Nobody in the family saw his body hanging, don’t trust Mumbai police: Father of Sushant Singh Rajput argues in SC

OpIndia Staff - 11 August, 2020

The Supreme Court has reserved the order in the death case of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput after hearing submissions made by the father

News Reports

Karnataka High Court grants anticipatory bail to man who had written ‘Quran is more dangerous than Corona’ on Facebook

OpIndia Staff - 11 August, 2020

Advocate Sachin BS appearing for the accused argued that Kaniyoor is a public servant and since no permission was sought before filing the complaint, the question of taking cognisance of the matter did not arise.

News Reports