Law

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

Opinions

Will Ram Lalla finally come home: The culmination of a people’s movement spanning over 491 years

Sandhya Jain - 6 November, 2019

The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict on the vexatious issue of whether Sri Ramlalla Virajman is the legitimate owner of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple site in Ayodhya

News Reports

Nirbhaya gang rape: Convicts not to file mercy petition, to seek withdrawal of notification that had granted them 7 days to file petition

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2019

The jail authorities had informed the Nirbhaya gangrape case convicts that they had exhausted all legal remedies

Law

SC slams Congress govt in Chhattisgarh for tapping the phones of a senior IPS officer and his family members

OpIndia Staff - 4 November, 2019

SC slams Chhattisgarh government for tapping phones of suspended IPS officer Mukesh Gupta

Law

SC questions the logic of odd-even rule in Delhi, asks Kejriwal government to furnish data of its actual impact

OpIndia Staff - 4 November, 2019

The Supreme Court directed the Delhi Government to produce data or records to prove that the odd-even scheme has reduced pollution in Delhi by November 8, even as autos and taxis continue to ply the roads.

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Read full details: CJI Ranjan Gogoi bats for NRC, slams media and ‘arm-chair commentators’ for their skewed reportage

OpIndia Staff - 4 November, 2019

CJI Ranjan Gogoi said, "the NRC as it will finally emerge is not a document of the moment – 19 lakhs or 40 lakhs is not the point. It is a base document for the future – kind of a reference document to determine future claims".

News Reports

Watch: Lawyers at Delhi’s Tis Hazari court take law into their own hands, beat up Delhi Policemen

OpIndia Staff - 3 November, 2019

Fight between lawyers and policemen erupt in Tis Hazari court following a dispute over parking

Media

Did Propagandist-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai try to influence the Ayodhya verdict in his interview with Justice Bobde?

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2019

CJI-designate Justice SA Bobde gave an interview to propagandist-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai on Thursday.

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PIL industry commands ‘Thou shall not decide against our vested interests’: Will the Lordships finally say ‘thus far and no further’?

Amit Kelkar - 31 October, 2019

The question which remained unanswered so far is, will the Court – as a collective institution – take up this challenge and send a message, loud and clear, “thus far and no further”.

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