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Leftist lawyers, activists and former judges led by Prashant Bhushan target CJI Surya Kant for refusing to protect illegal Rohingya immigrants, issue open letter

Just days after Chief Justice of India Surya Kant came down heavily on petitioners seeking to protect illegal Rohingya immigrants, a group of a...

Supreme Court says temple money belongs to deity and can’t be used to save falling banks, rejects plea challenging Kerala HC order to repay...

In a significant comment, the Supreme Court of India on Friday said that that funds deposited by temples belong exclusively to the presiding deity...

Delhi HC directs MEA to facilitate Celina Jaitley’s contact with brother detained in UAE, wife opposes plea saying he does not want to talk...

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to facilitate communication between Bollywood actor Celina Jaitly and her brother,...

Thiruparankundram Hill: Madras HC slams Tamil Nadu govt for disobeying its orders allowing Hindus to light ceremonial lamps, accepts contempt petition

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court adopted a stern approach on Wednesday (3rd December) while hearing two separate contempt petitions filed against...

Delhi High Court rejects PIL seeking 6-month deadline to complete the Red Fort bomb blast trial

Delhi High Court turned down a PIL requesting a special committee to oversee the Red Fort bomb blast trial and ensure it finishes within six months. The court said monitoring a trial that had not begun was not feasible, leading to the petitioner withdrawing the plea.

Supreme Court objects to Prashant Bhushan calling the Election Commission a “despot” during hearing of petitions challenging SIR

Bhushan claimed that the exercise was being conducted in a "hurry" which has led to the death of several Booth Level Officers (BLOs).

Madras HC clears lighting of lamp at Deepathoon on Thiruparankundram Hill, rejects objection of Dargah saying temple rights must be protected

Justice G.R. Swaminathan said that lighting the Deepam on a hilltop is an old Tamil practice, and the very purpose of the Deepam is to hold a ceremonial flame.

Kerala HC quashes rape charges against man, cites 3-year-long relationship to question ‘educated’ woman’s allegations: How courts are dealing with misuse of rape laws

Indian courts have repeatedly clarified that that consensual relationships turning sour or culminating in marriages do not constitute the offence of rape.

Gujarat: Man who set a police vehicle on fire claims he has Bipolar Disorder and was imagining himself as Batman, seeks quashing of FIR

Gujarat High Court issued notice to the state on a 48-year-old man's petition to quash an FIR for burning a police jeep in 2023. He claims high-degree bipolar disorder made him perceive himself as Batman during the act. Next hearing on December 16.

‘SIR cannot be stopped unless it shown that the ECI has no power to do it,’ says the Supreme Court, rejects claim that Commission...

The Court explained that if the Election Commission finds that a large number of voters in a state are dead, it cannot pick and choose constituencies in the state to conduct the SIR.

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