Law

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

Government and Policy

‘Should foreigners with Aadhaar be made voters?’, SC asks petitioner challenging SIR, says EC has right to determine authenticity of documents

OpIndia Staff - 27 November, 2025

The Court that the Aadhaar Card is created to ensure that the benefits of social welfare schemes reach everyone and does not automatically confer voting rights.

Editor's picks

Breaking down Delhi anti-Hindu Riot bail hearing in SC: Prosecution argument on how it was a regime change operation, videos of Sharjeel Imam’s speeches,...

Divyansh Tiwari - 24 November, 2025

The Supreme Court is hearing the bail petitions of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in Delhi anti-Hindu riots, with state argument that it was a regime change operation

News Reports

Presidential reference case: Everything you need to know about the Supreme Court judgement on timelines for acting on bills, deemed assent and more

Shriti Sagar - 20 November, 2025

This Supreme Court ruling came in response to a Presidential reference filed by President Droupadi Murmu under Article 143(1). She asked the apex court t to clarify whether the judiciary can impose timelines or create procedural rules for the Governor and President.

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Supreme Court rules that it cannot impose timelines on President and Governors to take decisions on pending bills, rejects concept of ‘deemed assent’

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2025

The Supreme Court said that the concept of deemed assent is antithetical to the spirit of the Constitution and the doctrine of separation of powers and that it is virtually a takeover of the functions of the Governors.

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After Triple Talaq, Talaq-e-Hasan faces ban: Supreme Court scrutinises the Islamic divorce system, slams the practice of lawyers pronouncing talaq on behalf of husbands

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2025

India's Supreme Court is reviewing talaq-e-hasan, a Muslim divorce practice where a husband pronounces divorce thrice over three months. The court questioned its validity amid concerns for women's dignity and equality, considering whether a larger bench should hear the case.

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Lucknow: Special Court sentences woman to 3.5 years in prison for misusing SC/ST Act, filing fake rape case against former boyfriend

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2025

Rinki aimed to teach her former lover, Deepak Gupta, a lesson for marrying another woman and hence launched the false case.

Law

Seventh conviction for Azam Khan: SP strongman and his son handed 7 years in jail in dual PAN forgery case

OpIndia Staff - 18 November, 2025

SP leader Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam have been sentenced to 7 years in jail for forging a PAN card. The fake card, with a changed birthdate, was used to make Abdullah eligible for the 2017 election. Azam Khan is now back in custody.

Law

Pakistan’s judiciary plunges into crisis as SC and HC judges resign protesting ‘assault on judicial independence’ by 27th Constitutional Amendment, more judges to follow

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2025

Pakistan's judiciary plunged deeper into crisis today as a third judge, Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza of the Lahore High Court (LHC), resigned in protest...

Law

Delhi HC orders removal of encroachments from Ram Lila ground in Delhi in 3 months, refrains from ordering removal of mosque and graveyard over...

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2025

In a significant move to reclaim public land from illegal occupations, the Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)...

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