Law
News about judgements of the courts and articles regarding specific laws of the land that matter.
Married woman consenting to physical relations with another man was aware of consequences: Jharkhand HC quashes rape FIR
While quashing the rape charges, the court said it can’t be deemed that the accused obtained her consent under false pretence.
NIA special court awards death penalty to two ISIS-linked men who killed retired school principal in Kanpur after seeing his Kalawa and Tilak
A special NIA court pronounced death sentence to two men linked to the ISIS for killing a retired school principal.
Supreme Court reserves order on manufacture and use of green firecrackers during Diwali in Delhi, says at present all firecrackers are banned
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Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will consider whether the manufacture and use of green crackers can be permitted or not and reserved the order
Dabholkar murder case: CBI submits final report, seeks discharge of 3 accused Amol Kale, Rakesh Bangera, Amit Digwekar due to absence of prosecutable evidence
CBI informed a special court in Pune that it has concluded the evidence in the Dabholkar murder case
Centre’s flagship e-court project becomes complete as the Supreme Court joins the National Judicial Data Grid portal
The flagship e-Courts project completes full circle with Supreme Court of India onboarding the National Judicial Data Grid portal
Kerala High Court denies request for saffron flags at Hindu temple, says temple premises not a place for political activities
Kerala High Court says saffron flags are political, denies permission to use them at a Hindu temple
Sister cannot have deceased brother’s job, family includes wife and children: Karnataka HC
As per the said rule, the definition of "family" includes "(i) in the case of the deceased male married Government Servant, his widow, son and daughter (unmarried/married/divorced/widowed) who were dependent upon him and living with him."
‘Police briefing should not result in media trial’: SC directs Home Ministry to frame guidelines regarding police briefing in criminal cases
The SC stated that police disclosures during media briefings in criminal matters should be objective in nature and not subjective, having a bearing on the guilt of the accused.
Haryana Congress MLA Mamman Khan seeks formation of SIT to investigate Nuh violence, moves High Court
Mamman Khan said in his petition that the state government, having failed to contain the violence, is now trying to shift responsibility onto its political rivals by unjustly involving him in the case.
Distributing Bible not allurement for religious conversion under UP Anti-conversion law: Allahabad HC
Allahabad High Court said that distributing the Bible and imparting good teachings cannot be termed as an "allurement for religious conversion"
