Law

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Law

Supreme Court allows green firecrackers for Diwali in NCR, says the ban didn’t improve air quality and absolute ban leads to smuggling

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2025

The Supreme Court took note of the fact that an absolute ban on firecrackers did not cause any substantial improvement in the AQI.

Law

Delhi anti-Hindu riots accused Sharjeel Imam withdraws plea seeking interim bail to file nomination for Bihar Assembly election

OpIndia Staff - 14 October, 2025

The 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riots accused Sharjeel Imam has withdrawn his application before the Karkardooma court seeking interim bail on Tuesday (14th October). Imam had...

‘Go to the Election Commission’: SC rejects plea requesting SIT on Rahul Gandhi’s “vote chori” claims

OpIndia Staff - 13 October, 2025

The plea pleaded to hold off on finalising or revising the electoral rolls until after an independent audit was finished.

News Reports

‘Declaring Munambam land as a Waqf property was a land-grabbing tactic of the Waqf Board’, says Kerala HC. Read how the Waqf Board tried...

Aditi - 11 October, 2025

The Division Bench observed that the orders of the Waqf Board were issued with unreasonable delay, and were unenforceable because they violated the law.

Crime

Umar Khalid plays the victim card, claims police singled him out and not others: Read about his role in the Delhi anti-Hindu riots

OpIndia Staff - 10 October, 2025

Umar Khalid claimed, "Several persons, identically situated, no qualitative difference between my role and their role. But I am (roped in)."

Law

Prashant Bhushan attempts to manipulate Bihar SIR case in Supreme Court? Here is how he was caught filing fake affidavit

OpIndia Staff - 9 October, 2025

In a sharp exchange during hearings on the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Supreme Court of India expressed strong displeasure...

News Reports

Gujarat HC refuses to quash FIR in Bharuch religious conversion case, rejects argument that converted Muslims can’t be accused of forcing others to convert:...

Aditi - 9 October, 2025

The High Court refused to treat the accused as 'victims; of religious conversion, noting that they lured others to convert to Islam after converting themselves.

News Reports

Allahabad HC frames contempt charges against man over WhatsApp message accusing a judge of corruption: Court to decide how much criticism of judiciary is...

Shraddha Pandey - 8 October, 2025

A Division Bench comprising Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava stated that a prima facie case was made out against the contemnor for acts that ‘scandalise’ and lower the authority of the court.

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