Law

On 3rd December, an NIA court sentenced 28 accused to life imprisonment in the Chandan Gupta murder case. Chandan was killed during a Tiranga Yatra in 2018 in Kasganj.

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) does not require the permission of the state government for filing an FIR under a central law against a central government employee posted in that state.

A day after PM Narendra Modi handed over a Chadar to be offered on his behalf at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a plea has been filed to temporary halt the offering

The PIL challenged an order by an Uttar Pradesh court that defined 'Love Jihad' as an act in which Muslim men systematically target' Hindu women for conversion to Islam through marriage and fraudulently marry Hindu women 'under the pretence of love' in order to convert them.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief filed the plea on 17th December of last year.

The Delhi HC said that though consent would not matter if the girl is a minor under the POCSO Act, the phrase ‘physical relation’ cannot be converted automatically into sexual intercourse let alone sexual assault.

The Madras High Court on Saturday said that the FIR registered into the Anna University sexual assault case blames the victim, and slammed the police for ‘wrong wordings’ in the FIR

During the latest raids across 22 locations pan-India, the ED recovered Rs 12.41 in cash along with 17 mobile phones, hard drives, pen drives, and email backups. The SC however directed the ED saying that it had no authority to access the content from the digital devices seized during searches.

Permission to establish a slaughterhouse was sought by an individual identified as Sabir Hussain. Following the judgment, the court ordered the Municipal Council of Mandsaur to issue an NOC to Hussain to set up a slaughterhouse.

The Allahabad High Court has further asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file a detailed counter in the case by 6th January 2025.