Law

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

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Mob has no religion: Says Rajasthan HC’s Justice Farjand Ali while granting bail to 18 Islamists accused of attacking Hindu Shobha Yatra in Chittorgarh

OpIndia Staff -
It becomes exceedingly difficult, as per Justice Farjand Ali, to distinguish the culprits from the innocent during mob attacks.
Opinions

Pune Porsche hit and run case: Accused got bail on grandfather’s assurance, the grandfather who allegedly paid Chhota Rajan to kill a corporator

OpIndia Staff -
The hit-and-run case in Pune has exposed some startling facts that have caused people to pause and reflect on several issues, chief among them the functioning of our legal system
News Reports

People are saying so many things against me, judges have rights too: Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma after being trolled online over ruling on Arvind...

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi High Court stated that transferring a case from a judge has an effect on the judge as well.
News Reports

‘National security paramount’: SC cancels bail granted by Madras HC to 8 PFI members caught with photos of RSS leaders

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA stated that these 8 men had hatched a conspiracy to unleash terrorist attacks in the country.
News Reports

‘Misuse of SC/ST Act to protect land mafia’: Allahabad HC quashes criminal proceedings against Dehradun couple, says Act misused for personal vendetta

OpIndia Staff -
Quashing proceedings in SC/ST Act, Justice Prashant Kumar observed that there was no evidence against Sethis that they were aware of Vasudev’s caste or used caste-related language against him.
Opinions

‘Paisa bolta hai, sab chalta hai’: Pune Porsche crash reveals so many things that are wrong with us, the system and laws

Shraddha Pandey -
The granting of bail to the teen accused in the Pune Porsche case reveals how cheap human lives, especially those of poor ones, are in our country.
News Reports

‘Realisation is same as jail’: Delhi HC reduces life sentence of 5 JeM terrorists to 10 years, cites Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s ‘Crime and Punishment’

OpIndia Staff -
The bench stated unequivocally that the nature of the allegations was serious and worrisome, and the gravity of the acts could not be overstated.
News Reports

‘I owe a lot to one organisation’: Retiring Calcutta HC judge thanks RSS for shaping his personality, instilling patriotism

OpIndia Staff -
The former Calcutta High Court judge informed that he had to distance himself from RSS after being appointed as a judge.
News Reports

From stones pelting not being dangerous to pepper spray being one: How some of the judiciary’s confounding decisions have left the public befuddled 

Shraddha Pandey -
In April this year, the Karnataka HC refused to dismiss a criminal case against the director of a private company and his wife, who was accused of using pepper spray on a man in self-defence.
Law

Petition filed in a very casual and cavalier manner: Supreme Court junks PIL questioning the validity of new criminal laws

OpIndia Staff -
The PIL, which was filed in January 2024, sought setting up an expert panel under the chairmanship of a former judge of the Supreme Court to examine, assess and identify the viability of the three new criminal laws.
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