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Government and Policy

Supreme Court reiterates that Hindu Succession Act does not apply to Scheduled Tribes, sets aside Himachal Pradesh HC order

OpIndia Staff - 22 October, 2025

The Supreme Court noted that this direction on the part of the High Court is contrary to Section 2(2) of the Hindu Succession Act.

Culture and History

After years of subdued celebration due to court diktats, 7,000 crore in sales lights up Sivakasi, the firecrackers capital of India

OpIndia Staff - 21 October, 2025

On Wednesday, 15th October, the court finally allowed the bursting of "green crackers" on Deepavali.

Law

Supreme Court allows use of mosque land for road widening in Ahmedabad, rejects mosque’s objection saying Hindu temples also demolished for the project

OpIndia Staff - 18 October, 2025

The Supreme Court has given the green light to the Ahmedabad city corporation to use a part of a 400-year-old mosque's land for a road-widening project.

News Reports

Supreme Court denies bail to PFI extremist Wasid Khan, who wanted to establish ‘Mughal order’ in India: Read how the banned outfit was arming...

Aditi - 17 October, 2025

In July 2022, the Bihar police seized an 8-page document during a crackdown on a secret PFI operation in the state, in which it planned to launch an attack on PM Modi during his visit to Patna. The document titled “India 2047: Towards Rule of Islam in India” contained a detailed plan for the Islamisation of India in the coming years.

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.

News Reports

Activities of Sonam Wangchuk ‘prejudicial to national security’: Leh DM to Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff - 14 October, 2025

The Leh DM stated that when Sonam Wangchuk was detained on 26th September 2025, the activist was “categorically informed both of the factum of his detention under the National Security Act, 1980, as well as the factum of his transfer to Central Jail, Jodhpur, Rajasthan”.

‘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.

‘Timing of the tweets crucial, worth considering’: SC refuses to quash FIR against Neha Singh Rathore over posts targeting PM Modi, BJP after Pahalgam...

OpIndia Staff - 13 October, 2025

A Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi made it clear that the top court was not inclined to interfere at this stage, effectively allowing the criminal proceedings to go on.

Opinions

From oral observations used for anti-Hindu propaganda to screeds about need for judges to be mindful: How liberals changed tunes in the face of...

Anurag - 9 October, 2025

The digital age has transformed oral judicial remarks into viral controversies. Judges’ comments, once private exchanges, now trigger nationwide debates, exposing ideological hypocrisy and challenging the long-held liberal monopoly over courtroom narratives.