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Summer vacation ends, SC to hear important cases including Rafale petition, sexual harassment case against CJI as the top court functions with full strength

OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2019

The Supreme Court will also hear the sexual harassment charges hearing against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.

News Reports

Supreme Court stays Delhi HC order permitting AgustaWestland accused Rajeev Saxena to fly abroad

OpIndia Staff - 26 June, 2019

Earlier, Delhi HC had permitted Rajeev Saxena to fly abroad for the treatment of blood cancer and other ailments.

Fact-Check

Shashi Tharoor distorts government reply given in Parliament, presents 3-year-old numbers as current data

OpIndia Staff - 26 June, 2019

Tharoor's assertion that thousands of cases under IPC section 377 at present is wrong and misleading, which can be proved by a casual reading of the answer given by the ministry.

Law

Setback to Congress: SC rejects Gujarat Congress leader’s plea against EC decision to hold separate bypolls for two RS seats

OpIndia Staff - 25 June, 2019

The two BJP candidates, EAM S Jaishankar and Jugalji Thakor, have reached Gujarat Vidhan Sabha to file their nominations.

Law

CJI Ranjan Gogoi writes to PM Modi: Increase retirement age of Judges and number of Judges to tackle pendency of cases

OpIndia Staff - 22 June, 2019

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi has written three letters to Prime Minister Modi with solutions to tackle to vast pendency of cases

Law

SC transfers complaint by journalist against Chidambaram using ‘Sr Advocate’ title to Bar Council

OpIndia Staff - 21 June, 2019

Gopikrishnan today took to Twitter to inform that he has got a message from the Supreme Court stating that his written complaint has been transferred to the concerned Bar Council for 'action deemed fit'.

News Reports

Disgraced former IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt sentenced to life imprisonment in custodial death case

OpIndia Staff - 20 June, 2019

The case concerns with the death of one Prabhudas Vaishnani who had died due to the injuries inflicted upon him under police custody. Six other policemen along with Bhatt were also the accused in the case.

Law

CBI files FIR against Indira Jaising’s NGO for FCRA violations, husband Anand Grover named too

OpIndia Staff - 18 June, 2019

Earlier in May, Indira Jaising, Anand Grover and Lawyers' Collective were issued a notice by the Supreme Court.

News Reports

Supreme Court to hear plea for safety, security of doctors at government hospitals on June 18

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

West Bengal doctors crisis began as a small protest which gradually took a nationwide dimension with doctors from all across the country raising voices of dissent against the WB government.

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