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Supreme Court grants bail to Kashmiri separatist Shabir Ahmed Shah in terror funding case: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
The allegations against Shah include mobilising violent protests, including incidents of stone-pelting, and paying tribute to the families of slain terrorists.
Law

Supreme Court dismisses lawyer’s plea seeking ₹1 crore from Centre for filing cases to defend former CJI Dipak Misra

OpIndia Staff -
He further told the court that he had spent about ₹2 lakh of his own money as litigation costs while pursuing those cases.
News Reports

Death penalty for a rape convict who ripped the vagina of a 5-year-old girl stayed, SC orders his psychological evaluation: Read what the top...

Aditi -
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, in its judgment, had noted that the accused was not suffering from a mental disorder at the time of committing the crime.
News Reports

Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia for the first time in the country, allows removal of life support for a 32-year-old patient in vegetative state...

OpIndia Staff -
Harish Rana has remained in an irreversible permanent vegetative state since 2013 after falling off the fourth floor of a paying guest accommodation.
News Reports

Supreme Court transfers a case pending before the Allahabad HC to itself after the High Court failed to deliver verdict reserved 6 years ago

Aditi -
The judgment in the case was reserved by the High Court in 2020.
News Reports

Supreme Court bans NCERT textbook over chapter on judicial corruption: Read how the serious issues plaguing Indian courts are not allowed to be discussed

Rukma Rathore -
The Supreme Court declared, "They fired gunshot, judiciary is bleeding today," while adopting a firm stance against the NCERT.
News Reports

Supreme Court ends more than 100-year-old old legal battle, upholds hereditary pujari right at Amogasidda temple in Karnataka: Here is what you should know...

Rukma Rathore -
The issue pertained to a long-running dispute that lasted more than a century, in which the appellants or defendants (Ogeppa, deceased) and the respondents or plaintiffs (Sahebgouda, deceased) made opposing assertions with regard to the ancestral pujari rights and the authority to carry out worship of Amogasidda, a saint who died 600 years ago.
Law

NCERT stops distribution of Class 8 social science textbook after SC objects to chapter on ‘corruption in Judiciary’

OpIndia Staff -
NCERT clarified that it holds the judiciary in the highest esteem and that the 'error' was purely unintentional.
News Reports

Uttarakhand: Supreme Court clears way for Haldwani eviction, says railway land cannot be held hostage by encroachers; rehabilitation process for eligible families under PMAY...

OpIndia Staff -
The Court clarified that ownership of the disputed land is undisputed and belongs to the State, observing that rehabilitation would be assistance, not a right, and that infrastructure expansion cannot be stalled indefinitely.
Opinions

NCERT textbook discussing corruption in the judiciary and case backlogs: Why it is important perspective, not political goal-scoring as Kapil Sibal implies

Sanghamitra -
The book doesn’t paint a one-sided picture. It emphasizes accountability mechanisms, such as judges being bound by a code of conduct, internal complaint systems like the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), which handled over 1,600 complaints between 2017 and 2021, and informs about parliamentary impeachment for serious allegations.
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