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Delhi riots 2020: HC grants bail to Salim Malik in UAPA case

The top court, however, denied the relief to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, saying all the accused in the case do not stand on the same footing.

NCDRC awards Rs 2 cr to family after woman’s healthy kidney removed in botched surgery

Thin line between defamation, political criticism: Delhi HC on Raghav Chadha's plea against social media posts

HC reserves judgment on pleas seeking exemption to Bengal’s animal slaughter rules for Eid al-Adha

Courts can hold sedition trials if accused has no objection: SC

Calcutta HC grants TMC''s Abhishek Banerjee protection from coercive action over his rally remarks

SC bats for victim-centric approach, refuses to entertain plea for consolidation of FIRs

SC refuses to lift stay on counting of Delhi Bar Council polls, asks HC to hear pleas on May 25

Further police probe without court's permission not legally valid: HC

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BCI moves SC to finalise 10-pc co-option formula for women in state bar councils

It would be fair, objective, transparent, and least susceptible to arbitrariness," the BCI has stated, adding that linking co-option to actual votes polled ensures that the process remains "connected to the democratic choice expressed by advocates

May 21

Twisha Sharma death case: Absconding husband moves MP High Court for pre-arrest bail

In a Miscellaneous Criminal Case (MCrC) filed before a single bench by his brother Siddharth Singh, the petitioner claimed that the entire prosecution story had been constructed and built “on imagination and presumptions” and that every substantial material had already been seized.

May 21

Lawyers urge CJI retracts SC's 'unfair observations' against environmental activists

Also, from subjecting environmental decision-making to rule-of-law scrutiny towards deference to project clearances and administrative expertise, even where the record reveals inconsistencies, omissions and unresolved public concerns.

May 21

Thane court acquits MNS chief Raj Thackeray in 2008 railway exam assault case

Eight persons, including Thackeray, had been named as accused in the case. Two of the accused died during the pendency of the trial.

May 21

Twisha Sharma death case: Absconding husband applies for bail in Jabalpur High Court

A magistrate court had earlier rejected his anticipatory bail application while granting it to his mother, Giribala Singh, a retired district sessions judge.

May 21

UP man gets life term for dismembering daughter over love affair

Additional District Government Counsel (Criminal) P K Singh said the convict, Naim, a resident of Nibiya village, was enraged over his daughter Khushboo's relationship.

May 21

Have asked all HCs to conduct online hearings: CJI Surya Kant

The observation came when a lawyer mentioned a plea before a bench headed by the CJI seeking an urgent hearing of her plea that all Delhi courts should go online.

May 21

Important cases listed before Supreme Court on Thursday May 21:

SC to hear plea by Reliance Industries Limited challenging Delhi High Court verdict that set aside an arbitral award in their favour in the Krishna-Godavari Basin gas migration dispute with the Centre.

May 21

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Courts can hold sedition trials if accused has no objection: SC

In a landmark order passed on May 11, 2022, the apex court had put the penal provision on sedition on hold till the Centre completed its promised revi...

SC bats for victim-centric approach, refuses to entertain plea for consolidation of FIRs

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joy...

SC refuses to lift stay on counting of Delhi Bar Council polls, asks HC to hear pleas on May 25

The CJI transferred the matter to a division bench of the De...

SC acquits Sri Lankan national in UAPA case, says he was falsely implicated

The bench said the appellant also applied for a Swiss visa t...

SC declines to postpone final hearing in KG basin gas migration dispute

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joy...

High Courts

Delhi riots 2020: HC grants bail to Salim Malik in UAPA case

The top court, however, denied the relief to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, saying all the accused in the case do not stand on the same footing.

Thin line between defamation, political criticism: Delhi HC on Raghav Chadha's plea against social media posts

HC reserves judgment on pleas seeking exemption to Bengal’s animal slaughter rules for Eid al-Adha

Calcutta HC grants TMC''s Abhishek Banerjee protection from coercive action over his rally remarks

Further police probe without court's permission not legally valid: HC

UP: HC asks police not to harass relatives of accused, decries it as 'colonial' practice

Allahabad HC withdraws adverse remarks made against Lokayukta

Cal HC upholds grant of interim maintenance to Hindu woman who married a Muslim

Bombay HC quashes extortion FIR against ex-Maharashtra DGP Sanjay Pandey

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Glorification of Singham Style Police Encounters is a Vicious Attempt to Deviate From the Due Process of Law Exigency of Anti Torture Shield to Curb the Sin in the Cells

The argument of the government that the notification and implementation of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhit...

Supreme Court permits passive euthanasia under stringent safeguards

The judgment in the case of Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug v. Uni...

Money Laundering : A Magistrate taking cognizance of an offence must provide an opportunity of hearing before taking cognizance

Supreme Court sets aside cognizance in Money Laundering case...

Voluntary Euthanasia and Non Voluntary Euthanasia

The Supreme Court of India’s landmark judgment in Aruna Ramc...

Money Laundering : When ED can not arrest and accused even need not apply for bail

Supreme Court of India in Tarsem Lal v. Directorate Of Enfor...

Legislature Cannot Ignore Supreme Court Verdicts - A Constitutional Imperative

The Madras Bar Association judgment is a clarion call for th...

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NCDRC awards Rs 2 cr to family after woman’s healthy kidney removed in botched surgery

The commission comprising President A P Sahi and member Bharatkumar Pandya was hearing a complaint filed by the family of 56-year-old deceased Shanti ...