Category: Legal News
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While issuing the order, the court criticised the Army for not permitting women to take part in the NDA exam. The present public interest petition raises the issue of violation of Articles 14, 15, 16 and 19 of the Constitution of India by denying the opportunity to eligible and willing female candidates to join the…
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A Delhi court has issued notice to Bollywood singer and actor Honey Singh in a domestic violence complaint filed by his wife (applicant). Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Tis Hazari court Tania Singh also passed interim orders in favour of the applicant-wife restraining Singh from disposing jointly owned property, her Stridhan etc. The applicant submitted that she is…
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The Lakshadweep administration on Tuesday informed the Kerala High Court that filmmaker-activist Aisha Sultana, who is accused in a sedition case, deleted her mobile chats after the registration of the case by the Kavaratti Police. Accusing her of not cooperating in the probe, the administration opposed Aisha’s plea to quash the case. They pointed out that it…
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“Freedom of media, free press is one of the core values of the EU. It is completely unacceptable if this (hacking) were to be the case.” The European Union on Monday condemned any spying on journalists, after reports that Israeli software had been used to hack the smartphones of journalists, government officials and rights activists…
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Manipuri activist Erendro Leichombam was booked under the National Security Act and kept in preventive detention for a Facebook post criticising BJP leaders for advocating cow-dung and cow-urine as cures for COVID. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the release of Manipuri activist Erendro Leichombam, who was booked under the National Security Act (NSA) for…
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Justice Chandrachud also gave the example of climate change activist, Greta Thunberg to point out that nobody is too young or too insignificant to make a difference on this planet. We are in the midst of an accelerated climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that ecological disruption exacerbates existing inequalities, Justice DY Chandrachud observed…
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“People are confident that they will get relief and justice from the judiciary. They know that when things go wrong, the judiciary will stand by them. The Indian Supreme Court is the guardian of the largest democracy,” Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said. Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana on Saturday asserted…
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The law, used against Mahatma Gandhi and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, is prone to misuse by the government, says Chief Justice N.V. Ramana Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana, in what may be an unprecedented judicial criticism of the way the sedition law is used by the government to crush liberties, asked why a colonial law…
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Not for the first time, a Delhi court has chastised Delhi Police over its handling of the February 2020 communal violence in the northeastern part of the city. Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Yadav dismissed the Delhi Police’s revision petition against an October 2020 order of the court in which police had been directed to register…
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of news on Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to allow the Kanwar Yatra amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and sought responses from the state as well as the Centre on the matter. The court took note of a report published in The Indian Express newspaper on Uttar Pradesh…