Delhi HC seeks response from Centre on plea seeking damage to property forfeited during Emergency

The lawsuit has sought damages of Rs 2.20 crore, Rs 9.89 lakh and Rs 43.5 lakh for the loss of market rent, outstanding maintenance charges and property tax.

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· Jan 11, 2021 · 03:46 pm

J&K court restrains Shehla Rashid’s father, media from publishing defamatory content about her

The court was hearing a plea filed by the activist, her sister and mother, saying that Rashid’s father was taking every opportunity to defame them.

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· Dec 23, 2020 · 03:46 pm

SC issues notice to Kunal Kamra and Rachita Taneja in contempt case, asks them to respond in 6 weeks

Both of them had criticised the top court for the manner in which it had fast-tracked Arnab Goswami’s bail plea in an abetment to suicide case.

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· Dec 18, 2020 · 11:18 am

SC to decide tomorrow on issuing show-cause notices to Kunal Kamra, Rachita Taneja in contempt cases

Both of them had criticised the SC for the manner in which it had fast-tracked Arnab Goswami’s bail plea in an abetment to suicide case.

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· Dec 17, 2020 · 01:11 pm

Kunal Kamra tweets: SC to hear three contempt of court pleas against comedian on December 17

Kamra has maintained that he would not retract his tweets criticising the Supreme Court or apologise.

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· Dec 14, 2020 · 10:44 pm

Allahabad HC orders release of man booked under NSA, says law must be used with ‘extreme care’

The court was hearing a habeas corpus petition by the accused, noting that there was ‘extraordinary haste’ by authorities to take action against him.

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· Dec 09, 2020 · 08:59 pm

Rape by HIV positive person is not attempt to murder, rules Delhi High Court

The High Court set aside a trial court’s conviction of an HIV positive man under the attempt to murder charge.

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· Dec 09, 2020 · 02:12 pm

SC allows Centre to acquire land for Chennai-Salem highway

The court also said that the Centre had the authority to notify any land and acquire it for building a highway.

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· Dec 09, 2020 · 11:14 am

Bombay High Court seeks to know stand of other democracies on offensive social media posts

The court was hearing a plea by a Mumbai resident, who was booked for allegedly posting offensive tweets against Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray.

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· Dec 09, 2020 · 10:46 am

SC adjourns 94-year-old woman’s plea seeking to declare Emergency unconstitutional

The petitioner said that she and her family were victims of the excesses of a ‘grave and dark period of our nation’s history’.

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· Dec 07, 2020 · 04:44 pm

Contempt plea filed in Supreme Court against cartoonist Rachita Taneja

A law student has accused Taneja of ‘directly attacking’ the Supreme Court with her social media posts.

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· Dec 07, 2020 · 03:53 pm

Centre opposes plea in SC to ban convicted MPs and MLAs from contesting elections for life

The petition was filed by Supreme Court advocate and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ashwini Kumar.

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· Dec 04, 2020 · 12:36 pm