SC rejects petition for president’s rule, removal of Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra

The petitioner cited actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death and the demolition of part of Kangana Ranaut’s property as examples of law and order problem.

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· Oct 16, 2020 · 03:26 pm

Women have right to live at in-laws’ home even if estranged from husband, rules Supreme Court

A bench comprising of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah overruled the top court’s verdict from 2006.

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· Oct 16, 2020 · 02:33 pm

Media trying to influence pending cases amounts to contempt of court, says Attorney General

KK Venugopal said the top court, while deciding on matters relating to what kind of speech and publications may amount to contempt, should also consider these.

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· Oct 13, 2020 · 05:39 pm

Contempt case: Prashant Bhushan files review plea against Supreme Court order to pay Re 1 fine

The lawyer has sought an open court hearing of the review petition.

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· Oct 01, 2020 · 02:26 pm

‘They were in love, passions of youth ruled’: Supreme Court acquits man in 20-year-old rape case

The court said that the woman’s physical relations with the man was a ‘conscious and deliberate choice’ because of ‘her deep seated love’ for him.

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· Sep 29, 2020 · 07:39 pm

Attorney General refuses to initiate contempt proceedings against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai

A petition was sent to KK Venugopal for the television achor’s tweets on the Supreme Court verdict in the Prashant Bhushan contempt case

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· Sep 17, 2020 · 08:37 pm

Prashant Bhushan files review plea against SC’s contempt judgement after paying Re 1 fine

Bhushan said that the contributions he had received from various quarters across the country towards the token fine will go into building a ‘truth fund’.

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· Sep 14, 2020 · 04:28 pm

Prashant Bhushan 2009 contempt case: Supreme Court seeks attorney general’s help

The court directed that the case records be sent to Venugopal and posted the matter for further hearing on October 12.

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· Sep 10, 2020 · 12:55 pm

Bar association head alleges he was not allowed to speak at Justice Arun Mishra’s farewell

Dushyant Dave told the CJI that he would never participate in any event of the Supreme Court till his term as president gets over in December.

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· Sep 03, 2020 · 11:32 am

2020 contempt case: Prashant Bhushan fined Re 1 for his tweets on judiciary

The Supreme Court said the senior lawyer may be imprisoned for three months and debarred from practicing for three years if he defaulted on the payment.

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· Aug 31, 2020 · 12:24 pm

Prashant Bhushan case: Ahead of sentencing today, 122 law students ask SC to reconsider judgement

They said that to criticise the judiciary fairly was not a crime but a necessary right in a democracy.

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· Aug 31, 2020 · 07:48 am

Prashant Bhushan contempt case: Supreme Court to pronounce sentencing on Monday

Bhushan was held guilty of contempt of court on August 14. The case pertains to two tweets posted by him on June 27 and 29.

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· Aug 29, 2020 · 07:12 pm