Don’t temple aartis cause noise pollution: Gujarat HC rejects plea for loudspeaker ban during azaan

The bench described the plea as ‘wholly misconceived’ and asked how high decibel levels would go during the 10 minutes of Muslim’s call to prayer.

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· Yesterday · 05:22 pm

Adolescent girls must control sexual urges, boys must learn to respect women, says Calcutta HC

The High Court made the observations while acquitting a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl.

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· Oct 19, 2023 · 12:26 pm

Caste or religion of litigant should never be mentioned in judgement titles, says Supreme Court

The bench questioned why a rape convict’s caste was mentioned in judgement titles of the Rajasthan High Court and the trial court.

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· Oct 12, 2023 · 02:18 pm

Can’t micromanage everything, local matters should be left to High Courts, says SC

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said the court will become dysfunctional if it entertains cases about every aspect of governance.

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· Oct 10, 2023 · 04:43 pm

Bilkis Bano case: Some convicts are more privileged than others, says Supreme Court

The 11 convicts in the case were released on August 15 last year after the Gujarat government granted them remission.

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· Sep 15, 2023 · 08:22 am

Former Bihar MP Prabhunath Singh gets life imprisonment in 1995 double murder

On August 18, the Supreme Court had held him guilty of murdering two men for voting for another political party.

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· Sep 01, 2023 · 06:20 pm

Women have unleashed ‘legal terrorism’ by misusing law on cruelty by husband, says Calcutta HC

The High Court said that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code was introduced as an anti-dowry provision but it has been misused in several cases.

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· Aug 22, 2023 · 02:47 pm

Bihar caste survey may have ‘ramifications’, Centre tells Supreme Court

The court granted the Union government a week to put forward its stand on the matter.

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· Aug 22, 2023 · 10:41 am

No court can pass order against judgement by a superior bench, says Supreme Court

The court made the observation while taking strong exception to an order passed by the Gujarat High Court in a plea seeking abortion.

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· Aug 21, 2023 · 08:06 pm

Courts should summon government officials only in exceptional cases, says Centre’s draft SOP

The draft document submitted to the Supreme Court said that judges should give enough time to officials to appear before them.

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· Aug 17, 2023 · 10:52 am

Madras HC declares illegal its own order to transfer case against state minister

A case of disproportionate assets against K Ponmudi was transferred to Vellore district from Villupuram, and he was eventually acquitted.

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· Aug 11, 2023 · 02:44 pm

Nuh demolitions case shifted from High Court bench that made ‘ethnic cleansing’ remarks

Justices GS Sandhawalia and Harpreet Kaur Jeewan had observed that the demolition drive was conducted without following the procedure established by law.

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· Aug 11, 2023 · 08:31 am