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Love jihad: Haryana murder brings focus back to demand for law

Source:-https://www.indialegallive.com A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that a law would be formulated against “love jihad,” his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar too said his government was contemplating “legal provisions” against it. Love jihad is a theory that aims to portray a Muslim boy as a jihadi who manipulates and brainwashes

Accused has right to ‘default’ bail if investigation not completed in time: Supreme Court

Source:-https://www.thehindu.com An accused, irrespective of the merits of the case against him, should be granted “default” or “complusive” bail if the investigating agency does not complete the probe within a prescribed time limit, the Supreme Court has held in a judgment. A Bench, led by Justice U.U. Lalit, referred to how “in England, even a

Court orders inspection of living conditions at detention centre

Source:-https://www.thehindu.com HC asks authorities to take steps if shortcomings are foundThe Delhi High Court has ordered a judge to visit the Sewa Sadan Deportation Centre in Narela and inspect it after the wife of a detainee complained about its ‘pathetic’ condition. A Bench of Justice J.R. Midha and Justice Brijesh Sethi directed the Principal District

Violence has no constitutional sanction

Source:-https://www.newindianexpress.com In 1999, Justice C S Rajan of the Kerala High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate into an ‘encounter killing’ that occurred on 18 February, 1970. Varghese, a Naxalite leader, was shot dead in Thirunelli forest in Kerala. After a few decades, a police constable named Ramachandran Nair, out of

Trump calls 2020 election ‘fraud’, saying he’ll go to Supreme Court

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com Trump said that the 2020 presidential election was a “fraud being committed on the American public”, adding that he will go to the US Supreme Court to challenge Tuesday night’s outcome US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the 2020 presidential election was a “fraud being committed on the American public”, adding that

Jaganmohan Reddy vs judges | Supreme Court to hear separate pleas on November 16

Source:-https://www.thehindu.com A three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice U.U. Lalit is scheduled on Monday to hear separate writ petitions against the Andhra Pradesh government and Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for levelling “false, vague and political allegations” against sitting apex court judge, Justice N.V. Ramana, and other High Court judges. The controversy

Jharkhand Foundation Day: Date, history, facts and all you need to know

Source:-https://newsd.in Jharkhand Foundation Day: Jharkhand, known as ‘The land of forest” or ‘Bushland’ is situated in northeastern India. Presently, Jharkhand state shares its border with Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Chhattisgarh to the west, Odisha to the south and West Bengal to the east. On 15 November 2000, the Chota Nagpur

Comedian Kunal Kamra Faces Contempt Charges Over Supreme Court Tweets

Source:-https://www.ndtv.com New Delhi: Stand-up comic Kunal Kamra faces contempt charges over a series of tweets criticizing the Supreme Court for granting TV anchor Arnab Goswami interim bail on Wednesday.Attorney General KK Venugopal today gave his consent to eight people who want to sue Kunal Kamra for criminal contempt. “It is time that people understand attacking

‘If you become investigator, prosecutor and judge, why are we here?’: Bombay HC on media trials

Source:-https://www.nationalheraldindia.com The Bombay High Court on Wednesday expressed concerns over the practice of “media trial” while hearing a batch of petitions seeking regulations on the reportage of the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, legal news website LiveLaw.in has reported. “If you become the investigator, prosecutor and the judge, what is the use of us? Why