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Delhi HC acquits man convicted of homicide in 2003 after trial court ‘loses’ case records
In a shocking example of judicial disarray and apathy, the Delhi High Court (HC) has set aside the conviction and 6-year jail term awarded...
Sharia laws, which serve as the foundation for Muslim personal law, are 'constitutionally valid', according to the Kerala government. The Supreme Court (SC) will...
Moderate averments against some religions, SC to petitioner’s counsel in forced conversion case
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The Supreme Court on Monday asked the lawyer of a petitioner, who has filed a plea against forceful conversions, to consider moderating averments made...
Rohingya community’s stay in West Bengal is a security risk for the state
Many Rohingya Refugee camps are found in the Harda village in South 24 Pargana in West Bengal. The immigrants are from Myanmar, and they...
May include provisions to prevent shadow banning in proposed Digital India Act: Rajeev Chandrasekhar
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Amid disturbing disclosures about microblogging site Twitter blacklisting content and preventing disfavoured tweets from trending, the Indian government on Friday said that it may...
‘Collegium discussions can’t be put out in public domain through RTI’, says SC
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The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking to disclose details under the Right to Information (RTI) of a collegium meeting in which...
Twitter shadow bans & blacklists were real – latest #TwitterFiles revelation
After Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, we are fast learning how Western big tech companies are compromised and manipulated, often by those holding a...
NCPCR asks NGOs to stop fund-raising by exploiting vulnerable & destitute children
There are many NGOS operating in Bharat (and other parts of the developing world) which cynically exploit child destitution to do their fund-raising. Many...
Karnataka ex-judge’s pseudo-intellectualism on Mughal ‘benevolence’ towards Hindus
A retired district court judge has put his intellect on display by 'if not for Mughal benevolence, Hindus would have gone extinct' in Bharat....
Soft Republic: Just 7 years jail for convicted JMB jihadis?
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A Special NIA Court in Bengaluru has awarded seven years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) to three Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists in connection with a case,...