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Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of Obscene Content Against BJP MP Raghav Chadha, But Says No Personality Rights Involved
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed take down of certain “obscene and explicit ” content posted against BJP MP Raghav Chadha on social media, while clarifying that there was no element of personality rights involved in his suit. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 599]For context, Chadha had sought take down of “defamatory” content allegedly showing that he “sold himself for money.” In...
US Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Strikes Down Trump's Executive Order
The US Supreme Court on Monday held that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to children born in the United States irrespective of whether their parents are in the country unlawfully or only temporarily, striking down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to deny such citizenship.In a 5-4 constitutional ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts authored the...
MP Judge Faces Communal Attack After Convicting Cow Vigilantes In Lynching Case
A judge in Madhya Pradesh has come under severe communal attack after she delivered a verdict convicting cow vigilantes in a lynching case.Earlier this month, Tabassum Khan, Additional District and Sessions Judge of Narmadapuram district, had sentenced 7 men to life imprisonment for lynching Sheikh Lala Nazir Ahmed, a truck driver, in 2022, over suspicions of cow smuggling.On the day of the verdict, the families of the convicts had held protests, attempting to block the police vehicle from...
Supreme Court Directs Status Quo On Ethanol Supply Allocation For 2025-26 As BPCL Says HC Order Will Affect E20 Policy
The Supreme Court today ordered status quo with regard to ethanol supply allocation for the Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025–26.A partial Court working days bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Sheel Nagu passed the order, after hearing Attorney General R Venkataramani (for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd) and Senior Advocate Siddharth Dave (for respondents).The AG contested a...
Why Ayodhya Lawyers' Refusal To Represent Accused In Ram Mandir Donation Theft Case Violates Law
In the wake of alleged embezzlement of donations received by the Shree Ram Janmbhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust for Ayodhya's Ram Mandir, the Faizabad/Ayodhya Bar Association in Uttar Pradesh recently passed a resolution restraining its members from representing the accused.The resolution stated that none of its members would represent persons arrested in connection with the alleged...
PC Act | Mere Presence Of Officer When Superior Accepted Bribe Not Enough To Infer Criminal Conspiracy: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the mere presence of a public servant at the place where a bribe is allegedly accepted is insufficient to infer criminal conspiracy, reiterating that the prosecution must establish a prior meeting of minds through cogent evidence.A Bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale dismissed appeals filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh against...
"Even Death Penalty Would Not Be Adequate": Pune Court Awards Death Sentence To 65-Yr-Old For Rape, Murder Of 3 Yr-Old Girl
A special court in Pune on Monday (June 29) handed down death sentence to a 65-year-old man convicted for raping and killing a three-year-old girl, after considering his antecedents of outraging modesty of his grand-niece and a village woman and even sexually assaulting animals. Special Judge SR Salunkhe held that the instant case was a 'rarest of rare' as the accused - Bhimrao Prabhakar...
Honeymoon Murder Case | Meghalaya High Court Upholds Shillong Court Order Granting Bail To Sonam Raghuwanshi
The Meghalaya High Court today UPHELD an April 2026 order by a Shillong court granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime suspect in the chilling May 2025 "honeymoon murder" of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi.With this, a bench of Justice W Diengdoh DISMISSED the State's appeal challenging bail granted to Raghuwanshi. The Court had reserved its verdict in the matter on June 10 after...
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