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Supreme Court stays death penalty of man convicted for rape and murder of 5-year-old girl

The Supreme Court recently stayed the death penalty awarded to a man convicted of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl ...
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Defamation case against Dhruv Rathee: Notary of Suresh Nakhua’s defective affidavit skips Delhi court hearing again

A Delhi court today issued a show cause notice to Suman Sharma, the notary of a defective affidavit filed by BJP leader ...
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Lalu Prasad Yadav moves Delhi High Court challenging criminal charges in land-for-jobs case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) assured the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that it will not put approvers on witness ...
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Uttam Nagar Holi murder: MCD tells Delhi HC that houses of accused on encroached public street, no notice needed before demolition

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday orally asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) not to undertake any demolition ...
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Kerala High Court quashes obscenity case against actress Shwetha Menon

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday quashed criminal proceedings initiated against Malayalam actress Shwetha Menon on allegations that she acted in obscene films ...
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Argus Partners acts on Bounce Infinity Series F fundraise

Bounce Infinity (WickedRide Adventure Services Private Limited) has raised ₹36 crore from a Series F fundraise, which saw ...
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Tata Play can continue using ‘Astro Duniya’ mark: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court refused to restrain Tata Play from using the mark ‘Tata Play Astro Duniya’ for its astrology channel ...
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AI tools and payment of 4 jackets: How a hosiery trader's PIL against PM CARES unravelled before Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to bring about greater ...
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Passive euthanasia: What are ‘best interests’ of a patient in vegetative state? Supreme Court explains

The Supreme Court on Wednesday explained the legal test for determining the “best interests of a patient” in cases involving passive euthanasia while allowing w ...
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In a first, Supreme Court allows passive euthanasia of man in vegetative state since 2013

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed plea for passive euthanasia (withdrawal of life support) of 31-year-old Harish Rana, who has remained in a permanent ...
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Supreme Court directs CBI to conduct preliminary inquiry into deaths of 3 Dalits in MP

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the suspicious deaths of a Dalit woman a ...
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Arvind Kejriwal writes to Delhi HC Chief Justice to transfer excise policy case from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to the Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya requesting that the excise policy case be ...