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"गजवा-ए-हिंद": Supreme Court grants bail to Jalaluddin Khan, detained under UAPA for planning an Islamic rule in India by 2047, ironically highlighting in the judicial realm, 'Bail is the rule, jail is the exception,' even in cases of national conspiracy
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A bench of Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih pronounced the order while pointing out the significance of evaluating bail requests in compliance with the law, even in cases involving grave accusations.
"किजिये मीटिंग मीटिंग": In response to the 'absolute failure of state machinery,' Calcutta High Court lambasts the West Bengal govt, threatening to close RG Kar Hospital & relocate patients, while ordering a CBI probe into the alarming vandalism incident
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Unsatisfied with the replies of the state, the court even threatened to close down the hospital and shift the patients to a different hospital.
"Every sinner has a future": Supreme Court Bench grants bail to Syed Asim Ali, the accused conspirator in the Kamlesh Tiwari murder, which involved a brutal attack that left the Hindu Samaj Party leader fatally stabbed & shot in broad daylight in Lucknow
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The accused Muslim youth Sajel Ali was also nabbed by the police with the help of Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists.
"बाहर फेंको उठाकर": Jharkhand HC orders the removal of Bangladeshi intruders after revelations of ST girls being converted through marriage and madrasas' involvement, declaring a grave national issue that requires both state and central govt collaboration
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The court also asked the central government to submit a response on the issue and declared it a grave matter.
"झूठ बोले कौआ काटे": Supreme Court lambasts Kejriwal Govt for failing to tackle Delhi's water crisis and the tanker mafia, while AAP shifts blame to Haryana for withholding Delhi's water & accuses LG VK Saxena of lying, deepening the capital's water woes
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The Aam Aadmi Party, however, accused Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena of ‘lying’.
"अंधा कानून": Rajasthan High Court overturns a decades-old rape conviction, ruling that removing a minor’s innerwear and undressing oneself does not constitute an 'attempt to rape,' but rather 'outraging the modesty of a woman' under Section 354 IPC
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As per the case details, the 6-year-old prosecutrix alleged that the accused undressed both her and himself and fled the scene when she made hue and cry
"गजवा ए हिंद vision 2047": Delhi HC denies bail to ex-PFI chief E Abubacker, highlighting PFI's Vision 2047 to overthrow the government, replace the constitution with Sharia Law, and establish a Caliphate by 2047 through terror camps & radicalizing youth
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The NIA apprehended Abubacker in September 2022 as part of a national operation to crack down against the now-banned organization
"अल्हम्दुलिल्लाह!!! Mob has no religion": The Rajasthan High Court grants bail to 18 Islamists accused in the Hindu Shobha Yatra attack in Chittorgarh, highlighting the challenges of pinpointing culprits amidst the chaos of mob-induced communal violence
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According to Justice Farjand Ali, it can be extremely challenging to identify the guilty from the innocent during mob violence
‘Realisation is same as jail’: Delhi High Court invoked Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s book 'Crime and Punishment' to reduce life sentences to 10 years for five Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists—Bilal, Sajjad Khan, Muzaffar Bhat, Mehraj-ud-Din, and Ishfaq Bhatt
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"They have been held guilty, primarily, for conspiring, and not for committing any terror act as such. Indubitably, while deciding the quantum, the court is required to strike a balance," the bench said.
"हम-तुम अलग हैं फ़र्क है": In a stunning display of judicial leniency, Pune's wealthy builder’s drunk teen son, who killed two with his Porsche, was swiftly granted bail—only to face the harrowing task of writing a 300-word essay and making traffic boards
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Vedant has been asked by the Juvenile Justice Board to work with a traffic police official for 2 weeks and attend psychiatric counseling sessions.