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In an unprecedented move, the Gujarat High Court has asked the Superintendent of Police to investigate and present a 14-year-old girl before the court.The girl allegedly had run away with a man for marriage.

Though amendments have been made to the Representation of the People Act, politicos have shamelessly sold themselves to the highest bidder. Is it time parties sign “prenuptial” pacts with their candidates?

The Patiala House Court yesterday (July 16) dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Baba Ramdev and the company Patanjali for allegedly making claims to cure COVID-19.

Lawyers from across the country, including some very senior lawyers of the Supreme Court, have written a letter to the Chief Justice of Patna High Court, expressing outrage at the jailing of a violent gang-rape victim and her two caregivers by a magistrate at the Araria district court.

The Delhi Police yesterday (July 14) submitted before the Delhi High Court that no actionable evidence has surfaced that could indicate any role played by BJP Leader Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma in instigating and/ or participating in the Delhi riots.

Certain aspects of the FIR lodged, made the Bombay High Court yesterday (July 14) to grant bail to a 43-year-old man who had been accused of molesting his minor stepdaughter when she was 12-year-old.

A year after his arrest, Rajkumar Chaurasiya, held for the killing of his daughter for marrying against his wishes, has been granted bail recently by the Bombay High Court.

Archana Dwivedi, widow of Mukul Dwivedi, former SP of Mathura, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, wanting the court to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to complete its investigation in the Jawahar Bagh violence case in two months.

Poet and activist Varavara Rao, an accused in the Elgar Parishad- Maoist links case, approached the Bombay High Court yesterday (July 13), seeking temporary bail, owing to his deteriorating health and because of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.

Court reacts to Brinda Karat’s complaint that even the names of those arrested are not being revealed by Delhi Police