Law

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong exception to ‘media trials’ and directed the Union Home Ministry to prepare guidelines for police to follow during press briefings in relation to criminal cases. The ministry has three…
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has restrained police from making “unnecessary” arrests in cases under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, pertaining to harassment or cruelty towards a woman by her husband or in-laws over unlawful demand…
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Cuttack: On the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, the Orissa High Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a brother for repeatedly raping his 14-year-old sister, resulting in her pregnancy. Pronouncing the verdict in open court, Single…
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New Delhi: Insulting a woman or being rude to her and not behaving in a chivalrous manner will not amount to outraging the modesty of a woman, the Delhi High Court held on Tuesday while setting aside an order putting a man on trial for…
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Justice of Orissa High Court Subhasis Talapatra inaugurated the PK Dhal Memorial Moot Court hall and a network resource centre for the benefits of students at University Law College, Utkal University here on Saturday. …
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New Delhi: Social media users should be careful about its impact and reach, said the Supreme Court as it dismissed a petition filed by actor and former Tamil Nadu MLA SV Shekher, who is facing cases for sharing a Facebook post in 2018…
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced three new bills in the Parliament on Friday, 11 August, to replace the three basic criminal laws of the country: The Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860) The…
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Three days before Cboe Global Markets Inc., one of the world’s biggest regulated exchanges, debuts futures on the cryptocurrency, it had one of its wildest sessions ever. On Coinbase Inc.’s GDAX exchange, prices zoomed up to almost
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