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20 years after 2006 Malegaon blasts, ‘diagonally opposite’ probes lead nowhere & leave nobody on trial

Bombay High Court discharged the 4 accused in 2006 Malegaon blasts case this week, saying there was insufficient evidence to proceed with trial. 31 people lost their lives in the blasts.

Shared groceries & dreams, no legal protection. Extra-marital live-ins are uncharted territory

Once ignored by law, live-in relationships now enjoy legal recognition. But when it involves a married person, high courts have diverged in applying the laws.

A sitting CM cannot put democracy in peril, SC says on Mamata ‘interference’ in ED’s I-PAC raids

SC disagreed with West Bengal's argument that the dispute was between state and Union. The CM had allegedly walked into an ED raid on TMC's political consultant and taken away devices & documents.

‘Sensational’ attacks on judges—Why Delhi HC convicted YouTuber in ‘classic’ case of criminal contempt

Gulshan Pahuja’s videos were not a critique of any specific judgment but a deliberate intent to ‘mock the system, bringing it to disrepute’, HC ruled

‘Temporal incongruity’ in Udhay Stalin’s 2021 & 2026 poll affidavits, ITRs: What I-T dept told Madras HC

The affidavits of TN Dy CM are being scrutinised after a resident of his constituency, Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni, moved court alleging discrepancies. HC has given I-T dept 4 weeks for probe.

The contempt action against Nilesh Ojha, lawyer in Disha Salian case, and why SC refused to quash it

Bombay HC initiated contempt proceedings against Nilesh Ojha after he made allegations linked to the Disha Salian death case.

‘Court not theatre of perception’—Justice Sharma’s order refusing Kejriwal’s recusal plea in excise case

The judge said that apprehension of bias, unsupported by tangible evidence, cannot be allowed to put judiciary itself on trial, or set a precedent that undermines institutional integrity.

Justice Sharma won’t recuse from liquor policy case against Kejriwal— ‘politician can’t cross boundary’

'I just cannot recuse due to manufactured allegations otherwise it would be giving credence to an attempt to cast a shadow on this court,' the judge said in Delhi High Court.

Why 9-year-old & ‘100% disabled’ Sandarbh Gupta knocked on the doors of Delhi High Court

Sandarbh’s father is posted with the railways in Lucknow, more than 10 hours away from the family residence near Dehradun. HC has sought the railways' reply on the plea for his father's transfer.

Delhi High Court lays down guidelines for quashing POCSO cases involving consensual sex

HC stressed that justice cannot ignore lived realities & prosecution in such cases may amount to an exercise in “futility”, especially where it risks leaving both woman and child without support.

On Camera

Bengal’s high voter turnout is the insurrection of a spirit. Wait for true storm

West Bengal is sensitive to the BJP’s illegal immigration discourse—and Mamata Banerjee knew it would hit the Bengalis hard, given that many have their roots in Bangladesh.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.