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"Excessively harsh": Centre opposes criminalizing marital rape, citing existing laws like Sections 354, 354A, 354B, 498A IPC, and the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, already offer serious penal consequences for violations of consent within marriage
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According to the Centre, marital rape is more of a social issue than a legal one
"अब आयो ऊंट पहाड़ नीचे": A Bareilly court convicts Mohammed Alim for Love Jihad, tricking a woman into conversion and abortion, giving him life in prison, penalizing his father, and warning of conversion threats like in Pakistan and Bangladesh
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The court categorically labelled the case as an example of “Love Jihad.” The court observed that Alim posed as a Hindu to lure the victim into a relationship under false pretences.
"अंधा कानून": Kanhaiya Lal's brutal beheading by radical Islamists for supporting Nupur Sharma shocked Udaipur, and now, in a sorry state of justice, Mohammed Javed, who informed the killers, is granted bail, sparking outrage and fear across the nation
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Kanhaiya Lal was killed for uploading a social media post in support of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
"अच्छा": Despite serious allegations, the court granted interim bail to Meeran Haider, a PhD student who orchestrated the 2020 anti-Hindu Delhi riots, mobilizing crowds and coordinating violence across 20 sites, revealing deep-seated plots against CAA-NRC
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The court imposed several conditions on Meeran. He should not get in touch with any of the witnesses nor tamper with any evidence.
"न्याय, मलाई मार के": In 1992, hundreds of Hindu girls were exploited in the Ajmer gangrape case by 'Khadims' of the Dargah and ex-Congressman Nafis Chisti, with the perpetrators only being convicted by the POCSO court after a long, grueling 32 years
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The POCSO court held Nafis Chishti, Naseem, Salim Chishti, Iqbal Bhati, Sohail Ghani, and Syed Jameen Hussain guilty of the crimes.
"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
| Satyaagrah | Law
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’.