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"The weight of 59 lives demands attention": Supreme Court denies bail to three Godhra train case convicts, emphasizing its severity. The 2002 incident claimed 59 lives, including women and children, leading to widespread riots in Gujarat
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Emphasizing the urgency of the matter, Chief Justice Chandrachud asserted that it's not a topic to be left in limbo
"Man versus dog: in this round of alimony Olympics, Fido takes the gold!": In an unprecedented ruling, Mumbai's court insists that man's best friend requires maintenance too, husband now legally obliged to pay estranged wife's canine companions' upkeep
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Presiding over this curious case, Magistrate Komalsing Rajput took a moment to school everyone in the courtroom on the importance of pets in one's life
"Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it": Justice served in the infamous coal scam case as former Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda and son Devender Darda gets 4-year prison sentence, and ex-Coal Secretary HC Gupta is sentenced to 3 years
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The coal block was allocated to JLD through what the court described as a concerted collaboration between the company's office bearers and key officials from the Ministry of Coal - namely Gupta, Kropha, and Samria
"Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar": Supreme Court to hear PIL for constitution of National Commission for Men, in total of 1,18,979 men suicide in the given year accounted 72% of the total suicide cases whereas women suicide represented roughly 27% only
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The petition additionally seeks a directive for the National Human Rights Commission to address the issue of suicides committed by married men and to accept complaints of domestic violence suffered by men
"A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on": Google moves Supreme Court against National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order upholding CCI's ₹1,337 crore penalty for abuse of dominant position within the Android ecosystem
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The penalty was imposed due to Google's alleged anti-competitive conduct within the Android ecosystem
"सुरूपा बहुरूपाश्च विश्वरूपाश्च मातरः। गावो मामुपतिष्ठन्तामिति नित्यं प्रकीर्तयेत्": We are living in secular country & must respect all religions. In Hinduism, belief & faith is that cow is representative of divine and should be protected - Allahabad HC
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The Court said that since we are in a secular country, we should respect all religions including Hinduism, and the cow is considered the most sacred of all the animals by Hindus
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both": Delhi High Court upheld the freedom of speech privilege of the advocacy profession, Justice Mini Pushkarna even refused to look into irrelevance or maliciousness of the statement
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The Delhi High Court upheld the freedom of speech privilege of the advocacy profession
“There’s no such thing as failure – just waiting for success”: After denying clearances for development projects for three decades, the Indian Supreme Court green bench clears 118 development projects already delayed for 5 years for pending litigation
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Supreme Court and other institutions have taken so long to say and do this is itself one of the reasons India has fallen behind China
"Success & all good things in life, start with a genuine concern for others": Supreme Court collegium publishing RAW, IB opinions on candidates for judgeship a matter of concern, crores of pending cases, delay of justice is denial of justice: Kiren Rijiju
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Recently, the Collegium had published on the top court's website, a slew of resolutions containing reasons given by IB and RAW on why the government was opposing candidature of certain persons for judgeship
"To no one we shall sell, to no one we shall deny or defer right or justice": Delhi High Court refuses to entertain Sameer Wankhede plea seeking protection in the disproportionate assets case, came to limelight as NCB questioned celebrities in drugs case
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The Court allowed Wankhede's counsel to withdraw the plea and file a fresh petition with the copy of the communication sought to be challenged before the appropriate court