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    An Advocate’s Job Is to Defend in Court, Not on Public Platforms: High Court Slams Lawyer Booked for ‘Casteist Goons’ Remark
    An Advocate’s Job Is to Defend in Court, Not on Public Platforms: High Court Slams Lawyer Booked for ‘Casteist Goons’ Remark
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    An Advocate’s Job Is to Defend in Court, Not on Public Platforms: High Court Slams Lawyer Booked for ‘Casteist Goons’ Remark

    The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that free speech cannot justify terms like ‘casteist goons’, as such language unfairly criminalises entire communities. Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj rejected activist-lawyer Rajat Kalsan’s plea to quash the criminal case pending.

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    "Once the Marriage is Over, Let the Cases End Too”: Supreme Court on Post-Divorce Criminal Proceedings
    "Once the Marriage is Over, Let the Cases End Too”: Supreme Court on Post-Divorce Criminal Proceedings
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    “Once the Marriage is Over, Let the Cases End Too”: Supreme Court on Post-Divorce Criminal Proceedings

    The Supreme Court held that continuing criminal proceedings after divorce, without specific allegations, only prolongs bitterness and burdens the justice system. The ruling came while quashing an FIR against a man and his family in a matrimonial dispute.

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