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    Baghpat CJM Court Closes 27-Year-Old Criminal Case As 65-Year-Old Accused Admits Guilt And Seeks Leniency
    Baghpat CJM Court Closes 27-Year-Old Criminal Case As 65-Year-Old Accused Admits Guilt And Seeks Leniency
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    Baghpat CJM Court Closes 27-Year-Old Criminal Case As 65-Year-Old Accused Admits Guilt And Seeks Leniency

    A Baghpat Chief Judicial Magistrate Court concluded a 27-year-old criminal case after the accused admitted guilt and sought leniency. The 65-year-old villager was sentenced till the rising of the court and fined Rs 1,000, bringing an end to proceedings arising from allegations of abuse and criminal intimidation dating back to 1999.

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    Khan Sir Anticipatory Bail Plea: Patna Court Reserves Order in Coaching Centre Firing & Vandalism Case
    Khan Sir Anticipatory Bail Plea: Patna Court Reserves Order in Coaching Centre Firing & Vandalism Case
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    Khan Sir Anticipatory Bail Plea: Patna Court Reserves Order in Coaching Centre Firing & Vandalism Case

    A Patna court has reserved its ruling on Khan Sir’s anticipatory bail plea in a case linked to firing and vandalism at his coaching institute earlier this month. He has been named in an FIR under BNS and the Arms Act after moving court seeking protection from arrest.

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    Legal Aid Cannot Be a Ritual, Accused Must Get Real, Effective Assistance: Supreme Court
    Legal Aid Cannot Be a Ritual, Accused Must Get Real, Effective Assistance: Supreme Court
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    Legal Aid Cannot Be a Ritual, Accused Must Get Real, Effective Assistance: Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court emphasised that legal assistance for an accused cannot be reduced to a ritual or token formality. It must instead be a meaningful, substantive process that ensures the accused receives effective and genuine legal counsel throughout the proceedings

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    I Have Urged Chief Justices of All High Courts to Hold Virtual Hearings on Mondays and Fridays: CJI Surya Kant
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    I Have Urged Chief Justices of All High Courts to Hold Virtual Hearings on Mondays and Fridays: CJI Surya Kant

    CJI Surya Kant said he asked all High Court Chief Justices to hold online hearings on Mondays and Fridays to cut avoidable expenses amid the West Asia crisis. Earlier, the Supreme Court opted for video hearings on them.

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    Bhojshala Complex Row: Hindu Party Files Caveat in Supreme Court, Seeks No Orders Without Hearing
    Bhojshala Complex Row: Hindu Party Files Caveat in Supreme Court, Seeks No Orders Without Hearing
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    Bhojshala Complex Row: Hindu Party Files Caveat in Supreme Court, Seeks No Orders Without Hearing

    A Hindu party has filed a caveat in the Supreme Court, urging that no order be passed without hearing it first. The caveat concerns any future appeal challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court’s decision in the Bhojshala complex dispute case.

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    UP Court Reserves Order In Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi, Next Hearing On May 2
    UP Court Reserves Order In Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi, Next Hearing On May 2
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    UP Court Reserves Order In Defamation Case Against Rahul Gandhi, Next Hearing On May 2

    Arguments were heard in a defamation case involving Rahul Gandhi, as a local MP-MLA court reserved its ruling for May 2. The hearing focused on an application under Section 311 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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    "Inform Convicts First Before Appointing Amicus": Supreme Court Issues Key Directive to High Courts
    "Inform Convicts First Before Appointing Amicus": Supreme Court Issues Key Directive to High Courts
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    “Inform Convicts First Before Appointing Amicus Curiae”: Supreme Court Issues Key Directive to High Courts

    The Supreme Court has directed High Courts to notify convicts before appointing an amicus curiae to represent them. The move aims to ensure fair representation and prevent future legal disputes in long-pending criminal appeals.

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    Blissfully Ignorant, It's the Litigant Who Suffers: Delhi High Court Slams Lawyers for Seeking Adjournments
    Blissfully Ignorant, It's the Litigant Who Suffers: Delhi High Court Slams Lawyers for Seeking Adjournments
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    Blissfully Ignorant, It’s the Litigant Who Suffers: Delhi High Court Slams Lawyers for Seeking Adjournments

    The Delhi High Court expressed sharp disapproval over lawyers repeatedly seeking adjournments, stressing that such delays unfairly burden litigants. “Blissfully ignorant, it’s the litigant who suffers,” the Court remarked while criticising advocates for disrupting the judicial process.

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    Supreme Court Slams Accused for Backing Out of Voluntary Bail Condition Pay-Out: "Plays Ducks & Drakes With Court"
    Supreme Court Slams Accused for Backing Out of Voluntary Bail Condition Pay-Out: "Plays Ducks & Drakes With Court"
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    Supreme Court Slams Accused for Backing Out of Voluntary Bail Condition Pay-Out: “Plays Ducks & Drakes With Court”

    Today, On 23rd June, The Supreme Court criticised an accused for withdrawing a voluntary bail payout offer, saying, “It undermines the sanctity of the judicial process and amounts to playing ‘ducks and drakes’ with the court,” stressing accountability in bail conditions.

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    MP Nursing College Scam| “We Forgive Murders, But These Are Premeditated Offences”: HC to Hear Case Daily from July 3
    MP Nursing College Scam| “We Forgive Murders, But These Are Premeditated Offences”: HC to Hear Case Daily from July 3
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    MP Nursing College Scam| “We Forgive Murders, But These Are Premeditated Offences”: HC to Hear Case Daily from July 3

    In the MP nursing college scam case, the Madhya Pradesh High Court said, “We forgive murders, because they are often crimes of passion but these are premeditated offences,” and announced daily hearings from July 3 after shocking visuals showed the poor state of nursing institutions.

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