Former Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka criticised political leaders for “appeasing religions” and failing to support scientific temper. He warned that rational thinkers are being targeted, and constitutional duties under Article 51A(h) are being ignored.
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The Bombay High Court indicated that no further investigation is needed in the 2015 Govind Pansare murder case, although efforts to locate two absconding suspects continue. The court considered closing the case petition due to the ATS’s thorough investigation, while the Pansare family’s lawyer suggested unresolved issues concerning the mastermind behind the murder.
A Pune court acquitted 3-individuals in the Dr. Narendra Dabholkar murder case, emphasizing that both the police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) must reflect on their failure to identify the mastermind behind the crime. Dr. Dabholkar, the founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, was fatally shot by two assailants on a motorcycle during his morning walk in Pune on August 20, 2013.
On Monday January15, in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, the Supreme Court of India, led by Justices Vikram Nath and Satish Chandra Sharma, has issued a notice regarding the bail granted to Mohan Nayak, an accused in the case. The petition, filed by Kavita Lankesh, the younger sister of the slain journalist, challenges the bail […]
Dabholkar, an anti-superstition activist was shot dead in Pune in 2013. In August last year, the Supreme Court told CBI to examine the conspiracy behind the four murders and if there was a common thread following the request from Dabholkar’s children. The Supreme Court of India, in a recent judgment, dismissed a plea challenging the discontinuation […]