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    No Law Prohibiting Consumption of Chicken Over the Ganga River: SC Judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
    No Law Prohibiting Consumption of Chicken Over the Ganga River: SC Judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
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    No Law Prohibiting Consumption of Chicken Over the Ganga River: SC Judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

    Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan cautioned against criminalising everyday activities, observing that eating chicken over the Ganga is not an offence. He also expressed concern over delays in granting bail to persons arrested in protest-related cases.

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    Acquittal Can't Be Reversed By High Court Merely Because Different View Is Possible: Supreme Court
    Acquittal Can't Be Reversed By High Court Merely Because Different View Is Possible: Supreme Court
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    Acquittal Can’t Be Reversed By High Court Merely Because Different View Is Possible: Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court restored a 1995 murder acquittal, holding that a High Court cannot substitute its own view for a plausible trial court finding without showing the acquittal was perverse.

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    Situation Not Absolutely Normal: Calcutta HC Rejects TMC Student Wing's Plea To Hold Rally Backing Delhi NEET Protesters
    Situation Not Absolutely Normal: Calcutta HC Rejects TMC Student Wing's Plea To Hold Rally Backing Delhi NEET Protesters
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    Situation Not Absolutely Normal: Calcutta HC Rejects TMC Student Wing’s Plea To Hold Rally Backing Delhi NEET Protesters

    The Calcutta High Court refused permission for a TMC student wing rally in solidarity with the Jantar Mantar protesters, holding the situation was not normal and could escalate tension.

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    Lathi Charge On Student Protestors: Lawyers Protest At Tis Hazari Against July 20 Police Action On Jantar Mantar
    Lathi Charge On Student Protestors: Lawyers Protest At Tis Hazari Against July 20 Police Action On Jantar Mantar
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    Lathi Charge On Student Protestors: Lawyers Protest At Tis Hazari Against July 20 Police Action On Jantar Mantar

    More than sixty district court advocates gathered at Delhi’s Tis Hazari complex on Saturday, protesting the police action against demonstrators during the CJP’s July 20 march to Parliament. They recited the Preamble and demanded a judicial inquiry into the crackdown.

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    Police Officers Neither Arbitrators Nor Private Mediators: Madras HC Penalises Two Women Cops In Dowry Case
    Police Officers Neither Arbitrators Nor Private Mediators: Madras HC Penalises Two Women Cops In Dowry Case
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    Police Officers Neither Arbitrators Nor Private Mediators: Madras HC Penalises Two Women Cops In Dowry Case

    Madras HC ordered two women cops to pay Rs.1 lakh each for trying to settle a dowry dispute instead of lodging an FIR. It said officers are not arbitrators or mediators; when cognizable offences are alleged, their duty is to enforce law, not dilute it.

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    NEET-UG 2026 Paper Leak| Strikes at the Fairness of a National Examination: Delhi Court Denies Bail to Doctor
    NEET-UG 2026 Paper Leak| Strikes at the Fairness of a National Examination: Delhi Court Denies Bail to Doctor
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    NEET-UG 2026 Paper Leak| Strikes at the Fairness of a National Examination: Delhi Court Denies Bail to Doctor

    A Delhi court denied regular bail to a doctor accused in the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, observing that the CBI’s material prima facie showed his role in an organised conspiracy that undermined the fairness of the examination and candidates’ confidence.

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    Muslim Man's Second Marriage Under Special Marriage Act Void if First Marriage Subsists: Karnataka High Court
    Muslim Man's Second Marriage Under Special Marriage Act Void if First Marriage Subsists: Karnataka High Court
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    Muslim Man’s Second Marriage Under Special Marriage Act Void if First Marriage Subsists: Karnataka High Court

    The Karnataka High Court held that a Muslim man’s second marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 is void if his first marriage still subsists. It ruled that opting for the secular law overrides the polygamy permitted under Muslim personal law.

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    It Was About Backdoor Lawyers: CJI Clarifies Cockroach Remarks Were For Fake Law Degree Holders, Not For All Youth
    It Was About Backdoor Lawyers: CJI Clarifies Cockroach Remarks Were For Fake Law Degree Holders, Not For All Youth
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    It Was About Backdoor Lawyers: CJI Clarifies Cockroach Remarks Were For Fake Law Degree Holders, Not For All Youth

    Chief Justice of India Surya Kant clarified that his “cockroach” remarks were aimed only at lawyers who entered the profession using fake degrees, not the country’s youth. “It was about the lawyers who have entered profession through backdoor,” he reiterated.

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    Videography Essential for Law and Order: SG Tushar Mehta Defends NEET Protest Surveillance Before Delhi High Court
    Videography Essential for Law and Order: SG Tushar Mehta Defends NEET Protest Surveillance Before Delhi High Court
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    Videography Essential for Law and Order: SG Tushar Mehta Defends NEET Protest Surveillance Before Delhi High Court

    The Delhi High Court heard a PIL challenging alleged surveillance of protesters at Jantar Mantar. The petitioner argued that videography and facial recognition technology infringe the fundamental right to privacy, raising serious constitutional concerns over protest monitoring.

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    Jantar Mantar Protest: Delhi High Court Refuses PIL Seeking Criminal Action Against Cockroach Janata Party Protesters
    Jantar Mantar Protest: Delhi High Court Refuses PIL Seeking Criminal Action Against Cockroach Janata Party Protesters
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    Jantar Mantar Protest: Delhi High Court Refuses PIL Seeking Criminal Action Against Cockroach Janata Party Protesters

    The Delhi High Court declined to entertain a PIL by Save India Foundation seeking criminal proceedings against Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protestors. The NGO alleged the protestors committed arson, assaulted police personnel, and damaged public property at Jantar Mantar.

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