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“Flawed”: Supreme Court On Karnataka Muslim Quota Cut Before Polls

The Supreme Court said it appeared that the Karnataka government’s decision was based on an “absolutely fallacious assumption”.
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Vinayak Savarkar kin files defamation complaint in Pune court against Rahul Gandhi

The complaint filed by Satyaki Savarkar stated that Gandhi had been “repeatedly defaming” Savarkar on various occasions over the years.
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Social media views, follower count of defamation accused relevant while deciding applications for deleting tweets, videos: Madras High Court

The Court made the observation while temporarily restraining Nirmal Kumar, former State President of the BJP’s IT wing, from making unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against DMK minister Senthil Balaji.
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Kerala High Court dismisses PIL which alleged that movie ‘Kurup’ violated right to privacy of Sukumara Kurup

A division bench of Chief Justice S Manikumar and Justice Shaji P Chaly dismissed the plea on the ground that the movie had already been screened and the petitioner being a third party, failed to make out a case.
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Supreme Court urges High Courts, Tribunals to consider uniform format for judgments/ orders, number all paragraphs

A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah issued directions in this regard to the registrars of all the High Courts.
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Rahul Gandhi defamation case: Surat Sessions Court reserves verdict on plea to stay conviction; order on April 20

During the arguments today, Gandhi questioned the complainant’s logic in claiming that 13 crore people with Modi surname were defamed when the total population of Gujaratis was only 6 crores.
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Jindal Gang Rape: Two accused move Supreme Court challenging conviction; apex court denies interim bail

Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Sidharth Luthra, appearing for the two convicts Hardik Sikri and Karan Chhabra respectively, argued that the offence of gang rape was not made out.
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Judgment barring police custody beyond 15 days after arrest needs review: Supreme Court

The Court opined that at present, the 15-day period can get over by the time a higher court sets aside a decision denying custody.
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Right-wing activist Kajal Hindustani sent to judicial custody by Gujarat court in hate speech case

Hindustani had on April 1 allegedly delivered a hate speech targeting a particular community, during the Ram Navami celebrations in Una after which there were clashes between two groups.
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Mumbai consumer forum junks complaint by client against lawyer for refund of fees

The forum noted that the complainant was under the impression that the lawyer he engaged would continue representing him till a favourable order was obtained.