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“A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them”: Bombay High Court grants bail to woman accused of throwing her newborn baby from top of building, she was upset with her husband, and suspected of him committing adultery
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The woman was upset with her husband, whom she suspected was having illicit relations with another woman
"Honor thy error as a hidden intention": Delhi High Court orders social media platforms to take all permissible steps to block the circulation of the video, in which Delhi High Court judge can be seen in a compromising position with his Steno
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A video allegedly showing a judicial officer in a compromising position with staff in his chamber had gone viral on social media platforms
"You cannot deny guilt, and thereby you allow the Curse to be your due": Lower court grants Divorce to husband after 19-years for 20-day marriage, Wife challenges order in High Court, not exceptional case as our courts are flooded with endless litigations
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Commenting on the slow justice delivery system in India, Dharmesh Sharma, the principal judge of the family court in Delhi said, 'It casts a very sickening feeling in my mind'
"No man is ever as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman": A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli noted that income tax returns do not necessarily furnish an accurate guide of the real income of parties in matrimonial disputes: Supreme Court
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A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli emphasised that family courts have to assess the husband's income after a holistic assessment
"Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this": Remark against Prophet Mohammad - Supreme Court transfers all FIRs against ex-BJP member Naveen Kumar Jindal to Delhi Police, during the hearing, Luthra sought similar relief as granted in Arnab Goswami case
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Jindal had made the remarks around the time former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma was embroiled in a similar controversy
"Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul": Supreme Court dismisses plea against appointing Justice DY Chandrachud as CJI, said "No reason to entertain this petition. It is completely misconceived. Thus dismissed"
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We see no reason to entertain this petition. The entire plea is completely misconceived. Thus dismissed," the Court ordered
"To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often": Will come up with new IPC, CrPC drafts soon and National Investigation Agency branches to be set up in all states by 2024 - Home Minister Amit Shah at Chintan Shivir of all State home ministers
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In his address, the Union Home Minister also spoke about the government’s plan to set up branches of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in every State
"Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding": Allahabad HC dismisses PIL seeking Judicial Probe into death of 63 children at Gorakhpur Hospital in 2017, UP Govt had terminated services of Dr. Kafeel Ahmad Khan
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Many children died at the state-run BRD Medical College hospital in Gorakhpur in 2017 allegedly due to infections and disruption of oxygen supply in the pediatrics ward. However, the district administration denied accusations of oxygen supply shortage
"In this hellhole of hatelusters, what's needed is a hatebuster": Rampur Court sentences Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan to 3-year imprisonment for hate speech against UP CM Yogi Adityanath in 2019 and trying to incite violence between two communities
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The complainant in the case had alleged that Khan, with his provocative statements, tried to incite violence between two communities during the Lok Sabha Elections in 2019
"An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it": Supreme Court dismissed a plea seeking the opening of secret rooms of Taj Mahal to put to rest the "alleged history" of monument including claims that it was a Shiva temple, Tejo Mahalaya
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A bench of Justices MR Shah and MM Sundresh said that the plea, an appeal against an order of the Allahabad High Court, was a 'publicity interest litigation' and dismissed the petition