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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR in Section 295A IPC Case — Facebook Post Comparing Lord Parshuram with Movie Character Not Deliberate Malicious Act. Court Held That Mere Comparison Without Intent to Outrage Religious Feelings Does Not Attract Section 295A IPC.

The applicants filed a criminal application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking quashing of FIR No.73 of 2016 registere...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Removal of Reference to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale from State Textbooks. Court holds that the reference is a factual historical statement and does not glorify violence or offend any religious sentiments.

The petitioner, Amritpal Singh Khalsa, a law student, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Cour...

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WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 943 OF 2021

The Supreme Court of India, in a combined proceeding, dealt with a batch of writ petitions, special leave petitions, and contempt petitions invoking A...

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Supreme Court Hears Batch of Writ Petitions Challenging Constitutional Validity of Criminal Defamation Laws. The Petitioners Contend that Sections 499 and 500 IPC and Section 199 CrPC Violate Fundamental Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression Under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India.

The Supreme Court heard a batch of writ petitions filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, with Subramanian Swamy as the lead petitioner, challengi...

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Bombay High Court on its Own Motion Proceeds Against Individual for Scandalous Facebook Posts Targeting Judges. Court Stresses That Such Vicious Attacks on Judiciary Constitute Gross Criminal Contempt Undermining Rule of Law.

Suo-motu criminal contempt proceedings were initiated by the Bombay High Court against an individual who, through his Facebook profile, published a se...

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High Court of Bombay Quashes Caste Validity and Show Cause Notice in Municipal Election Dispute Due to Procedural Lapses. Rival Candidate Locus Standi Recognized; Matter Remanded for Fresh Verification Following Madhuri Patil Guidelines.

Two writ petitions arose from the municipal council elections in Patur, District Akola, concerning the caste certificate of Syed Mujahid Iqbal, who cl...

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Supreme Court Examines Constitutionality of Prohibitory Orders Under Section 144 CrPC Restricting Public Assembly. Judgment Clarifies That Reasonable Restrictions on Speech and Assembly Must Be Just, Fair and Reasonable Under Articles 19 and 21.

The Supreme Court initiated a suo motu criminal writ petition regarding the incident at Ramlila Maidan on 4-5 June 2011, involving the imposition of p...