Supreme Court grants Mohammed Zubair 5-day interim bail in UP police FIR, bans him from tweeting

Supreme Court grants Mohammed Zubair 5-day interim bail in UP police FIR, bans him from tweeting

Jul 8, 2022

written by Rhythm Agal The Supreme Court granted interim bail for 5 days to Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of fact checking website Alt News, in connection with the FIR brought against him by the UP Police over a tweet in which he allegedly

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Delhi high court ruled in PIL against Delhi government that schoolgirls should have uninterrupted supply of sanitary napkins

Delhi high court ruled in PIL against Delhi government that schoolgirls should have uninterrupted supply of sanitary napkins

Jul 6, 2022

Written by Rhythm Agal While disposing of the PIL against the Delhi government, Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad directed that the girls studying in school should be provided with an uninterrupted supply of sanitary napkins under the Kishori Yojana

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Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt news remanded in police custody for four days

Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt news remanded in police custody for four days

Jun 29, 2022

Written by Rhythm Agal For allegedly hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity through his tweet, Delhi court on Tuesday remanded Mohammed Zubair. According to CMM Snigdha Sarvaria the recovery of device through which the tweet was made is pending as Mohammed is not

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Bombay High Court grants bail to UAPA suspect despite oath acknowledging ISIS Chief as Muslim Caliph

Bombay High Court grants bail to UAPA suspect despite oath acknowledging ISIS Chief as Muslim Caliph

Jun 28, 2022

written by Rhythm Agal Mohammad Raisuddin, who was detained in 2016 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on suspicion of having ties to the Islamic State, was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Monday (ISIS).In the case, Mohammad Raisuddin v.

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16-YEAR-OLD MUSLIM GIRL CAN GET INTO A CONTRACT FOR MARRIAGE

16-YEAR-OLD MUSLIM GIRL CAN GET INTO A CONTRACT FOR MARRIAGE

Jun 25, 2022

                                   Gulam Deen and another v. State of Punjab and others The Punjab And Haryana High Court last week granted protection to a Muslim Girl (16 Year Old) who married a Muslim boy (21 year old) while observing  that she is of Marriageable

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Supreme Court affirms Narendra Modi’s SIT clean chit; rejects Zakia Jafri’s plea: Gujrat Riots

Supreme Court affirms Narendra Modi’s SIT clean chit; rejects Zakia Jafri’s plea: Gujrat Riots

Jun 24, 2022

Zakia Ahsan Jafri vs Gujarat, the Supreme Court dismissed Zakia Jafri’s petition challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clean chit in the 2002 Gujarat riots.No evidence suggested a bigger criminal plot on the side of the State that resulted in violence, according to the

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Roaming on streets at night is not an offence: Mumbai Magistrate Court

Roaming on streets at night is not an offence: Mumbai Magistrate Court

Jun 21, 2022

Written by Rhythm Agal In the case, State of Maharashtra v. Sumitkumar Basantram Kashyap, the prosecution alleged that the respondent is guilty under Section 122(b), which criminalizes the act of covering face between sunset and sunrise to commit an offense.  When found, the

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Centre Makes Rules To Allow Aadhaar-Electoral Roll Linking

Centre Makes Rules To Allow Aadhaar-Electoral Roll Linking

Jun 19, 2022

The government on Friday issued four notifications allowing the linking of electoral roll data with Aadhaar, making electoral law gender-neutral for service voters, and enabling young citizens to register as voters four times a year instead of the present one. The notifications are

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PIL seeks inquiry by SIT into mass violence and damage to public properties: SC 

PIL seeks inquiry by SIT into mass violence and damage to public properties: SC 

Jun 18, 2022

Written by Rhythm Agal  Advocate Vishal Tiwari filed PIL in Supreme Court asking to set up SIT to investigate mass violence and damage to public property during the widespread protests against the Centre’s “Agnipath” recruitment scheme for armed forces. He claims that 20

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MISUSE OF SECTION 498A – NO ARREST SHALL BE MADE FOR TWO MONTHS : ALLAHABAD HC

MISUSE OF SECTION 498A – NO ARREST SHALL BE MADE FOR TWO MONTHS : ALLAHABAD HC

Jun 14, 2022

[Mukesh Bansal v State of UP]. The bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi, Allahabad High Court observed on Monday and issued directions to safeguard or prevent the misuse of section 498A of the Indian Penal Code,1860.  WHAT IS SECTION 498A? Section 498A is Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty. The bench

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