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Ayodhya Verdict Challenge: Delhi Court Orders Property Attachment of Advocate Mehmood Pracha Over ₹6 Lakh Fine
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Ayodhya Verdict Challenge: Delhi Court Orders Property Attachment of Advocate Mehmood Pracha Over ₹6 Lakh Fine

Delhi court orders attachment of Mehmood Pracha's movable property after he failed to pay ₹6 lakh imposed in his Ayodhya verdict challenge case.

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Exemption From Attachment of Judgment-Debtor's House Does Not Extend to Legal Heirs : SC [Read Judgment] Judiciary
Exemption From Attachment of Judgment-Debtor's House Does Not Extend to Legal Heirs : SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court holds that the Section 60(1)(ccc) CPC exemption protecting a judgment-debtor's residential house from attachment is personal and cannot be claimed by legal representatives.

Advocate Cannot Recover Professional Fees Through Writ Petition : Allahabad HC Judiciary
Advocate Cannot Recover Professional Fees Through Writ Petition : Allahabad HC

Allahabad High Court holds that an Advocate's claim for unpaid professional fees is contractual and cannot ordinarily be enforced through writ jurisdiction where the liability is disputed.

No Proximate Instigation, Abetment to Suicide Charge Cannot Survive : SC Judiciary
No Proximate Instigation, Abetment to Suicide Charge Cannot Survive : SC

Supreme Court discharges forest official of abetment to suicide, holding a proximate act of instigation with clear mens rea is essential and absent in this case; sets aside HC and Trial Court orders.

Bihar Government Tells SC AK-47 Was Fired Into Air During NEET Protest, No Protester Hit by Bullets Judiciary
Bihar Government Tells SC AK-47 Was Fired Into Air During NEET Protest, No Protester Hit by Bullets

Bihar government tells Supreme Court an AK-47 was fired only into the air during July 25 NEET protests, with no protesters injured by those shots, while three others suffered pistol injuries elsewhere.

Gangsters Act Does Not Freeze Other Trials, Victim Has Right To Speedy Trial Too: SC

Supreme Court holds that Section 12 of the UP Gangsters Act does not permit an unrelated murder trial to be kept in abeyance indefinitely and stresses the victim's right to speedy justice.

Supreme Court Frames NDPS Bail Safeguards For Foreigners [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court cancels bail of Nigerian accused in heroin smuggling case after fake surety was detected and issues safeguards for verifying sureties and foreign accused.

Black Money In Elections Compromises Democracy's Core: Supreme Court Issues Directions [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court holds that unaccounted cash used to influence voters compromises free and fair elections and issues directions on seizures, investigations and withdrawal of cases.

SC Stays Allahabad HC Proceedings in Rahul Gandhi Disproportionate Assets Case

Supreme Court stays Allahabad High Court proceedings in Rahul Gandhi's disproportionate assets case and restrains CBI and ED from filing investigative reports until further orders.

Criminal Defamation Requires Mens Rea, Quashes Case Against Malayala Manorama Editors : Kerala HC [Read Order]

Kerala High Court quashes criminal defamation proceedings against Malayala Manorama editors over an Excise arrest report, holding that publication alone is insufficient without culpable intent.

Children Entitled to Parental Consortium Along With Spousal Consortium in Motor Accident Claims : SC [Read Judgment]

Supreme Court holds that children are entitled to parental consortium in motor accident claims and awards consortium separately to the wife and each child.

BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra Apologises to Law Students Amid NALSAR Controversy

BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra offers a conditional apology to law students if his words or letters caused hurt amid the NALSAR controversy, calling for dialogue and reconciliation.

NLSIU Graduating Students Condemn BCI's Actions Against NALSAR, Demand Unconditional Apology [Read Statement]

NLSIU students, current students and alumni condemn the BCI's action against NALSAR students, alleging statutory overreach and an attack on free speech, and demand an apology.

SC Upholds Murder Conviction, Sets Aside Life Sentence On Finding Of Juvenility

Supreme Court upholds murder conviction based on circumstantial evidence but sets aside life sentence after finding the accused was a juvenile when the offence was committed.

'Fleeing Scene' Not Enough To Prove Murder: Supreme Court Acquits 2 Friends

Supreme Court acquits two men convicted of murdering their friend, holding that fleeing the scene after his drowning could not by itself establish murder and evidence favoured accidental drowning.


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