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    Law News

    State must use preventive detention powers with caution: Supreme Court

    The bench made the observations while allowing an appeal filed by senior IPS officer A Arun.
    India News
    Updated 1 day ago

    Legal opinion just advisory, not binding; can’t prosecute lawyers for it: Patna high court

    Invoking Supreme Court precedents such as CBI v. K. Narayana Rao and Surendra Nath Pandey v. State of Bihar, the Court reiterated that a lawyer owes unremitting loyalty to a client's interests, but cannot be prosecuted for criminal conspiracy or cheating without tangible evidence linking them to an active plan to defraud.
    India News
    Published 6 days ago

    Centre seeks US deportation of man who fled India despite passport lying in Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court adjourned the matter by four weeks, allowing the government more time to pursue the process. ()
    India News
    Published 8 days ago

    Pune man gets seven years jail for feeding wife capsules containing blade pieces

    Dr Poonam Mantri, who treated the complainant, testified that the blade piece found in the woman's stomach posed a threat to her life.
    India News
    Published 9 days ago

    Immigration officers can detain a person holding a valid visa for questioning: Delhi HC

    In the present case, the man’s earlier Schengen visa was annulled, and following fresh applications, he was subsequently granted three more visas.
    India News
    Published 9 days ago

    US woman swaps law aspirations for a mechanic job at a ski resort, says she earns more than friends

    US woman Victoria Madsen built a career in skilled trades.
    Trending
    Published 16 days ago

    SC raps Kerala govt for not detailing steps to protect state's tallest captive elephant

    Thechikottukavu Ramachandran is the elephant of the Thechikottukavu temple at Peramangalam in Thrissur district of Kerala
    India News
    Updated 26 days ago

    Cricketer Shivalik Sharma on rape FIR getting quashed: Sachche ho to bhagwan raasta dikhate hain

    Cricketer Shivalik Sharma has spoken up about how he never let go of hope despite facing a challenging time the off field.
    Htcity
    Updated 33 days ago

    1 vote, 2 readings: 2021 SC ruling at the heart of latest Tata boardroom battle

    The Tata Group logo is displayed on a pedestrian safety pole near Bombay House, the Tata Group headquarters building, in Mumbai, India,
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 43 days ago

    Woman quits law career to become dog walker, now earns up to $530 a day

    The woman shared that her daily earnings can range from roughly $400 to $530.
    Trending
    Updated 44 days ago

    PVR INOX refuses cash payment? Lawyer sends legal notice, expert explains law

    Lawyer sends legal notice to multiplex PVR INOX over "refusal" of cash payment
    India News
    Published 44 days ago

    SC nudges govt for rules on private detectives: How other countries regulate

    India has no dedicated law regulating private detective agencies. But there have been previous court orders.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 45 days ago

    Supreme Court weighs marital rape exception. Why is it a legal flashpoint?

    A view of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi, Aug. 13, 2026.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 54 days ago

    Trial in absentia for Hafiz Saeed: How law lets courts try absconding accused

    Hafiz Saeed will have to undergo collective imprisonment of over 36 years in five terror financing cases at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 72 days ago

    Bar Council chair rejects plea for resignation; co-chair alleges irregularities

    Members of the All India Lawyers Union (AILU) Telangana State Committee raise slogans during a protest demanding the resignation of Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, in Hyderabad,
    India News
    Published 73 days ago

    Rulebook review: Why SC will take another look at its 2022 PMLA verdict

    The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, has been the cornerstone of India's fight against financial crime. Image for representation only.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 75 days ago

    Is hanging cruel? The law, the methods, and the debate over executions in India

    Article 21 of the Constitution lays down that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 77 days ago

    Gun goes off at UP airport: How hijackings & bomb blast wrote aviation norms

    In India, BCAS norms dictate the rules on passengers carrying firearms and weapons carried by personal security officers assigned to VVIPs and VIPs.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 79 days ago

    New tribunal reforms bill promises structural change

    The first threat to tribunal justice is often not a dramatic assault on independence. It is an empty chair.
    Opinion
    Published 84 days ago

    Delhi HC stays FSSAI ban on Dabur selling food products with '100%' claims

    Bottles of Dabur honey at a supermarket in India,
    India News
    Updated 89 days ago

    Legal researcher says she was offered ₹50 for 500-word article

    The legal researcher questioned the low pay offered for legal writing.
    Trending
    Published 97 days ago

    SC shut door on post-facto green clearances. Experts say it left a backdoor open

    The ruling spared a slate of projects already given post-facto environmental clearances.
    Ht Explainers
    Published 97 days ago

    ‘No law bars eating chicken over Ganga’: SC judge slams Muslim students' arrest

    Justice Bhuyan pointed out that the people voicing concern over the environment are treated as criminals, and students spend over a month in jail for campus protests.
    India News
    Updated 101 days ago

    Stiffer jail term, task force, faster trial: Changes paper-leak bill proposes

    Students holding placards shout slogans during a protest in Amritsar in solidarity with the ongoing protest at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar over NEET paper leak.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 102 days ago

    Special courts, fast justice: Inside new draft law on paper leaks promised by PM

    CJP supporters wave the national flag during a protest demanding the resignation of Pradhan over NEET paper leak issue.
    India News
    Updated 103 days ago

    CJP protests | How much force is too much? Courts, not Parliament, drew a line

    Security personnel lathi-charge protesters during the CJP demonstrations, in New Delhi.
    Ht Explainers
    Updated 104 days ago

    Is calling someone 'motherf***ker' punishable under obscenity law? What SC says

    The case arose out of a dispute over agricultural land in Tamil Nadu in August 2017.
    India News
    Updated 109 days ago

    ‘Samay Raina has taken court for a ride’: SC raps comic; fines him, 4 others

    Samay Raina's counsel told the court that <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>9 lakh was raised through the shows for disabled persons.
    India News
    Updated 113 days ago

    India's uranium diplomacy with Australia

    Law
    Ht Insight
    Published 114 days ago

    The case for a law against marital rape

    A four-kilometre-long saree was embroidered with thousands of signatures supporting the removal of the marital rape exception.
    Opinion
    Updated 115 days ago
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