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"Freedom by expiry": Jailed in 1977 for a murder he didn’t commit, 104-year-old Lakhan Pasi walks free after 48 years—just as the Supreme Court begins its 2-month summer vacation, because what’s a lifetime lost when justice can nap in May and June
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“Judge saheb log humka choddh diye. Bahut bahut meherbani kiye”, he said, again and again, as though still not believing the iron gates had actually opened.
Justice Bela M Trivedi upheld EWS rights, exposed fake PILs, denied bail in big scams, and stood firm on law—yet the SCBA snubbed her, revealing how the ecosystem punishes those who refuse to bend, even when justice is on their side
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Her judicial journey began in July 1995 when she was appointed as a judge of the City Civil and Sessions Court in Ahmedabad.
A fire, burnt cash, and a judge under suspicion—yet the Supreme Court refuses an FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma, asking petitioners to first write to the President and PM, shielding its own while justice quietly exits the courtroom, unheard and unseen
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The petition contends that impeachment of a judge is not an adequate remedy, stating that removal from office is only a civil consequence, and penal action is required.
Supreme Court refused to suspend Sanjiv Bhatt’s life sentence in the 1990 custodial death case of Prabhudas Vaishnani, ordering swift appeal hearing while firmly rejecting bail citing custodial torture allegations and Bhatt’s drug planting conviction
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The case in question relates to a custodial death in Jamnagar in Gujarat in 1990, when Mr Bhatt was an Additional Superintendent of Police.
"गोलमाल है भाई सब…": Justice Karnan was jailed for naming 20 corrupt judges in a letter to PM, stripped of powers, silenced & declared unfit, while Justice Varma, caught with crores in cash, faced no FIR and reappointed as a judge in Allahabad High Court
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Karnan saw rot in the judiciary and tried to do something about it. Only the judiciary can clean up the judiciary.
"हम साथ साथ हैं": A mountain of cash found in Justice Yashwant Varma’s home led to the Supreme Court’s bold punishment—a transfer—because in India’s judiciary, crime sometimes just means changing the nameplate, not facing the law
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Justice Varma has not yet offered any explanation about the recovered money. According to news agency PTI, he did not hold court today.
"Chutiyaram": Delhi’s Trade Marks Registry shockingly approved ‘CHUTIYARAM’ for Sadhna Goswami’s namkeen and biscuits, but later on withdrawing it after two weeks, admitting Balaji’s epic fail let a crude mark dodge Section 9(2)(c), sparking a hearing
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The withdrawal comes two weeks after it was accepted and a day after it was published in the Trademark Journal.
Bombay HC grants bail to a 24-year-old rape accused, citing 14-year-old girl's sufficient knowledge of her actions, despite her father filing an FIR after finding her missing for 4 days in Juhu Chowpatti; apparently, minors now sign invisible consent form
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The court took into account the underage girl's claims that she had a consensual affair with the accused and added that she was conscious of her conduct.
‘आशिक़ी का वो ज़माना याद है’: Bombay HC grants bail to Mohammed Ajaan Khan, accused of raping minor, citing not a sexual predator but a young person in consensual relationship, despite her underage status, two pregnancies, and abortions
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The Bombay High Court stated that both the victim and the accused were of the age to have a reasonable understanding of their conduct.
"जालसाज़": MP High Court punished a journalist with a Rs 25,000 fine for misusing PIL to target a temple on Yashwant Niwas Road, Indore, citing vested interest, lack of evidence, and selective intent instead of genuine public concern, dismissing his plea
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The court said that if the litigant was so very concerned about the construction of illegal religious structures on government land, he should have taken measures to challenge all such illegal structures.