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2 weeks ago | lawbeat.in | Sukriti Mishra |Sanya Talwar

The Supreme Court on Monday held that an accused person does not have an indefeasible right to undergo a narcoanalysis test, while at the same time clarifying that such a test may be permitted at an appropriate stage of trial upon application, provided the Court is satisfied that there is free consent and adequate safeguards in place.

2 weeks ago | lawbeat.in | Sanya Talwar

The Supreme Court has said the task of the High Court, when called upon to adjudicate an application seeking to quash the proceedings, is to see whether, prima facie, an offence is made out or not and it is not to examine whether the charges may hold up in the court. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Manoj Misra pointed out in doing so, the area of action has been circumscribed as it cited Rajeev Kourav vs.

2 weeks ago | lawbeat.in | Sanya Talwar

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a declaration that the de facto ban on the screening of CBFC certified Kamal Haasan starrer 'Thug Life' in Karnataka, effected through threats of violence, intimidation, and extra-constitutional directives by non-state actors is illegal, unconstitutional, and void ab initio, being violative of Articles 14, 19(1)(a), 19(1)(g) and 21 of the Constitution.

3 weeks ago | lawbeat.in | Salil Tiwari

Court has stayed coercive action against 27 madarsas in Uttar Pradesh, flagging identical, unserved notices as a mechanical and pre-decided move by the state In a major interim relief for over two dozen madarsas in Uttar Pradesh’s Shrawasti district, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed any coercive action or demolition steps by the state government in response to the notices that allegedly prohibit these institutions from imparting religious education.

3 weeks ago | lawbeat.in | Salil Tiwari

Providing relief to BBC journalist Mohammad Seraj Ali—who faces an FIR for his 2021 report on the demolition of the Ramsanehighat mosque in Barabanki—the Allahabad High Court on Thursday, June 5, 2025, quashed two Barabanki court orders that had denied him a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the renewal of his passport.