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Supreme Court rejects Bhima-Koregaon activists’ plea seeking SIT probe, extends house arrest

Omair Iqbal Sep 28, 2018

The Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected pleas of five activists arrested in connection with Koregaon-Bhima violence, seeking a probe by Special Investigation Team (SIT). Justice DY…

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Supreme Court: Adultery not a crime, strikes down section 497 of IPC

Omair Iqbal Sep 27, 2018

The Supreme Court on Thursday pronounced its verdict on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of section 497, as the 150-year-old adultery law ‘arbitrary’, which punishes only the…