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Tamil Nadu Minister I. Periyasamy’s discharge from a corruption case is a model for all wrong reasons, says Madras High Court

The discharge of Rural Development Minister I. Periyasamy from a case booked for alleged irregular allotment of Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) plot to former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s personal security officer is “a model for all the wrong reasons”.

The Hindu

Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion

The Supreme Court is being asked to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off mail-order access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States

The Independent UK

An overhaul, the criminal law Bills, and the big picture

The colonial mindset will go only if police reformation is taken up in its entirety and not just by tweaking some provisions of the applicable laws

The Hindu

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Criminal trials ideally need dynamic judges not taciturn ones, says Supreme Court

Supreme Court: Judges must be active, dynamic during criminal trials; reticence not ideal. Judge's role not just to be an umpire; must put questions to ascertain truth, remain vigilant, cautious, fair, impartial.

The Hindu

Environment ministry sets up new panel replacing SC's Central Empowered Committee

The Union Environment Ministry has set up a new Central Empowered Committee (CEC), replacing an ad hoc expert panel with the same name which assisted the Supreme Court in matters of forest and environment issues. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Ladakh issues new notification for hill council polls, after SC verdict

The Ladakh administration has announced a new schedule for elections to the fifth Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) in the Kargil region, following a directive by the Supreme Court. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Will wipe out corruption, violence from Universities of West Bengal, says Governor Ananda Bose

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose pledges to fight corruption and violence in universities. He claims to have the support of 10 crore people and has appointed interim VCs after Supreme Court declared state govt's action illegal. He alleges 5 VCs appointed by him were harassed by TMC govt.

The Hindu

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Latin America women's rights groups say their abortion win in Mexico may hold the key to US struggle

Women’s rights activists in Latin America have long looked to the United States as a model in their decades-long struggle to chip away at abortion restrictions in their highly religious countries

The Independent UK

Who can even serve at Trump’s trials?

Trump has said that jury pool is already biased because District of Columbia residents tend to vote for Democrats

Salon

Brazil's Lula seeks to project unity and bring the army in line during Independence Day events

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has tried to project national unity during Independence Day events that have included a military parade in the capital

The Independent UK

Thousands rally in support of Israel's judicial overhaul before a major court hearing next week

Several thousand protesters supporting the Israeli government’s judicial overhaul have rallied in front of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

The Independent UK

What Explains the Discourse on 303 Creative?

Procedure, soundbites, popular views, and more combined to create legally unfounded memes.

Reason

Abortion bans stranding more patients

New research predicts the problem will only worsen, resulting in three-quarters of women under bans giving birth

Salon

The authors of Section 230: 'The Supreme Court has provided much-needed certainty about the landmark internet law–but AI is uncharted territory'

The U.S. Supreme Court has spoken: Section 230 will be left untouched. But Congress still faces the challenge of governing AI.

Fortune

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Daily Dose Ep 1449: India drops tariff hikes on US goods, Modi to host Bangladesh PM

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from New Delhi, the Supreme Court, Kerala and Japan.

The Hindu

How are ‘false promise to marry’ cases treated in the new criminal law Bill? | Explained

The Hindu looks at Section 69 of the proposed new criminal law Bill which criminalises false promise of marriage for sex, and how have courts previously dealt with cases of consent and rape under the existing Indian Penal Code.

The Conversation

Do unbiased jurors exist to serve at Trump's trials in the age of social media?

As trial dates approach for former President Donald Trump’s indictments, both he and prosecutors are already claiming it will be hard to secure an impartial jury.

The Hindu

What has the Supreme Court said about the validity of ‘self-respect’ marriages? | Explained

We examine what self-respect marriages are and what the Supreme Court has recently said about its validity

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Posting Condemnation of Ex-Husband, Urging Viewers to Contact Him, Is Protected by First Amendment

So says the New Jersey intermediate appellate court, in a case involving a Jewish wife who was claiming her husband refused to give her a "get" (a Jewish religious divorce).

Reason

Did Factual Revelations Undermine 303 Creative?

Recent reporting doesn't materially undermine, and could even strengthen, the case for standing.

Reason

Today in Supreme Court History: September 7, 1958

9/7/1958: The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas denied the Little Rock School Board's petition to suspend its integration program. In Cooper v. Aaron (1958), the Supreme Court ordered the integration of Central High School.

Reason

How Affirmative Action Lost at the Supreme Court

Preferential college admissions violated the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

The Independent UK

Mexico decriminalises abortion nationwide in historic Supreme Court ruling

Landmark ruling is extention of growing ‘green wave’ in Latin America

The Hindu

Courts must be on guard, test evidence meticulously when FIR is delayed: Supreme Court

“Courts must be on guard and test evidence meticulously to rule out possibility of embellishments in the prosecution’s story when an FIR is delayed and there is absence of proper explanation,” the Supreme Court has said.

The Hindu

EVMs can neither be hacked nor tampered, ECI tells SC

The Election Commission of India (EC) has assured the Supreme Court that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can neither be hacked nor tampered with.

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