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Bombay HC Acquits All 12 in 2006 Mumbai Train Blasts

By BPN News Desk July 21, 2025

In a landmark judgment, the Bombay High Court has acquitted all 12 individuals convicted in connection with the July 11, 2006, serial bomb blasts on Mumbai’s suburban local trains. A special MCOCA court in 2015 had sentenced five to death and seven others to life imprisonment. The High Court quashed these verdicts, citing that the […]

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Centre Shows Fake Supreme Court X Account in Court

By BPN News Desk July 18, 2025

In a striking demonstration before the Karnataka High Court, the central government revealed that it had successfully created a verified X (formerly Twitter) account impersonating the “Supreme Court of Karnataka.” The move was intended to highlight the ease with which social media platforms can be misused, even for impersonating judicial institutions. Solicitor

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Justice Varma Moves SC, Challenges Cash Inquiry

By BPN News Desk July 18, 2025

Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court has approached the Supreme Court challenging the findings of an in-house inquiry panel that accused him of misconduct in a cash recovery case. The panel had concluded that large quantities of burnt and semi-burnt currency were recovered from an outhouse at his former government residence in Delhi […]

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Supreme Court Protects Cartoonist Hemant Malviya

By BPN News Desk July 15, 2025

The Supreme Court on July 15, 2025 granted interim protection from arrest to Indore-based cartoonist Hemant Malviya. He is facing an FIR filed in May by an RSS worker, alleging that he shared offensive cartoons and comments targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS volunteers, and Hindu deities on social media in 2021. Court’s Strong Warning A bench comprising […]

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SC Quashes 1,158 Punjab Professor Appointments

By BPN News Desk July 15, 2025

The Supreme Court of India has cancelled the appointments of 1,158 assistant professors and librarians made by the Punjab government in 2021. The decision was issued by a bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran, who found the process to be in violation of UGC norms and Article 14 of the Constitution, which […]

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SC Flags Divisive Content, Urges Self‑Regulation

By BPN News Desk July 14, 2025

The Supreme Court of India has called on citizens to exercise greater self-restraint on social media, warning that unchecked divisive content can harm social harmony. The Court reaffirmed the constitutional right to freedom of speech and expression, but added that this right comes with responsibilities. During a recent hearing, the bench observed that the nature […]

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Justice Kant Says Countries with Poor Records Criticise India

By BPN News Desk July 13, 2025

Supreme Court judge Surya Kant, who will soon become India’s Chief Justice, has highlighted that some countries with strict immigration laws and histories of excessive force often criticise India’s human rights record. Speaking in Sweden, he called this stance “paradoxical” and urged for more self-reflection in global discussions on rights. India’s Strong Human Rights

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Deepak Yadav Sent to 14-Day Custody in Daughter’s Murder

By BPN News Desk July 13, 2025

Deepak Yadav, father of 25-year-old tennis player Radhika Yadav, has been sent to 14 days of judicial custody following his arrest for allegedly shooting her at their Gurugram residence. The court order came after police presented him before a local judge, seeking time to complete the investigation. Not a Case of Social Media Dispute Initial […]

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Nagpur EOW Probes HDFC Bank CEO Over ₹6 Crore Deal

By BPN News Desk July 13, 2025

HDFC Bank’s MD & CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan is under investigation by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Nagpur police over an alleged ₹6 crore misappropriation from the account of trader Narendra Singru. The probe follows a complaint that claims the bank invested the trader’s funds in overseas entities without his consent, and that his bond was […]

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Gurugram Cops Probe: Tennis Star Radhika Yadav’s Murder by Father

By BPN News Desk July 12, 2025

In a shocking incident, national-level tennis player Radhika Yadav was shot and killed by her father, Deepak Yadav, at their home in Gurugram’s Sector 57 on July 10 according to the probe. The 25-year-old athlete was reportedly gunned down in a fit of rage linked to a dispute over her decision to start a tennis […]