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News Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Quash Corruption Case Over Illegal Commercial Construction, Rules “Facade of Legitimacy Cannot Erase Criminality” RawlawJuly 17, 20255 min read
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News Karnataka High Court Quashes SC/ST Case Arising from Business Rivalry — “An Utterance of ‘Do Not Reveal Your Casteist Mindset’ Would, by No Stretch of Imagination, Amount to Abuse by Taking the Name of the Caste” RawlawJune 14, 20254 min read
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