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Criminal law can't become platform for settling personal scores: SC
According to the dispute, in 1976, Inder Chand Bagri, who was owner of the disputed land decided to form a partnership f...
Justice Vikram Nath named NALSA executive chairman; Justice Maheshwari to head SCLSC
Justice Nath, who has been serving on the Supreme Court Bench since 2021, has previously held positions as the chief jus...
2023 train firing case: Sacked RPF constable seeks bail, claims suffering from delusional disorder
The accused is suffering from extreme mental strokes, and he is a partial mental patient/mentally challenged, who someti...
SC seeks response from Union ministries on plea of retired IPS officers’ body challenging pension clause
Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to comply with the judgment dated 20.03.2024, pa...
NIA court directs CJM to take action on alleged custodial torture in jail
The Superintendent of Viyyur High Security Prison filed a statement stating that Manoj did not have any serious injuries...
India Gate protest: Delhi court sends five demonstrators to 2-day judicial custody
The FIR has been registered under relevant sections of BNS including 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with inten...
Man sentenced to death for murdering pregnant woman in Kerala's Alappuzha
According to the prosecution, Prabeesh was in a relationship with both Anitha, a mother of two children, and Rejani, who...
'Phansi ghar' row: Kejriwal, Sisodia not cooperating with privilege committee, says Assembly Secretariat to HC
The 'phansi ghar' was inaugurated in the presence of Kejriwal and Sisodia inside the assembly complex on August 22, 2022...
CJI Surya Kant says no to oral mentioning of cases, hears 17 cases on first day
The bench led by Justice Kant heard an appeal challenging an Allahabad High Court decision refusing to order the removal...
Maharashtra minister's PA arrested for 'abetting' wife's suicide; in police custody till Nov 27
State Women's Rights Commission will follow up on the entire investigation. The commission is with the family of Palave,...
SC issues notice on plea concerning cash donations received by political parties
"Thus, with the advent of UPI revolution in the country, permitting exemption of income received by way of contribution ...
Two, including CPI(M) candidate convicted in crude bomb attack case in Kannur
The case relates to an incident in August 2012, when a crude bomb was hurled at policemen in Payyannur following the arr...
Delhi HC seeks Centre, CBI, ED's response on Christian Michel's plea challenging extradition provision
The ED, in its chargesheet filed against Michel in June 2016, had alleged that he received 30 million euros (about Rs 22...
Rape case: Misuse of criminal justice machinery calls for condemnation, says SC
The bench said in such cases, physical intimacy that occurred during the course of a functioning relationship cannot be ...
Delhi HC sets aside rule of different retirement age for Coast Guard officers
In the absence of any factor which indicates a rational nexus between fixing of different ages of superannuation for off...
Delhi tribunal awards over Rs 35 lakh compensation to family of youth killed in 2022 accident
In a judgment dated November 18, the tribunal said, “The claimants have successfully proved on a scale of preponderance ...
Rabri Devi alleges bias, seeks transfer of CBI, ED cases to another court
The plea claimed there was "a reasonable apprehension of bias" and that in the interest of justice, the cases needed to ...
Ex-CJI Gavai leaves official car for successor Surya Kant at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Justice Kant was appointed the next CJI on October 30, and will remain in the post for nearly 15 months. He will demit o...
CJI Kant to head SC collegium after predecessor Gavai demits office
Even though Justice Kant has a tenure of nearly 15 months as CJI, the collegium will undergo only one change when Justic...
From small-town lawyer to pinnacle of judiciary, 53rd CJI Surya Kant delivered many key verdicts
CJI Kant was also on the seven-judge bench that overruled the 1967 Aligarh Muslim University verdict, opening the way fo...
Outgoing CJI rejects popular notion that judges won't be seen as independent unless they rule against govt
“Even in Lutyens' Delhi, we heard bursting of crackers during the time when the ban was in force,” he said, adding that ...
Only relaxed timeline, but governors cannot hold a bill indefinitely: Outgoing CJI Gavai defends verdict
“In any case the government may succeed or lose. But the thinking in some quarters that unless you decide everything aga...
Outgoing CJI Gavai defends collegium system, bats for creamy layer exclusion in SC quota
Justice Gavai also spoke about the unprecedented and shocking incident of an elderly lawyer hurling a shoe towards him i...
Delhi tribunal awards Rs 1.1-crore compensation to family of serviceman killed in crash
"No contributory negligence can be attributed to the deceased on ground of intoxication," the tribunal said adding that,...
MACT awards compensation of Rs 54 lakh to man injured in 2018 road accident
Rajendra Digambar Jamdar (55) was injured on May 23 that year after he fell from the motorcycle on which he was riding p...
Court permits NIA to probe into PFI men in Kerala palm chopping case
In the petition, the NIA stated that during custodial interrogation, Savad revealed that PFI cadres and leaders helped a...
Cal HC asks banks to file reports on use of regional language at branches
The RBI advised lenders through a circular dated July 1, 2014, on customer service regarding use of regional languages i...
8 years on, man gets 3-year RI for sexually assaulting minor girl in Thane
The judge rejected the defence's attempt to discredit the victim for not immediately reporting the incident to the watch...
UP: Three get life term for murder of Baghpat man in 2023
Police arrested the accused soon after the incident and sent them to jail. The case was heard in the court of Additional...
Bengaluru NIA court sentences two in Shivamogga terror module to 6 years of imprisonment
The convicts - Zabiulla (34), known by multiple names, and Nadeem Faizal (29) - were arrested in 2022 and charged under ...
Dealing with pendency of cases, promoting mediation will be my priorities as CJI: Justice Surya Kant
"Despite any weather conditions or anything, I normally go for my walk and average 50 minutes to one hour I walk...," he...
Man sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for raping minor girl
The SPP said that the incident occurred on Christmas Eve in 2023 when John seuxally assaulted the girl near her house in...
Environmental activists in country struggle to survive: Ex-SC judge Oka
"It is the judicial magistrate who has a role to play when an accused is produced before him; he has to see whether the ...
HC seeks responses in case over M F Husain painting 'borrowed' by former Union minister
The counsel for Singh said the case is listed before the trial court on November 25 and urged the high court to either s...
Delhi blast: Court allows accused's plea to meet lawyer at NIA headquarters
According to the NIA, Wani was an "active co-conspirator" in the blast and worked closely with "suicide bomber" Dr Umar-...
CJI Gavai's tenure saw appointments of 11 judges from Backward Classes, 10 from Scheduled Castes
Justice Gavai, the 52nd Chief Justice of India, has delivered prodigious verdicts during his six-month tenure, including...