News
Hearing in Rahul Gandhi DA case deferred to May 12
The matter was heard on Wednesday by a bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Zafeer Ahmad on a writ petition...
Legal experts divided over 'delay' by Tamil Nadu governor in inviting TVK to form govt
Echoing the same sentiments as Singh, senior advocate Ajit Sinha disapproved of the TVK not getting an invitation to for...
Delhi court denies bail to accused in 2019 Sarojini Nagar murder case
Additional Sessions Judge Dhirendra Rana was hearing the fourth regular bail plea of accused Sunny, against whom a case ...
Minor girl raped and murdered in Pune's Nasrapur: Accused's police custody extended till May 12
The incident, which took place on May 1 in Nasrapur village, had triggered nationwide outrage, with residents of the are...
Delhi court convicts man for raping 4-year-old girl, causing grievous injuries
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat was hearing a case against Sunny Kumar, who was accused under Bharatiya Nyaya Sa...
CBI court upholds order against ex-NCB official for claiming allowance during suspension period
Special Judge Atul Krishna Agrawal was hearing the revision plea filed by the former superintendent, Ravi Kumar Rana, ag...
Able-bodied husband cannot evade duty to maintain wife by concealing income: Delhi court
Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan dismissed the husband's appeal against a trial court order passed un...
Teacher gets three years in jail for sexually assaulting student in Thane
Kadam, a senior teacher, summoned the complainant to his cabin under the pretext of a “surprise test”. He then inappropr...
UP man gets life term for electrocuting mentally challenged wife to death in Bareilly
Additional district government counsel Harendra Singh Rathore said Additional Sessions Judge Avinash Kumar Singh on Wedn...
UP: Seven sentenced to life imprisonment in father-son murder case
Tripathi said that on August 13, 2020, Santra Devi, a resident of Akbelpur Naupur village, had gone to Lalganj market al...
Kerala court sentences 20-year-old man in minor girl rape case
Karunagappally Fast Track Special Court judge Rajeevan Vachal sentenced the convict to 21 years under the relevant provi...
Court acquits Thane man accused of stepson's murder; cites lack of conclusive chain of evidence
Sessions Judge S B Agrawal, in the order passed on Tuesday, also highlighted contradictions in the testimonies of the pr...
Ex-Maharashtra minister Anil Parab, four others acquitted in Dapoli resort case
Besides Parab, who is a Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, special judge at Khed Prasanna S Chandgude, hearing cases linked to the ...
J&K High Court Bar Association Jammu registered after 99 years
Chief Justice Arun Palli of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh congratulated the Bar on the achievement, while...
AI showing discrimination, inherent bias towards poor: CJI
Speaking at the 8th Dinkar Memorial Lecture on "Rashmirathi: The Epic of Social Justice" organised by NGO Respect India,...
CJ inaugurates vulnerable witness deposition centre in Jammu
Officials said the facility was established to prevent secondary victimisation and enable fair and sensitive evidence re...
'Not rarest of rare case': Delhi court denies death penalty to child rape convict
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Sahrawat made the observation while hearing arguments on the quantum of punishment to con...
Delhi court frames charges against ex-railway supplier in CBI case
The court, however, discharged a former employee of the supplier firm, saying there was nothing to show that he was part...
SC collegium approves names of 10 advocates as judges of Punjab and Haryana HC
The collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, in a meeting held on May 4, approved names of advocates Monic...
Youth gets five-year jail term for sexually harassing 14-year-old girl
Special Judge Ruby U Malvankar, who pronounced the verdict, also directed the convict Prathamesh Pravin Jadhav, a dog tr...
BCI urges CJI to take action against Andhra HC judge for sending young lawyer to 24-hour custody
The Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, in a formal representation, termed th...
SC pays tributes to former judge Vijay Jhanji
Attorney General R Venkataramani and Supreme Court Bar Association president Vikas Singh also paid tributes to the decea...
11 years on, Thane court acquits 10 accused in murder case
Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhagwat, in the order on Tuesday, said the prosecution could not prove the charges beyond ...
UP court awards life term to man in murder over land dispute
According to prosecution sources, the incident took place on the night of October 25, 2023, in Shivpur Nai Basti Byasi v...
Sheena murder: Key accused Indrani Mukerjea moves fresh plea, seeks court nod to travel abroad
Mukerjea's move came after the Supreme Court last month refused to entertain her plea to travel abroad and directed her ...
Mumbai court acquits Shiv Sena leader in 2015 case of insulting woman's modesty
Acquitting Sunil Chitnis, the accused, Additional Sessions Judge S S Adkar held that the prosecution failed to prove the...
MP court orders registration of FIR in Jabalpur boat tragedy that killed 13 people
Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) D P Sutrakar said the "failure" of the cruise boat driver and other crew members ...
Cabinet approves proposal to increase number of Supreme Court judges by 4
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said a bill will be brought in the next session of Parliament to raise the apex court's ...
Delhi court directs confiscation of UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari's properties
Special Judge Sanjay Jindal noted that on July 5 last year, Bhandari was declared a fugitive economic offender in connec...
Delhi court acquits man accused of attempting to kill cop
Additional Sessions Judge Harvinder Singh was hearing a case against Anwar, accused of possessing a firearm and firing i...
Kishore Datta resigns as West Bengal advocate general
He was appointed advocate general on December 16, 2023, for a second term, following the resignation of SN Mookherjee....
4 TCS employees get judicial custody till May 18 in male colleague's religious conversion case
The four accused - Raza Rafiq Memon (35), Tausif Bilal Attar (37), Danish Ejaz Sheikh (32) and Shahrukh Husain Shaukat Q...
Drone import 'bribery' case: Delhi court grants bail to senior executive of corporate group
Special Judge Chhavi Kapoor was hearing Mathur’s plea seeking relief. The accused had been earlier remanded to five days...
Thane court acquits three persons in 2015 human trafficking case
Additional sessions judge D S Deshmukh acquitted Radheshyam alias Raju Brajkishore Nath, Kamala Ajay Dadhich, and Geeta ...
Thane MCOCA court acquits robbery case accused, cites identity doubt
Special MCOCA Court Judge V G Mohite acquitted the accused, Bakar alias Babar Akram Alli, a resident of Bidar in Karnata...
Man sentenced to death for burning woman alive after rape attempt in Mathura
District Judge Vikas Kumar convicted the accused, Umesh Kumar, in the case on April 30 and pronounced the sentence on Tu...