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Defamation case against Rahul: Hearing in UP court deferred to Nov 26 after witness fails to appear
The court then directed the plaintiff to present evidence. Witnesses have been presented continuously since then. So far...
Will stay local body polls if 50 pc reservation limit is breached: SC to Maharashtra govt
The state government came out with an ordinance providing 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs in local body polls. The g...
Cash for query: Delhi HC to hear Mahua Moitra’s plea on Nov 21 against Lokpal order
The Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, issued directions to the CBI after receiving the findings of its preliminary ...
Previous statements of witnesses must be electronically transmitted to them in virtual appearance: SC
The top court's direction came in a case where the defence was unable to effectively cross-examine the sole eyewitness, ...
'Absolutely bogus officers', SC questions competence of CBI officials in Vimal Negi death case
The top court, while granting anticipatory bail to Desh Raj, questioned the stand of the CBI, which claimed the accused ...
'Allegations hard to believe': Delhi court acquits man accused of assaulting constable
"Although the police witnesses cannot be straightaway termed as unreliable witnesses, when there is a possibility of joi...
Delhi HC to pass injunction order protecting podcaster Raj Shamani's personality rights
The court said if it passes a blanket order, it will be implemented across the platform and asked the plaintiff’s counse...
Azam Khan, son Abdullah convicted; sentenced to jail for 7 years in dual PAN card case
Saxena also accused Azam Khan of being a "fraudster" and a "liar", claiming that the senior SP leader got two PAN cards ...
Delhi pollution: SC for long-term solution, refuses to ban polluting activities year round
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), an AQI between 0-50 is considered 'good', 51-100 'satisfactory'...
Azam Khan, son Abdullah sentenced to up to 7 years in dual PAN card case
The case was lodged in 2019 at Rampur's Civil Lines police station by BJP leader Akash Saxena under IPC sections 420 (ch...
Don't cross 50 pc reservation limit in local body elections: SC to Maharashtra govt
Justice Bagchi said, "We were fully conscious of the situation. We indicated that the pre-Banthia situation may prevail....
SC agrees to hear CPI's plea challenging order to remove flagpoles in Tamil Nadu
The Madras High Court had upheld the order passed by its single judge directing all political parties and community and ...
SC issues notice to Rajasthan govt on plea challenging validity of anti-conversion law
The top court had then made it clear that it would consider the prayer for staying the operation of such laws once the r...
SC to hear PIL for court-monitored probe into alleged banking fraud involving RCOM
This, the petition claims, indicates “prima facie institutional complicity”, especially as officers of nationalised bank...
Delhi HC refuses to entertain Christian Michel James' plea challenging extradition treaty provision
The CBI, in its charge sheet, has alleged an estimated loss of 398.21 million euros (about Rs 2,666 crore) to the excheq...
SC dismisses plea to permit civilians to offer prayers in mosque inside military quarters
The division bench had noted that the station commander rejected the representation submitted by the petitioner in a ver...
Bombay HC permits capture of wild elephant Omkar, temporary translocation to Gujarat's Vantara
The bench directed the state forest department to submit a proposal regarding the temporary translocation of Omkar and a...
Contamination of Jojari River: SC slams Rajasthan authorities for failing to control pollution
Due to this, the bench said, the drinking water was not safe for humans as well as animals, and this was affecting their...
Bombay HC asks civic bodies for data on FIRs against illegal hoardings-banners, fines recovered
Giving the TMC a last chance to file the affidavit, the court said if the same is not done by next week then it would be...
Cal HC to hear challenge to school jobs interview list on Nov 19
The SSC had on Saturday published the interview list of 20,500 candidates who qualified in the September 14 teacher recr...
Disqualification of BRS MLAs: SC issues contempt notice to Telangana speaker, calls it 'grossest kind of contempt'
The top court reiterated that the speaker acts as a tribunal while deciding disqualification pleas under the Tenth Sched...
Azam Khan, son Abdullah convicted in dual PAN card case; sent to Rampur dist jail
For offences under Section 468, the accused received three years' simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000, with thre...
X Corp challenges legality of ‘Sahyog’ portal takedown process before Karnataka HC
A key plank of the appeal is the allegation that the single judge misapplied the Shreya Singhal case, wrongly concluding...
SC directs Uttarakhand govt to take steps to restore Corbett Tiger Reserve
"With regard to the tiger safari... we have issued guidelines. We have held that it has to be in consonance with the 201...
SC defers hearing by six weeks on Sahara firm's plea seeking nod to sell properties to Adani
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Sahara Group, said he would like to file a response to the note submitted...
Maharashtra: Tribunal awards Rs 74 lakh compensation to family of accident victim
Vinodkumar Bhagirath Chauhan, who worked with a private company, died in June 2020 after a speeding truck hit his motorc...
Administration of criminal justice 'most neglected sphere': ex-CJI U U Lalit
10 years of running after that so-called mice, and finally, it turns out that it was not a mouse, but it was a rabbit. N...
SEBI-Sahara case: SC to hear on Monday pleas of employees for payment of pending salaries
The bench asked the amicus curiae to also take note of the responses of other stakeholders with regard to these properti...
Tripura: Man gets 20 yrs RI for raping girl
The court of District and Sessions Judge, V P Debbarma, also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on Samir Kuri, a resident of In...
No elevation from 'may be true' to 'must be true', says Delhi court; acquits man in murder case
The prosecution, from the quality and quantity of the evidence, could not prove the chain of circumstantial evidence, wh...
Cal HC asks Bengal govt to publish draft notification on 15-yr-old buses
Disposing of the petition on Friday, Justice Rai Chattopadhyay gave liberty to the West Bengal government to publish the...
Delhi court acquits three in 2021 attempt to murder case
In an order dated November 12, the court said, "Not a scintilla of evidence has come on record against accused persons f...
Man acquitted in rape case; court cites inconclusive age proof, says relationship was consensual
her relations with the accused were mostly voluntary, consensual, and of her own free will. She also admitted that if he...
Right to Education example of affirmative action that transformed lives: Ex-CJI U U Lalit FORMER CJI-SPEECH
We keep hearing criticism that judges indulge in activism. Then this activism is at the highest level, where by interpre...
HC hears Prajwal Revanna's appeal; counsel alleges media trial, weak evidence
The case in which Revanna has been sentenced pertains to the one involving 48-year-old woman who was working as a help a...
Allahabad HC denies granting protection to live-in couple, says woman still married
A spouse has statutory right to enjoy the company of his or her counterpart and he/she cannot be deprived of that right ...