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Ghaziabad: POCSO court sentences man to life imprisonment in 5-year-old girl's rape-murder case
According to the prosecution, a missing person complaint was lodged at the Muradnagar police station on April 7, 2019, s...
Advocates cannot seek information under RTI Act for clients' cases: CIC
The commission further quoted the ruling to stress that the "laudable objectives of the RTI Act cannot be used for perso...
Cold cases purge: After 5 decades, Mumbai court shutters Rs 7.65 theft case
A 2003 rash driving case met a similar fate from a magistrate's court, as a police report confirmed that not only the ac...
Delhi tribunal awards over Rs. 1.62 crore to 21-year-old man injured in road accident
The tribunal noted the petitioner had been medically certified as 53 per cent temporarily disabled. He was 21 years old ...
Zubeen death case: Shyamkanu Mahanta, another accused seek bail
The state cabinet had earlier appointed a five-member team of Special Public Prosecutors (PP) with senior advocate Ziaul...
UP: Man gets life sentence for murdering rice trader, disposing of body
Manglik said Dubey, along with three accomplices, lured Gupta to a place in Aurai area and shot him dead before dumping ...
NIA court refuses to discharge accused linked to gangster Dawood Ibrahim's aide in FICN case
The special judge emphasised that the defence of the accused cannot be looked into at the time of discharge, particularl...
Delhi court discharges former Congress MP accused of causing death by negligence
"There is no iota of doubt regarding the rashness and negligence of accused 1 in the incident in question, he being the ...
Kerala court denies bail to expelled Cong MLA Mamkootathil in sexual assault case
The third sexual assault case was recently booked against the Palakkad MLA under sections 376 (rape) and 506(1) (crimina...
Hearing in former IPS officer Amitabh Thakur's bail plea adjourned till Monday
Prosecution sources said the hearing took place in the court of District Judge Dhanendra Pratap Singh. The prosecution s...
Gujarat court sentences man to death for brutal rape of 7-year-old girl
The victim's statement proved crucial to the case. The victim's family had written to the court seeking a speedy trial a...
Disqualified LDF MLA Antony Raju files appeal against conviction in evidence tampering case
The acquittal was based on the defence argument that the innerwear in which the contraband was allegedly concealed was t...
Kerala courts hands over scientific report on Lord Ayyappa temple gold cladding to SIT
The SIT is probing the loss of gold from the Dwarapalaka (guardian deity) idols and the Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum) do...
Kerala court denies bail to expelled Cong MLA Mamkootathil in sexual assault case
The third sexual assault case was recently booked against the Palakkad MLA under sections 376 (rape) and 506(1) (crimina...
Delhi court rejects animal care centre's plea for more time to file report on seized dogs
Dismissing the plea, the court then ordered the centre to submit a status report by the next hearing detailing all anima...
UP: Hearing of AAP MP Sanjay Singh's model code violation case deferred to Feb 4
The case dates back to April 13, 2021. It is alleged that an unauthorised public meeting was held in Hasanpur village un...
Odisha: Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping teen girl repeatedly
The court pronounced the judgment based on the statements of seven witnesses and the medical reports of the victim....
Gujarat court sentences man to 30 years in jail for abduction and rape of girl
The court also ordered the payment of a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to the victim from the state's victim compensation fun...
85-year-old ex-forest officer gets 3-year RI in 3-decade old corruption case
After a detailed investigation, Odisha Vigilance charge-sheeted Rath under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(e) of t...
Delhi consumer panel orders nursing home to pay Rs 20 lakh for negligence causing loss of motherhood
The commission, however, dismissed the complaint against the Department of Health and Family Welfare, holding that no ma...
Muzaffarnagar court awards life term to woman, lover for murdering her son
Sharma said Munesh Devi had initially lodged a complaint in connection with the murder to mislead the investigation. How...
Delhi court seeks NIA's response on Engineer Rashid's plea to attend Budget Session of Parliament
The court also granted Rashid custody parole between July 24 and August 4, 2025, to attend the Monsoon Session of Parlia...
Hathras stampede case: Testimony of key witness completed, next hearing on Jan 22
Police had filed a chargesheet following an investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), naming 11 accused, incl...
Red Fort blast: Delhi court sends 5 accused to jail, extends judicial custody of 2 others
According to the NIA, Dar, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, was a close associate of Umar-un-Nabi, the suicide bomber wh...
UP: Hearing in Shamsi masjid vs Neelkanth temple case scheduled on Feb 12
Appearing for the Shamsi Jama Masjid management Committee, Alam said the committee had filed an application citing the P...
SC seeks Karisma Kapoor's reply on plea for copy of divorce settlement with late Sunjay Kapur
Priya Sachdev Kapur's counsel submitted that these documents are directly relevant to the present estate litigation, whe...
2020 Delhi riots: Court acquits two accused of rioting, arson in Chand Bagh
The court noted that the video, which was relied upon by the prosecution, did not pertain to the same incident and did n...
Ex-Air Force staff rapes daughter in Uttarakhand, sentenced to 20 years
The victim told the court that her father had started sexually abusing her when she was just five or six years old. He t...
Delhi court pulls up animal shelter for defying order, seeks detailed report on seized dogs
“The statements made by the animal care shelter are extremely alarming, as they indicate gross lapses in supervision, me...
Scientific report on Lord Ayyappa temple gold cladding filed; SIT to examine findings
The High Court had permitted the SIT’s request for a scientific analysis of the gold on the copper cladding to compare t...
Sujoy Paul takes oath as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court
According to information available at the Telangana High Court website, he enrolled as an advocate in the year 1990 in t...
Delhi tribunal awards Rs 48.68 lakh compensation to woman disabled in road accident
The tribunal noted that the petitioner was 48 years old at the time of the accident, and was assumed to be earning minim...
Thane court acquits man of rape charges after decade-long legal battle
It also said, “There is a money dispute as prosectrix (complainant) has admitted in her examination-in-chief that she ha...
Red Fort blast: Delhi court allows accused woman doctor to meet advocate in NIA custody
Suicide bomber Umar-un-Nabi was driving the explosive-laden car that detonated outside the Red Fort on November 10, 2025...
Delhi court orders framing of charges against ex-AAP MLA Nitin Tyagi
In an order dated January 13, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal ordered the framing of charges against th...
Delhi court dismisses suit for restoration of possession of servant quarter in Modern school
The advocate said that in 2015, a suit filed by Singh was decreed in the school's favour, following which Singh moved th...