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Allahabad High Court Acquits Raiyyan in Capital Punishment Case, Citing Uncorroborated Evidence

Allahabad High Court Acquits Raiyyan in Capital Punishment Case, Citing Uncorroborated Evidence

Conviction and death sentence overturned due to inconsistencies in witness testimonies and lack of substantive evidence...

Allahabad High Court Stays Proceedings Against 73-Year-Old Accused in 19-Year-Old Corruption Case

Allahabad High Court Stays Proceedings Against 73-Year-Old Accused in 19-Year-Old Corruption Case

In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court exercises its inherent powers to quash criminal proceedings against Dr...

Allahabad High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Megha Khatri and Family in Abetment to Suicide Case

Allahabad High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Megha Khatri and Family in Abetment to Suicide Case

The Court rules lack of instigation and mens rea in alleged abetment case under Section 306 IPC, dismissing charges agai...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Rajesh Bothra in Financial Fraud Case

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Rajesh Bothra in Financial Fraud Case

Bail granted with stringent conditions; passport surrender, no travel, and strict adherence to trial procedures mandated...

Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Reduced Compensation in Electrocution Case

Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Reduced Compensation in Electrocution Case

Court rules contributory negligence by plaintiff's family in the construction under high tension wires; maintains reduce...

Punjab and Haryana High Court Orders Retrial in Vinod Shah Case

Punjab and Haryana High Court Orders Retrial in Vinod Shah Case

Conviction and Death Sentences Quashed Due to Procedural Flaws in Accused Examination...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Imposes Rs. 10 Lakh Fine on State for Failing to Develop Judicial Infrastructure

Himachal Pradesh High Court Imposes Rs. 10 Lakh Fine on State for Failing to Develop Judicial Infrastructure

Court Censures State's Inaction on Establishing Special Courts for NDPS Cases and Demands Immediate Budgetary Transparen...

Bombay High Court Mandates Dignified Repatriation of Mortal Remains with DNA Verification

Bombay High Court Mandates Dignified Repatriation of Mortal Remains with DNA Verification

Court Directs Authorities for Coordinated Efforts in Handling Mortal Remains with Emphasis on Family Involvement and DNA...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Election Petition Against Mahim MLA Over Non-Compliance

Bombay High Court Dismisses Election Petition Against Mahim MLA Over Non-Compliance

Failure to Deposit Security for Costs Results in Dismissal of Election Challenge...

Bombay High Court Upholds Framing of Charges in Alleged Custodial Death Case

Bombay High Court Upholds Framing of Charges in Alleged Custodial Death Case

Charges under Sections 302 and 295A of IPC Against Police Officers Affirmed by Division Bench...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Woman to Choose Her Own Path Amidst Domestic Discord

Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Woman to Choose Her Own Path Amidst Domestic Discord

Court Permits 19-Year-Old to Live with Partner of Choice; Introduces "Shourya Didi" for Support and Mentoring...

T'gana HC breather to Cong leader Khera, grants one week anticipatory bail in Assam case

T'gana HC breather to Cong leader Khera, grants one week anticipatory bail in Assam case

The Congress leader on April 5 alleged that Assam CM's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign pro...

Kerala HC extends time for VACB to complete probe in Sabarimala ghee sale scam

Kerala HC extends time for VACB to complete probe in Sabarimala ghee sale scam

The orders came in a petition initiated by the court on its own following a report by the TDB's Chief Vigilance and Secu...

HC grants bail to preacher Rampal in 2014 violence case, directs him not to promote 'mob mentality'

HC grants bail to preacher Rampal in 2014 violence case, directs him not to promote 'mob mentality'

"Considering the long incarceration of the appellant/accused which is more than 11 years and his age being about 75 year...

CBI may question convict Sanjay Roy in RG Kar rape-murder case: Cal HC

CBI may question convict Sanjay Roy in RG Kar rape-murder case: Cal HC

Stating that the petitioner parents have consulted forensic experts over the rape and murder of their doctor daughter, C...

Jharkhand HC directs DGP to file sealed report on 'police assault' of missing girl's relative

Jharkhand HC directs DGP to file sealed report on 'police assault' of missing girl's relative

The report of the DGP will have to be furnished in sealed cover before the High Court, which will hear the matter again ...

Renewal of passport legitimate right available to a person: Allahabad HC

Renewal of passport legitimate right available to a person: Allahabad HC

Having heard both sides, the high court in its judgement on Tuesday noted that renewal of passport is the legitimate rig...

ASI documents support our claim of temple predating mosque at Bhojshala: Hindu outfit to HC

ASI documents support our claim of temple predating mosque at Bhojshala: Hindu outfit to HC

The High Court directed the ASI to conduct a scientific survey of the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque complex on March 11, ...

Telangana HC adjourns hearing on Pawan Khera's anticipatory bail plea to Apr 10

Telangana HC adjourns hearing on Pawan Khera's anticipatory bail plea to Apr 10

The Congress leader on April 5 alleged that Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign proper...

Delhi HC refers to mediation dispute over use of 'Tridev' song in 'Dhurandhar 2'

Delhi HC refers to mediation dispute over use of 'Tridev' song in 'Dhurandhar 2'

Senior Advocate Akhil Sibal, appearing for Super Cassettes, said the label has the rights over the song and no interim r...

Telangana HC adjourns hearing on Pawan Khera's anticipatory bail plea for Friday

Telangana HC adjourns hearing on Pawan Khera's anticipatory bail plea for Friday

Assam Advocate General Devajit Saikia, who argued against Khera's petition, stressed that there is no political vendetta...

It's high time Indians inculcate civic sense and follow traffic rules, says HC

It's high time Indians inculcate civic sense and follow traffic rules, says HC

The victim, suffering from Parkinson's disease and also partially paralytic, met with an accident in November 2012 when ...

HC rejects Sanjay Bhandari's plea against 'fugitive offender' tag

HC rejects Sanjay Bhandari's plea against 'fugitive offender' tag

The ED filed its first chargesheet against Bhandari in 2020. It filed a criminal case against Bhandari and others under ...

Kejriwal can't seek judge's recusal for attending 'legal seminar' by Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad: CBI to HC

Kejriwal can't seek judge's recusal for attending 'legal seminar' by Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad: CBI to HC

It further said different judges of the high court as well as the Supreme Court have also rendered adverse findings in t...

Rotomac 'scam': Allahabad HC grants bail to businessman Rajesh Bothra

Rotomac 'scam': Allahabad HC grants bail to businessman Rajesh Bothra

Senior advocate Gaurav Mehrotra, appearing in the court for the petitioner, argued that Bothra has been falsely implicat...

Act of filing cases cannot make wife liable for abetting husband's suicide: Allahabad HC

Act of filing cases cannot make wife liable for abetting husband's suicide: Allahabad HC

The counsel for the wife argued that if the husband dies by suicide due to the court cases lodged by his wife, even then...

HC directs Punjab govt to clear pending DA of employees, pensioners

HC directs Punjab govt to clear pending DA of employees, pensioners

The successive pay commissions of the government of Punjab have consistently followed this policy, they submitted that a...

Allahabad HC reserves order in plea over filing of FIR against Rahul Gandhi

Allahabad HC reserves order in plea over filing of FIR against Rahul Gandhi

According to her, this remark has hurt public sentiments across the country. Gandhi's alleged remark amounts to a sediti...

Allahabad HC grants interim relief to ex-UP CMO by staying trial proceedings

Allahabad HC grants interim relief to ex-UP CMO by staying trial proceedings

According to the prosecution, the cases, registered by the CBI in New Delhi, relate to alleged irregularities in the pro...

Serious deficiencies in TDB's accounting system, says Kerala HC; orders corrective steps

Serious deficiencies in TDB's accounting system, says Kerala HC; orders corrective steps

The plan shall include standardisation of data formats, ensuring system compatibility and transition, carrying out phase...

Goa: HC quashes ECI notification for Ponda byelection day before polling

Goa: HC quashes ECI notification for Ponda byelection day before polling

Two registered voters in the constituency moved the HC challenging the validity of the notification on the ground that l...

Cong leader Pawan Khera moves Telangana HC seeking anticipatory bail in case filed by Assam govt

Cong leader Pawan Khera moves Telangana HC seeking anticipatory bail in case filed by Assam govt

The case was registered in the Guwahati Crime Branch Police Station against Khera under several sections of the BNS, inc...

Bhojshala dispute: Even after demolition of a temple, it continues to exist there, says Hindu side

Bhojshala dispute: Even after demolition of a temple, it continues to exist there, says Hindu side

Citing the Supreme Court's landmark judgment in the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute case and other judici...

HC acquits man sentenced to death by trial court in 2016 killing of NIA officer, wife

HC acquits man sentenced to death by trial court in 2016 killing of NIA officer, wife

The court said that the accused were initially named in statements of prosecution witnesses recorded under Section 164 o...

Cal HC grants bail to Saradha ponzi scam accused Suditpa Sen, paves way for release after 13 years

Cal HC grants bail to Saradha ponzi scam accused Suditpa Sen, paves way for release after 13 years

Sen was further directed not to contact, influence or intimidate any person acquainted with the facts of the cases, spec...

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on plea alleging irregularities at Indian Institute of Heritage

Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on plea alleging irregularities at Indian Institute of Heritage

The petition has alleged unauthorised appointments, expenditure without a sanction from the finance committee and divers...