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Thane woman, brother get bail in case of sexually assaulting her minor son
"Ex facie, there are matrimonial disputes pending between accused No. 1 (boy's mother) and her husband, with whom at pre...
Technology should amplify human judgment, not replace it: CJI Surya Kant
Justice Surya Kanta cited the instance of the Lok Adalat system, according to him, this has been an enduring success in ...
CJI advises lawyers to avail hybrid mode of appearance in view of prevailing weather conditions
On November 26, the CJI, while considering the possibility of shifting apex court hearings to the virtual-only mode due ...
National Lok Adalat: Compensation of Rs 1.25 cr given to kin of inspector killed in road accident
On April 14, 2023, he was injured when a BEST bus hit his motorcycle while he was on his way to work. He succumbed to hi...
Messi event chaos in Kolkata: Chief organiser sent to 14-day police custody
We have prepared a list of people who will be summoned. CCTV footage will be reviewed, and those responsible will be arr...
1991 Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram attack: Palghar court acquits sole remaining accused
The original chargesheet was filed against 32 accused, all of whom were acquitted on January 7, 2003. The current case a...
Court refuses to discharge Eknath Khadse in money laundering case linked to land deal
The special court stated that the material on record prima facie reveals that Mandakini Khadse and Girish Chaudhari acqu...
Bride, aunt held for cheating groom of Rs 2 lakh sent to 14-day judicial custody
Acting on a complaint from the groom’s family, police arrested Preeti. A court in Kaij initially sent her to police cust...
Supreme Court reconstitutes 26 in-house committees
The committees deal with various subjects, such as finance, promotions, law clerks-cum-research assistants, staff welfar...
CBI opposes Rabri Devi's plea to transfer cases from judge
The CBI further said in its reply that Rabri Devi raised the issue of alleged bias only after extensive arguments on cha...
Undertrial prisoner gets one year in jail for assaulting cops in court corridor
The court found the statements of police personnel who were part of the escort team "coherent, consistent, and free from...
NIA court declares absconding Delhi blast accused Muzaffar Rather 'proclaimed offender'
Section 84 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) deals with the procedure for declaring a person a 'proclaime...
Court cites Latin maxim 'Let justice be done though the heavens fall’ in verdict acquitting actor Dileep
The court acquitted Dileep and three others, while six persons were sentenced to 20 years' rigorous imprisonment....
UP: Meerut man gets 20 years jail for raping minor girl
They said the case dates back to March 25, 2019, when the plaintiff filed a complaint at the Brahmpuri police station, a...
India Gate protest: Delhi court grants bail to 6 accused of raising pro-Maoist slogans
According to police, 23 protesters were arrested in two separate cases lodged at the Parliament Street and Kartavya Path...
West Bengal: Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for raping girl during Durga Puja
Describing the crime as heinous and deeply disturbing, a special POCSO court in Ranaghat sentenced the man to 20 years o...
UP: Girl's father, uncle get life term for killing teenage lovers; mother sentenced to 7 years
They were also awarded seven years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000 each under sections 201 (Causing disapp...
Special court to frame charges against accused on Dec 19 in sarpanch Deshmukh murder case
Deshmukh, sarpanch of Massajog village, was abducted, tortured and murdered on December 9 last year for opposing an exto...
Man gets two-year jail for dragging police constable 100 ft with motorcycle
The judge stressed that the behaviour and action of the accused "definitely amounted to using criminal force to deter th...
What happened in Supreme Court on Friday 12th December
1.38 PM Don't bring down judiciary by filing such cases, SC said while expressing strong displeasure over a plea chal...
'Diabolical, brutal': Delhi court awards life term to 2 men for forcing boy to ingest acid
The court noted that after the acid attack, the victim was unable to eat or drink and that at the time of death, he had ...
Local court to hear on Dec 18 UP govt plea to withdraw Akhlaq lynching case
According to officials, the withdrawal application was filed by the Assistant District Government Advocate (Criminal) fo...
UP: Man, parents get life term in jail in dowry death case
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 on each convict and said that failure to pay the amount would attract an addi...
Actress sexual assault: Court says Prosecution 'miserably' failed to prove conspiracy against Dileep
The court also rejected the prosecution's claim that the accused had been planning the assault on Dileep's instructions ...
Defamation case involving Rahul Gandhi postponed, next hearing on Dec 23
He surrendered in February 2024, following which a special magistrate granted him bail on two sureties of Rs 25,000 each...
UP: Man sentenced to 20 years of RI for raping, forcing minor to undergo abortion
he case was filed at the Ghurawal police station on September 23, 2024, based on a written complaint by the minor's fath...
Court sentences six people convicted in actress sexual assault case to 20 yrs rigorous imprisonment
The court asked the prosecution whether the same sentence can be imposed on the first accused and other convicted person...
Sabarimala gold loss case: Kerala vigilance court rejects bail plea of former TDB prez
The prosecutor added that for offences under the IPC, 60 days is the maximum limit for holding a person in custody witho...
Honour killing case: UP court sentences couple to life imprisonment
According to the prosecution, the couple along with their sons had killed their 24-year-old daughter Jyoti on January 19...
UP: Man gets 20 years in prison for abducting, raping girl
Police registered a case under sections 363 (punishment for kidnapping), 376 (punishment for rape) and 506 (punishment f...
Gangster Nilesh Ghaywal declared proclaimed offender in cheating case
Chief Judicial Magistrate K P Jain-Desarada issued the proclamation order, observing that Ghaywal had committed an offen...
Guest professor, booked for molesting Mumbai college students, seeks anticipatory bail
Therefore, based on a complaint filed by the college principal, police registered a case under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya ...
Death to 1, life term to 9 in Maharajganj communal clash murder
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Mishra's family in Lucknow, assuring them of justice and extending financial assistan...
Court issues NBW against Telangana Minister Konda Surekha in defamation case
In the complaint, Rama Rao had submitted that Surekha made defamatory imputations against him only with an oblique motiv...
TN district judge placed under suspension
Later, the Madras High Court quashed the order to imprison the DSP and directed a vigilance enquiry into the judge's con...
TN man missing since 2010 found in Kerala jail, to be arrested after court nod
The court directed that Vasanth’s formal arrest be recorded at the prison in the presence of the Superintendent before D...