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UP: Three get life term for murder of Baghpat man in 2023
Police arrested the accused soon after the incident and sent them to jail. The case was heard in the court of Additional...
Bengaluru NIA court sentences two in Shivamogga terror module to 6 years of imprisonment
The convicts - Zabiulla (34), known by multiple names, and Nadeem Faizal (29) - were arrested in 2022 and charged under ...
Dealing with pendency of cases, promoting mediation will be my priorities as CJI: Justice Surya Kant
"Despite any weather conditions or anything, I normally go for my walk and average 50 minutes to one hour I walk...," he...
Man sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment for raping minor girl
The SPP said that the incident occurred on Christmas Eve in 2023 when John seuxally assaulted the girl near her house in...
Environmental activists in country struggle to survive: Ex-SC judge Oka
"It is the judicial magistrate who has a role to play when an accused is produced before him; he has to see whether the ...
HC seeks responses in case over M F Husain painting 'borrowed' by former Union minister
The counsel for Singh said the case is listed before the trial court on November 25 and urged the high court to either s...
Delhi blast: Court allows accused's plea to meet lawyer at NIA headquarters
According to the NIA, Wani was an "active co-conspirator" in the blast and worked closely with "suicide bomber" Dr Umar-...
CJI Gavai's tenure saw appointments of 11 judges from Backward Classes, 10 from Scheduled Castes
Justice Gavai, the 52nd Chief Justice of India, has delivered prodigious verdicts during his six-month tenure, including...
Reveals extent of dishonesty: Allahabad HC on one person having two birth certificates
"Prima facie, it's a mess. It appears that anyone at any point in time can get a date of birth certificate issued with w...
MP HC grants interim stay on action against ancestral house of Al-Falah group chairperson
"Till the said exercise is completed and for a period of ten days thereafter, in case the order is against the petitione...
Three get life imprisonment for kidnapping-murder of class 10 student in 2005
DGC Chauhan said that Sunil Tomar, a student of Class 10 and a resident of Power House Road, went missing on the evening...
UP: Man sentenced to rigorous life imprisonment for raping four-year-old in Mainpuri
DGC Chauhan said Sandeep was staying in a village with his relatives, and on April 12, he lured the minor, a resident of...
HC slams action against doctor for not standing on MLA's arrival in emergency ward
It is well-known that medical courses require deep dedication and commitment over prolonged periods. After completing MB...
Uttarakhand HC orders probe into Rs 8 crore financial mismanagement at IIM Kashipur
The Court has now directed the Ministry to treat the petition as a representation and complete the inquiry within four w...
HC summons UP Basic Education Board secretary over denial of transfer to teacher with cancer
The court said it was not satisfied with the explanation given by the secretary of the board in the affidavit. It then d...
Allahabad HC quashes Gangster Act case against former SP MLA Arif Anwar Hashmi
His counsel, Manoj Kumar Mishra, argued that a gang chart can be prepared against an individual only based on cases in w...
Justice Sameer Jain of Allahabad HC recuses from hearing Azam Khan's 2016 case
This petition challenges the trial court's May 30 orders rejecting their requests to recall informants and key prosecuti...
Mumbra train accident: Bombay HC grants interim protection from arrest to two railway engineers
The sessions court said the accident was entirely preventable and occurred because authorities ignored broken tracks and...
J-K: Court grants three-week extension for filing report in Vaishno Devi landslide case
The police further said that, given the “far-reaching consequences” of the incident and the sensitivity of the allegatio...
3 ''Bawaria'' gang members convicted in AIADMK ex-minister murder, dacoity case
They had struck terror in a number of other places from 1995 onwards in Tamil Nadu and police had a pretty tough time in...
J'khand HC orders govt to provide facilities to commission to identify 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims
The government informed the court that, at the instance of the commission, 41 victims have been identified who had suffe...
Kerala HC allows minor changes to 5,000-pilgrim cap at Sabarimala if inflow is low
"Having regard to the above submissions, we permit the Executive Officer, in coordination with the Chief Coordinator and...
HC gives Punjab govt one week to decide jailed MP Amritpal Singh's plea on attending Parliament
Punjab Police had launched the crackdown after the February 23, 2023, Ajnala incident in which Singh and his supporters,...
Gurugram: Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape of 6-year-old girl
Police arrested Ramesh, a native of Kharman village in Haryana's Jhajjar district. He was sent into judicial custody aft...
Overwhelmed CJI Gavai bids adieu, says he is leaving SC with full sense of satisfaction
He noted that environmental matters have been close to his heart and spoke about his long association with environmental...
Kerala HC directs Guruvayoor Devaswom to prepare comprehensive crowd management plan
The court also recommended forming a permanent multi-departmental committee comprising the Chairman or a member of the D...
CJI Gavai justifies Tribunal verdict, says independence of judiciary can't be compromised
Justice Gavai was elevated as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on November 14, 2003. He became a permanent j...
SC notice to Centre, BCI on plea related to POSH complaints by women lawyers
The petition argued that the high court order has left women lawyers remediless, as the high court held that the Sexual ...
Probe agencies can't freeze bank accounts involved in cyber fraud transactions: HC
The bench also noted that the `Citizen Financial Cyber Frauds Reporting and Management System', published by the Indian ...
SC constitutes high-level panel to deal with contamination of rivers in Rajasthan
The bench said the substantive remedial, regulatory and preventive directions contained in the tribunal's order shall no...
SC constitutes high-level panel to deal with contamination of rivers in Rajasthan
However, the bench said the interim stay on the tribunal's order shall continue to operate only in respect of the remark...
Cal HC asks WB govt to set up panel on prohibition of employment as manual scavengers
The petitioners - Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) and another, alleged negligence on the part of ...
BMW hit-and-run case: HC denies bail to accused Mihir Shah; says he remorselessly failed to stop car
"This is not a fit case nor in the interest of justice for the applicant (Shah) to be enlarged on bail," Justice Gokhale...
CBI gets sanction to prosecute Rana Kapoor in fraud case linked to Anil Ambani group firms
The bank could not recover the entire NPI from the securities against these investments, and suffered a loss of Rs 2,796...
Delhi man gets 8-year rigorous imprisonment in 2015 attempt to murder case
The court said the victim was grievously injured after the attack and was only saved due to medical intervention by way ...
CJI Gavai leaves behind rich legacy of prodigious verdicts on waqf, wildlife, climate
Justice Gavai was part of a seven-judge constitution bench, which by a 6:1 majority held that states are constitutionall...