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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 ...
School teacher gets life term for raping 10-year-old girl in Kerala
The court decided not to order a separate sentence under IPC section 376(2)(f)(rape by a person in a position of trust o...
Pune land scam: suspended govt official gets temporary bail
On Saturday, the court passed an order that he shall be released on `ad-interim' (temporary) pre-arrest bail -- until th...
Korean firm takes legal action against illegal ESSE cigarettes
KT&G (Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation), has engaged S S Rana & Co, a leading law firm, to launch a decisive legal in...
Delhi HC grants 3-week parole to HIV positive convict in Jigisha Ghosh murder case
The state's counsel further said that since the convict is undergoing treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), ...
Defamation case, Rahul Gandhi, Court, Adjourns hearing, Dec 6
The court had directed the Nizampura police to conduct a probe and submit a report in connection with the case. The insp...
School teacher gets life term for raping 10-year-old girl in Kerala
The court decided not to order a separate sentence under IPC section 376(2)(f)(rape by a person in a position of trust o...
HC directs Rajasthan govt to complete panchayat, municipal polls by Apr 15 next year
The petitions, filed by former MLA Sanyam Lodha and 438 others, had argued that postponing elections violated Articles 2...
Instructions on using Aadhaar as proof of identity, not citizenship, already issued: EC to SC
The poll panel said the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), in an office memorandum (OM) in August 2023, h...
Union minister Arjun Meghwal calls for CAT bench in Jharkhand
We have entered AI-enabled technology era with development of artificial intelligence, robotics, 3-D painting, machine l...
Chaitanyananda claims threat to his life; Delhi court seeks report from prison authorities
According to the FIR, Chaitanyananda allegedly forced female students to visit his quarters late at night and sent them ...
MACT awards Rs 18.32 lakh compensation to kin of man killed in road accident
According to settled law, the presence of an FIR against the driver, along with the criminal record of the case showing ...
Thane court sentences three to life imprisonment in 2021 mob lynching case
Although the accused are young offenders and their family members are dependent on them, the manner of the commission of...
Engineer held by ATS for terror links, radicalisation remanded in judicial custody till Nov 28
In addition, a magazine titled 'Inspire' was found, containing photographs of AK-47 training at the OSG Gun School and d...
UP: 25 convicted in 2005 cow slaughter, attack on police case in Bulandshahr
During the investigation, sections of the Gangsters Act were added on May 17, 2005, and a chargesheet was later filed ag...
Mumbra railway accident: Judge notes maintainance failure while refusing pre-arrest bail
"From above discussion and both the reports on record, prima facie it seems that the alleged incident was not mere an ac...
Six sentenced to life imprisonment for killing man in 2023
Delivering the verdict on Friday, the court sentenced Humayu, Abad, Afaaq, Shahrooq, Afzal and Aurangzeb to life impriso...
My university fees not paid for 2 months, Karisma Kapoor's daughter tells Delhi HC
In the fairytale "Cinderella", the young woman is mistreated by her stepmother, who focuses all of her attention on her ...
UP court acquits BJP MLA, 7 others in 2012 road blocking case
The case pertained to allegations that they blocked a road during a demonstration near Khubbapur village on September 29...
NGT seeks MCD, govt response over improper waste disposal in Delhi's Jangpura
In an order dated November 7, the bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A Senthil Vel h...
Building houses for themselves but not creating judicial infra: SC lambasts Punjab govt
The high court in September took a strong view and flagged repeated delays despite the building committee's resolution a...
Pune land deal: Cops question suspended tehsildar and power of attorney holder
Besides Tejwani and Amadea Enterprises LLP partner Digvijay Patil, Yeole is the third accused named in the case register...
SC to hear plea for mechanism to ensure no PG seats in medical colleges remain vacant
The Centre had then proposed to appoint a committee, consisting of all the stakeholders including representatives of sta...
Trial courts cannot write judgments in 'Hinglish': Allahabad HC
The court said that the judgment by a sessions court in Agra was a 'classic example' of judgments partially in English a...
Allahabad HC restrains UP govt from further demolition of Fatehpur's Noori Jama Masjid
Essentially, a 40-foot area on both sides of NH 335 for about 2 km, including a 150-sq ft section of the mosque, was pro...
Kerala HC directs producer of 'Haal' movie to resubmit film with excisions for fresh certification
“Upon viewing the film from the perspective of an ordinary person, this court found the theme of the film to be in tune ...
Jharkhand HC pronounced 32 judgements in 61 pending cases: SC told
Similarly, on July 21, the top court was informed that the high court has delivered verdict in cases of 10 convicts out ...
Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awards Rs 38.26 lakh compensation to kin of victim
In a judgment dated November 13, the judge said, "In view of the evidence on record, this tribunal has held that the pet...
Delhi HC asks Centre to respond to academician Ashok Swain's plea against blacklisting order
Swain has submitted that his aged mother, who lives in India, was unwell and he was the only son and has not been able t...