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Court acquits man in 2019 murder case; cites lack of evidence
There was "hardly any evidence that would connect the accused as being the author of the crime," the judge said while ac...
Top judges from abroad take part in Constitution Day celebration at Supreme Court
The Constitution Day, also known as National Law Day, is celebrated on November 26 every year to mark the adoption of th...
MP court orders confiscation of Rs 71 lakh assets of panchayat employee
A Lokayukta police official said raids were conducted at Hanif Khan's premises in 2014 following a complaint of corrupti...
Bar indispensable in upholding sanctity of Constitution: CJI Surya Kant
"That is an area we definitely need to introspect and see what best can be done to ensure that the right people get elec...
Court issues notice to CBI on Rabri Devi's plea seeking transfer of graft case to another judge
The plea, submitted by Rabri Devi before the Principal District and Sessions Judge submitted, “The applicant (Devi) is h...
Accept land tax from Munambam residents: Kerala HC to state govt
In the villages of Cherai and Munambam in Ernakulam district, residents have alleged that the Waqf Board was unlawfully ...
SC sets up medical board at Noida hospital to explore passive euthanasia for 31-yr-old
"The petitioner is not on any life-support system and the petitioner is surviving without any external aid. While the co...
UP court sentences man, three sons to life imprisonment for 2017 murder
The tension resurfaced on June 15, 2017, when Kedar Yadav, along with his sons Radheshyam, Raghu and Ghanshyam, attacked...
Gujarat: Three men get 20-year RI in ATS drug seizure case
Special court judge V A Buddha, hearing cases pertaining to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, s...
HC vacates stay on Hemant Soren's appearance before MP-MLA Court
The high court was hearing a petition filed by Soren, challenging an order of personal appearance issued by the MP-MLA c...
Odisha court sentences man to 10-year imprisonment for abducting, raping minor
Bhubaneswar POCSO Court judge Saroj Kumar Sahoo also ordered the convict, Badal Pilei, to pay a fine of Rs 3,000, failin...
Court sentences man to life imprisonment for killing wife
Third Additional District and Session judge, Bhubaneswar, Himanshu Sekhar Mallick, sentenced Dillip Bagh to life impriso...
SC raps UP for 'colonial-era' practice of giving bureaucrats' spouses ex-officio posts
The bench was hearing a petition filed by CM Zila Mahila Samiti, Bulandshahr, a women's self-help group, which challenge...
Celina Jaitly moves court against 'narcissistic' husband; accuses him of domestic violence, cruelty
The 47-year-old actor claimed she has suffered severe emotional, physical, sexual and verbal abuse by her husband becaus...
SC directs Kerala to establish primary schools in areas lacking them
The bench was hearing the appeal of the state government against the Kerala High Court order on a petition that sought s...
Delhi Tribunal awards over Rs 24 lakh to family of woman killed in 2020 accident
In its November 18 order, the tribunal ruled that the accident took place due to rash and negligent driving by Rohit. It...
Results of Maharashtra local bodies where 50 pc quota ceiling breached would depend on verdict: SC
Senior advocate Vikas Singh argued that previous orders, including a July 2022 direction by a three-judge bench led by J...
SC tells petitioners alleging sexual abuse in ISKCON-run schools to approach child rights body
We dispose of this petition by reserving liberty to the petitioners herein to make a fresh representation/reminder to NC...
Not inclined to either legislate or monitor every incident of hate speech: SC
"We are not legislating in the garb of this petition. Rest assured, we are not inclined to either legislate or monitor e...
Man acquitted in 26/11 terror case can take up job not needing police clearance: Govt to HC
Palkar said Ansari can take up any job that does not mandate or require a police clearance/character certificate....
SC seeks response of EC on fresh plea of MDMK leader Vaiko against SIR in Tamil Nadu
Vaiko has challenged the revision exercise in the state, saying the notification violated various fundamental rights inc...
SC rejects Christian officer's appeal against termination of service from Army
Kamalesan had claimed that he had accompanied troops to both places for weekly religious parades but refrained from ente...
SC tells petitioners alleging sexual abuse in ISKCON-run schools to approach child rights body
A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan said if such representations are made to the state child rights commi...
Celina Jaitly moves Mumbai court accusing husband of domestic violence, cruelty
Jaitly, in her application filed through Karanjwala & Co law firm, accused Haag of domestic violence, cruelty and manipu...
2017 actress assault case: Kerala court to pronounce verdict on Dec 8
The actress-victim, who has worked in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films, was abducted and allegedly molested in her car ...
CPI(M) candidate gets 10-year jail term for bomb attack on police
Nishad, who is the Payyannur Block Secretary of the DYFI and a sitting councillor from Karamele West, is contesting this...
6 years on, tribunal awards Rs 25 lakh compensation to accident victim's kin
MACT member Rupali V Mohite, in the order on November 20, directed the truck's insurance company to pay the compensation...
Chennai court awards lifer to three Bawaria gang members for murder of AIADMK MLA
About 86 people were examined. After the investigation from all sides was completed, the judge pronounced the verdict in...
Uttarakhand HC seeks expert opinion on artificial rain to extinguish forest fires
The petition stated that although the government was using helicopters to extinguish fires, it was costly and not entire...
India Gate protest: 22 sent to judicial custody; cops claim pro-Hidma slogans raised
In the second case, Judicial Magistrate Sahil Monga sent the 17 accused persons, including 11 women, to three days' jail...
Chennai court awards lifer to three Bawaria gang members for murder of AIADMK MLA
On January 9, 2005, at 2.45 am, a five-member gang broke into his house in Thanakulam near Periyapalayam, shot Sudarsana...
Allahabad HC pulls up trail court for 'lethargic' handling of 20-yr-old criminal case
Shrish Kumar Malviya, 73, is facing prosecution under Section 129 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, since 2...
SC sets aside Himachal Pradesh HC order, upholds govt’s cancellation of ePoS tender
Writing the first judgement as Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Monday held that the state government was ...
Profits from cricket betting constitute proceeds of crime under PMLA: Delhi HC
The high court passed the verdict dismissing a batch of petitions filed by several persons in an alleged Rs 2,400 crore ...
Wife's pregnancy can't erase acts of cruelty, says Delhi HC; husband granted divorce
The family court rejected the divorce plea on the grounds that the husband had failed to prove cruelty and did not suffi...
Custodial violence and death a blot on system, country will not tolerate this: SC
While hearing a suo motu case concerning lack of functional CCTVs in police stations, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath an...