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Man gets 5 yrs RI for establishing physical relationship with minor under false promise of marriage
The court also ordered the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) of Kandhamal to pay Rs 1 lakh to the family of the victim as compensation.
November 20, 2025Thane MACT awards Rs 27.9 lakh compensation to kin of bus driver killed in collision
The victim, Shankar Jagannath Sable (28), was driving a state transport bus at Pen in the neighbouring Raigad district on July 17, 2011, when a truck collided with the vehicle. Sable succumbed to his injuries on August 10, 2011.
November 20, 2025Doctors, engineers engaging in anti-national activities: Delhi police in SC
Khalid, Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, and Rehman were booked under the UAPA, the stringent anti-terror law, and provisions of the erstwhile IPC for allegedly being the "masterminds" of the 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.
November 20, 2025SC raises retirement age of MP judicial officers from 60 to 61 years
On October 27, the top court had sought responses from the Madhya Pradesh government and the high court registry on a plea challenging the refusal to enhance the retirement age of judicial officers in the state from 60 to 61 years.
November 20, 2025Former AP CM Jagan appears before CBI court in Hyderabad
he cases relate to investments made by various companies in his firms as quid pro quo for different favours bestowed on them during the tenure of his father late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy as Chief Minister (of undivided Andhra Pradesh) between 2004 and 2009.
November 20, 2025Remarks against Army: SC extends stay on trial court proceedings against Gandhi
The trial court summoned Gandhi as an accused for facing trial for the alleged offence of defamation. Gandhi's advocate Pranshu Agarwal argued that the allegations appeared to be fabricated, just by reading the complaint.
November 20, 2025Six get life imprisonment in 2022 murder case in UP's Meerut
Special Judge Chandra Shekhar Mishra convicted six accused -- Ombeer, Satendra alias Pintu, Jitendra alias Pinka, Amandeep alias Anchit, Sainder Kaur and Preeti -- and sentenced them to life imprisonment under various sections of IPC, Additional District Government Advocate Neeraj Som.
November 20, 2025Will consider transferring RG Kar case to Delhi or Calcutta HC: SC
The panel said state laws had adequate provisions to address minor offences besides serious ones under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
November 20, 2025Kerala HC orders major upgrade of facilities for Sabarimala pilgrims
A public, multilingual grievance portal must be activated on the official Sabarimala website. Most of these measures must be implemented within three weeks.
November 20, 2025Delhi court sends gangster Anmol Bishnoi to 11-day NIA custody
Underlining that the NIA’s plea seeking custody was “based on reasonable and justifiable grounds”, the judge allowed 11 days’ custodial interrogation of the accused. Responding to the court’s queries, Anmol denied the allegations and confirmed that he received a copy of the arrest memo. The accused also said that he engaged an advocate of his choice, and verified that his medical examination was conducted.
November 20, 2025Prez reference: SC judgement on question over fixing timeline for guvs' nod to clear bills on Thursday
In May, President Droupadi Murmu exercised powers under Article 143(1) of the Constitution to know from the top court whether timelines could be imposed by judicial orders for exercise of discretion by the President while dealing with the bills passed by state assemblies.
November 20, 2025Why shouldn't CBI probe, SC asks Haryana govt in case where Delhi lawyer was arrested
In the course of his professional duties, the petitioner has represented several clients in criminal cases between 2021 and 2025, including persons alleged to have connections with one Kapil Sangwan @ Nandu. All such representations were undertaken purely in the discharge of his professional obligations and in conformity with the Advocates Act and the standards of professional ethics.
November 20, 2025On Azam Khan's plea, court bars transfer of SP leader, son outside Rampur jail without permission
The case was lodged in 2019 at Rampur's Civil Lines police station by BJP leader Akash Saxena under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for cheating), 471 (using forged document) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy).
November 20, 2025Court grants interim protection from arrest to 2 accused in Medikabazaar `fraud' case
The complainant has accused the management of creating an ESOP trust in January 2025 without proper approvals, followed by a Rs 15 crore loan from the company to the trust to buy shares at heavily undervalued rates, allegedly diluting each founder's stake by around 13 per cent.
November 20, 2025Cal HC grants bail to former WB secondary education board prez in school jobs scam case
Appearing for Ganguly, senior advocate Sandipan Ganguly submitted that so far as the vulnerable witnesses are concerned, eight of them have already been examined by the trial court.
November 20, 2025ACB opposes bail plea of court clerk held in bribery case; says he may destroy evidence
The police pointed out that Vasudeo and Kazi were observed to have frequent WhatsApp calls even outside office hours and the arrested accused has not provided a satisfactory explanation.
November 20, 2025Consider deferring nomination process for local body polls: SC to Maharashtra govt
Justice Kant had observed that it appears that the court's simple orders are being complicated by state officials, and therefore, the filing of nominations for the local body polls should be deferred.
November 20, 2025UP: Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping minor girl
The police registered a case the same day based on the complaint, completed the medical examination of the victim and subsequently filed a charge sheet against the accused.
November 20, 2025SC deprecates practice adopted under Talaq-e-Hasan, says 5-judge bench may look into validity
Heena, who herself addressed the court, choked while narrating her difficulties she was facing due to Talaq-e-Hasan given by her husband, which prompted the bench to ask to file a simple application and assured her that the court will look into it.
November 20, 2025Cal HC grants bail to 80-year old accused of raping minor
As per the FIR, the petitioner has been accused under Section 65 (1) (punishment for a person who commits rape on a woman under 16 years of age) and Section 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO).
November 20, 2025Delhi court sends Anmol Bishnoi to 11-day NIA custody
Wanted in connection with the killing of NCP leader Siddique, firing at actor Salman Khan's residence in April 2024, the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, among other crimes, Anmol was "removed" from the US on Tuesday. He was detained in the US in November last year.
November 20, 2025Delhi HC asks DoE to file report on minors' plea not to hold sports events during peak pollution time
The court hearing the petition filed by 11 minors, through their parents, stating that they actively participate in state scheduled sports tournaments, camps and trials in Delhi and other parts of the country.
November 20, 2025Monitoring by centralised authority main reason for success of Project Tiger, says SC
The verdict had further noted that in Rajasthan, 13,163 sq km was a priority area, 78,580 sq km was a potential area and 5,977 sq km was an additionally important area
November 20, 2025Delhi HC protects podcaster Raj Shamani's personality rights
The high court also observed that Shamani's rights in the podcast "Figuring out with Raj Shamani" are protected under the Copyright Act, including the exclusive right to communicate the works to the public, and that protection is also warranted against the unauthorised use of the registered trademarks "FIGURING OUT".
November 20, 2025HC orders relief in 80-year-old widow's 5-decade-long struggle to secure pension
"The case paints a disheartening and distressing picture of administrative apathy, the court observed and said the aged widow, already burdened by grief and financial hardship, had been made to suffer further because of systemic indifference and procedural neglect," the high court judge observed.
November 20, 2025Delhi HC allows surrogacy-seeking couple to join medical board proceedings virtually from Canada
The petitioners filed an application before the Delhi South district’s medical board, seeking the 'Certificate of Medical Indication for Gestational Surrogacy’ and also sought permission to attend the board’s proceedings through a virtual hearing.
November 20, 2025No timelines for governors, president to grant assent to bills: SC
"The decisions of the governor and president under Articles 200 and 201 respectively, are not justiciable at a stage anterior into the law coming into force. It is impermissible for the courts to undertake judicial adjudication over the contents of a Bill, in any manner, before it becomes law," the bench said.
November 20, 2025Courts cannot fix timeline for governor, Prez to give assent to bills passed by assembly: SC
The top court also deprecated the grant of “deemed assent” granted by the apex court on April 8 in the case of Tamil Nadu to the bills held by the state governor, saying it amounts to virtually taking over functions of constitutional authority.
November 20, 2025Allahabad HC bins Noori masjid committee plea after UP govt says no more demolition required
Section 24 deals with the process for a sub-divisional officer to decide boundary disputes through a summary inquiry.
November 20, 2025Allahabad HC commutes death sentence to life term in 2020 infant rape, murder case
The incident had occurred on February 16, 2020, at the Madiyaon police station. The girl's parents had gone to a relative's wedding at SR Marriage Lawn, where her cousin, Premchand alias Pappu Dixit, was also present.
November 20, 2025HC lambasts man for abandoning ailing mother in hospital
In its order, the judges said the son's conduct -- refusing to take her discharge, failing to clear even undisputed bills and leaving the courtroom after declining to give an undertaking to take care of his mother -- indicated a clear case of abandonment.
November 20, 2025SC strikes down provisions of tribunal reforms law on tenure, appointment, service conditions
The committee also includes two Union secretaries and one additional member, typically the outgoing or sitting chairperson of the tribunal, and if the sitting chairperson seeks reappointment, a retired Supreme Court judge or retired Chief Justice of a high court nominated by the CJI must serve as the additional member.
November 20, 2025We don't mind criticism of judiciary but there shouldn't be sweeping allegations: SC
On September 15, the top court noted the submission of senior advocate Devadatt Kamat that Sharma genuinely repents the mistake committed by him of sending e-mails between 2023-2025 in violation of the undertaking given by his family members before the high court by way of an affidavit.
November 20, 2025Kerala HC rejects Film Director Vinu's plea to include name in Kozhikode Corporation voters list
The court said that in the case of Vyshna S L (24), Congress candidate from the Muttada division of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, her name was removed from the list at the last moment and that is why it intervened.
November 20, 2025Allahabad HC grants last chance to BHU to decide promotion of assistant professor
This Court is of the opinion that ample time has already been granted to the opposite party for reconsideration of promotion of the applicant by the Executive Council. However, as a last opportunity, one month's further time is granted for the final resolution/decision from the Executive Council, reconsidering the promotion of the applicant in compliance of the order of the Writ Court," the court added
November 20, 202516 judges, 43 magistrates transferred across Delhi district courts
The transferred judges include two posted in the special CBI courts and three in the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) courts
November 19, 2025