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44-year-old man sentenced by Kerala court to 24 yrs for sexual assault of minor girl
The incident occurred in 2024 when the girl was left at Rajesh's home with his daughter while he, his wife and the child...
Jacqueline Fernandez withdraws plea to turn approver in money laundering case
The federal agency, in its response to the actor’s plea, had said, "The applicant (Jacqueline) remained in regular and s...
SC to hear TVK MLA's plea against Madras HC order barring him from taking part in floor test
The plea of TVK MLA R Seenivasa Sethupathi, assailing the high court order, was mentioned for urgent listing and hearing...
CJI sets up high-powered panel for judicial infrastructure overhaul
Apart from Justice Kumar, the committee will comprise Justices Debangsu Basak, Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Somasekhar Sunda...
CJI Surya Kant sets up high-powered panel to secure funds for judicial infrastructure overhaul
The CJI announced the constitution of the ‘Judicial Infrastructure Advisory Committee’ to address infrastructural defici...
Thane MACT awards Rs 47.78 lakh compensation to man who lost leg in road accident
As per the case details, the claimant, Paresh Baburao Naik, a resident of Mira Road, was riding his motorcycle on the Mu...
Bangladeshi national sentenced to three-year imprisonment by UP court for forging Indian passport
According to prosecution sources, a case was registered on March 14, 2023, at the Kotwal police station in Ballia agains...
Taxi driver gets two years in jail for outraging modesty of hotel professional, stalking her
The defence's contention that kissing the hand is a "routine practice" for greeting in the hospitality industry was reje...
PMLA court issues production warrant against 'godman' Kharat in Rs 70 cr money laundering case
Special Judge R B Rote directed Nashik jail, where Kharat is currently lodged after being held in mid-March, to produce ...
UP court grants final chance to complainant in defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
Gandhi's counsel Kashi Prasad Shukla said arguments in the case were scheduled to take place on Monday but the complaina...
Thane Lok Adalat settles 29,392 cases; Rs 63.42 cr awarded in compensation
The Lok Adalat and mediation process are the most effective means to permanently and quickly settle judicial disputes, s...
ED opposes Jacqueline Fernandez's plea to turn approver in money laundering case
In its response, the agency said, "The applicant (Jacqueline ) remained in regular and sustained contact with Sukesh Cha...
TCS sexual harassment-forced conversion case: Nida Khan remanded in judicial custody till May 24
Khan was produced in the court of Additional Sessions Judge K G Joshi after her police remand ended during the day. She ...
Delhi court sentences man to 5-year RI in POCSO case
According to police, the incident was reported on April 3, following which an FIR was registered at Nihal Vihar police s...
Bengal CM aide murder: 3 accused remanded to 13-day police custody
They were charged with murder, possession of illegal arms, criminal conspiracy, and suppression of evidence under variou...
MACT awards compensation of Rs 31 lakh to three members of family injured in road accident
In three separate orders passed on May 8, Tribunal Member KP Shrikhande directed the owner of the offending truck and Re...
No parity between Agniveers, regular soldiers on pensionary benefits: Centre to HC
In an affidavit filed last week against a petition by the mother of a deceased Agniveer, the Centre argued that the diff...
Consensual relationship over two years not rape, says Thane court, acquits man
The prosecution alleged that Khan had befriended the survivor, a divorcee with two daughters, while they were working at...
'He entered hallowed halls of legal world': CJI Kant lauds solicitor general for his new books
Speaking at the launch of Mehta's two books– 'The Bench, the Bar, and the Bizarre', and 'The Lawful and the Awful' here ...
Bar and Bench complementary, not competing institutions in constitutional democracy: ex-CJI Gavai
Justice Gavai also said lawyers shape a society's moral and political imagination, and the Indian freedom movement was s...
Attorney general lauds Tushar Mehta's books for offering rare insights into justice delivery
Speaking at the launch of Mehta's books - ‘The Bench, the Bar and the Bizarre’ and ‘The Lawful and the Awful’ - at the B...
PIL in SC for reviewing wages of priests, sevadars and temple staff in state-controlled temples
The PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay said that the writ petition seeks directions to the Centre and states to cons...
Thane court acquits two men charged under MCOCA for robbery
The prosecution could not show that the alleged crime was committed for gaining pecuniary benefits by the accused as a m...
CJI Surya Kant denies, condemns casteist statement on social media attributed to him
He was referring to certain posts currently in wide circulation on social media platforms, and specifically mentioned an...
2,07,66,548 cases amicably settled at National Lok Adalat across country
It attributed the comparatively lower figures, vis-a-vis some previous National Lok Adalats, primarily to the staggered ...
Constitution, not Parliament, supreme in India: Former CJI B R Gavai
Speaking at the 19th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration organised by the University of Colombo, Justice Gavai said clas...
Three get life sentence for killing two men in Latur 5 years ago
According to the prosecution, Govind Jagtap and Nitin Phawade were killed on February 11, 2021, following a dispute over...
Gujarat: Ex-insurance surveyor, three others sentenced to 3 years RI in fake claims cases
The court passed the order on Friday on two separate cases and found the accused guilty of criminal conspiracy and fraud...
Ex-IPS officer moves SC against TN governor's refusal to invite Vijay to form govt
The plea was filed by IPS M Ramasubramani (retd), who served as an Additional Director General of Police and the Inspect...
Nashik TCS case accused Nida Khan arrested, remanded in police custody
After her name figured in a First Information Report registered at Deolali Camp police station, Khan (27) had moved the ...
Jhansi court sentences help to life for murdering employer
According to the complaint, Malik's nephew Abid Khan used to live in a rented house in the Talaiya locality along with h...
Mumbai court grants anticipatory bail to professor in postgraduate dental student suicide case
The postgraduate student, Stuti Sonawane, was found hanging at her home in Mumbai's Antop Hill area on March 9 this year...
Drug overdose deaths at concert: Poor management, greed for money led to tragic incident, says court
Two MBA students died and several others were hospitalized following a suspected drug overdose at a techno music concert...
Land acquisition compensation 'scam': Former Beed collector remanded in 7-day police custody
Pathak, a 2013 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was arrested from neighbouring Latur district on Thurs...
Sheena Bora murder: Court rejects Indrani Mukerjea's plea to travel abroad; cites 'flight risk'
Special judge J P Darekar noted that, with very few witnesses remaining to be examined, the trial is currently at a crit...
Delhi court rejects anticipatory bail plea of govt official accused of corruption
According to the prosecution, Malik, a lower division clerk (LDC) in the Department of Trade & Taxes at Vyapar Bhawan he...