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Reflects mindset: SC notice on Bar body's plea seeking probe into proof of periods asked from female workers
"We told them we could not work faster as we were unwell due to our periods, but they demanded we click photos of our pr...
UP: Five of family get life term in 2006 murder case
"The case was registered under sections of the IPC dealing with rioting with weapons, murder, unlawful assembly and volu...
Thane court acquits two men accused of assaulting ST bus driver
Additional Sessions Judge G T Pawar acquitted Jay Anil Deshmane and Rahul Dadasaheb Kheradkar of charges under sections ...
Double-murder case: SC rejects anticipatory bail pleas of ex-MLA, brother; says 'amazed' by their reach
The state's counsel argued before the high court that both the petitioners were key conspirators in the case of the murd...
Local body polls: SC asks Maharashtra SEC to hold elections, says results will depend on verdict
The triple test contains the establishment of a commission to study backwardness, and second, determination of the speci...
Meghalaya HC orders status quo on demolition of historic Bidhan Bhavan
The Advocate General told the court that a more detailed affidavit would be submitted after examining records related to...
Kerala govt declines sanction to prosecute former KSCDC officials in graft case lodged by CBI
The affidavit also stated that there was "absolutely no evidence" in the final vigilance report that the two accused abu...
Delhi court allows jailed MP Engineer Rashid to attend Parliament's winter session
The petitioner's lawyer had sought relief on the grounds that Rashid is a parliamentarian and needs to attend the upcomi...
Worsening AQI in Mumbai: BMC says it has issued 53 stop-work notices to construction sites
Additional Municipal Commissioner Joshi also reviewed the operational status of sensor-based AQI monitoring systems at c...
HC reserves order on Digvijaya Singh's PIL on 2020 communal violence in MP
During the hearing, Singh stated that the state was not complying with the Supreme Court's detailed 2018 guidelines mean...
Jharkhand HC directs DGP to file affidavit in 'fake Naxal' surrender case
The petitioner's counsel, Rajeev Kumar, said the affidavit has been filed by a DSP-ranking officer purposefully to shiel...
Kerala HC permits TDB to increase price of 'aravana vazhipadu' offered at Sabarimala
After considering the submissions, the court said, "... we deem it just and proper to enhance the price of aravana prasa...
India Gate protest: Accused furnished incorrect addresses before court, claims Delhi Police
On November 23, a total of 23 students, including 11 women students, were arrested after two FIRs were registered at Kar...
Orissa HC quashes govt order allowing MLAs, MPs to recommend transfer of school teachers
They will be back to their previous place of posting within one week after completion of the academic year 2025-26, acco...
Ex-GST assistant commissioner gets 5-year jail term for bribery
The court held that the evidence established beyond doubt that the accused had demanded illegal gratification for induci...
Review tender issuing methodology to prevent loss to state exchequer: Kerala HC to chief secy
"Accordingly, we are of the view that the intervention of the chief secretary is necessary, not only to examine this spe...
Chhattisgarh: Court sentences labour inspector to 3 years' RI for bribery
On receiving a complaint, the ACB laid a trap and caught him red-handed while accepting Rs 40,000 as the first installme...
Minister's PA held after wife's suicide: Police custody extended till Dec 2
In their complaint to the police, Palve's family alleged Garje had an extra-marital affair, and Palve caught him chattin...
Mizoram: 67-year-old man sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for molesting girl
During the retrial, the fast-track court examined the statements of two investigating officers, a medical officer and se...
Netflix opposes in Delhi HC Wankhede's plea against web series
This act constitutes a grave and sensitive violation of the provisions of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour A...
CJI, Union ministers to grace opening ceremony of Judges Badminton Championship
The closing ceremony and prize distribution will be presided over by former CJI B R Gavai along with Justice Vikram Nath...
HC commutes death sentence of man accused of killing ex-girlfriend
The bench directed that the appellant/accused shall not be entitled for any statutory remission or commutation until he ...
Why accident insurance cover only for those purchasing tickets online, SC asks railways
The bench perused a report submitted by the national transporter and said at the initial stage, the focus should be on t...
HC expresses strong concern over plight of 1971-war martyr's widow
"This is the case where a widow of a martyr of the 1971 war, who is entitled to 5 bighas of land and has been given only...
Forcing happily-married couple to face trial would be irony of fate: HC
"Compelling a lady in such matters to visit court premises for months and years for the purpose of getting her own husba...
Jharkhand High Court orders surprise checks of prison food
The court was also informed by the government that a committee has been prepared to run the canteen in the jail....
India Gate protest: Court sends four agitators to 2-day police custody
Judicial Magistrate Monga was hearing the case registered against the 17 accused, including 11 women, at the Sansad Marg...
Delhi HC protects Ajay Devgn's personality rights, orders takedown of objectionable contents
The right to publicity, popularly known as personality rights, is the right to protect, control and profit from one's im...
How long will police conduct inquiry into death of celebrity manager Disha Salian, asks Bombay HC
The bench posted the matter for further hearing on December 11 by when Deshmukh would have to clarify the police's stand...
Do not blame volcanic ash from Ethiopia for Mumbai's poor AQI: High Court
The bench, while referring to the situation in Delhi, which is witnessing alarming levels of AQI, asked what effective m...
Cal HC asks school service commission to publish OMR sheets of SLST 2025 candidates
The petitioners contended that a list has been published by the SSC containing the names of candidates who have an OMR m...
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi HC grants time to govt to reply to convict's plea for furlough
The case dates back to November 1, 1984 when five Sikh individuals were killed and a gurdwara in Ghaziabad's Raj Nagar w...
Tribunal awards Rs 16 lakh compensation to motorcycle rider injured after being hit by car
The tribunal said, "As per the evidence on record, the offending car came towards the wrong side of the road by crossing...
2009 violence: HC quashes chargesheet against 28 advocates
Following a ruckus between advocates and police over hurling of rotten eggs on then Janata party leader Subramanian Swam...
India Gate protest: 6 accused sent to 3-day police custody as cops claim link with radical group
The FIR was registered against the protesters under relevant sections of BNS including 79 (word, gesture, or act intende...
Remove all 1,102 liquor outlets located within 500 m of national, state highways: HC directs Rajasthan govt
The court said these tragedies illustrate how the combination of alcohol misuse and negligent driving is endangering the...