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Delhi court grants bail in POCSO case after consensual elopement
The court said the police investigation was limited in nature and had glaring gaps, consisting primarily of producing th...
SIT seeks 7-day custody of MLA Mamkootathil in sexual assault case
The case was registered on January 8 after the victim lodged a complaint alleging that she was sexually assaulted by him...
How do you calculate 25 years from 2005: SC asks gangster Abu Salem
The assurance was given to Portugal that the gangster would not be handed down the death penalty or imprisonment for a t...
Jaypee 'fraud' case: ED files final report against ex-MD Manoj Gaur
It claimed that two companies, Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) and Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL), collected over Rs 33,000 ...
Swami Vivekananda was India's greatest international ambassador of culture: CJI Surkya Kant
The National Youth Day, also known as Vivekananda Jayanti, is celebrated annually on January 12, being the birthday of a...
Vijay-starrer Jana Nayagan's maker moves SC against lower court order
The January 6 letter of CBFC, which was communicated to the producer of the film, informing him that the matter was refe...
SC collegium recommends appointment of Justice Sujoy Paul as Chief Justice of Calcutta HC
The collegium headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant, in a meeting held on January 9, recommended appointment of Justice Pau...
Delhi court grants bail to man accused in POCSO case
“The accused has been in judicial custody since November 24, 2025, and admittedly, custodial interrogation is not requir...
UP: Accused sent to judicial custody in Dalit woman murder, daughter kidnap case
The accused allegedly abducted Ruby from outside the village on January 8 morning. When her mother, Sunita, intervened, ...
Opposition to new court complex over travel time won't hold after new bridge opens: Assam CM
The CM thanked the people of Rangmahal for cooperating in land acquisition, given the fact that the land value will incr...
Delhi court releases man convicted in fatal accident case on probation
The court clarified that during the probation period the appellant must maintain peace and good behaviour, failing which...
Road death victim's kin get over Rs 50 lakh as compensation at Delhi tribunal's order
Since he was the only earning member in the family and all four claimants were dependent on him, the tribunal awarded th...
I-PAC raids: ED moves SC against 'interference' by CM Mamata Banerjee; WB govt files caveat
The ruling All India Trinamool Congress has denied the ED's allegations of obstruction and approached the Calcutta High ...
Pointing to UAPA, Owaisi blames Congress for denial of bail to Khalid, Imam
The Congress supported the BJP government when UAPA was amended in 2019, which is now destroying innocent lives, he furt...
Turkman Gate violence: Delhi court sends 3 more accused to judicial custody
They claimed that 150 to 200 people were involved in pelting stones and glass bottles at the police personnel and Munici...
Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta becomes Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, his cabinet colleagues, Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Arun Bhansali, and other ...
Varsha Gaikwad, former MLA Zeeshan Siddique acquitted in 2023 Gandhi Jayanti rally case
The court highlighted several gaps in the prosecution's evidence, such as failure to produce the actual copy of the perm...
Gurugram court convicts two excise officials, clerk in bribery case
According to the ACB, Roshan Lal was posted at the Rohtak office, while Sumitra Godara was suspended. The accused have b...
Assam Congress forms advocates' panel to monitor Zubeen Garg's death case
It has charged four persons, festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, the singer's secretary Siddhartha Sharma and his two ...
Justice Revati Mohite Dere sworn in as chief justice of the Meghalaya HC
Justice Dere will replace Justice Soumen Sen as the chief justice of the Meghalaya High Court. Justice Sen has been post...
Court seeks police report on plea alleging assault on arrested former IPS officer
The application alleges that Thakur was arrested without any crime immediately after alighting from a train in Shahjahan...
Thane court acquits three men in 2022 attempted murder case
Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhagwat said the prosecution failed to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. Despit...
ED raids on I-PAC: Bengal govt files caveat in SC
According to the agency, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee entered the raid sites and took away "key" evidence,...
Saket court suicide: Protesting employees call off strike
"Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, along with his companion lordships, had called us for the addressal (redressal) of o...
Justice Soumen Sen sworn-in as Kerala HC Chief Justice
Justice Sen was born on July 27, 1965, in Kolkata and completed his LL.B. from the University of Calcutta in 1990, stand...
UP man gets life sentence for killing youth in 2021
According to the prosecution, on May 30, 2021, Gupta took his friend Jitendra Sahni to his house in Jalalpur Nai Basti u...
Man gets 10 years in jail for raping minor daughter
After this, the case was investigated thoroughly by the police team and all the necessary evidence and witnesses were co...
UP: Man sentenced to life for raping three-year-old girl in Jhansi
According to special public prosecutor Vijay Singh Kushwaha, the convict lured the girl under the pretext of giving her ...
UP court pronounces death sentence for man convicted of 'sacrificing' 10-year-old cousin
A case was registered in this connection and Anoop Verma, Chintaram and the tantrik Jangli were named as accused. During...
Court rejects AIMIM candidate's plea against nomination rejection
While minor errors in his nomination papers led to immediate rejection, other candidates were permitted to rectify simil...
Saket court employees to boycott Lok Adalat after staffer's suicide over work pressure
"This is a very unfortunate incident. An Ahlmad committed suicide citing work pressure. I urge the Delhi High Court and ...
UP court acquits two men accused of murder after 21 years, cites lack of evidence
According to the prosecution, Sushil was shot dead on December 15, 2004, allegedly over an old enmity, when he was retur...
UP minister Dayashankar Singh, 13 others discharged in 2015 Ballia case
The court further observed that no specific individual had suffered any loss or damage in the incident and that the stat...
Tribunal awards Rs 5.57 lakh to kin of taxi driver killed by speeding motorcycle
In the judgment presided over by Member R V Mohite, the tribunal said the rider was the person with the “last opportunit...
Land-for-job 'scam': Delhi court orders framing of charges against Lalu Yadav, others
Special Judge Vishal Gogne said Yadav used the railway ministry as his personal fiefdom in order to carry out a criminal...
Man, his friend get life term for killing uncle in UP's Shamli
According to government counsel Ashok Kumar Pundhir, the victim, Ved Pal, was shot dead by his nephew Monu with the help...