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Vaishno Devi ‘fake silver’ row: Jammu court seeks report, action on evidence-preservation plea
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jammu, Munish Kumar Manhas passed the directions on July 29 while hearing an application file...
Man gets life term for raping minor daughter in UP's Ballia
The 15-year-old girl was sleeping at her home in a village in the district when her father raped her in an inebriated st...
Baba Siddique murder case: Court allows accused to attend great-grandmother's post funeral rites
Accused Dilip Paradhi had sought temporary bail from August 8 to August 16 citing humanitarian grounds following the dea...
Special courts for terror, organised crime cases to aid timely justice: CJI Surya Kant
Speaking at the inauguration of the Special Exclusive Courts at the Rouse Avenue Court Complex here, the CJI said meanin...
Brij Bhushan acquitted in wrestlers' sexual harassment case, court cites lack of evidence
Besides the former BJP MP, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar also acquitted former WFI assistant secre...
Man, two sons sentenced to life for 2022 murder in UP's Shamli
Fast Track Court Judge Ritu Nagar convicted Vivek and his sons, Vishant and Krishanpal, under IPC Sections 302 (murder),...
Courts must bin criminal cases filed to silence dissent, not tell citizens what to say: SC ex-Judge Oka
Speaking at the inaugural Advocate Haroon Solkar Memorial Lecture Series in Mumbai on Saturday, Justice Oka emphasised c...
Brij Bhushan Singh's acquittal 'deeply disturbing', says complainants' counsel Rebecca John
A Delhi court on Monday acquitted Singh, former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief, in a sexual harassment case f...
Delhi court acquits Brij Bhushan in wrestlers' sexual harassment case, cites lack of evidence
Besides the former BJP MP, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar also acquitted former WFI assistant secre...
Shraddha Walker case: Court directs Tihar Jail to reschedule Aaftab's psychiatric consultations
Additional Sessions Judge Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi passed the direction after Poonawala informed the court that his tr...
Tamil Nadu govt moves SC for release of its share of Cauvery water from Karnataka
Tamil Nadu government standing counsel B Karunakaran confirmed the filing of the petition that alleges that the quantum ...
Ex-WFI chief Brij Bhushan, co-accused Tomar acquitted in wrestlers' sexual harassment case
Public prosecutor Manish Rawat, however, said that after examining the detailed order, "appropriate action" would be tak...
Chronology of sexual harassment case against Brij Bhushan Singh
June 15, 2023: Delhi Police files chargesheet against Singh and Tomar under various Indian Penal Code sections, includin...
Ex-BJP MP Brij Bhushan acquitted in women wrestlers' sexual harassment case
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwini Panwar announced the judgment....
Man gets 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting minor in Mizoram
"The court pronounced the sentence, directing that the convict serve 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of...
TCS sexual harassment-forced conversion case: Five accused given bail by Nashik court
Additional Sessions Judge Amit Vinayak Kharkar allowed the pleas of Raza Rafiq Memon, Asif Aftab Ansari, Shahrukh Hussai...
Delhi court orders framing of charges in codeine syrup seizure case
According to the prosecution, the special cell of Delhi Police conducted a raid on June 16, 2023, at a shop in Azadpur w...
Delhi court grants bail to IPS officer, police inspector in bribery case
Special Judge Sushant Changotra granted bail to IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat, posted as joint director in the Bureau of C...
Delhi HC transfers fast-track court special judge in paper leak cases
Special judge Baliga had barely completed a week in the designated court after taking charge on July 25. Special Judge A...
UP court sentences two to life imprisonment for murdering couple
Additional District Government Counsel (Criminal) Anil Kumar Dwivedi said that Roshan Lal, a resident of Puramufti, lodg...
Former Bihar minister, husband sentenced to 7-yr imprisonment in Arms Act case
The couple, whose son Abhishek Anand is the sitting JD(U) MLA from Cheria Bariarpur, a seat formerly represented by his ...
Daman and Diu MP Umesh Patel gets 2-year jail in 2011 case of obstructing govt work
The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Pranita Bharsakade-Wagh at Daman in the Union territory of Daman, Diu and Dadra a...
Jharkhand: Man gets life imprisonment till death for rape-murder of 5-yr-old girl
The court of Additional Session Judge-II pronounced the judgment, while also imposing a fine of Rs 50,000 on the man, id...
DMK moves SC seeking immediate release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu
"Direct the State of Karnataka / Respondent No. 1 to forthwith and fully implement the direction of the CWRC dated July ...
Antilia bomb scare: Charges framed; ex-cops Waze, Sharma & 8 others to face trial for murder
The accused will face trial for offences under the Indian Penal Code related to muder, extortion, destruction of evidenc...
Assam: Man sentenced to life imprisonment in 2011 murder case
The court delivered the verdict on Friday against Abdul Qadir for the murder of Yasumuddin, a resident of Kurukani Latet...
Antilia bomb scare case: Charges framed against former cops Waze, Pradeep Sharma
They will now face trial under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code for murder as well as the Unlawful Activitie...
Collegium not giving reasons is disservice to judges: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
“In our country, we are taught not to harm even the smallest animals, not to kill ants, and this lesson is ingrained in ...
Foreign citizen cannot be deported unless home country confirms nationality: Centre to SC
A foreign national whose nationality is unknown/unverified can be deported to their home country only upon confirmation ...
Delhi court convicts 3 in 2001 Rs 7-crore Uco bank fraud case, acquits bank official
Special Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik held Amit Chaturvedi, Sanjay Chaturvedi, and Parvin Juneja, ex-directors of Dwarkadhish ...
Delhi court expresses disappointment over NCB's conduct in contesting bail plea
Hearing the bail plea of the accused, Special Judge Jitendra Pratap Singh directed the NCB zonal director to furnish an ...
Delhi court rejects govt department's plea to register FIR, upholds magistrate's order
Additional Sessions Judge Dhirendra Rana was hearing a revision plea by the department against a magistrate's order of A...
UP: Man gets 25 years in jail for raping minor girl in Ballia
Special public prosecutor Vimal Kumar Rai said that on April 24, 2024, the girl from a village within the Sahatwar polic...
Maharashtra govt forms committee for 'performance audit' of SRA Act
Besides senior officials from the Housing and Urban Development departments, representatives of the Brihanmumbai Municip...
Antilia bomb scare case: Court orders NIA to return seized vehicle used by Sachin Waze
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had seized the Innova in 2021 and sent it to the Central Forensic Science Labora...
Odisha: Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for kidnap, rape of teen girl
The 30-year-old man lured away the class 10 student from her house on October 7, 2020, on the pretext of marriage while ...