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Court denies pre-arrest bail to former Rajya Sabha member Rizvi in cheating-forgery case
Rizvi, a businessman, has been booked under Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for cheating and forgery for allegedly preparin...
Exam paper leak case: First hearing adjourned after CBI counsel doesn't appear in fast-track court
She noted the submissions of the counsel of the accused that the matter be adjourned to August 3 as he had to argue a ma...
'A cold-blooded murder': Delhi Police seeks death penalty for Tahir Hussain, 4 others in 2020 riots
My humble submission is that the commission of this offence, and the conduct of the convicts, was such that no leniency ...
Delhi court grants bail to cook arrested in Malviya Nagar hotel fire that killed 23
The blaze erupted at the Flourish Stays Bed and Breakfast in Malviya Nagar’s Hauz Rani area on June 3, following which h...
Madras HC''s Madurai Bench quashes order on govt jobs to kin of Karur victims
The court held that the order on government jobs to the kin of people who died in the stampede violates Articles 14 and ...
Delhi court grants bail to cook arrested in Malviya Nagar hotel fire case
Several other individuals connected to the establishment were detained and questioned as part of the investigation into ...
IB officer's murder: Court reserves order on quantum of sentence against Tahir Hussain, 4 others for July 31
During the hearing, Delhi Police sought death sentence for all the five convicts, saying “they fell to the level of anim...
Ram temple donation 'theft': Judicial custody of 8 accused extended till Aug 10
The accused are Avinash Shukla, Anukalp Mishra, Lavkush Mishra, Maneesh Kumar Yadav, Karunesh Pandey, Ramashankar Mishra...
Fell to level of animals: Delhi Police seeks death penalty for Tahir Hussain, 4 others in IB officer murder case
Representing Hussain, advocates Rajiv Mohan and Tara Narula opposed the State's contention and argued that no specific r...
Court grants Crime Branch 5-day custody of dental professor in student suicide case
The custody was granted after the Crime Branch, which is probing the case, moved a petition before the Special Court und...
Thane court acquits man in rape case after woman turns hostile
The prosecution alleged that the accused, a resident of Mira Road in Maharashtra's Thane city, offered a spiked drink to...
Palghar tribunal awards Rs 51.6 lakh compensation to kin of teacher killed in road accident
However, MACT member A R Rahane, in the order passed on July 17, rejected the insurer's arguments, citing legal preceden...
Two persons convicted in separate POCSO Act cases for sexual assault and stalking
Additional Sessions Judge AR Rahane sentenced Devkant Paswan, a manager in a corporate firm, to three years in jail unde...
Delhi tribunal awards Rs 16.73 lakh to family of man killed in 2017 road accident
In the July 16 order, the tribunal said, "The petitioners have proven, based on a preponderance of probabilities, that t...
Delhi court upholds 4-year sentence to man in Arms Act case
While upholding the sentence, the court took note of the convict's extensive criminal record, which included previous ca...
'Shifting shape like a river': Delhi court upholds woman's conviction in cheque bounce case
Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Partap Singh Laler was hearing the appeal filed by a woman against a November 2024 mag...
Palghar MACT grants Rs 1.06 cr compensation to man paralysed after 2017 highway crash
MACT member A R Rahane directed the owner of a trailer that rammed into the victim's car and its insurer, New India Assu...
Thane court acquits four of family in 2020 dowry, suicide abetment case
Sessions judge R D Sawant on Friday acquitted the victim's husband, Deepak Vijaybahadur Yadav (40), father-in-law Vijayb...
UP Bar Council seeks list of lawyers facing serious criminal cases
The high court, in its order dated June 3 in the case of Mohammad Kafeel versus State of Uttar Pradesh, had directed app...
Man gets 15 years RI for sexually assaulting minor in Kerala
Though the court awarded prison terms totalling 20 years after convicting him under various provisions of the Indian Pen...
Twisha Sharma dowry death case: Court rejects bail plea of retired judge Giribala Singh
Giribala Singh is the mother-in-law of Twisha, who was allegedly found hanging at her marital home here on May 12. Girib...
CJI Surya Kant flags concerns over accuracy, ethical use of AI in arbitration
Disclosure of AI assistance is simply an extension of that principle, and it only promotes transparency without discoura...
Delhi tribunal awards Rs 52.8 lakh to family of man killed in 2019 accident
In its July 22 order, the tribunal held that the accident occurred due to the "rash and negligent driving" of the offend...
Jammu court directs Pak-based terror handler to appear by August 21
The accused is a wanted cross-border terror handler involved in multiple UAPA cases, including the 2022-23 Katra and Nar...
Lawyers protest at Tis Hazari against July 20 police action on Jantar Mantar protesters
Addressing the gathering, advocate Ashu Bidhuri, founder of Youth for Justice, said students were exercising their const...
High-value Rs 1.80 cr claim settled in favour of road accident victim's kin at Thane Lok Adalat
The claim arose from the death of Adidravidar, who was 36 years old, in a road accident on December 2, 2024. According t...
UP courts grants bail to woman, father accused of religious conversion, forced marriage
According to defence counsel Meherban Qureshi, police registered a case against nine persons and arrested Chandni Quresh...
Man gets life term for raping toddler in Muzaffarnagar
Special Judge Manoj Kumar Sidhu convicted Tinku alias Pinku under Section 65 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section ...
NIA court rejects interim bail to ex-DSP; grants 5-day custody parole for father's last rites
Singh, who was posted with the anti-hijacking cell of police attached to the Srinagar airport, was arrested in January 2...
Judge takes charge of designated court to deal with criminal cases arising from exam paper leaks
They said Special Judge Anu Grover Baliga took charge of a specially designated Fast Track Court to try offences under t...
UP: Bhadohi teacher, Sonbhadra man convicted in POCSO cases
In the Sonbhadra case, government counsel Dinesh Prasad Agrahari said Special Judge (POCSO) Judge Omkar Shukla convicted...
Jaipur court reserves order on plea against school staff in girl's death
The plea relates to the death of Amaira, who allegedly jumped from the fourth floor of the school building on November 1...
Baba Siddique murder: Delhi court denies Mumbai police Anmol Bishnoi's' custody
Siddique, a former Maharashtra minister, was shot dead by three assailants outside his son Zeeshan's office in Mumbai's ...
Mizoram: Court sentences 4 persons to 2 years in prison in subsidy scam
Special court judge F Rohlupuia also slapped a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh each on the convicts for criminal conspiracy, cheatin...
Fast-track courts to come up in 4 MP cities for 'swift justice' in cases of exam malpractices: Yadav
The CM's announcement came a day after the Centre assured to set up fast-track courts to hear cases related to malpracti...
India viewed as fair jurisdiction where international commercial disputes resolved efficiently: CJI
Speaking at an international conference organised by the Supreme Court and the Ministry of External Affairs to commemora...