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Saket Bar Association extends support to Delhi lawyers' strike on May 14
In a circular issued to advocates, the association said it fully supported the call for abstention from judicial work an...
NEET paper leak: CBI gets 2-day transit remand of accused Shubham Khairnar held in Nashik
He was produced before a magistrate's court here, where the CBI sought his transit remand so that they could take him to...
UP: Family gets life term for killing couple over relationship
Ajit, a resident of Khori Pakad village under the Fefna police station, was friends with Prince Rai, brother of Khushboo...
Medical association moves SC, seeks overhaul of NEET-UG exam system over 'paper leak'
The NEET (UG) 2026 exam held on May 3 by the National Testing Agency (NTA) was cancelled on May 12 amid allegations of p...
SC collegium recommends 9 lawyers as Calcutta HC judges
According to a statement issued after meetings of the collegium held on May 11 and 12, names of Indranil Roy, Aryak Dutt...
J'khand HC directs SPs posted in Gumla since 2018 to appear before court in missing girl case
A total of six SPs and several investigating officers, who served in Gumla during this period, will have to appear befor...
Man gets 20 years in jail for raping minor girl in Haryana’s Nuh
According to a police spokesperson, a case was registered at the Bichhor police station on April 23, 2023, based on a co...
Man gets life term in 1996 murder, robbery case in UP’s Kaushambi
Additional District Government Counsel Aniruddh Mishra said the case dates back to March 1, 1996, when the chowkidar of ...
Nasrapur child rape-murder case: charge sheet to be filed soon, say officials
The prosecution sought an extension of the police custody, citing that the accused was giving vague answers about the in...
CBI raid on vigilance office: Two accused sent to 3-day remand, one sent to judicial custody
Vikas Goyal and his son Raghav Goyal have been sent to three-day remand, while the third accused Ankit Wadhwa was sent t...
Court allows Jet Airways founder Goyal to travel to London for medical consultation
Special judge R B Rote, hearing cases filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), allowed Goyal's plea, a...
'Genuine, basic demands ignored': Coordination committee of bar associations calls strike on May 14
The committee’s circular dated May 11 said that in a meeting held on Sunday, the committee unanimously expressed deep co...
Ex-Bengal minister Sujit Bose remanded to ED custody till May 21 in municipality job 'scam' case
Bose, a Trinamool Congress leader, was produced before the Bankshall Court after being arrested by the central agency la...
Delhi court allows Jacqueline Fernandez to withdraw plea to turn approver in money laundering case
Special Judge Prashant Sharma noted that, according to the submissions of Jacqueline’s counsel, the ED had not considere...
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...