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Congress moves SC against cancellation of Ponda assembly bypoll in Goa
Dr Ketan Bhatikar, who was the Opposition party's candidate for the Ponda assembly seat, has filed a Special Leave Petit...
Biggest challenge is limited access to justice, not lack of laws: CJI
Emphasising the urgent need to bridge the gap between legal rights and their practical availability, the CJI noted that ...
AI, digital tools must not be allowed to override judicial reasoning: SC judge
Justice Bindal also raised concerns regarding the use of open-source platforms and the potential risks to data confident...
Rs 1.56 crore awarded to kin of Noida road death victim
Presiding Officer Pooja Aggarwal was hearing a plea filed by the mother and sister of Srishti Sethi, against the driver,...
Uttarakhand court orders FIR against ex-IPS officer for stripping, beating RTI activist
Laxmi Datt Joshi, a readymade garment businessman and RTI activist from Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, has alleged that he ...
Man, his brother get life term for killing daughter over dispute linked to her marriage
The girl's would-be in-laws wanted her parents to transfer some land in her name to go ahead with the marriage of their ...
Don't blame judges alone for case backlog: SC judge Ahsanuddin Amanullah
There is absolutely no connection between a judge and the disposal rate. It depends on the Bar, how long they want to ar...
Court sends mastermind of investment fraud to 3 years jail; directs auction of his seized properties
In an order passed on April 9, special court judge G T Pawar, hearing cases registered under the Maharashtra Protection ...
Bharat cannot become USD 10 trillion economy by capital or policy alone: CJI Surya Kant
The CJI underscored the need for predictability, specialisation, and a culture of good faith in commercial law to help t...
Tech is now constitutional instrument strengthening equality before law, access to justice: CJI Kant
Speaking at the inaugural function of the National Conference on Judicial Process Re-engineering and Digital Transformat...
Arbitration, mediation as integral to modern justice system as litigation: Justice Nagarathna
Speaking at the International Conference on 'Arbitration in the Era of Globalisation' organised by the Indian Council of...
Man gets life imprisonment for murdering wife in Kerala’s Kannur; court rejects death penalty plea
Thalassery District Sessions Court Judge K T Nisar Ahamed on Friday awarded life imprisonment to Rajesh K (43) of Kozhum...
UP court sentences five Rohingya, three Bangladeshi migrants to 8-year terms
In a statement issued here, the ATS said Mohammad Noor alias Nurul Islam (Bangladesh), Rahmatullah (Rohingya), and Shabi...
Retired rationing officer acquitted in 2015 bribery case
In June 2015, complainant Hitesh Ganatra alleged Sawardekar and another senior officer had demanded Rs 1 lakh to execute...
Two 13-7 blasts accused get bail after 15 years in jail; court cites long incarceration, trial delay
The Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court allowed the bail plea of the accused, Naquee Ahmed Shaikh a...
Rajasthan court sends former IAS officer to police remand in JJM corruption case
Speaking to reporters before being produced in court, Agarwal denied surrendering, saying he had come on his own to coop...
Use of artificial intelligence in arbitration should be regulated, not shunned: CJI Surya Kant
CJI Kant emphasised that protocols on cyber security and confidentiality should "keep pace" so that technology becomes a...
CBI court convicts former PNB officials, others for bank fraud
Among the other accused, Sanjay Patel, director of M/s Jalpa Enterprise Pvt Ltd, was sentenced to three years' RI along ...
Delhi court denies bail to man posing as Army officer who deceived woman into relationship
Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar Gautam dismissed the bail application filed by the accused in a case under Section...
Zubeen case: NEIF organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta applies for bail
Mahanta had earlier also applied for bail, but had withdrawn the application later....
Victim of vilification campaign: Justice Yashwant Varma withdraws from inquiry for his impeachment
Embattled judge Varma, who has been facing the heat after wads of burnt currency notes were found from his residence her...
Man sentenced to death for rape, murder of 4-yr old girl in Odisha
The convict, identified as Babula Jena (40) of Jereng village under Jarpada police station in Angul district, was arrest...
Malayalam movie director Ranjith granted bail in sexual harassment case, released from jail
The court directed Ranjith to surrender his passport, not to leave Ernakulam district, and not to enter the crime scene ...
Uttam Nagar violence: JJB denies bail to accused minors, says ‘release could disturb public peace’
While hearing the bail applications filed by the two accused minors, presiding officer Chitranshi Arora said that their ...
Justice Varma's resignation welcome, should have done it earlier, says HC bar association president
If Justice Yashwant Varma wanted to resign, it would have been better for all of us had he done it much earlier. This me...
Justice Yashwant Varma cash discovery row: A timeline of events
*Mar 14, 2025: A fire broke out at around 11:35 pm at the judge's official bungalow in Tughlak Crescent in the national ...
Malayalam movie director Ranjith granted bail in sexual harassment case
The court directed Ranjith to surrender his passport, not to leave Ernakulam district, and not to enter the crime scene ...
Thane court acquits speech-impaired woman in 2020 murder case
Additional Sessions Judge (Bhiwandi) N K Karande ruled that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable d...
No remorse, no apology: Comedian Kunal Kamra tells Maharashtra legislature panel
Earlier, chairman of the privileges committee Prasad Lad said that a complaint had been filed by Pravin Darekar, a BJP M...
Mumbai court denies bail to New India Cooperative Bank ex-GM in Rs 122-crore scam
The court noted that long incarceration cannot be a ground to grant bail to an accused in economic offences as trial in ...
Delhi court convicts man for power theft, fines him Rs 1.72 lakh
Additional Sessions Judge Vivek Kumar Gulia convicted Kuldeep under section 135 (electricity theft) of the Electricity A...
Delhi court grants bail to two in job scam, cites gaps in probe
Additional Sessions Judge Bhupinder Singh granted the relief to Uttam Pratap and Sultan Khan on a personal bond of Rs 50...
Court refuses bail to local cricket coach in minor girl sexual assault case
Special judge Surekha Sinha, hearing cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, emphasized...
Lalbagcha Raja Ganesh Mandal seeks dismissal of complaint filed with Human Rights Commission
The famous Ganesh Mandal in central Mumbai attracts lakhs of devotees including film stars and politicians during the 10...
2020 Delhi riots: Court grants six-day interim bail to accused Khalid Saifi
In an order today, the court said, "The Barat and Nikah of the nephew of the applicant will take place on April 16, 2026...
PIL in SC seeks stringent guidelines for issuing Aadhaar cards to adolescents, adults
The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay has also sought a direction to the authorities to ...