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Delhi court acquits man in sexual harassment case, flags unreliable testimony
The complainant has given different versions of the allegations at different stages of the investigation and trial. The ...
Kargil court reassurance that Constitution not bound by geography: CJI
Speaking at the inauguration event of the new District Court Complex in Kargil on Sunday, CJI Surya Kant said that for a...
Sathankulam father-son custodial death case: Punishment to be pronounced on April 2
On March 23, the court found the nine policemen guilty in the 2020 custodial killing of traders P Jayaraj and his son J ...
Delhi court acquits man in dowry death case, convicts him for absconding
However, the court held the man guilty under Section 174A of the IPC after finding that he was declared a proclaimed off...
Delhi court sends LeT handler Shabir Ahmed Lone to 5-day police custody
Terming Lone as a "hardcore and highly trained terrorist," Delhi Police said that he reportedly established links with h...
CJI urges better judicial access for soldiers, says don't make them fight two battles
Delivering a speech titled "Pointers for Hon’ble the Chief Justice’s Talk" on Sunday at Leh, Justice Kant highlighted th...
Plea in SC seeks to establish revenue judicial service for land disputes
The plea filed by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay submitted that nearly 66 per cent of civil cases were related to land disput...
Answers needed: Court order extending custody of foreign nationals in terror conspiracy case
In the order dated March 27, NIA Special Judge Prashant Sharma said, "Regarding non-recovery of incriminating material, ...
Tribunal awards Rs 64.7 lakh compensation for Pune businessman's death after accident
On November 24, 2022, he was crossing the road near Chikhali in Maharashtra's Pune district when a speeding motorcycle s...
Geographical distance must not become barrier to justice delivery: CJI Surya Kant
The CJI was speaking after virtually inaugurating a newly constructed district court complex at Kargil from here, markin...
UP court adjourns hearing in MCC violation case against AAP MP Sanjay Singh to April 6
Singh's advocate, Madan Singh, said the hearing was scheduled for March 27, but it could not take place due to a holiday...
Court orders issuance of summons against former DGP over inaction on MHADA fraud complaint
Additional Sessions Judge Mujibodeen S Shaikh, earlier this month, had overturned a magistrate court order that dismisse...
Delhi court acquits man in 2020 Jafrabad attempt-to-murder case
In an order dated March 27, the court said, "It is observed that the prosecution has failed to prove its case beyond a r...
Kalyan court sentences man to 10 years RI for sexually assaulting minor at railway station
Special judge V A Patravale of Kalyan court found the accused, Shrinivas Ramanna Reddy, guilty of charges under relevant...
Rape case: Nashik court extends 'godman' Ashok Kharat's police custody till Apr 1
Kharat, who headed a temple trust at Mirgaon in Nashik district and whom several prominent Maharashtra politicians visit...
Jharkhand: 6 sentenced to life imprisonment for gang rape of minor
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Second) cum Special Judge (POCSO), Sanjay Kumar Dubey, sentenced Ka...
Delhi court grants bail to separatist leader Shabir Shah in money laundering case
"It is an admitted position that the accused Shabir Ahmad Shah was granted bail by the apex court in the predicate offen...
Delhi court grants bail to separatist leader Shabir Shah in money laundering case
On March 12, the Supreme Court granted bail to Shah in a terror funding case, in which he was arrested by the National I...
Defamation case: Application filed in court for voice sample of Rahul Gandhi
The plaintiff Vijay Mishra's advocate, Santosh Kumar Pandey, said he filed the application requesting that a voice sampl...
Goa nightclub fire: Court denies bail to Luthra brothers in forgery case
The Luthras owned Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora village of North Goa, where a fire broke out on December 6, 20...
Thane MACT awards Rs 33.9 lakh compensation to kin of motorcyclist killed in 2021 accident
The victim, Hemant Krushnakant Vedpathak, an employee of a private firm, was killed in an accident on June 3, 2021, on t...
Delhi court rejects Siddiqui plea for ED’s unrelied documents at pre-cognisance stage
Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan was hearing an application moved by the counsel for the accused seek...
Chakankar gave clean chit to music director, her son later got work in his film: Andhare
While Malik denied the allegation of giving work to the NCP leader's son and stated that he himself had got a clean chit...
Mumbai court acquits 5 Haryana cops, two others for gangster's 2016 'encounter'
Gadoli was killed in an alleged shootout by the Gurugram police at a hotel in Andheri East on February 7, 2016. The "not...
'Coal scam': Delhi court acquits ex-MP Vijay Darda, former coal secretary HC Gupta
Bringing down the curtains on the oldest pending coal block allocation case registered on March 27, 2014, Special Judge ...
National security breach: NIA custody of 7 foreign nationals extended by 10 days
NIA special judge Prashant Sharma, who conducted the proceedings in the agency’s headquarters here, directed the product...
Ex-chairperson of Amethi Nagar Panchayat sent to jail in fraud case
According to lawyers, the court of in-charge District Judge Rakesh Pandey rejected her interim bail plea after hearing a...
Red Fort blast: NIA granted 45 more days by court to conclude probe
Earlier, on March 23, the agency filed its plea seeking an extension, and one of the grounds was that it needed more tim...
Mumbai court acquits 5 Haryana cops, two others for gangster's 2016 'encounter'
The "notorious" gangster was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head and was wanted in more than 40 FIRs registered s...
CJI writes to HCs for expeditious filling of vacant posts, prioritising elevation of women judges
According to sources, the CJI wrote to chief justices of 25 high courts last week and highlighted the vacancies of judge...
Plea in SC against anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand in POCSO case
The plea by Ashutosh Brahmachari, complainant in the case, has challenged the March 25 order saying the high court faile...
UP: Rahul Gandhi defamation case hearing deferred to March 28
He said during the previous hearing, the complainant's side had filed an application seeking verification of audio and v...
UP: Five sentenced to life imprisonment for Dalit man's muder in 2001
Singh said that the complainant, Panchamlal, a resident of Mahajan Ka Purwa under Kunda Kotwali police station, had alle...
Coal scam: Delhi court acquits ex-MP Vijay Darda, his son and former coal secretary HC Gupta
Bringing an end to a high-profile legal battle that spanned over a decade, special CBI Judge Sunena Sharma also acquitte...
Seven persons get life imprisonment for killing man in Odisha
The convicted persons are Rukmana Pradhan (52), Bhojraj Pradhan (55), Gajaraj Pradhan (50), Ashok Pradhan (52), Dushmant...
Tripura: Man gets life term for killing wife
Mithu, a daily wager, was married to Sabita for 13 years. She had often been subjected to harassment by her husband, acc...