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RSS man's defamation plea against Rahul Gandhi: Hearing adjourned to Jan 17 over surety formalities

RSS man's defamation plea against Rahul Gandhi: Hearing adjourned to Jan 17 over surety formalities

The court deferred the proceedings after noting the need for compliance with procedural requirements related to surety, ...

Delhi court orders framing charges against Cong leader Alka Lamba in police assault case

Delhi court orders framing charges against Cong leader Alka Lamba in police assault case

It also dismissed Lamba's plea seeking discharge, saying the Congress leader also caused danger to life, health and safe...

Village assistant sentenced to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment in corruption case

Village assistant sentenced to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment in corruption case

According to the prosecution, while serving as a village assistant at the Kannur-I Village Office, Siyad made false entr...

UP bank fraud: Cashier gets life term, five others 10 years in Firozabad

UP bank fraud: Cashier gets life term, five others 10 years in Firozabad

Police subsequently filed a chargesheet against cashier Jaiprakash Singh, a resident of Shaktinagar, Praveen Kumar and h...

Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur sent to 14-day judicial custody in defamation case

Ex-IPS officer Amitabh Thakur sent to 14-day judicial custody in defamation case

The prosecution, however, maintained that the matter pertained to a cognisable offence and that judicial remand was perm...

Reality of child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation 'deeply disturbing', says SC

Reality of child trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation 'deeply disturbing', says SC

The court said the instant case lays bare the "deeply disturbing" reality of child trafficking and commercial sexual exp...

Former principal, teacher of school for disabled convicted in POCSO case

Former principal, teacher of school for disabled convicted in POCSO case

The offences came to light in 2014 after several students revealed the sexual abuse at the school at a meeting organized...

UP: Muzaffarnagar man, sister get life imprisonment over 13-year-old girl's rape

UP: Muzaffarnagar man, sister get life imprisonment over 13-year-old girl's rape

Government counsel Vinay Arora told PTI that the 13-year-old girl was raped by Rashid with the help of his sister Shakil...

Sky is no longer the limit: CJI Surya Kant on Shubhanshu Shukla's Axiom-4 mission

Sky is no longer the limit: CJI Surya Kant on Shubhanshu Shukla's Axiom-4 mission

CJI Kant said very few moments in life are as uplifting as tonight, when one gets to witness deserving individuals recei...

Special Court in Prayagraj sentences child abuse convict to six years of imprisonment

Special Court in Prayagraj sentences child abuse convict to six years of imprisonment

"In the investigation and analysis of data of electronic devices recovered from the possession of the accused, it was fo...

Santosh Deshmukh murder case: framing of charges deferred to Dec 23

Santosh Deshmukh murder case: framing of charges deferred to Dec 23

Nikam argued that the plea lacked merit and did not fall within the jurisdiction of the trial court. The court asked him...

Court restrains actor-critic KRK from posting defamatory content against producer Vashu Bhagnani

Court restrains actor-critic KRK from posting defamatory content against producer Vashu Bhagnani

The court found that, prima facie, tweets and statements made by the defendant (Khan) are somehow affecting the right of...

Land-for-job 'scam': CBI files status verification report of all accused in court

Land-for-job 'scam': CBI files status verification report of all accused in court

The prosecution has alleged that appointments in the Group-D category of the West Central Zone of the Indian Railways ba...

Delhi court rejects Rabri Devi's plea to transfer cases from judge alleging bias

Delhi court rejects Rabri Devi's plea to transfer cases from judge alleging bias

Earlier, in a detailed reply filed before the judge in the IRCTC scam, the CBI said the transfer application was "a mala...

Four men sentenced to life imprisonment for gangrape, murder in 2018

Four men sentenced to life imprisonment for gangrape, murder in 2018

The prosecution also relied on forensic evidence, including reports showing semen traces on the accused's clothes, the v...

Gujarat court orders Cong, four party leaders to remove deep fake Modi-Adani social media video

Gujarat court orders Cong, four party leaders to remove deep fake Modi-Adani social media video

The court observed that the defendants circulated the video containing "prima facie defamatory statements," showing that...

One or two benches of SC may sit on Dec 22 to hear urgent cases: CJI Surya Kant

One or two benches of SC may sit on Dec 22 to hear urgent cases: CJI Surya Kant

CJI Kant added, "We are not sure whether one or two benches will sit, it will all depend on the number of cases. We will...

UP: Former Samajwadi Party MLA surrenders before special MP-MLA court in Jhansi

UP: Former Samajwadi Party MLA surrenders before special MP-MLA court in Jhansi

Special Judge Jitendra Yadav remanded him in jail after he surrendered in connection with a case of assault, loot and ex...

Two pharmacists get 20 years in jail in 2017 drug case

Two pharmacists get 20 years in jail in 2017 drug case

The judge underscored that drug abuse has a "devastating impact on society" and adversely affects individuals' health, d...

Dadri mob lynching: Court to hear arguments on UP govt seeking withdrawal of case on December 23

Dadri mob lynching: Court to hear arguments on UP govt seeking withdrawal of case on December 23

The lawyer said the prosecution had moved the application to withdraw the case pending before the court. Acting on direc...

Gurugram court sentences two to 10 years in prison for firing at shop

Gurugram court sentences two to 10 years in prison for firing at shop

Giving details of the incident, police said they received information on October 16, 2018, that unidentified assailants ...

Bombay HC, local courts and banks in Mumbai, Nagpur get bomb threat mails, turn out to be hoax

Bombay HC, local courts and banks in Mumbai, Nagpur get bomb threat mails, turn out to be hoax

The Bombay HC, sessions court, and magistrate courts at Mazgaon, Esplanade, Bandra and Andheri, along with two prominent...

Hathras stampede case: Court fixes Jan 1 for next hearing

Hathras stampede case: Court fixes Jan 1 for next hearing

Defence counsel Munna Singh Pundir said the hearing took place in the court of Additional Sessions Judge Mahendra Srivas...

Surat court allows Gujarat govt's plea to withdraw sedition case against BJP MLA Hardik Patel

Surat court allows Gujarat govt's plea to withdraw sedition case against BJP MLA Hardik Patel

In 2019, Patel joined the Congress and was in 2020 appointed that party's working president. He joined the BJP in 2022 a...

SC collegium recommends elevation of 5 judges as HC chief justices

SC collegium recommends elevation of 5 judges as HC chief justices

Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta of Allahabad High Court has been elevated to Uttarakhand after retirement of the incumbent chi...

UP: Man gets life term for abducting, raping minor in Muzaffarnagar

UP: Man gets life term for abducting, raping minor in Muzaffarnagar

"Special POCSO Judge Manjula Bhalotia convicted the accused and also imposed a fine of Rs 53,000 on him after holding hi...

MUDA case: Court raps Lokayukta over delay in submitting final report

MUDA case: Court raps Lokayukta over delay in submitting final report

The Lokayukta Police in February had given a clean chit to Siddaramaiah, his wife B M Parvathi, and two other accused in...

UP: Serial child rapist sentenced to life imprisonment in Bahraich

UP: Serial child rapist sentenced to life imprisonment in Bahraich

On Wednesday, Additional District Judge (POCSO) Arbind Kumar Gautam held the accused guilty in all four cases and senten...

Court releases Dileep’s passport after acquittal in actress assault case

Court releases Dileep’s passport after acquittal in actress assault case

Dileep had surrendered his passport in 2017 following his arrest in the case, as a condition for bail. During the trial,...

Court in Mumbai's Bandra gets bomb threat email; nothing suspicious found during search

Court in Mumbai's Bandra gets bomb threat email; nothing suspicious found during search

Similarly, the Nagpur District and Sessions Court on Thursday received an email claiming "bombs" inside the building, pr...

Man gets rigorous life imprisonment for killing teenage kabaddi player

Man gets rigorous life imprisonment for killing teenage kabaddi player

While two remained on the motorbike, the other two, including the prime accused, allegedly attacked her with sharp weapo...

Court says allegations of graft, illegal construction against Sena MLA serious, orders FIR

Court says allegations of graft, illegal construction against Sena MLA serious, orders FIR

Instead of carrying out sanctioned works, he constructed the hall and commercial centres for earning income, the residen...

Kerala court awards Rs 30 lakh to writer in ''Karmayodha'' copyright case

Kerala court awards Rs 30 lakh to writer in ''Karmayodha'' copyright case

The court observed that the defendants had commercially exploited the film by selling satellite rights, dubbing rights, ...

Chhattisgarh liquor scam: Ex-CMO deputy secretary Chaurasia arrested; in 2-day ED custody

Chhattisgarh liquor scam: Ex-CMO deputy secretary Chaurasia arrested; in 2-day ED custody

In the liquor scam case, the ED arrested Congress MLA and former excise minister Kawasi Lakhma on January 15 this year, ...

Judges must exercise restraint while pronouncing verdict: Ex-CJI B R Gavai

Judges must exercise restraint while pronouncing verdict: Ex-CJI B R Gavai

Regarding the question of the supremacy of one organ of the state and whether the judiciary had weakened in the last dec...

CJI Surya Kant welcomes 7 judges appointed to SC in 2025

CJI Surya Kant welcomes 7 judges appointed to SC in 2025

Speaking at the function, Justice Bagchi said there is a need for harmony between the judiciary and the legal community ...