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Korean firm takes legal action against illegal ESSE cigarettes
KT&G (Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation), has engaged S S Rana & Co, a leading law firm, to launch a decisive legal in...
Delhi HC grants 3-week parole to HIV positive convict in Jigisha Ghosh murder case
The state's counsel further said that since the convict is undergoing treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), ...
Defamation case, Rahul Gandhi, Court, Adjourns hearing, Dec 6
The court had directed the Nizampura police to conduct a probe and submit a report in connection with the case. The insp...
School teacher gets life term for raping 10-year-old girl in Kerala
The court decided not to order a separate sentence under IPC section 376(2)(f)(rape by a person in a position of trust o...
HC directs Rajasthan govt to complete panchayat, municipal polls by Apr 15 next year
The petitions, filed by former MLA Sanyam Lodha and 438 others, had argued that postponing elections violated Articles 2...
Instructions on using Aadhaar as proof of identity, not citizenship, already issued: EC to SC
The poll panel said the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), in an office memorandum (OM) in August 2023, h...
Union minister Arjun Meghwal calls for CAT bench in Jharkhand
We have entered AI-enabled technology era with development of artificial intelligence, robotics, 3-D painting, machine l...
Pune court orders FIR over woman's claims about assault, casteist remarks by cops
Additional Session Judge H K Bhalerao said, "The general diary at the police station details shows that the respondents ...
Chaitanyananda claims threat to his life; Delhi court seeks report from prison authorities
According to the FIR, Chaitanyananda allegedly forced female students to visit his quarters late at night and sent them ...
MACT awards Rs 18.32 lakh compensation to kin of man killed in road accident
According to settled law, the presence of an FIR against the driver, along with the criminal record of the case showing ...
Thane court sentences three to life imprisonment in 2021 mob lynching case
Although the accused are young offenders and their family members are dependent on them, the manner of the commission of...
Engineer held by ATS for terror links, radicalisation remanded in judicial custody till Nov 28
In addition, a magazine titled 'Inspire' was found, containing photographs of AK-47 training at the OSG Gun School and d...
UP: 25 convicted in 2005 cow slaughter, attack on police case in Bulandshahr
During the investigation, sections of the Gangsters Act were added on May 17, 2005, and a chargesheet was later filed ag...
Mumbra railway accident: Judge notes maintainance failure while refusing pre-arrest bail
"From above discussion and both the reports on record, prima facie it seems that the alleged incident was not mere an ac...
Six sentenced to life imprisonment for killing man in 2023
Delivering the verdict on Friday, the court sentenced Humayu, Abad, Afaaq, Shahrooq, Afzal and Aurangzeb to life impriso...
My university fees not paid for 2 months, Karisma Kapoor's daughter tells Delhi HC
In the fairytale "Cinderella", the young woman is mistreated by her stepmother, who focuses all of her attention on her ...
UP court acquits BJP MLA, 7 others in 2012 road blocking case
The case pertained to allegations that they blocked a road during a demonstration near Khubbapur village on September 29...
NGT seeks MCD, govt response over improper waste disposal in Delhi's Jangpura
In an order dated November 7, the bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member A Senthil Vel h...
Building houses for themselves but not creating judicial infra: SC lambasts Punjab govt
The high court in September took a strong view and flagged repeated delays despite the building committee's resolution a...
SC to hear plea for mechanism to ensure no PG seats in medical colleges remain vacant
The Centre had then proposed to appoint a committee, consisting of all the stakeholders including representatives of sta...
Trial courts cannot write judgments in 'Hinglish': Allahabad HC
The court said that the judgment by a sessions court in Agra was a 'classic example' of judgments partially in English a...
Allahabad HC restrains UP govt from further demolition of Fatehpur's Noori Jama Masjid
Essentially, a 40-foot area on both sides of NH 335 for about 2 km, including a 150-sq ft section of the mosque, was pro...
Kerala HC directs producer of 'Haal' movie to resubmit film with excisions for fresh certification
“Upon viewing the film from the perspective of an ordinary person, this court found the theme of the film to be in tune ...
Jharkhand HC pronounced 32 judgements in 61 pending cases: SC told
Similarly, on July 21, the top court was informed that the high court has delivered verdict in cases of 10 convicts out ...
Motor Accident Claims Tribunal awards Rs 38.26 lakh compensation to kin of victim
In a judgment dated November 13, the judge said, "In view of the evidence on record, this tribunal has held that the pet...
Delhi HC asks Centre to respond to academician Ashok Swain's plea against blacklisting order
Swain has submitted that his aged mother, who lives in India, was unwell and he was the only son and has not been able t...
Beed sarpanch murder case: MCOCA court refuses to discharge four accused
"Therefore, prima facie, there are sufficient grounds to proceed against the applicants/accused. Hence the applicants/ac...
Teacher convicted for raping 10-year-old in Kerala
According to the prosecution, the 10-year-old student was sexually assaulted by Padmarajan, a teacher at Palathayi schoo...
Kalyan court acquits three in Atrocities Act case
The key witness "specifically denied the fact of giving caste-based abuses" and there was "no reference in the entire ev...
Delhi HC to hold hearing in January on MP Rashid's plea against order on travel costs to attend Parliament
After listing him in a charge sheet in October 2019, a special NIA court framed charges against Rashid and others in Mar...
Thane court convicts Bangladeshi woman for illegal stay in India, orders her deportation
The judge sentenced her to 2 years, 2 months, and 18 days of simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2,000. Since t...
SEBI-Sahara case: SC agrees to hear plea of employees seeking payment of pending salaries
The court directed the Sahara Group to examine the claim of the workers who have not been paid their salaries for many y...
Pune court restrains Sena's Dhangekar from making statements against businessman on gangster links
Responding to the court's decision, Sameer Patil said, "Recently, Ravindra Dhangekar levelled unfounded and defamatory a...
Andhra Pradesh: Seven sentenced to life imprisonment for 2013 murder
The remaining seven accused were found guilty during the trial, and on Thursday, District Sessions Judge G. Gopi sentenc...
J'khand HC directs state to file status report on implementation of rules under PESA Act
The rules have been sent back to the Panchayati Raj Department for necessary rectification after which it will be presen...
SC expresses displeasure over banks lodging cheque bounce cases at distant locations
However, in April, 2023 the bank sent a recall notice to the borrower and Yadav, demanding the return of the total amoun...