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HC refuses to quash case against man accused of sexually assaulting wife who was minor
The court said this case does not involve only two young persons who chose to live together but their parents also stand arraigned under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act on the allegation that they facilitated a marriage involving a minor girl.
November 21, 2025HC stays proceedings against BJP leader for 'disclosing' identity in sexual assault case
In the high court, Kapoor’s counsel contended that the screenshots containing the FIR copy are not even legible, and it was impossible to ascertain the contents and name of the victim in it.
November 20, 2025Gyanvapi row: Plea over replacing cloth seal of 'wazukhana' to be heard on Dec 3
The Gyanvapi complex, located adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, has been at the centre of a long-running legal dispute between Hindu and Muslim parties over claims of the existence of a temple-like structure beneath the mosque.
November 20, 2025Delhi court sends four accused in Red Fort bomb blast to 10 days NIA custody
The four accused are Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather of Anantnag and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir and Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
November 20, 2025Four accused in Red Fort blast case produced in Delhi court
The four accused are Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather of Anantnag and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir and Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
November 20, 202570-year-old man sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for raping minor granddaughter
The crime surfaced on June 15, 2021, when the victim's mother filed a complaint with Vairengte police alleging that her 10-year-old daughter had been repeatedly raped by her grandfather between 2017-2018.
November 20, 2025Man gets 20 year RI for raping 8-yr-old girl in Odisha’s Kendrapara
The court also directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to initiate the process for Rs 6 lakh compensation to the survivor under relevant legal provisions, he said.
November 20, 2025Former AP CM Jagan Mohan Reddy appears before CBI court in Hyderabad
The cases relate to investments made by various companies in his firms as quid pro quo for different favours bestowed on them during the tenure of his father late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy as Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh between 2004 and 2009.
November 20, 2025Intellectuals terrorists more dangerous than those working on ground: Delhi police in SC
"The ultimate intention is regime change. CAA protests were a red-herring, the real purpose was regime change, create economic deprivation and create chaos across the country. The riots were deliberately made to coincide with the visit of US President Donald Trump. These so-called intellectuals are more dangerous than the ground-level terrorists," Raju said.
November 20, 2025SC stays Haryana STF's probe against Delhi lawyer in murder case
"However, instead of respecting the independence of the Bar, the investigating agency has sought to criminalise the petitioner's professional association with his clients, thereby undermining the rule of law and the sanctity of the advocate-client relationship," the plea said.
November 20, 2025Man gets 5 yrs RI for establishing physical relationship with minor under false promise of marriage
The court also ordered the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) of Kandhamal to pay Rs 1 lakh to the family of the victim as compensation.
November 20, 2025Thane MACT awards Rs 27.9 lakh compensation to kin of bus driver killed in collision
The victim, Shankar Jagannath Sable (28), was driving a state transport bus at Pen in the neighbouring Raigad district on July 17, 2011, when a truck collided with the vehicle. Sable succumbed to his injuries on August 10, 2011.
November 20, 2025Doctors, engineers engaging in anti-national activities: Delhi police in SC
Khalid, Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, and Rehman were booked under the UAPA, the stringent anti-terror law, and provisions of the erstwhile IPC for allegedly being the "masterminds" of the 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.
November 20, 2025SC raises retirement age of MP judicial officers from 60 to 61 years
On October 27, the top court had sought responses from the Madhya Pradesh government and the high court registry on a plea challenging the refusal to enhance the retirement age of judicial officers in the state from 60 to 61 years.
November 20, 2025Former AP CM Jagan appears before CBI court in Hyderabad
he cases relate to investments made by various companies in his firms as quid pro quo for different favours bestowed on them during the tenure of his father late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy as Chief Minister (of undivided Andhra Pradesh) between 2004 and 2009.
November 20, 2025Remarks against Army: SC extends stay on trial court proceedings against Gandhi
The trial court summoned Gandhi as an accused for facing trial for the alleged offence of defamation. Gandhi's advocate Pranshu Agarwal argued that the allegations appeared to be fabricated, just by reading the complaint.
November 20, 2025Six get life imprisonment in 2022 murder case in UP's Meerut
Special Judge Chandra Shekhar Mishra convicted six accused -- Ombeer, Satendra alias Pintu, Jitendra alias Pinka, Amandeep alias Anchit, Sainder Kaur and Preeti -- and sentenced them to life imprisonment under various sections of IPC, Additional District Government Advocate Neeraj Som.
November 20, 2025Will consider transferring RG Kar case to Delhi or Calcutta HC: SC
The panel said state laws had adequate provisions to address minor offences besides serious ones under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
November 20, 2025Kerala HC orders major upgrade of facilities for Sabarimala pilgrims
A public, multilingual grievance portal must be activated on the official Sabarimala website. Most of these measures must be implemented within three weeks.
November 20, 2025Delhi court sends gangster Anmol Bishnoi to 11-day NIA custody
Underlining that the NIA’s plea seeking custody was “based on reasonable and justifiable grounds”, the judge allowed 11 days’ custodial interrogation of the accused. Responding to the court’s queries, Anmol denied the allegations and confirmed that he received a copy of the arrest memo. The accused also said that he engaged an advocate of his choice, and verified that his medical examination was conducted.
November 20, 2025Prez reference: SC judgement on question over fixing timeline for guvs' nod to clear bills on Thursday
In May, President Droupadi Murmu exercised powers under Article 143(1) of the Constitution to know from the top court whether timelines could be imposed by judicial orders for exercise of discretion by the President while dealing with the bills passed by state assemblies.
November 20, 2025Why shouldn't CBI probe, SC asks Haryana govt in case where Delhi lawyer was arrested
In the course of his professional duties, the petitioner has represented several clients in criminal cases between 2021 and 2025, including persons alleged to have connections with one Kapil Sangwan @ Nandu. All such representations were undertaken purely in the discharge of his professional obligations and in conformity with the Advocates Act and the standards of professional ethics.
November 20, 2025On Azam Khan's plea, court bars transfer of SP leader, son outside Rampur jail without permission
The case was lodged in 2019 at Rampur's Civil Lines police station by BJP leader Akash Saxena under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for cheating), 471 (using forged document) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy).
November 20, 2025Court grants interim protection from arrest to 2 accused in Medikabazaar `fraud' case
The complainant has accused the management of creating an ESOP trust in January 2025 without proper approvals, followed by a Rs 15 crore loan from the company to the trust to buy shares at heavily undervalued rates, allegedly diluting each founder's stake by around 13 per cent.
November 20, 2025Cal HC grants bail to former WB secondary education board prez in school jobs scam case
Appearing for Ganguly, senior advocate Sandipan Ganguly submitted that so far as the vulnerable witnesses are concerned, eight of them have already been examined by the trial court.
November 20, 2025ACB opposes bail plea of court clerk held in bribery case; says he may destroy evidence
The police pointed out that Vasudeo and Kazi were observed to have frequent WhatsApp calls even outside office hours and the arrested accused has not provided a satisfactory explanation.
November 20, 2025Consider deferring nomination process for local body polls: SC to Maharashtra govt
Justice Kant had observed that it appears that the court's simple orders are being complicated by state officials, and therefore, the filing of nominations for the local body polls should be deferred.
November 20, 2025UP: Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping minor girl
The police registered a case the same day based on the complaint, completed the medical examination of the victim and subsequently filed a charge sheet against the accused.
November 20, 2025SC deprecates practice adopted under Talaq-e-Hasan, says 5-judge bench may look into validity
Heena, who herself addressed the court, choked while narrating her difficulties she was facing due to Talaq-e-Hasan given by her husband, which prompted the bench to ask to file a simple application and assured her that the court will look into it.
November 20, 2025Cal HC grants bail to 80-year old accused of raping minor
As per the FIR, the petitioner has been accused under Section 65 (1) (punishment for a person who commits rape on a woman under 16 years of age) and Section 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO).
November 20, 2025Delhi court sends Anmol Bishnoi to 11-day NIA custody
Wanted in connection with the killing of NCP leader Siddique, firing at actor Salman Khan's residence in April 2024, the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, among other crimes, Anmol was "removed" from the US on Tuesday. He was detained in the US in November last year.
November 20, 2025Delhi HC asks DoE to file report on minors' plea not to hold sports events during peak pollution time
The court hearing the petition filed by 11 minors, through their parents, stating that they actively participate in state scheduled sports tournaments, camps and trials in Delhi and other parts of the country.
November 20, 2025Monitoring by centralised authority main reason for success of Project Tiger, says SC
The verdict had further noted that in Rajasthan, 13,163 sq km was a priority area, 78,580 sq km was a potential area and 5,977 sq km was an additionally important area
November 20, 2025Delhi HC protects podcaster Raj Shamani's personality rights
The high court also observed that Shamani's rights in the podcast "Figuring out with Raj Shamani" are protected under the Copyright Act, including the exclusive right to communicate the works to the public, and that protection is also warranted against the unauthorised use of the registered trademarks "FIGURING OUT".
November 20, 2025HC orders relief in 80-year-old widow's 5-decade-long struggle to secure pension
"The case paints a disheartening and distressing picture of administrative apathy, the court observed and said the aged widow, already burdened by grief and financial hardship, had been made to suffer further because of systemic indifference and procedural neglect," the high court judge observed.
November 20, 2025Delhi HC allows surrogacy-seeking couple to join medical board proceedings virtually from Canada
The petitioners filed an application before the Delhi South district’s medical board, seeking the 'Certificate of Medical Indication for Gestational Surrogacy’ and also sought permission to attend the board’s proceedings through a virtual hearing.
November 20, 2025