Family members of an Irish woman who was raped and murdered at a popular tourist resort in 2017 in Goa react after the court’s verdict on the case, in Goa, India, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Nearly eight years after Irish-British national Danielle McLaughlin was raped and brutally murdered in Goa, a … Read more
Assisted dying cases would no longer have to be signed off by the High Court under changes suggested by the bill’s supporters. The proposed law currently says a High Court judge must check each person is eligible and has not been coerced into making the decision to die. But BBC News has been told Kim … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Additional District Sessions Court, Neyyattinkara, will pronounce the quantum of punishments for the convicts in the Sharon Raj murder case on Monday (January 20, 2025). Judge A.M. Basheer had, on Friday, found the prime accused, S.S. Greeshma, guilty of various offences including murder and causing harm using … Read more
Businessman Boby Chemmanur. File Photo: R.K.Nithin The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (January 14, 2025) allowed the bail plea of prominent businessman Boby Chemmanur who has been arrested and is in judicial custody in a sexual harassment case filed against him by a female Malayalam actor. “Allowed,” the case status of the plea on the … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 8, 2025) refused to direct the Centre to provide a comprehensive rehabilitation package for migrants from Pakistan who obtained citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. A Bench of acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar … Read more
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: AP A court in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Thursday (January 2, 2025) extended by two days the police custody of the couple arrested in connection with the alleged abduction, rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl at Kalyan. Prime accused Vishal Gawli and his wife Sakshi … Read more
Barcelona has encountered a significant setback as their attempt to extend Dani Olmo’s registration for the rest of the season has been rejected by a court. This means the Spanish midfielder, who joined in a €57 million summer transfer from RB Leipzig, may be ineligible to play after December 31 unless the club resolves the … Read more
Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid. FIle | Photo Credit: Imran Nissar A Delhi court on Tuesday (December 24, 2024) refused to pass order on Jammu and Kashmir MP Rashid Engineer’s regular bail application in a terror-funding case. Additional sessions judge (ASJ) Chander Jit Singh dismissed the application … Read more
The Delhi High Court said not providing such victims/survivors with required medical treatment is a criminal offence and all doctors, administration, officers, nurses, paramedical personnel etc., shall be informed of the same. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Taking a serious note of the fact that survivors of sexual violence and acid attacks face difficulties … Read more
Police personnel deployed in front of the Tirunelveli district court complex on Friday, where a person was hacked to death by unidentified persons | Photo Credit: A. Shaikmohideen A man was hacked to death by an armed gang near the Tirunelveli district court complex on Friday (December 20, 2024). Sources said the deceased Mayandi was … Read more