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Sharon Raj murder case: Court to pronounce quantum of sentences on January 20; prosecution seeks capital punishment for the prime accused

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Sharon Raj murder case: Court to pronounce quantum of sentences on January 20; prosecution seeks capital punishment for the prime accused

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

Kerala High Court allows bail plea of Boby Chemmanur in sexual harassment case

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Kerala High Court allows bail plea of Boby Chemmanur in sexual harassment case

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

Pakistan migrants: Delhi High Court refuses to direct Centre on plea for rehabilitation package

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Pakistan migrants: Delhi High Court refuses to direct Centre on plea for rehabilitation package

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

Kalyan girl rape-murder: Court extends police custody of accused couple by 2 days

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Kalyan girl rape-murder: Court extends police custody of accused couple by 2 days

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

FC Barcelona’s Dani Olmo registration plea rejected by Spanish court

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FC Barcelona’s Dani Olmo registration plea rejected by Spanish court

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

Delhi court refuses to pass order on J&K MP Rashid Engineer’s regular bail plea

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Delhi court refuses to pass order on J&K MP Rashid Engineer’s regular bail plea

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

Hospitals cannot refuse free medical treatment to rape, acid attack victims: Delhi High Court

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Hospitals cannot refuse free medical treatment to rape, acid attack victims: Delhi High Court

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

Man hacked to death near Tirunelveli court

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Man hacked to death near Tirunelveli court

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

GRAP is like giving medicine to an already critical patient, need to go back to the basics: Supreme Court

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GRAP is like giving medicine to an already critical patient, need to go back to the basics: Supreme Court

People in large number seen basking in the sun near Kartavya Path on a cold sunny afternoon in Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 19, 2024) compared the implementation of emergency anti-pollution measures like the Graded Action Response Plan (GRAP) in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) to “medicine … Read more

Uttar Pradesh court orders FIR against BJP MLA on gangrape charges

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Uttar Pradesh court orders FIR against BJP MLA on gangrape charges

A special MP-MLA court has directed to lodge an FIR against BJP’s Bilsi MLA Harish Shakya and 15 others including his brother and nephew on charges of gangrape and fraud. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Leelu Chaudhary issued the order on Wednesday (December 12, 2024) after hearing a plea filed by the husband of the alleged … Read more