Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters A POCSO court in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Monday awarded death sentence to two men for raping and burning alive a minor girl in a coal furnace last year. “Kalu and Kanha were awarded death penalty by the court,” Special Public Prosecutor Mahaveer Singh Kishnawat … Read more
Supreme Court of India in New Delhi will be hearing a plea against the new criminal laws passed by the Parliament on May 20. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on May 20 a petition challenging the enactment of three new laws that seek to overhaul India’s … Read more
A view of Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the names of two additional judges for appointment as permanent judges of the Gauhati High Court. The Collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. File | Photo Credit: ANI A Delhi court on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of AAP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia till May 30 in a corruption case related to an alleged excise scam. Special judge for CBI and … Read more
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Activist Gautam Navlakha. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on May 14 granted bail to activist Gautam Navlakha in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. A bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and S.V.N. Bhatti refused to extend the stay imposed by the Bombay High Court order on the bail granted to Navlakha … Read more
CCTV camera surveillance room seen outside a strong room in Chromepet. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: VELANKANNI RAJ B Tamil Nadu’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, informed the Madras High Court of having instructed all District Election Officers in the State to install additional closed circuit television … Read more
West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee at a rally in support of party candidate Dev for Ghatal Lok Sabha seat in Paschim Medinipur district on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI Taking a dig at the BJP, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, April 27, 2024, dubbed it a “job-eater” and said the … Read more
Former Tamil Nadu Special DGP Rajesh Das. File photograph The Madras High Court on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, dismissed a petition filed by former special Director General of Police (DGP) Rajesh Das, seeking exemption from surrendering despite a trial court as well as an appellate court having found him guilty of making sexual advances towards … Read more
A view of Delhi High Court, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Centre to respond to a petition by the NGO Environics Trust challenging the cancellation of its registration under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The HC asked the Centre to file … Read more