Fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi. | Photo Credit: ANI A Belgian court on Tuesday (April 22, 2025) rejected the bail plea of Mehul Choksi, the diamond merchant who is a prime accused in the ₹13,000-crore PNB fraud case, his lawyer said. The diamantaire was arrested in Antwerp by the Belgian police on April 12 based … Read more
Alison Holt Social affairs editor James Melley Senior social affairs producer BBC “A victory for common sense” or “devastating” – the contrasting reactions to the statement by five Supreme Court judges that legally the term “woman” means a biological woman. Behind the different responses lie many of the often bitter and vitriolic arguments that set … Read more
File picture of Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale. | Photo Credit: PTI TMC MP Saket Gokhale on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) expressed his willingness before the Delhi High Court to settle issues with former diplomat Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri, to whom he has been asked to apologise and pay ₹50 lakh as damages in a defamation … Read more
Jim Reed BBC News Reporting fromSupreme Court, London Pamela Tickell BBC News, North East and Cumbria BBC Parents of the deceased children heard doctors involved in their care could be named Doctors in two end-of-life cases can be named, the Supreme Court has ruled, after the parents of two children said they wanted to “tell … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minster N. Chandrababu Naidu chairing the Cabinet meeting at the Secretariat on Tuesday. The Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, has approved the proposal granting authority to the AP CRDA Commissioner to approve the L1 (the bidder who submitted the lowest bid or quotation) bids for two … Read more
Lawyers under the banner of Abhibhashaka Parishath staging a protest against court fee hike in front of the court complex at Tirur on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Lawyers under the banner of the Abhibhashaka Parishath staged a protest in front of the court complex at Tirur on Tuesday against the State government for … Read more
A Jaipur special court on Tuesday (April 8, 2025) sentenced four convicts to life imprisonment in connection with the 2008 Jaipur serial bomb blasts case. The four convicts, namely, Sarwar Azmi, Shahbaz, Saifur Rehman and Mohammad Saif, were convicted under various sections of IPC, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Explosive Substances Act by the … Read more
The Chhattisgarh High Court has said that a woman cannot be forced to undergo a virginity test which violates Article 21 of the Constitution that guarantees her fundamental right to protection of life and liberty, including the right to dignity. The high court said granting permission for a virginity test would be against the fundamental … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) questioned the claims of high development rate and per capita income when certain States have about 70% of their population living below poverty line, and wondered whether distribution schemes of … Read more
Kannada actor Ranya Rao on Saturday filed a bail petition in the Sessions Court, a day after her request for bail was rejected by a lower court in the gold smuggling case. The Sessions Court is expected to hear the petition on Monday. The Special Court for Economic Offences denied bail to the Kannada actor … Read more