The Supreme Court on Friday (May 23, 2025) spared a convict, who married the victim, from undergoing a jail term under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, citing systemic failures and the need to ensure justice for the adolescent girl and her child. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal … Read more
A resident of Gauraye village in the Kaushambi district, Lakhan, born on January 4 1921, according to his jail records, was arrested in 1977. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A 104-year-old man who spent 43 years in jail on charges of murder and attempted murder was released from Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi district jail after … Read more
BLA from Karnataka Gali Janardan Reddy. File | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court in Hyderabad on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) awarded seven-year imprisonment to four persons, including Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Karnataka Gali Janardan Reddy, and his relative B.V. Srinivas Reddy, managing director, Obulapuram Mining Corporation … Read more
The Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge and Special Judge for CBI Cases on Friday convicted and sentenced three men, including two former branch managers of a nationalised bank, to one to three years of imprisonment and slapped a fine of ₹52 lakh in connection with a bank fraud case amounting to ₹12.63 crore. The … Read more
Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for leaking online highly classified military documents, including records related to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Teixeira, 22, was sentenced by US District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston after pleading guilty to perpetrating what US prosecutors call “one of the … Read more
Police Commissioner Iada Martin Marbaniang and Deputy Commissioner of Police Rohan Jagadish leading a team of 40 officials and 220 police personnel for a raid on Hindalga Jail in Belagavi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Leading a team of 40 officials and 220 police personnel, Police Commissioner Iada Martin Marbaniang and Deputy Commissioner … Read more
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court on Friday told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that it cannot object to the requests of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal related to his medical checkup in Tihar jail. “Accused (Arvind Kejriwal) is in judicial custody and not your custody. You have no role if they want some convenience,” the Delhi court … Read more
The BJP was trying to topple governments in opposition-ruled states but democracy cannot be allowed to fail, said former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in a message from jail that his wife Kalpana read out at a mega rally in Ranchi on Sunday. She was speaking at the opposition bloc INDIA’s ‘Ulgulan Nyay’ rally, which was … Read more
A movie weapons supervisor was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” during a hearing Monday in which tearful family members and friends gave testimonials that included calls for justice and a punishment that would instill greater accountability … Read more
Manish Sisodia. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu A day before his bail hearing comes up in a Delhi court, jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia penned a letter addressed to the people of Delhi thanking those in his Assembly constituency of Patparganj for taking care of his ailing wife. His second letter … Read more