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A Delhi court has transferred journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta's appeal in a defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) to the district court, with a hearing scheduled for September 23. This follows the same court's decision on September 18 to overturn an earlier order that had directed journalists to remove allegedly defamatory content against AEL. A Delhi court on Monday transferred the appeal of journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the district court which on September 23 hear ...Read More >
According to the agreement, which was signed in December 2007, the firm was bound to deliver possession within 24 months of approval of service plans. The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a real estate firm to refund over Rs 43 lakh to a plot buyer with 18 per cent interest. The top court enhanced the compensation originally ordered by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), which had fixed the rate at 9 percent on more than Rs 43 lakh to be paid by M/s Business Park To ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of an alleged Indian Mujahideen operative who was sentenced to death in connection with the 2013 Dilsukhnagar blasts that left 18 dead and 131 injured. IMAGE: A view of the Supreme Court of India. Photograph: ANI Photo The plea filed by convict Asadullah Akhtar was heard by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and N V Anjaria. "There shall be stay of execution of the death sentence of the appellant," the bench said. Two powerful ex ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of an alleged Indian Mujahideen operative, who was sentenced to death in connection with the 2013 Dilsukhnagar blasts that left 18 dead and 131 injured.The plea filed by convict Asadullah Akhtar was heard by a bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria. "There shall be stay of execution of the death sentence of the appellant," the bench said.Two powerful explosions rocked Dilsukhnagar on the eve of Feb 21, 2013 -- the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): The Delhi High Court (HC) strongly criticized the conduct of a police officer who allegedly abused and threatened lawyers inside the court premises, observing that he is 'supposed to be a protector of law and not a predator.' Justice Arun Monga was hearing Rameshwar v. State Govt. of NCT of Delhi when the incident was brought to his notice. According to the court, Sub-Inspector (SI) Narinder of PS Okhla Industrial Area not only misbehaved with the counsel ...Read More >
Mumbai, September 16: Hearing a plea challenging the acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday expressed surprise over a victim's father not becoming a witness during the trial and hinted that an "open gate" is not available to everyone for filing an appeal. A bench headed by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar put off the hearing to Wednesday, saying that it needs more information on who among the six appellants were witnesses in the trial. "Give us details. Thi ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hearing a plea challenging the acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday expressed surprise over a victim's father not becoming a witness during the trial and hinted that an "open gate" is not available to everyone for filing an appeal. A bench headed by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar put off the hearing to Wednesday, saying that it needs more information on who among the six appellants were witnesses in the trial. "Give us ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court remarked on Tuesday that it was "not an open gate for everyone" to file an appeal against acquittal, and sought details whether the family members of the victims of the Malegaon 2008 blasts victims were examined as witnesses during the trial. About The Observation A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad made the observation while hearing an appeal filed by the family members of the six persons who lost their lives in the blast again ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it was "not an open gate for everyone" to file an appeal against acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, and sought details if family members of the victims were examined as witnesses in the trial. A bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad was hearing an appeal filed by the family members of the six persons who lost their lives in the blast against the acquittal judgment. The appeal challenged a special court judgme ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) It is advisable to forgive the wrongdoer but not to forget the wrongdoing, the Supreme Court has said while directing that its verdict with details of alleged sexual harassment by a vice-chancellor of a university be made part of his resume so that it "haunts" him forever, after the complaint against him was time-barred. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B Varale passed the order on Friday on a plea by a faculty member of a West Bengal-based university who h ...Read More >
The court passed the judgment on Friday. The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a sexual harassment case against West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti but directed that the judgment, which carries details of his alleged misconduct, be recorded in his resume. A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B Varal dismissed a petition filed by a faculty member against Mr Chakrabarti but said such actions "may be forgiven but allowed t ...Read More >
New Delhi/Mumbai: Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed fresh attempts to mire the Rs 229-crore passenger water terminal (PWT) project abutting the Gateway of India in Colaba as Maharashtra govt said the project has green nod from every relevant authority and would help reduce travel time between Colaba and Navi Mumbai, Mandvi and Alibaug.After hearing elaborate arguments on behalf of Clean and Heritage Colaba Residents Association and other residents, a bench of CJI Bhushan R Gavai and K Vinod Chand ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): As India observes the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and External Affairs Minister on Thursday paid tribute to the people who sacrificed their lives during the Partition of India. Sharing an X post, Goyal said that on August 14, 1947, during the Partition of India, people endured the pain of violence, displacement and loss of loved ones. Also Read | Independence Day 2025: President Droupadi Murmu To Ad ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court Wednesday commuted the death sentence of a man to life imprisonment in a double murder case of 2019, saying that 'it is well settled law that the possibility of reformation and rehabilitation of the convict is an important factor which has to be taken into account as a mitigating circumstance before sentencing him to death'. A division bench of Justices BP Routray and Chittaranjan Dash, taking note of the positive report of the jail authorities regarding the co ...Read More >
The Supreme Court summoned Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and other poll records to recount votes in a sarpanch (village head) election in Haryana. The case involved the Gram Panchayat of Buana Lakhu village in Panipat district. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta, and N Kotiswar Singh ordered the recount after a dispute arose over the election results. The recounting was done inside the Supreme Court, overseen by its registrar, and was fully videographed in the presence of both p ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday directed all states and union territories to immediately release prisoners who have completed their court-mandated sentences, provided they are not wanted in any other case. The order came as the court expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jails long after their terms had ended.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan issued the directive while ordering the release of Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan, convicted in the 2002 Niti ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 12 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed concern over prisoners languishing in jail even after completing their sentence and directed all states and union territories to immediately release any such convict if he or she is not wanted in any other case. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and K V Viswanathan passed the direction while ordering the release of Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case. It noted that Yadav completed his sentence of 20 y ...Read More >
Mathura Sridharan currently serves as Deputy Solicitor General in Ohio's Office of Solicitor General ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Mathura Sridharan appointed Ohio's 12th Solicitor General by Attorney General Dave Yost * She will represent Ohio in appeals courts, including the US Supreme Court * She holds a JD from NYU Law, and degrees from MIT in engineering, CS, and economics Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Indian-origin lawyer ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Trades worth nearly Rs 3.21 lakh crore have been conducted through the electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform during the last five financial years, the government said on Friday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Agriculture Ramnath Thakur said, "From 1st April, 2020 to 31st March, 2025, trade worth Rs 3,20,766 crore has been conducted through electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)". The minister was replying to a quest ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Supreme Court has stayed a May 2 order by the Bombay High Court in a PIL which challenged continued waste dumping at the Kanjurmarg landfill and sought its relocation on the grounds that the site was protected forest land. The PIL was filed in 2013 by the NGO Vanshakti.HC had ruled that 118 hectares at Kanjurmarg, used as a landfill for over 15 years, remained forest land and must be restored as such. The state govt, represented by solicitor general Tushar Mehta and advocate Siddhart ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday directed the agent of an influential builder in Telangana to fork out Rs 10 lakh for misusing the process of criminal law and entangling the wife and the daughter of a late Major General in a frivolous criminal case. A division bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta quashed an FIR against the wife and the daughter of the late Major General, lodged at the behest of the builder over a dispute concerning the sale of land. The apex court said the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI/BATHINDA: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday conducted searches at 22 de-addiction centres across Punjab, including in Chandigarh, Barnala and Ludhiana, after its investigation revealed illegal sale of drugs by these centres. The agency also searched a premise in Mumbai linked to the accused.Dr Amit Bansal, who runs these 22 centres, is prime accused in the case, sources said. Bansal, against whom Punjab Police has registered multiple FIRs, is alleged to be engaged in illega ...Read More >
Mumbai: Denial of physical relationship to husband and suspecting him of an extra-marital affair amounts to cruelty and is hence a ground for divorce, the Bombay high court held while refusing relief to a woman challenging a family court's divorce order.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale on Thursday said the woman's conduct can be construed as "cruelty" against her husband.The court dismissed the woman's petition challenging a family court order allowing the man's ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) Delhi Art, Culture and Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra on Friday visited the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) at Teen Murti Marg, with singer and music director Himesh Reshammiya accompanying him. The museum, which showcases the lives and contributions of India's former prime ministers, features 14 high-tech galleries equipped with interactive and immersive exhibits, including a 6D helicopter ride, virtual photo booths, a handwriting robot, a time machine and a ki ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has held that denying physical intimacy to a husband and making allegations of an extra-marital affair constitute cruelty, and are valid grounds for divorce. A bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale, while dismissing a woman's plea challenging a family court's divorce decree, observed that her conduct amounted to "cruelty" against her husband. "Refusal to have a physical relationship and making allegations of extra-marital relations is cruelty by t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said money cannot be recovered by filing an FIR and seeking help of police as it quashed a cheating case against the producer of Bollywood movie "Tanu Weds Manu". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed displeasure over the approach of the Allahabad High Court in dealing with the petition of producer Shailesh R Singh for quashing of the FIR against him by complainant Kunal Jain. "Money cannot be recovered, more particularly, in ...Read More >
The Court held that brutality of the offence cannot be the sole ground for imposing capital punishment, and the convict's potential for reformation must also be assessed. The Supreme Court on July 16, 2025 upheld the conviction of a man for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in 2018 but commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment without remission. The Court held that brutality of the offence cannot be the sole ground for imposing capital punishment, and the convict's potential for ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Indian government expressed regret on Tuesday over the reported demolition of the ancestral property of celebrated filmmaker and writer Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh and expressed its willingness to extend cooperation in its restoration. "We note with profound regret that the ancestral property of noted filmmaker and litterateur Satyajit Ray in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, belonging to his grandfather and eminent litterateur, Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhur ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Using social media to disseminate radical ideology, even if there is no physical act of terror, can attract UAPA provisions, the Delhi high court said, declining the bail plea of an operative of "The Resistance Front (TRF)", a terror outfit.HC underscored that the accused posted photos of terrorists and incited people to commit heinous acts and, if released, there is a high possibility of him tampering with the evidence as he is digitally adept.Expanding on the definition of Section 1 ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that lawful incarceration does not suspend the right to human dignity, while directing jail authorities of Tamil Nadu to identify prisoners with disabilities at the time of admission and equip all prisons with disability-friendly infrastructure. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said, "Lawful incarceration does not suspend the right to human dignity. The punishment lies only in the restriction of liberty, not in the denial of huma ...Read More >
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