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Guwahati: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted journalist Abhisar Sharma interim protection from arrest for four weeks in a criminal case registered against him in Assam over a video questioning the state government's decision to allot 3,000 bighas of tribal land to a private cement factory. The court asked Sharma to approach the Gauhati High Court to challenge the FIR. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! A bench comprising Justices M.M. Sundresh a ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 21 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has quashed FIRs lodged between neighbours due to a scuffle over handling of pet dogs and directing them to pay Rs 10,000 costs each at a canine shelter. Justice Arun Monga said the dispute between the parties was private in nature and arose out of unnecessary differences between neighbours in relation to the handling of their respective pets. "Continuation of the criminal proceedings would serve no useful purpose and would rather amount to an abuse ...Read More >
Officers will now be deployed in three shifts to monitor compliance. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Mumbai Police filed first criminal case for pigeon feeding under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita * FIR registered at Mahim Police Station against unidentified pigeon feeders near kabutarkhana * Bombay High Court ordered BMC to enforce ban citing public health and environmental risks Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Mumbai: In a significant e ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Observing that political speeches are often exaggerated and not to be taken literally, the Telangana high court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against chief minister A Revanth Reddy in a defamation case filed by the Telangana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party over remarks he allegedly made during the 2024 general election campaign.Justice K Lakshman held that attempting to make a criminal defamation case out of a political speech would itself be an exaggeration, noting that s ...Read More >
Gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections rose 7.5 per cent year-on-year to Rs 1.96 lakh crore in July (for sales in June), data released by the government on Friday showed. Even though the pace of growth in gross GST collections picked up to 7.5 per cent in July from 6.2 per cent, this is the second consecutive month wherein the growth rate has been in single digits and much lower after posting double-digit growth in the first two months of the ongoing financial year. ARTICLE CONTINUES BE ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed the ex-parte ad-interim injunction order passed by a sessions court in the city, which had restrained a Dakshina Kannada-based digital media house from allegedly reporting defamatory news linking the family members of Harshendra Kumar D and the temple administration to the alleged burying of multiple human remains for nearly two decades in Dharmasthala. However, the court remitted the matter to the sessions court with a direction to consider ...Read More >
New Delhi/Imphal, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made a second consecutive arrest in the 2024 killings in Manipur's Jiribam, central probe agency sources said on Friday. The NIA in a statement said that the national probe agency caught Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang, a resident of Moinathol Village in southern Assam's Cachar district, from the Mizoram capital Aizawl on Thursday. The arrest came after the arrest of another key accused, Thanglienlal Hmar, by a jo ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed the ex-parte ad-interim injunction order passed by a sessions court in the city, which had restrained a Dakshina Kannada-based digital media house from allegedly reporting defamatory news linking the family members of Harshendra Kumar D and the temple administration to the alleged burying of multiple human remains for nearly two decades in Dharmasthala. However, the court remitted the matter to the sessions court with a direction to consider ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has annulled a cheating case against 'Tanu Weds Manu' producer Shailesh R Singh. The case sprang from a civil dispute, misclassified as criminal, which involved monetary recovery efforts through an FIR. The court criticized the high court's approach and emphasized proper legal channels for civil disputes. The Supreme Court has taken a decisive stand by overturning a cheating case against Bollywood film producer Shailesh R Singh, co-producer of the 2011 movie 'Tanu Weds Manu'. ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 19 (PTI) The Regional Medical Research Centre in Bhubaneswar, under the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has developed an advanced malaria vaccine that can prevent plasmodium falciparum infection in individuals and minimise community transmission. The ICMR Delhi has invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) from eligible organisations, companies and manufacturers enthusiastic about the Transfer of Technology for commercial production of "a recombinant chimeric multi-stage ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A day after the high court dismissed the petition filed by BJP MLA Byrathi Suresh, seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in connection with the murder of a history-sheeter, the court directed him to appear before the police. The lawmaker presented himself before the investigating officer at Bharatinagar police station Saturday afternoon. The police grilled him for over 3.5 hours.After giving his statement, Basavaraj addressed the media outside the station, saying he was aske ...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 >
The Supreme Court on Friday called upon all high courts across the country to consider introducing a mandatory rule requiring individuals seeking bail to disclose their involvement in any other criminal cases, holding that such a rule would aid judicial scrutiny and ensure that bail applications are not decided in isolation of an accused's criminal antecedents. "This would impose an obligation on the accused to make disclosures regarding his/her involvement in any other criminal case(s) previou ...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 >
Kochi, Jul 17 (PTI) The Kerala High Court on Thursday stayed the proceedings initiated in a complaint seeking prosecution of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in connection with the violence that occurred during the state government's outreach programme -- 'Nava Kerala Sadas' -- in 2023. Justice V G Arun stayed the proceedings for three months on a plea moved by Vijayan seeking quashing of the complaint and a July 3 order of a magisterial court in the matter. The court of Ernakulam Chief Judicia ...Read More >
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Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday stayed criminal proceedings against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in a case accusing him of abetting political violence during the Nava Kerala Sadas tour held in 2023. Justice V G Arun issued the interim stay on proceedings before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court, Ernakulam, where Vijayan had been charged with abetment under Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Chief Minister had moved the High Court seeking to quash the proceeding ...Read More >
It has become imperative to look into matrimonial disputes from a different angle, the court said. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Marriages considered sacrosanct by Hindus are at stake due to trivial issues between couples * The Bombay High Court quashed a dowry harassment case against a man and his family members * The estranged couple had settled their dispute and obtained a divorce by mutual consent Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Marriages considere ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A physics lecturer from a private college in Dakshina Kannada and two of his friends have been arrested by Bengaluru police for allegedly blackmailing and raping a student.When the mental torture by the trio became intolerable, the girl narrated to her parents how she was being exploited. Subsequently, she went to Marathahalli police station along with her parents on July 5 and lodged a complaint seeking action against the perpetrators. Acting swiftly, the cops arrested the trio the f ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court observed that Hindu marriages, regarded as spiritual unions, are increasingly under threat from trivial disputes and prolonged litigation. While quashing a dowry harassment case filed in December 2023 against a Nagpur man and his family, the court noted such discord often causes irreversible damage to families and must be resolved with dignity, where reconciliation is not possible.The division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Mahendra Nerlikar pass ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The suicide note of a Vakkom grama panchayat member, who died by suicide along with his mother on Monday, suggests he was under severe mental distress, allegedly triggered by a false criminal case filed against him. Arun (43), the elected representative of the 9th ward, and his mother, Valsala (68), were found hanging behind their house in Vakkom on Monday morning. Just before the incident, Arun sent a suicide note via WhatsApp to friends, claiming he had been falsely implic ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has observed that marriages, considered sacrosanct among Hindus, are increasingly under threat due to trivial disputes between couples. The court made this observation while quashing a dowry harassment case filed by a woman against her estranged husband, his parents, and sisters. A division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and M.M. Nerlikar, in its order dated July 8, said that in matrimonial disputes, if reconciliation is not possible, the relati ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab chief ministerBhagwant Mann on Thursday said the government will table a bill in the assembly on Friday to introduce harsher punishment for religious sacrilege. However, the law will not be enacted immediately, as the government plans to hold consultations with stakeholders before finalising the legislation.Mann said the decision was taken in a meeting of the cabinet earlier in the day. After the legislation is tabled, Punjab govt will gather suggestions on the law from stakeh ...Read More >
Shillong: A sub-inspector (SI) and four Unarmed Branch (UB) constables of the Sohra police station were suspended on Wednesday following a complaint alleging torture of a 19-year-old youth in custody."Based on the enquiry report submitted on July 9, 2025, one sub-inspector and four UB constables of Sohra Police Station have been placed under suspension with immediate effect. Departmental proceedings have also been initiated against them," East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem said in a statement."Addi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on two petitions filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, challenging orders passed by lower courts in the money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam. Justice Ravinder Dudeja issued notice and directed the ED to file its counter affidavit within six weeks. The petitions are now listed for hearing on September 10. The first plea ch ...Read More >
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the CBI to complete its probe into the custodial death of a temple security guard and submit the final report on August 20. The guard B Ajithkumar (29) was allegedly killed during a police interrogation the day after a theft complaint was lodged with the Thiruppuvanam police. The IV additional district judge, Madurai, S John Sundarlal Suresh, who completed the inquiry into the case, as per court's directive, submitted a de ...Read More >
Indore, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A controversial case surrounding a satirical cartoon took a serious turn as the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Indore denied anticipatory bail to the accused, Hemant Malviya. The order, issued on July 3, 2025, by a single bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar, pertains to a caricature posted on Malviya's Facebook page, which allegedly depicted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an undignified and offensive manner. The court adopt ...Read More >
The Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking registration of a criminal case against Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya over allegations of submitting fake educational degrees while contesting election and for obtaining the dealership of a petrol pump. Rejecting the revision petition filed by one Diwakar Nath Tripathi, a social activist from Prayagraj, Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh observed, "The complainant-revisionist is not a person deceived by Keshav Pr ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said on Saturday that abuse of children on social media must be dealt with strictly, and offenders should not be shown any leniency. He stated that his government was prepared to take all necessary steps to ensure justice and compassion for children, not only in courts but also at police stations, child centres and at every stage of the process. Addressing the inaugural session of the State-Level Stakeholders' Consultation Meet - 2025 on Voice for the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) Test preparatory firm Aakash Educational Services has sent a legal notice to consultancy firm EY, its partners and officials, accusing them of advising rivals in conflict of interest and professional misconduct, the company said on Saturday. Aakash Educational Services Ltd (AESL) has alleged that EY was deeply involved in its financial operations since 2021, including advising on the proposed merger with Think & Learn Private Ltd, which owns the Byju's brand. The test pr ...Read More >
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