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MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday permitted Delhi-based journalist and activist Gautam Navlakha to move back to his residence in Delhi until the framing of charge proceedings begin in the 2018 Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case. This permission comes with certain conditions, including that he cannot leave the capital without prior permission and must visit the Kalkaji police station every Saturday to mark attendance anytime between 9 am and noon.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) subm ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate "dishonestly induced" the state government to allot him a flat meant for the economically weaker section of society, a Nashik court has held, upholding his two-year jail term in a 1995 cheating and forgery case. The court noted that the minister was a "prosperous" farmer. However, the court granted him partial relief by setting aside the lower court's order to cancel the flat allotments, citing lack of jurisdiction for a criminal ...Read More >
The Supreme Court has granted bail to former DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan. They were arrested in a multi-crore bank loan scam case. The court observed that prolonged custody without trial violates personal liberty. Bail is the rule, jail is the exception in Indian law. NEW DELHI: Observing that an undertrial prisoner should not be placed behind bars indefinitely, the Supreme Court has granted bail to former DHFL promoters Kapil Wadhawan and his brother Dheeraj in a multi-crore bank ...Read More >
The Chhattisgarh High Court recently upheld a family court decree dissolving a marriage after accepting a man's claim that his wife had concealed a reproductive health issue before marriage, causing mental distress and leading to the breakdown of their relationship. A division bench of Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad dismissed an appeal filed by the woman, challenging a March 16, 2022 judgment from the family court in Kawardha, which had granted the husband a divorce o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16: The Supreme Court has dissolved a 25-year-old marriage, holding that it had "ceased to exist in reality" and that there was no possibility of reconciliation. Allowing a petition filed by the husband, a bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Joymalya Bagchi invoked its extraordinary powers to do "complete justice between the parties" and granted divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown. The Justice Manmohan-headed Bench set aside a 2011 Gauhati High Court judgment that h ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Observing that courts should not compel estranged couples to continue marriages that survive only on paper, the Supreme Court on Monday dissolved the marriage of a husband and wife who had been living separately for the past 24 years. Allowing the husband's plea, a two-judge Bench headed by Justice Manmohan and Justice Joymalya Bagchi restored the divorce decree passed by the trial court and formally dissolved the marriage, noting that the relationship had irretrievably broken down. ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will file a fresh charge sheet against Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi apart from others as it has taken cognisance of the latest Delhi Police FIR filed in the National Herald money laundering case, officials said Tuesday. Earlier in the day, a trial court here refused to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the federal probe agency in April against the mother-son duo apart from some others. The court said the rejection was made on the g ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will file a fresh charge sheet against Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi apart from others as it has taken cognisance of the latest Delhi Police FIR filed in the National Herald money laundering case, officials said Tuesday. Earlier in the day, a trial court here refused to take cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the federal probe agency in April against the mother-son duo, apart from some others. The court said the rejection was made on the ...Read More >
New Delhi: Congress said that the BJP-led government has been exposed and that "the truth has prevailed" as a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) prosecution complaint in the alleged National Herald money laundering case. In a major relief to Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court held that the complaint filed by th ...Read More >
New Delhi, December 16: In a major relief to Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) prosecution complaint in the alleged National Herald money laundering case. Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court held that the complaint filed by the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was not maintainable. Apa ...Read More >
Kochi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The prosecution has initiated formal steps to challenge the trial court verdict in the high-profile 2017 actress assault case in Kerala, with the proposed appeal primarily targeting the acquittal of actor Dileep, the eighth accused, along with other co-accused. A detailed report outlining the legal grounds and feasibility of an appeal has been prepared by the Special Public Prosecutor and is scheduled to be submitted to the Director General of Prosecutions this we ...Read More >
Early findings revealed that the assault had been filmed, allegedly to later blackmail the survivor. Suni reportedly told her during the crime that he was acting "on contract." The survivor in the 2017 actress assault case on Sunday said the trial court verdict did not come as a surprise to her, noting that over the years she realised not every citizen in the country is treated equally before the law. In an emotional but strongly worded social media post, she alleged that her fundamental right ...Read More >
New Delhi: Noting that the social evil of dowry still prevails showing the ineffectiveness of the anti-dowry laws and at the same time the law is being misused by women for ulterior motives, Supreme Court Monday said this contradiction needed to be resolved as it is creating judicial tension.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol & N K Singh highlighted this issue while convicting a man and his 94-year old mother in dowry death case when a 20-year old girl burnt to death in 2001 for not fulfilling the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim bail to senior journalist Mahesh Langa in connection with an alleged fraud case amounting to Rs 7 crores initiated by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi has requested the trial court to conduct the trial proceedings in the matter on a day-to-day basis and examine all nine witnesses wit ...Read More >
Kochi, Nov 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) secretary S. Jayasree, offering temporary relief even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) ramped up action in the high-profile Sabarimala gold theft case. The interim order, issued by a single-judge Bench, will remain in force until Tuesday, when the matter will be taken up for detailed hearing. Earlier this month, the High Court had dismissed her ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue Court on Monday allowed the revision petitions moved by Law Minister Kapil Mishra and the Delhi police. The magistrate's order is set aside, directing the Delhi police to investigate the role of Kapil Mishra in the North East Delhi Conspiracy case. Special judge Dig Vinay Singh set aside the order passed by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) to the extent of the incident of February 23. Delhi police had submitted that it had al ...Read More >
Prayagraj: Allahabad High Court on Wednesday acquitted Mohammad Sharif, Sabauddin, Imran Shahzad and Mohammad Farooq, who were sentenced to death in the Rampur case of terrorist attack on CRPF camp on night of Dec 31, 2007. As many as eight CRPF jawans died in the attack and five sustained injuries in the attack. FIR was lodged by SI Om Prakash Sharma at police station, Civil Lines, Rampur on Jan 1, 2008.Capital appeal and reference was filed against judgment and order of Nov 1, 2019 and Nov 2, ...Read More >
Bathinda: BJP MPKangana Ranaut appeared in a Bathinda court in a defamation case on Monday and said she regretted her retweet against a woman farmer, who she addressed as 'mataji'.On Oct 10, a local court rejected the actor-MP's plea to appear via video conference and ordered her to be present in person on Oct 27. Security was strengthened in and around Bathinda court ahead of Kangana's appearance.Kangana arrived around 2pm on Monday. It was brought to notice of the trial court judge Lakhbir Sin ...Read More >
The Supreme Court will hear bail pleas on Monday for activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and others in a UAPA case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots. This follows the Delhi High Court's denial of bail, which stated that "conspiratorial" violence under the guise of protests cannot be permitted. The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 20 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 26 (PTI) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima and Meeran Haider in the UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the February 2020 riots in Delhi. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria is likely to hear the matter. The top court on September 22 had issued notice to the Delhi Police and sought its response. The activists have moved the apex court challenging the Delhi High Court ord ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has dismissed lawyer Mehmood Pracha's plea seeking to declare Supreme Court's 2019 Ayodhya judgment "null and void", calling it a "frivolous and luxurious" attempt to misuse the legal system. District judge Dharmender Rana not only upheld a Rs 1 lakh penalty imposed by a civil court but also added Rs 5 lakh more to "deter" similar cases.Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict had unanimously awarded the disputed site to the deity Ram Lalla Virajman for temple construction, while ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): The Patiala House Court has dismissed an appeal filed by advocate Mehmood Pracha challenging the 2019 Ayodhya verdict, calling the case "wholly frivolous, luxurious and an abuse of the process of law." The court also imposed an additional cost of Rs 5 lakh, over and above the Rs 1 lakh already levied by the trial court, directing Pracha to deposit a total of Rs 6 lakh with the Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA), New Delhi, within 30 days. Also Read | Pak ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has acquitted a man sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a minor, ruling that a mere claim of "physical relations" without supporting evidence is insufficient to establish rape or aggravated penetrative sexual assault. The case involved a 16-year-old girl who accused the man -- her cousin -- of establishing "physical relations" with her for over a year in 2014 under the false promise of marriage. Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri, in a recent order, said that while the g ...Read More >
The court's observation came while allowing a man's appeal challenging his conviction and 10 years imprisonment in a rape case and acquitting him of the charges. "In the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case, the use of the term 'physical relations', unaccompanied by any supporting evidence, would not be sufficient to hold that the prosecution has been able to prove the offence beyond reasonable doubt. "The appellant's conviction under Section 376 IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act is ...Read More >
A passenger discovered a strand of hair in his Air India meal, which caused stomach discomfort. The Madras High Court upheld Air India's negligence despite the food being prepared by an external caterer, reducing the compensation to ₹35,000 due to insufficient evidence of serious injury. The ruling underscores airlines' responsibility for the quality and safety of onboard services. A passenger travelling from Colombo to Chennai faced a distressing experience when he discovered a strand of hair ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed private carrier Air India to pay Rs 35,000 to a passenger who suffered health complications after eating the food provided by the airliner that contained hair. He experienced vomiting and stomach pain after eating the food. Justice PB Balaji gave the directive recently while partly allowing the appeal filed by Air India Limited, which challenged an order of a trial court that directed it to pay a compensation of Rs one lakh. The judge said that in o ...Read More >
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear the plea challenging the high court's October 13 order and sought a response from the state of Telangana. "Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. In the meantime, the effect and operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed," the bench said. Senior advocate Siddharth Dave and advocate P Mohith Rao appeared for petitioners Pogadadabnda Revathi and Bandi Sandhya. Revathi is the Managing Director of Pulse News, and Sandhya i ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Telangana High Court order that had upheld the police custody of two women journalists booked for allegedly circulating a video containing "derogatory" comments against Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on social media. A two-judge bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta agreed to hear the plea challenging the High Court's October 13 order and sought a response from the state of Telangana. "Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. ...Read More >
Guwahati: In a relief to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Gauhati High Court has quashed a lower court order allowing additional witnesses against the Lok Sabha MP in a nine-year-old criminal defamation case filed by one RSS worker. Issuing an order in a criminal revision petition, a single judge bench of Arun Dev Choudhury on Monday set aside the order by the additional sessions judge of Kamrup Metropolitan allowing more witnesses in the defamation case, which was being heard in a trial court ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the conviction and death sentence of a man who was found guilty by the trial court and the Madras High Court for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in 2017. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Vikram Nath, held that the trial was "conducted in a lopsided manner and without due deference to the principles of fair trial", adding that both the trial court and the Madras High Court glossed over ...Read More >
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