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Vijayawada, April 11 One person was killed here in the NTR district on Saturday after a tanker truck overturned onto a car he was driving, police said.B Srinivas Rao, an advocate, was the only person in the car when the accident occurred, Vijayawada police commissioner SV Rajasekhar Babu said...

Mirzapur, April 11 – A 45-year-old lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday. Police said the attackers briefly struggled to flee after their motorcycle failed to start.The incident caused panic in the area, not only among residents but also among the...

Gonda (UP), April 10 A 37-year-old man died after a high-voltage electric wire snapped and fell on him in the district on Friday, police said.An FIR has been registered against five engineers of the electricity department in connection with the incident, while the district administration has...

Lucknow/Prayagraj (UP), April 10 Rakesh Pande, President of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association, welcomed Justice Yashwant Varma's resignation on Friday, but said he should have taken the step earlier to end the unnecessary controversy."If Justice Yashwant Varma wanted to resign, it would...

New Delhi, April 10 Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma, who was facing scrutiny after large sums of burnt currency notes were recovered from his residence here last year, has submitted his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu, rendering any impeachment proceedings against him futile...

New Delhi, April 8 The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain the bail plea of an advocate, arrested for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 30 lakh to secure a favorable judicial order in a divorce case, saying he was "selling the judiciary.""You (petitioner) tried to sell a judge in...

Kolkata, April 3 The West Bengal Police arrested two people in Siliguri's Bagdogra airport on Friday, including the alleged mastermind of the siege of seven judicial officers in Malda district.The alleged mastermind, identified as advocate Mofakkarul Islam, was arrested while he was attempting...

Pakur (Jharkhand), March 30 – Police in the Pakur district of Jharkhand have arrested an advocate on charges of sexually exploiting a law student and blackmailing her after allegedly filming the assault, police officials said on Monday.The accused has been identified as Joel Murmu. Police said...

Sambhal (UP), March 24 The hearing in the Shahi Jama Masjid-Harihar temple dispute case in Sambhal was adjourned to April 22 on Tuesday, as a Supreme Court stay order is in effect, lawyers said.The matter came up for hearing before the court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) Aditya Singh in...

Lucknow, March 19 The Allahabad High Court heard a case regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's citizenship on Thursday and directed the petitioner to include the Centre as a party in the matter.As soon as the hearing began, senior advocate S B Pandey, representing the Centre, requested the...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Supreme Court has strongly condemned acts of violence by members of the Bar in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh and ordered the immediate release on bail of toll plaza employees who had approached the apex court alleging denial of legal representation and threats...

New Delhi, March 10 The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a cloth trader from Ludhiana after he admitted to using artificial intelligence tools to draft the petition and could not explain the complex legal terms used in it."Go, sell 2-3 more...

Ranchi, February 27 The Jharkhand High Court on Friday directed City SP Paras Rana and the in-charge of the Doranda police station, Deepika Prasad, to ensure the immediate release of advocate Manoj Tandon's vehicle.The directive came during the hearing of Tandon's petition seeking the release...

Varanasi (UP), February 26 The district and sessions court in Varanasi received a bomb threat on Thursday, prompting authorities to search the premises, officials said.This was the fourth such threat that the court had received in the past month.Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cantt) Nitin...

New Delhi, February 17 Actor Rajpal Yadav walked out of Tihar Jail on Tuesday evening after the Delhi High Court permitted his temporary release from jail in cheque bounce cases.After all formalities were completed, Rajpal Yadav walked out of Tihar jail around 4:50 pm, a source said. He was...

Ranchi, February 17 – In a shocking incident in the Doranda police station area of Ranchi on Tuesday, a young man was dragged for several kilometers by a luxury Mercedes car after he protested against the vehicle hitting a woman, officials said.The accused driver, identified as High Court...

Bhopal, February 14 – A prominent civil lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight while heading to court in the Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, sending shockwaves through the local legal community and sparking widespread outrage among advocates.The victim...

New Delhi, February 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday reprimanded a female lawyer for a "derogatory" Facebook post targeting another woman who had accused Kerala Congress MLA Rahul Mamkoottathil of rape."As a woman, what kind of comments have you made about other women… If it were a man who...