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New Delhi, March 16 The Delhi High Court on Monday granted time to former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, and 21 others to respond to the CBI's petition challenging their discharge in the liquor policy case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma listed the CBI's petition...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 13 A 49-year-old man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kerala court on Friday for repeatedly sexually assaulting a minor girl during her school holidays in 2019, police said.The Chavakkad Fast Track Special Court sentenced Unnimon, also known as Vinod, to life...

New Delhi, March 13 – The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking mandatory menstrual leave for working women and female students across the country, observing that such a matter falls within the domain of government policy.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to examine a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking directions to curb the practice of animal sacrifice in temples across the country.Issuing notice, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought responses from the Union...

Kota, March 12 A court for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes here on Thursday sentenced a 65-year-old man, his three sons, and six other relatives to life imprisonment for the murder of the brother of a Rajasthan Police constable seven years ago, due to rivalry in a local cooperative society...

New Delhi, March 12 The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by a lawyer who sought a direction to the Centre to pay him Rs 1 crore as fees and expenses for filing six cases in 2018 to allegedly "protect" then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant...

New Delhi, March 12 The Supreme Court on Thursday asked a petitioner to respect those who died in the line of duty, as it refused to entertain a plea concerning a war memorial in Dehradun."Do you have a problem with the construction of a war memorial?" a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and...

Lucknow, March 11 In their plea to the Supreme Court, the family of the 32-year-old Ghaziabad man, who has been in a coma for more than 12 years, argued that allowing the withdrawal of artificial life support would restore his dignity after years of irreversible suffering.The top court granted...

Singapore, March 11 A Singapore court on Wednesday charged an Indian national with defaming a senior minister and attempting to promote ill feelings between racial groups.Jay Ish'haq Rajoo, 59, is accused of defaming senior minister Lee Hsien Loong, who is also a former prime minister, in a...

Important cases to be heard in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, March 10:* The High Court will hear the Enforcement Directorate's plea to remove "unwarranted observations" made by the trial court against it while discharging former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish...

Kollam (Kerala), March 9 A court here on Monday dismissed the bail petition of former TDB member N Vijayakumar in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft cases.Kollam Vigilance Court Judge Mohit C S rejected Vijayakumar's bail plea in two cases related to the theft of gold from the...

Mumbai, March 9 The Bombay High Court on Monday described a father's claim that his minor daughter accused him of rape simply out of anger as "far-fetched".Upholding the man's life sentence, a bench of Justices Manish Pitale and Shreeram Shirsat dismissed his plea challenging a March 2020...

Chandigarh, March 7 – The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Saturday acquitted self-proclaimed godman and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati in 2002.Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for raping...

Kohima, March 7 A Kohima court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his brother.According to the Office of the Public Prosecutor, the Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge, Kohima, Mezivolu T Therieh, on Friday found Lezo Seletsu (49) guilty under Section 302 of the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 A Kerala court has sentenced a 65-year-old man to seven years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor boy in April last year.Thiruvananthapuram Fast Track Special Court judge Anju Meera Birla said that there was no need to show any undue leniency to the accused...

Kochi, March 5 The Kerala High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to change the title of the film 'The Kerala Story 2-Goes Beyond' and criticized the petitioners for casting aspersions on the division bench, which paved the way for the movie's release.A...

Mumbai, March 4 Actor Rajpal Yadav has clarified that he never cried in front of the judge and also did not tell the court that he had no money.Speaking exclusively to IANS, he shared that such claims were completely fabricated by social media, and people who have no idea about the case ended...

New Delhi, March 3 A court here has acquitted a man accused of raping a woman under the pretext of marriage, citing insufficient evidence to frame charges under the alleged offenses.Additional Sessions Judge Harjeet Singh Jaspal was hearing a case registered in 2017 under sections 376 (rape)...

Kozhikode (Kerala), February 28 A court here sentenced a former intelligence officer of the commercial taxes department to four years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh in a bribery case.Kozhikode Vigilance Court Judge Shibu Thomas on Friday sentenced K Mohanan of...

Vijayawada, February 28 – Authorities handed over the remains of Ayesha Meera, a 17-year-old student who was raped and murdered in 2007, to her parents on Friday.The remains, which were exhumed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2019 for a re-postmortem, were received by Shamshad...