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New Delhi, March 5 A court here has acquitted two men, accused of attempting to kill their cousin in 2018, saying the prosecution failed to prove their guilt in the case.Additional Sessions Judge Sumedh Kumar was hearing a case under IPC sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 34 (common...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 5 A court in Mangaluru on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of a 47-year-old man in Dakshina Kannada district in 2022.The II Additional District and Sessions Judge, Jagadish V N, convicted the accused, Murugan, under Section 302 of the...

Kochi, March 5 – The Kerala High Court strongly objected on Thursday to remarks made by the petitioners against a Division Bench that had earlier lifted the stay on the release of the film 'Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond'.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar VM took...

New Delhi, March 4 Leaders of the AAP, including former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, celebrated what they described as the "Most Honest Holi" at the residence of former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia here on Wednesday.The leaders were seen dancing, singing, distributing sweets...

Kochi, March 2 – The Kerala High Court on Monday admitted appeals filed by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IAPMR) challenging a recent single-judge ruling that allowed physiotherapists, along with medical practitioners, to...

Tirupati, March 1 The bar is an integral part of the justice delivery system and cannot be separated, although people believe that it is the sole responsibility of the court to deliver justice, which may be a myth, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Sunday.After laying the foundation...

Guna (MP), February 28 A court here on Saturday sentenced a man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of repeatedly raping his minor daughter.The victim remained steadfast even after her mother turned hostile during the trial, said a prosecution officer.Sonali Sharma, the judge of...

Chennai, February 28 – Former Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai made it clear that he does not wish to politicize the reported legal issue involving actor-turned-politician Vijay and his wife, Sangeetha, stating that it is a personal matter best left to those concerned and the courts...

Bijnor (UP), February 28 Two men were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, allegedly threatening the presiding judge and the complainant in open court after the verdict was pronounced here, officials said on Saturday.Assistant District Government Counsel Ajit Pawar said that on Thursday...

Sultanpur (UP), February 27 Witnesses were cross-examined during the hearing in an MP-MLA court here on Friday in a case involving a violation of election code, involving Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh.The court has set March 12 as the date for the next hearing.Singh's...

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...

Kozhikode (Kerala), February 27 A Kerala court on Friday sentenced a 41-year-old man to a cumulative 53 years in prison for the aggravated sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl at her residence near Perambra here in 2023.Judge Devan K Menon of the Nadapuram Fast Track Special Court sentenced...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 A court here on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹50,000 for murdering his father in Nedumangad in July 2022.Thiruvananthapuram Additional Sessions Court Judge K P Anil Kumar found Vinod guilty of killing his father, Antony...

Idukki (Kerala), February 27 A 25-year-old man has been sentenced by a Kerala court to a cumulative 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl at a theatre in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, in 2022, after luring her there with the promise of a job.Idukki Painav Fast Track Court Judge...

Prayagraj, February 26 The Allahabad High Court has cautioned social media users against using abusive language towards the judiciary online, observing that such comments fall outside the scope of fair criticism and may invite strict action under contempt jurisdiction.A division bench...

Hathras (UP), February 26 A local court on Thursday recorded the testimony of a woman sub-inspector in connection with the stampede that occurred on July 2, 2024, during a satsang of seer Surajpal alias Narayan Sakar Hari, in which 121 people were killed.The next hearing in the case has been...

New Delhi, February 26 A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its order on the city police's plea seeking five-day police custody of the three accused brought to the national capital after a dramatic 24-hour standoff with the Shimla Police in connection with the 'shirtless protest' at the AI Impact...

New Delhi, February 26 The city police presented three accused before a Delhi court on Thursday, who had been brought to the national capital after a dramatic 24-hour standoff with the Shimla police in connection with the "shirtless protest" at the AI Impact Summit last week.The accused...

New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court on Thursday imposed a complete ban on the Class 8 NCERT textbook that contains a chapter on corruption in the judiciary, and ordered the seizure of all physical copies, as well as the removal of its digital versions.The apex court ordered that the...

Mumbai, February 26 An accused in an ISIS-linked case has claimed that two individuals posing as Army officers approached him and offered to "resolve" his trial if he joined a covert operation, prompting a court here to seek responses from the NIA and police.Areeb Majeed, arrested in 2014...