criminal law

Prayagraj (UP), April 12 The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking to quash an FIR related to a planned acid attack over a property dispute.Dismissing the petition, a division bench comprising Justice JJ Munir and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi expressed its extreme...

New Delhi, April 11 Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Saturday highlighted the government's focus on strengthening institutional arbitration, decriminalizing minor offenses, and modernizing legacy laws to align with constitutional values and ease of doing business.Addressing the...

Prayagraj (UP), April 11 The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking to quash a First Information Report (FIR) related to a planned acid attack over a property dispute.Dismissing the petition, a division bench comprising Justice JJ Munir and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi...

Chandigarh, April 11 The Punjab Cabinet on Saturday approved stringent amendments to the sacrilege law to make punishments more severe, including life imprisonment.The Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, cleared the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar...

Chandigarh, April 11 The Punjab Cabinet on Saturday approved stringent amendments to the sacrilege law to make punishments more severe, including life imprisonment.In a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Cabinet cleared the Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar...

Kannur (Kerala), April 11 A court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his wife, a police officer, at Karivellur.Thalassery District Sessions Court Judge K T Nisar Ahamed awarded life imprisonment to Rajesh K (43) of Kozhummal for murdering his wife, Divyasree (38) of...

Thane, April 10 A court in Maharashtra's Thane district has acquitted a 48-year-old woman accused of killing her would-be daughter-in-law, citing "blatant inconsistencies" and "contradictory versions" in the victim's dying declarations.A copy of the order dated April 8 was made available on...

New Delhi, April 9 A Juvenile Justice Board here has denied bail to a 17-year-old accused of driving a speeding SUV that caused a fatal crash in Dwarka, stating that his release at this stage could expose him to physical and psychological danger and would "defeat the ends of justice".The...

Ranchi, April 8 – The Jharkhand High Court has strongly condemned the alleged transfusion of HIV-infected blood to minor children at the Chaibasa Sadar Hospital blood bank, calling the incident "extremely serious."The court has requested a comprehensive status report from the state government...

Thane, April 8 A court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted eight men accused of attempting to murder a police constable, citing the victim's inability to identify his attackers and the fact that key prosecution witnesses turned hostile.In her judgment delivered on April 6, Additional Sessions...

New Delhi, April 8 The Antwerp Court of Appeal has advised the Belgian government to allow the extradition of fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi on six out of the seven charges he is accused of in India.In its advice to the Belgian government on April 3, the 'kamer van inbeschuldiging'...

Prayagraj (UP), April 7 The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of suspended Banda Jail Superintendent Anil Kumar Gautam in connection with the alleged illegal release of a Noida-based gangster from jail without a court order.A bench of Justices Rajeev Mishra and Satya Veer Singh passed...

Lucknow, April 7 The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday acquitted a man who had spent 11 years in prison after being convicted in a rape case involving a minor, citing serious shortcomings in the police investigation and a lack of reliable evidence.A bench of justices Rajan Roy and Brij Raj Singh...

New Delhi, April 7 A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar in a money laundering case related to the AIADMK's "two leaves" election symbol.Special Judge Vishal Gogne granted the relief to him on a personal bond and a surety bond of Rs 5 lakh each...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 With the assembly elections just a day away, the BJP in Kerala on Tuesday criticized both the ruling LDF and the opposition UDF over their stance on the Sabarimala issue, accusing them of taking a "U-turn" on the entry of young women into the hill shrine.Addressing...

April 6, New Delhi — The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, passed by Parliament earlier this month, amends 79 central laws administered by 23 ministries, covering 784 provisions across various sectors.The legislation aims to decriminalize minor procedural lapses by replacing...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court has ruled that merely using abusive language such as the word "bastard" during a heated argument would not constitute an offense under Section 294(b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).A bench of Justices Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Manoj Misra made this...

New Delhi, April 6 The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to the first week of May the hearing on a petition filed by the CBI challenging the suspension of Kuldeep Singh Sengar's life imprisonment in the 2017 Unnao rape case.A bench comprising Chief Justice Sura Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi...

Thane, April 6 Three Bangladeshi nationals were sentenced to 14 months in prison by a Thane court for illegal stay in India.Additional Sessions Judge R.S. Bhakare, in a judgment delivered on April 1, however, acquitted them under the Foreigners Act.Jahid Aainal Khan (23), Sapna Madan Sikdar...

Guwahati, April 6 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday alleged that the Congress has fabricated the charge that his wife possesses multiple passports and owns properties in Dubai, using false information obtained from a Pakistani social media group.He also alleged that Pakistan...