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New Delhi, March 19 – The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings against YouTuber and reality show winner Elvish Yadav in a case involving the procurement and use of snake venom at rave parties in Noida and the National Capital Region (NCR), holding that the invocation of...

Important cases to be heard in the Delhi High Court on Thursday, March 19:* The High Court will hear the Enforcement Directorate's plea to remove the "unwarranted observations" made by the trial court against it while discharging former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish...

New Delhi, March 18 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings against industrialist Bina Modi and senior lawyer Lalit Bhasin in a case alleging the assault of Godfrey Philips India (GPI) executive director Samir Modi during a board meeting in 2024.Justice Saurabh...

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 16 – The Supreme Court on Monday quashed criminal proceedings against Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political science professor at Ashoka University, after the Haryana government informed the apex court that it had refused to grant sanction for his prosecution over social media posts...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 11 – In a significant relief for Malayalam actress Shwetha Menon, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday quashed all criminal proceedings initiated against her over allegations that she appeared in films and advertisements containing obscene and vulgar visuals.Justice...

Gandhinagar, March 11 – The Gujarat government has initiated 232 criminal proceedings against 39 factories in the Kheda district for violations of labour laws, Labour and Employment Minister Kunvarji Bavaliya informed the state Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.Bavaliya said the action...

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...

March 09, New Delhi – The Delhi High Court is expected to issue an order deferring the proceedings in lower courts related to the money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate.The court also sought the views of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Manish...

Important cases listed before the Supreme Court on March 9 (Monday):* The Supreme Court will hear the CBI's plea challenging the Delhi High Court order that suspended the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.* The Supreme Court will hear the...

Mumbai, March 5 A special court here has issued notices to Nirav Modi's brothers, who are absconding, asking them to explain why they should not be officially declared "fugitive economic offenders" (FEOs) in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam.The notices were issued to Neeshal and Nehal Modi...

Lucknow, March 1 The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ruled that the credibility of an FIR cannot be doubted simply because it was prepared with the assistance of a lawyer.With this observation, the court upheld a person's conviction, even though it reduced his sentence from life...

New Delhi, February 25 In a relief for Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial in a case related to willful disobedience of summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the money laundering case against him.A bench of Chief...

Nainital, February 24 Observing that a "humane and practical approach" may be adopted in exceptional circumstances, the Uttarakhand High Court has quashed criminal proceedings in a POCSO-related case after it was submitted that the victim and the accused were in a consensual relationship, had...

New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea by Congress MLA Devendra Yadav challenging the maintainability of a petition against his election to the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi refused to interfere...

Islamabad, February 24 – Five United Nations special rapporteurs have expressed concern over the criminal proceedings against human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in Pakistan, emphasizing that the charges against them could be used to suppress legal advocacy and...

Sydney, February 24 – The head of a major inquiry into the antisemitic terror attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach in December said on Tuesday that it could take years to strengthen social cohesion in Australia.Former High Court Justice Virginia Bell, who was appointed by the federal government to...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by Subramanian Swamy challenging the Andhra Pradesh government's decision to appoint a one-member committee to review the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the Tirumala laddus controversy.A bench comprising...

Kolkata, February 21 – Former Director General of Police (DGP) of West Bengal, Rajeev Kumar, has sent a legal notice to Union Minister of State (MoS) for Education, Sukanta Majumdar, for making derogatory remarks against him, state government sources said on Saturday.In the legal notice, the...

Thane, February 21 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Bhiwandi magistrate's court on Saturday to provide a fresh surety in a 2014 defamation case filed by an RSS activist, naming the party's Maharashtra chief, Harshwardhan Sapkal, as his new guarantor.Gandhi, who faced a...