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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...

Amaravati, February 28 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will lay the foundation stone for the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy building and the Judges' Guest House and Club here on March 1.He will also inaugurate a judges' residential enclave on the same day.According to a press release from...

Ahmedabad, February 28 – The foundation stone for a new building for the Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre was laid on Saturday by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel at the High Court premises.The program was organized jointly by the Gujarat High Court...

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...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 27 The VACB, investigating the alleged misappropriation of gold and money in connection with the installation of a new temple flag mast at the Sabarimala shrine in 2017, has recorded the statements of film stars Mohanlal and Dileep, officials said on Friday.Both...

Dehradun, February 26 Engineers from the three power corporations in Uttarakhand have warned of a mass resignation over the state government's attempt to eliminate the requirement of an engineering background for appointment as Managing Director.This development comes after Prakash Chandra...

Quetta, February 26 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), a human rights body, expressed grave concern on Thursday over the continued imprisonment of its chief organizer, Mehrang Baloch, and other leaders, citing what it described as a systematic pattern of "legal and procedural manipulation"...

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...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 23 – When the Kerala Legislative Assembly session resumed on Monday after a short break, the Congress-led opposition once again staged a protest, raising the issue of the alleged gold theft at Sabarimala.With the Leader of the Opposition, V.D. Satheesan, away on a...

New Delhi, February 21 The Supreme Court has referred a batch of pleas concerning the validity of the increase in OBC reservation in Madhya Pradesh from 14 per cent to 27 per cent to the state high court.In 2019, the state decided to increase the Other Backward Classes (OBC) quota in Madhya...

New Delhi, February 20 Observing that the Andhra Pradesh Police is in “complete collusion” with those in power, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the trial against YSRCP MLC Anantha Satya Udaya Bhaskara Rao in a 2022 murder case should conclude by November 30.Rao, an MLC of the then...

New Delhi, February 19 "Do you realize the damage this has caused to the country's image?" the Supreme Court asked a pharmaceutical company on Thursday, in connection with allegations that its cough syrups caused the deaths of more than 18 children in Uzbekistan.A bench comprising Chief...

Jodhpur, February 18 The Rajasthan High Court has placed eight judicial officers under "Awaiting Posting Orders" status as a disciplinary measure following a surprise inspection by Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma.The inspection was conducted at the High Court Heritage Building...

London, February 17 Jaysukh Ranpariya, who is wanted in India to stand trial for four related murder conspiracies, on Tuesday sought permission to appeal against the extradition order issued by a UK court nearly three years ago.The 45-year-old, also known as Jayesh Patel, appeared via video...

Bengaluru, February 17 The simmering leadership dispute in Karnataka took a sharp turn on Tuesday after Minister H C Mahadevappa made remarks invoking a High Court observation on stray dogs, drawing reactions from senior Congress leaders and the Opposition.Amid ongoing speculation over a...

New Delhi, February 17 The CBI on Tuesday opposed a plea by Jaideep Sengar, brother of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Sengar, seeking an extension of interim bail by three months in the custodial death case of the Unnao rape survivor's father.Jaideep Sengar, 50, who was awarded a 10-year jail...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the proceedings against the Rajasthan government for its failure to refund a contractor.A bench headed by Justice M M Sundresh issued a notice to the contractor and stayed the proceedings on a petition filed by advocate Kartikeya...

Patna, February 14 – After spending seven days in jail, independent MP Rajesh Ranjan, also known as Pappu Yadav, from Purnea, has sparked a new political controversy in Patna, directly questioning the safety of women in Bihar and alleging the suppression of voices that speak the truth...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 14 The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on Saturday dismissed media reports regarding the audit findings of the recent Global Ayyappa Sangamam and rejected such reports as "factually incorrect and baseless."It also accused certain media outlets of "indulging in...

Lucknow, February 13 Justice Pankaj Bhatia of the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court recused himself from hearing bail pleas on Friday, stating that certain recent observations made by the Supreme Court had a "huge demoralizing and chilling effect" on him.The judge declined to hear a...