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New Delhi, April 9 A petition filed in the Supreme Court has sought directions to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue new Aadhaar cards only to citizens up to the age of six years, and frame strict guidelines for its issuance to adolescents and adults, in order to...

New Delhi, April 9 The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld a trial court's order declaring UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari a "fugitive economic offender" in connection with a money laundering case."The appeal is dismissed," Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said.On July 5, 2025, the...

Kalaburagi (Karnataka), April 8 A 27-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing a teacher after she repeatedly demanded repayment of a Rs 13 lakh loan that he had taken from her, police said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Amar, allegedly attacked the woman with a sharp...

New Delhi, April 8 – The Delhi High Court issued a notice to the Centre on Wednesday regarding a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and...

New Delhi, April 8 The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it has the right and jurisdiction to determine what is a superstitious practice in a religion.This came in response to the Centre's submission that a secular court cannot decide the issue, as judges are experts in the field of...

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'...

New Delhi, April 1 A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti from Madhya Pradesh in a cheating case.Special Judge Vinay Singh said that "the accused, Rajendra Bharti, along with Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati, and Savitri Devi, along with possibly other unknown individuals...

New Delhi, March 31 A Delhi court has imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on an applicant for filing a complaint with grammatical errors and meaningless words, stating that the application was an example of reliance on "technical intervention" or AI-driven drafting tools without human oversight...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), March 28 Police have registered a case following a reported online fraud of approximately Rs 17.52 lakh from the bank accounts of a retired Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, officials said on Saturday.According to officials at the...

Bengaluru, March 27 Another case has been registered against Ricky Rai, the son of late underworld operative Muthappa Rai, after a viral video showed a luxury sports car performing dangerous stunts with a fake registration plate, officials said on Friday.The case was registered at Cubbon Park...

New Delhi, March 27 The government on Friday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend certain provisions to decriminalize and rationalize minor offenses, further promoting ease of doing business and living.The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, was introduced by Minister of...

New Delhi, March 27 – The Supreme Court has overturned a bail order granted by the Patna High Court to a man accused in a dowry death case, deeming the order "wholly unsustainable" and highlighting a "mechanical approach" adopted in such serious offenses.A bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and...

Hyderabad, March 25 A 22-year-old man was arrested, and a minor girl, whom he had married, was apprehended for allegedly murdering the latter's mother in May last year and burying her body at her residence here after she opposed their relationship, police said on Wednesday.The body of the...

Mumbai, March 25 A 24-year-old man was killed in the Vile Parle (East) area in the early hours of Wednesday after his motorcycle was hit by an unidentified vehicle, police said.Neelkanth Vijay Ingle, the victim, was on his way to his in-laws' place in Matunga to meet his wife and infant son...

Hyderabad, March 24 Telangana BJP President N Ramchander Rao welcomed the Supreme Court's verdict on reservation for Scheduled Castes and constitutional rights for those who have converted to other religions on Tuesday.In a statement, Rao hailed the apex court's decision to uphold a previous...

New Delhi, March 24 Harish Rana, the first person in India to be granted passive euthanasia, passed away on Tuesday at AIIMS-Delhi after more than 13 years in a coma, sources said.The 31-year-old, who had been in a coma since 2013, was transferred from his home in Ghaziabad to the palliative...

Lucknow, March 20 The Allahabad High Court ruled on Friday that a fetus over five months old would be considered a "person" under the law, and its death in an accident would entitle the family to separate compensation.Justice Prashant Kumar of the court's Lucknow bench delivered the judgment...

Kochi, March 18 The Kerala High Court has observed that maligning the character of a woman without any substance is a "pernicious form of social violence".It has also observed that when a society focuses more on a woman’s image than her achievements, "it exposes its own intellectual poverty"...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Supreme Court has dissolved the marriage between an NRI couple, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to ensure "complete justice" after holding that the relationship had irretrievably broken down with no possibility of reconciliation...

New Delhi, March 18 The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said it would not send actor Rajpal Yadav to jail until April 1, extending the suspension of his sentence, as he has made "substantial" payment in connection with his conviction in cheque bounce cases.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed...