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New Delhi, March 30 – The Delhi High Court has acquitted two men who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, stating that the prosecution's case was based on a single, unreliable eyewitness whose testimony was inconsistent and lacked credibility.A division bench of Justices...

New Delhi, March 30 The Enforcement Directorate moved the Delhi High Court on Monday, challenging the acquittal of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in two separate cases filed against him for failing to appear before the agency despite summons issued in the excise policy case.The...

Kathmandu, March 30 Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the newly formed Balendra Shah government, seeking an explanation regarding the arrest and detention of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.The Supreme Court issued the order in response to the habeas corpus petition filed...

Jodhpur, March 30 In a significant ruling on the scope of police powers during financial investigations, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has held that banks cannot impose a blanket freeze on accounts at the behest of investigating agencies.The court stated that any restriction...

New Delhi, March 30 A Delhi court has acquitted a man charged with sexually harassing and criminally intimidating his neighbor, stating that the complainant's testimony suffered from multiple inconsistencies.In her recent ruling, Judicial Magistrate Anamika also stated that the testimony...

New Delhi, March 30 A Delhi court has acquitted a man accused of causing his wife's death by dowry and cruelty, citing a lack of reliable evidence and hostile testimonies from key prosecution witnesses.However, the court found the man guilty under Section 174A of the IPC after finding that he...

Ranchi/Hazaribag, March 30 The Jharkhand High Court took suo motu cognizance of the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Bishnugarh, Hazaribag, on Monday.The court also served a notice to the state administration and the director general of police in this regard, according to a...

New Delhi, March 30 The BJP approached the Election Commission on Monday, alleging that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC leaders are "intimidating" voters to dissuade them from voting for the saffron party in the upcoming assembly polls.In a petition submitted to the Election...

Kolkata, March 30 – A fresh petition has been filed at a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday over the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s order on Sunday transferring 83 Block Development Officers (BDOs), who are also Returning Officers, and 184 Inspector-rank police officers...

Prayagraj, March 29 The Allahabad High Court has fixed April 10 as the date for the next hearing in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah mosque dispute case in Mathura.Justice Avnish Saxena fixed April 10 as the next date of hearing after the lawyers representing both sides requested the court...

New Delhi, March 29 – Student activist Sharjeel Imam is scheduled to surrender to the Tihar Jail authorities on Monday, following the expiry of the 10-day interim bail granted to him by a Delhi court in connection with the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Imam...

Sultanpur (UP), March 29 An MP-MLA court in Sultanpur has postponed the hearing in a case related to alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct by AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh due to the Ram Navami holiday, officials said.The court has fixed April 6 as the next date of hearing in the...

Prayagraj, March 29 Is it illegal for married men and women to live together?The Allahabad High Court took two seemingly different positions in two separate cases recently, but experts believe that since the "context" and the relief sought by the appellants were different, the orders were also...

New Delhi, February 29 – A Delhi court will hear a criminal revision petition filed against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday over allegations that her name was fraudulently included in the electoral rolls before she acquired Indian citizenship.The revision...

Mumbai, March 29 A sessions court in Mumbai has directed a magistrate to issue summons to former Maharashtra Director General of Police Satish Mathur and other senior officers for failing to register an FIR against MHADA officials in a complaint of alleged fraud.After issuing the summons, the...

March 29, New Delhi: Proceedings are taking place at the Kathmandu District Court against former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak in a negligence case related to the recent protests by Gen Z.Lekhak was brought to court for an extension of his pre-trial...

New Delhi, March 29 Observing that being held in jail without a trial constitutes punishment, the Supreme Court granted bail to a resident of Punjab in an attempt-to-murder case, noting that he had spent two years in jail without the trial even beginning.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and...

Nashik, March 29 A court in Nashik on Sunday extended the police custody of self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, arrested in a rape case, until April 1.Kharat, who headed a temple trust in Mirgaon in Nashik district, and whom several prominent Maharashtra politicians had visited over...

Kaushambi (UP), March 29 A 60-year-old man was allegedly killed by his two sons with an axe over a property dispute here, police said on Sunday.The incident took place on Saturday evening in Ajrauli village when the victim, Nathan Saroj, was returning home from his fields.Superintendent of...

Latehar (Jharkhand), March 28 A court in Latehar district of Jharkhand sentenced six people to life imprisonment on Saturday for the gang rape of a minor.The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (Second) cum Special Judge (POCSO), Sanjay Kumar Dubey, sentenced Kariman Ganjhu (38)...