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Kolkata, March 28 – The third supplementary list for judicial adjudication cases in West Bengal was released on Saturday at approximately 10:15 p.m.The list is available on the websites of the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal...

New Delhi, March 28 The Supreme Court has directed the Centre and all the states to inform it about the standard procedure to be adopted in cases of human trafficking.A bench of justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and R Mahadevan said it was not interested in any hypothetical or academic formula...

New Delhi, March 28 A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a money laundering case, observing that he had already been granted relief in the predicate NIA terror funding case.Special Judge Prashant Sharma said that Shah being granted bail by...

Mumbai, March 28 As many as 57 tribunals have been appointed in Maharashtra to expedite the disposal of over 28,000 pending land acquisition claims linked to national highway projects, Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Saturday.Pending land acquisition claims often delay...

New Delhi, March 28 The Supreme Court has strongly criticized the disclosure of a girl's identity in a rape case and has directed all high courts to ensure that the names of survivors and their family members are not mentioned in court orders.In its 2018 judgment in the Nipun Saxena case, the...

Thane, March 28 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane district of Maharashtra has awarded a compensation of ₹33.9 lakh to the family of a 40-year-old man who died in a motorcycle accident in 2021.MACT member R V Mohite held the driver of a tempo, who crashed into the victim's...

Kathmandu, March 28 – The newly elected government of Nepal has arrested former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak in connection with a culpable homicide case linked to the suppression of Gen Z protests, which resulted in the deaths of several protesters...

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...

Ballia (UP), March 27 A doctor at a private hospital was arrested on Friday on charges of culpable homicide after a 25-year-old woman died during a caesarean delivery in Ballia district, police said.According to police, an FIR was registered against the accused, Dr Hemant Kumar Singh, on a...

New Delhi, March 27 Days after two minors were apprehended for attacking a 17-year-old boy over a minor altercation in central Delhi's Anand Parbat, a CCTV video of the crime has surfaced online.In the widely circulated video, two boys can be seen assaulting the victim, who is wearing a cap...

Aizawl, March 27 At least two people were arrested with 351 grams of heroin in Tuirial, on the outskirts of Aizawl in Mizoram, the excise department said in a statement on Friday.The operation took place late on Thursday, it said.The drug was seized from a car, and the two accused have been...

Sultanpur (UP), March 27 A local court here has sent former Amethi Nagar Panchayat chairperson Chandrama Devi into judicial custody in a fraud case and fixed March 30 for hearing her regular bail application, officials said on Friday.Chandrama Devi has been admitted to the district hospital...

Sultanpur (UP), March 27 The hearing in a defamation case involving Rahul Gandhi was postponed on Friday in a local MP/MLA court here due to a holiday on Ram Navami, with the next date fixed for March 28.Counsel for the complainant, Santosh Kumar Pandey, said that arguments in the case were...

Mumbai, March 27 The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI investigation against Reliance Industries Limited and its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani for alleged illegal extraction of natural gas from ONGC's Krishna-Godavari basin fields.A bench of Chief...

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...

Important cases to be heard in the Delhi High Court on Friday, March 27:* The High Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) raising concerns about the "increase" in the number of missing persons in Delhi.

New York, March 27 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared in a New York court for the second time after being forcibly taken into custody by US troops in a military raid in Caracas in early January.During his first appearance on January 5, Maduro pleaded not guilty to all US charges...

Lucknow, March 26 The Allahabad High Court on Thursday allowed the Central government to be made a party in a case related to the citizenship of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and asked it to submit relevant records on April 6.The order was passed by Justice Subhash Vidyarthi of the Lucknow...

Chennai, March 26 A civil court in Chennai on Thursday declined to freeze the PMK's mango symbol, as sought by its founder S Ramadoss, stating that the matter falls within the exclusive domain of the EC.Ramadoss, the complainant in the case, was advised by Assistant Judge of the XIII Assistant...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 26 A POCSO court in Odisha's Ganjam district on Thursday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for raping and murdering his minor sister-in-law three years ago.Additional district judge-cum-judge of the POCSO court, Pranati Pattnaik, pronounced the verdict after...