legal proceedings

Kochi, March 18 The Kerala High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that claimed the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) professional T20 cricket league could not use the name "Indian Premier League."The petitioner, Ashique Karoth, who claimed to be a social...

Prayagraj (UP), March 18 The Allahabad High Court has directed the State Election Commission (SEC) in Uttar Pradesh to file an affidavit stating whether it is in a position to conclude the panchayat elections in accordance with the mandate of Article 243E of the Constitution.The court pointed...

Bengaluru, March 18 – In a significant development, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the Congress-led state government to file a detailed statement on the investigation conducted by the police department into the alleged mass burial case reported from the Hindu pilgrimage center of...

New Delhi, March 18 A court here has acquitted two men in a case related to the 2020 Delhi riots, stating that it would be unsafe to rely on the testimonies of the two police witnesses as there is serious doubt about the claim that they were present together at the incident site.Furthermore...

New Delhi, March 18 – Former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain, who is an accused in the “larger conspiracy case” related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, has moved a Delhi court seeking interim bail on medical grounds.Hussain, who is facing charges under the stringent Unlawful...

Mumbai, March 18: Actor Rajpal Yadav, who has been convicted in a cheque bounce case by the Delhi High Court, has been given one last chance by the court.On Wednesday, the court asked Yadav if he had taken the loan, to which he replied in the affirmative. The court then told Yadav that he had...

Lahore, March 18 A 30-year-old man has been arrested on charges of blasphemy for throwing stones at the Quran in the Punjab province of Pakistan, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place in a village in the Sahiwal district, about 200 km from Lahore, on Tuesday.According to the First...

Deoria (UP), March 18 A court here has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his father-in-law with an iron rod nearly a decade ago, officials said on Wednesday.According to Assistant District Government Counsel Harendra Nishad, the incident took place on the night of August 17...

New Delhi, March 18 Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain has moved a court here seeking interim bail for a month on medical grounds, citing the need to undergo surgery and subsequent post-operative care.In an application filed before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai, Hussain, who has...

Chandigarh, March 18 The mastermind behind the 2018 rape and murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua does not deserve the "concession of suspension of sentence at this stage," the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said while dismissing a plea from former temple caretaker Sanji Ram.Ram, who was...

Thane, March 18 A court in Thane, Maharashtra, has acquitted two men accused of the murder of a shepherd nearly three years ago, citing a lack of evidence and the failure of a key eyewitness to support the prosecution's case.In his judgment delivered on March 16, Principal District and...

Bulandshahr (UP), March 18 Two men working on a road construction site were killed after they were crushed under a truck that overturned in the Bulandshahr district on Wednesday morning, police said.The incident took place near Mubarakpur village, where the truck carrying stone dust suffered a...

Important cases to be heard in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, March 18:* The High Court will hear Lalu Prasad Yadav's plea challenging the charges of corruption against him in the alleged land-for-jobs scam.

New Delhi, March 18 – The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, alleging interference by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, during its search operations at the office of the Indian Political Action...

Important cases listed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 18:* A nine-judge constitutional bench to hear the contentious issue of defining the term "industry" under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.* The Supreme Court to hear a plea filed by Dara Singh, who was convicted in the 1999...

Nainital, March 17 The Uttarakhand High Court, while hearing a plea by two senior IPS officers challenging their central deputation to a post lower than their current rank, has directed the Centre and the Uttarakhand government to file affidavits.A division bench, comprising Chief Justice...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has directed that Colonel Purohit Prasad Shrikant's retirement be put on hold until a decision is made on his complaint seeking consideration for promotion and other service benefits following his acquittal in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.A...

Prayagraj, March 17 The Allahabad High Court has overturned an order to seize immovable property in Ghazipur belonging to Mansoor Ansari, the cousin of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, stating that the state failed to establish any connection between the commission of any crime and the...

New Delhi, March 17 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices in response to a plea filed by two convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case, which is linked to the 2002 post-Godhra riots, challenging a 2017 Bombay High Court verdict that upheld their conviction and sentence.A bench of...

Nainital, March 17 The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday directed the state authorities to file status reports on the actions taken in all the FIRs related to the January incident involving gym operator Deepak Kumar, who gained prominence as "Mohammad Deepak" for confronting Bajrang Dal...