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New Delhi, March 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked 17 states, including Delhi, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, to strive to ensure that dedicated NIA courts complete trials in UAPA cases within one year.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that the states may set...

Ghaziabad, March 23 – A Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad on Monday sentenced a former railway official from Agra to four years in prison for demanding a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a contractor.The Special Court found Rafi Ahmad, then Chief Yard Master at Agra Cantt Railway Station, guilty under the...

New Delhi, March 22 A parliamentary committee has sought details of what is being done to fully operationalize the inquiry and prosecution wings of the Lokpal, over a decade after a law governing it was enacted.The law governing the anti-corruption ombudsman – The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act...

Gir Somnath (Gujarat), March 17 A special court on Tuesday sentenced five convicts in the 2016 Una flogging case, in which four Dalit men were beaten for trying to skin the carcass of a cow, to five years in prison and a fine of Rs 5,000 each.The day before, the special court in Veraval...

New Delhi, March 13 A Delhi court on Friday dismissed an application seeking the registration of an FIR against BJP MLA Kapil Mishra and others in connection with an alleged incident linked to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar dismissed the plea...

New Delhi, March 13 – A Delhi court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking the registration of an FIR against Delhi Law and Justice Minister Kapil Mishra in connection with the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwani Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Court rejected...

Mumbai, March 12 A special court on Thursday dropped corruption charges in the multi-crore fraud case against Guruashish Construction Pvt Ltd and its directors Rakesh and Sarang Wadhawan after the CBI concluded that no public servants were involved in the graft linked to the offense.The...

Ahmedabad, March 12 A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) here on Thursday rejected the regular bail plea of IAS officer and former Surendranagar collector Rajendrakumar Patel, who was arrested in January by the Enforcement Directorate in a bribery-linked money...

Sultanpur (UP), March A special court for MPs/MLAs here on Monday has scheduled March 12 for hearing arguments in a 2018 defamation case against the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi, related to his remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.Advocate...

New Delhi, March 2 Challenging the special court order discharging former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in the excise policy case, the CBI has submitted to the Delhi High Court that the order was based "on a selective reading of the prosecution case, disregarding the material...

New Delhi, March 2 Challenging the special court order discharging former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in the excise policy case, the CBI has submitted to the Delhi High Court that the order was based "on a selective reading of the prosecution case, disregarding the material...

New Delhi, February 27 The CBI has filed an appeal in the Delhi High Court, challenging the order of a special court that acquitted former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and others in the liquor policy case, officials said on Friday.Sources said...

New Delhi, February 26 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has submitted the prosecution sanction order received from the competent authority against P. Chidambaram, the then Union Finance Minister, for the offence of money laundering in the Aircel Maxis deal, to the Special Court, according to a...

Ranchi, February 25 – The Jharkhand High Court has dismissed criminal revision petitions filed by the son, daughter, son-in-law, and wife of former Jharkhand Minister Kamlesh Singh in connection with a case of disproportionate assets and money laundering.A bench headed by Justice Rongon...

Mumbai, February 25 A special court on Wednesday extended the police custody of the prime suspect and six others in the firing at filmmaker Rohit Shetty's house case until March 4, citing the need for a comprehensive investigation into certain aspects of the crime, such as reconnaissance of the...

New Delhi, February 25 The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial in the money laundering case registered against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate in...

Mumbai, February 24 A special court under the POCSO Act here has acquitted four men accused of gang-raping a mentally disabled girl, citing a lack of reliable evidence.Additional Sessions Judge Ashwini D Lokhande, in the verdict delivered on February 5, ordered the immediate release of the...

New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday struck down the critical observations made by the Madhya Pradesh High Court against a judge of a special court, stating that the "rash conclusion" accusing the judge of "intellectual dishonesty" was "completely unwarranted".The special court...

New Delhi, February 22 – Maulana Sajid Rashidi, the chief of the All India Imam Organisation, on Sunday condemned Swami Avimukteshwaranand, stating that the recent order by a special court to register an FIR against him under the POCSO Act for alleged sexual abuse of minors exposes the shocking...

Mumbai, February 18 A special court here has denied bail to Santosh Shelar, an accused in the 2021 Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran murder case, stating that there was ample prima facie evidence against him.An SUV with explosives inside was found near the residence of industrialist Mukesh...