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- India
Advocates booked for assaulting woman SI in Thiruvanathapuram court premises
Thiruvananthapuram: Police in Thiruvananthapuram’s Vanchiyoor has registered a criminal case, for insulting a woman’s modesty and alleged misbehaviour, against 20 advocates for assaulting a woman Sub-Inspector of Police at the district court…
- Delhi
Delhi Riots: Court acquits 4 accused of charge of rioting
New Delhi: A court here on Friday acquitted four people accused of rioting in 2020, saying charges against them were not proved beyond a reasonable doubt. The court was hearing a case…
- India
Bail plea was moved by mistake: Aaftab Amin Poonawala tells court
New Delhi: Aaftab Amin Poonawala, the accused in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, told the Saket court on Saturday that he had signed the ‘vakalatnama’ but did not know about filing a…
- India
Swami Chinmayanand declared absconder by UP court
Shahjahanpur: Former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand has been declared an absconder by a Court in Shahjahanpur. Chinmayanand was to appear in the ACJM court in connection with a case of misconduct lodged…
- India
Allahabad HC stays proceedings in criminal case against Arvind Kejriwal
Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has stayed the further proceedings in a criminal case filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Sultanpur district court. Justice D.K. Singh passed…
- Delhi
Rs 200 cr cheating: Delhi court defers Jacqueline Fernandez’s hearing till Dec 20
Delhi: A Delhi Court on Monday adjourned Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez’s hearing in connection with the Rs 200 crore money extortion case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar till December 20. On November 30,…
- Kashmir
Kashmir Journalist Fahad Shah granted bail by special court
Srinagar: A local court here on Thursday granted bail to journalist Fahad Shah, arrested earlier this year. According to Shah’s lawyer Umair Ronga, the editor of online portal ‘The Kashmir Walla’ was…
- India
Court declares genetic parents as legal parents of surrogate baby
New Delhi: A court here has allowed a plea for the grant of a decree of declaration in favour of a married NRI couple, proclaiming them the legal parents of a surrogate…
- Middle East
Iranian govt executed over 500 people in 2022, highest in 5 years: Report
Tehran: Iran has executed more than 500 people so far in 2022, the highest rate in five years. According to the Norway-based human rights Iran Human Rights report, “The number of people…
- India
Ayodhya litigants: Foes in the courtroom, friends outside it
Ayodhya: They were sworn enemies in court and friends outside it. Even as Ayodhya makes a conscious effort to forget the Babri battle, it continues to celebrate the friendship between the two…
- India
Battle has been tough: Father of Umar Khalid after court discharged him in Delhi riots case
New Delhi: “The battle has been quite tough but we are positive about getting justice”, said father of JNU student Umar Khalid who was discharged in a case related to the 2020…
- India
Aaftab to be produced in court today, police likely to seek extension of his custody
Delhi: Aaftab Amin Poonawalla, accused of killing his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar and then chopping her body into several pieces, will be produced in the Saket court as his police custody ends…
- India
Morbi bridge collapse: Court denies bail to eight accused
Morbi: A court here on Wednesday rejected bail applications of eight out of nine persons arrested in connection with the Morbi suspension bridge collapse tragedy. Principal district and sessions judge P C…
- India
Hate speech case: Azam Khan granted regular bail
Bareilly: A special MP/MLA court on Tuesday granted regular bail to senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan who has challenged his conviction in the 2019 hate speech case in a sessions court.…
- India
Bulldozing of houses in name of investigation not provided under law: Gauhati HC
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has stressed that “bulldozing of a house is not provided under any criminal law”, even if an agency is investigating a “very serious matter”. Chief Justice RM…
