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Juvenile gets 2 yrs community service for rape of minor
Hyderabad: A local court in Nampally on Monday, April 28, convicted a minor boy of raping a minor girl and sentenced him to two years of community service at a special home…
- India
SC issues notice on plea to regulate explicit content on social media, OTT platforms
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the government to take immediate and decisive action to regulate explicit content on social media and OTT…
- India
SC directs ex-IAS probationer Puja Khedkar to appear before Delhi police
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing of OBC and disability quota benefits in the civil services examination, to appear…
- India
Private employers can specify court for job-related disputes: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said private employers can include a clause in appointment letters specifying that any employment-related disputes must be resolved in a particular court or jurisdiction. A bench…
- Telangana
Warangal court receives bomb threat, police register case
Hyderabad: The district courts building complex in Warangal, Telangana, received a bomb threat via email on Friday, April 4. However, after a thorough search of the premises, it was declared a hoax,…
- India
SC invalidates appointment of 25,753 teachers, other staff in West Bengal schools
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff in state-run and state-aided schools in West Bengal, terming their selection process “vitiated and tainted”. A…
- India
HC refuses to stay proceedings against Kapil Mishra in 2020 poll code violation case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the trial court proceedings against city Law Minister Kapil Mishra for allegedly making objectionable statements and violating the model code of…
- Hyderabad
Juvenile gets 1 yr community service for sexually assaulting minor
Hyderabad: A juvenile has been sentenced to one year of community service at a special home in Gajularamaram for sexually assaulting a minor. The fifth ACJM court in Nampally directed him to…
- Bangalore
HC grants interim relief to ex-Karnataka CM Yediyurappa in POCSO case
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has granted interim relief to former Chief Minister and BJP Central Parliamentary Committee member B.S. Yediyurappa in a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act case…
- Telangana
Telangana court hands down death sentence to Bihar man in ‘honour killing’ case
Hyderabad: A special court in Telangana’s Nalgonda town on Monday sentenced a hired murderer to death and six others to life imprisonment in the sensational 2018 “honour killing” case. The SC/ST court…
- India
Court issues NBW against Ram Gopal Varma in cheque bounce case
Mumbai: A sessions court here has issued a non-bailable warrant against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma after rejecting his plea for suspension of jail sentence in a cheque bounce case. Earlier, on January…
- Telangana
Telangana man gets 10 yr jail for raping minor boy in 2019
Hyderabad: A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) by Rangareddy district court on Thursday, February 27 for raping a 6-year-old boy in 2019. The accused has…
- India
UCC over live-in relationships: Uttarakhand HC asks if state can seek fresh suggestions
Nainital: The Uttarakhand High Court has asked the state government whether it can invite suggestions afresh on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and consider making amendments wherever necessary. A division bench of…
- India
Kangana appears before Mumbai court in defamation case filed by Javed Akhtar
Mumbai: Bollywood actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Friday appeared before a special court here in connection with a defamation case filed against her by veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar. Kangana Ranaut…
- India
Bhopal gas tragedy: SC refuses to interfere with HC order on waste disposal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with the Madhya Pradesh High Court order on shifting toxic waste from the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy and disposing it in Pithampur…
