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- India
SC sets aside Patna HC orders suspending sentences of 2 in murder case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 10, said parameters governing suspension of sentence post-conviction are qualitatively distinct from those applicable at the stage of pre-trial bail. The observation came from…
- Telangana
Telangana court sentences corporator’s husband to ten years in rape case
Hyderabad: A court in Warangal has sentenced the husband of a local corporator to ten years in prison in a rape case registered in 2021. The case was filed under the limits…
- Hyderabad
Man rapes woman on pretext of asking food, sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
Hyderabad: A city court has sentenced a 40-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a woman in her home and threatening to kill her if she reported the crime, a…
- India
CCTVs in police stations: All issues will be sorted out within two weeks, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday, April 7, told the Supreme Court that all issues concerning installation of CCTVs in police stations across the country would be sorted out within two weeks.…
- India
SC orders CBI probe into award of contracts to firms linked to Arunachal CM’s kin
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 6, directed the CBI to register a preliminary enquiry within two weeks into the award of contracts for public works in Arunachal Pradesh to…
- India
SC does not interfere with order allowing Adani to acquire JAL
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, April 6, did not interfere with the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which had refused to stay Adani Group’s Rs 14,535…
- Delhi
Delhi court acquits husband, in-laws in dowry death case
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted a man and his parents in a dowry death case, saying the prosecution failed to establish allegations of cruelty or dowry harassment against them. Additional…
- Pakistan
Former Pak PM Imran Khan moves to High Court for early hearing in case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, on Friday, April 3, approached a high court for an early hearing of their appeals in a case related to…
- India
HC seeks Maha govt’s response to plea against move to cancel 5 pc Muslim quota
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday, April 2, directed the Maharashtra government to respond to a petition challenging its decision to cancel five per cent reservation in education and jobs for…
- India
Man sentenced to death for rape, murder of 8-year-old girl in Prayagraj
Prayagraj: A court here has sentenced a man to death for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in 2024, officials said on Tuesday, March 31. In the verdict pronounced on Monday, Additional…
- India
Delhi riots: Sharjeel Imam to surrender at Tihar as interim bail about to end
New Delhi: Student activist Sharjeel Imam is set to surrender before Tihar Jail authorities on Monday upon the expiry of the 10-day interim bail granted to him by a Delhi court in…
- World
UK court rejects Nirav Modi’s plea to reopen case against extradition
New Delhi/London: Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi suffered a setback after the High Court of Justice, King’s Bench Division in London, rejected his petition seeking to reopen proceedings against his extradition order…
- India
Bomb threat triggers evacuation at Rajasthan court, turns out to be hoax
Jaipur: A bomb threat to the district and sessions court complex in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar triggered panic on Wednesday, March 25, prompting authorities to evacuate the premises and launch a search operation, officials…
- India
SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking inclusion of denotified tribes in Census
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 24, refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions to include the Denotified Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) as a distinct category in the upcoming national Census.…
- Telangana
Telangana: Mulugu district court receives bomb threat
Hyderabad: Panic prevailed in the Mulugu district court after it received a bomb threat email on Monday, March 23, during a programme on World Water Day. According to court officials, “The email…
