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- 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…
- India
SC extends protection to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday extended till March 17 protection from arrest to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, accused of cheating and wrongly availing OBC and disability quota benefits in…
- Delhi
1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court convicts ex-Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in murder case
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the murders of two persons in Saraswati Vihar area during the anti-Sikh riots. Special…
- India
RG Kar case: HC says corruption in high places has serious impact on public confidence
Kolkata: Hearing an appeal by R G Kar Medical College’s former principal Sandip Ghosh seeking postponement of framing of charges in a financial irregularities case, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday observed…
- Delhi
HC to pass order on Engineer Rashid’s plea for custody parole
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will pass its verdict on Monday on the plea of jailed MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Rashid Engineer seeking custody parole to attend the ongoing Parliament…
- Delhi
Unnao rape case: HC grants interim bail to Kuldeep Sengar
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim bail till February 4 to expelled BJP leader and Unnao rape case convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar for undergoing an eye surgery. A…
- India
SC bench orders burial of pastor in designated place away from village in Chhattisgarh
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday gave a split verdict on the issue of place of burial of a pastor, whose body is lying in a mortuary in Chhattisgarh since January…
- India
Rahul Gandhi defamation case: Hearing deferred again due to lawyers’ strike
Sultanpur: The hearing in the defamation case against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi was adjourned again due to the continuing strike of lawyers. Plaintiff Vijay Mishra’s counsel Santosh Kumar Pandey said the special…
- India
RG Kar case: ‘I am being framed’, claims convict Sanjay Roy in court
Kolkata: Sanjay Roy, convicted of the rape and murder of an on-duty doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, on Monday claimed in a court here that he…
