NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has acquitted two death row convicts and one lifer in a murder case due to shoddy probe into the killing of a 15-year-old boy in MP.Anguished over "disappointing, inept and unscientific police investigations", the court called for framing of a code of investigation to infuse efficiency and professionalism in the police force. Supreme Court: Benefit of doubt given due to weak...
MUMBAI: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court while denying bail to Salim Qureshi, an alleged aide of fugitive gangster Chhota Shakeel, held that there was ample prima facie evidence to show his involvement in unlawful terror activities that are continued by wanted accused Dawood Ibrahim and Shakeel who manage their nefarious acts in India, from abroad, via associates like him.Quereshi,...
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court expressing its inability to release 5,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu from the Cauvery reservoirs in the state.It has also urged the centre’s intervention in the matter and has sought for immediate intervention of the union government to construct the Mekedatu balancing reservoir.On late Tuesday evening, through the...
The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Wednesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the murder of three people in Sultanpuri area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the national capital. Source link...
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court will hear on Tuesday the applications of some 2020 northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case accused demanding to know the status of the investigation. Additional sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat who on Monday heard the applications filed by accused Meeran Haider and Athar Khan posted the matter for further hearing on Tuesday. In their applications filed on Monday, Haider wanted to know...
THANE: A Bhiwandi-resident was acquitted by a special POCSO court in Maharashtra's Thane in a rape case. The 28-year-old man was accused of abducting a Class IX girl on July 30, 2013 and raping her at his sister's house for three days. As per the prosecution, he had raped the victim in the houses of his kin in Bhiwandi and Shahapur as well. Her father filed a complaint with Padga police station in...
CHENNAI: Sanatan Dharma includes "a whole set of eternal duties" and "free speech cannot be hate speech", the Madras high court has said on a petition against a college which sought students' views on 'Opposition to Sanatan'. The court was told the circular seeking views has since been withdrawn. Justice N Seshasayee also referred to untouchability, saying it is unconstitutional "within or outside...
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Thursday dismissed a bail plea of Delhi's former cabinet minister Satyendar Jain in the money laundering case.The court also dismissed the bail pleas of co-accused Vaibhav Jain and Ankush Jain in the case.Jain was arrested on May 30 last year by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). He is accused of having laundered money through four companies allegedly linked to him.The high...
THANE: A 34-year-old man who brutally murdered his brother in 2018 and chopped his body into pieces was convicted by a court in Maharashtra on Wednesday and sentenced to imprisonment for life. Thane district and sessions court judge Rachna Tehra also imposed a fine of Rs 7,000 on the convict, Simon Patrav.The judge noted that the prosecution has proved all the charges against the accused and he needs to...
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi is expected to file an appeal on Monday against his conviction in a criminal defamation case at the Surat court. According to sources, the legal team has completed all necessary preparations for this appeal.On March 23, Gandhi was convicted in the defamation case, resulting in a two-year sentence and disqualification from the Lok Sabha.Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on...
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