Kanpur (UP): A special court here has acquitted an Indian Air Force personnel accused of molesting his minor sister-in-law after the complainant revealed that the alleged incident was only a dream and her raising an alarm was a misunderstanding, officials said. The case was registered at the Naubasta Police Station on August 3, 2019, based…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the time has come for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as it termed a plea seeking striking down of provisions of the Shariat law of 1937 for being discriminatory to Muslim women as a “very good case” which advisably only the legislature should look into. A…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the West Bengal government and the Election Commission to provide all logistical support to judicial officers in the ongoing special intensive revision of electoral rolls in the state. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices R Mahadevan and Joymalya Bagchi said the…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to address the pending issues raised by the Telangana Cricket Association (TCA) against the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), in a case that has significant implications for cricket administration in Telangana. The matter came up for hearing before a…
New Delhi: A court here on Monday granted 10-day interim bail to activist Sharjeel Imam, an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, for attending his brother’s wedding. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing the interim bail application filed by Imam, seeking relief for six weeks to attend the marriage scheduled this month. In…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said Parliament has the “absolute prerogative” to enact a law and it is not bound by the undertaking which may have been given by the Centre before the court. The observations came from a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, which was hearing pleas…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday discharged former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his ex-deputy Manish Sisodia in an excise police-related corruption case, refusing to take cognisance of the CBI chargesheet. Special Judge Jitendra Singh said that the chargesheet had several lacunae not supported by evidence, as he discharged 21 more besides the…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday sent three accused brought to the capital after a dramatic 24-hour standoff with the Shimla police following their arrest in the hill state over the shirtless protest at the AI Impact Summit here last week to three-day police custody. Chief Judicial Magistrate Mridul Gupta passed the order on Delhi…
New Delhi: A court here on Wednesday extended the judicial custody of five Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers who were arrested for holding a ‘shirtless’ protest at the AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam on February 20. Judicial Magistrate Ravi extended the custodial interrogation of the accused persons. The five arrested IYC workers include Krishna…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the NIA for referring to certain alleged inflammatory speeches of 1990s while opposing the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror funding case. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, which was hearing arguments…
