Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni sentenced to life term in BJP leader’s murder caseA special court in Bengaluru has sentenced former minister Vinay Kulkarni and 16 others to life imprisonment for the 2016 murder of BJP lea...
17 Apr, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
Section 302 no longer murder, 420 not cheating, 376 not rape as IPC evolves into BNSWith the arrival of new criminal laws under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), familiar sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) have undergo...
02 Jul, 2024, 01.03 PM IST
Delhi court orders framing murder charges against 4 of 7 accused in Kanjhawala hit-and-drag caseFour accused in the Kanjhawala hit-and-drag case in Delhi, India, are to be charged with murder, destruction of evidence, criminal conspira...
27 Jul, 2023, 05.01 PM IST
Karnataka HC orders CCTV monitoring of mortuaries to prevent sexual offence against dead bodiesThe court has also asked the Centre to amend the relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or bring in new ones criminalizing and ...
02 Jun, 2023, 01.57 PM IST
Court not an institution to sermonise society on morality, ethics: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court, while ordering the premature release of a woman convicted of murder, said courts are not institutions to sermonize socie...
27 May, 2023, 03.42 PM IST
Lakhimpur Kheri violence case: It may take time before Ashish Mishra walks freeA closer look at the order reveals that the court has not granted him bail on all the sections he has been charged with. The charge sheet f...
11 Feb, 2022, 09.25 AM IST
Book those involved in death of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri for murder: Varun Gandhi to UP CMBJP MP Varun Gandhi said it has caused anguish and anger among the people of the country. Eight people were killed on Sunday as violence er...
04 Oct, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
Himachal Pradesh police asks Jamaat district heads to disclose details of membersSeventeen FIRs have already been registered against 85 Jamaat members for deliberately hiding the information and violating curfew in the l...
05 Apr, 2020, 03.36 PM IST
Committee to suggest necessary amendments in IPC, CrPC to curb mob lynchingAmid demand by members for a separate law to curb mob lynching, Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said in Rajya Sabha that the governmen...
04 Dec, 2019, 02.20 PM IST
Indrani among 200 booked for rioting in jail post convict's deathThe inmates alleged that Shette, the victim, was beaten up by a woman prison official. They wanted to present the issue before the media wh...
26 Jun, 2017, 01.10 PM IST
SC drops murder charge in Soumya case, upholds life for rapeIn the verdict, SC discharged Govindachamy, saying there was no intention on his part to kill the victim but only to sexually assault her b...
15 Sep, 2016, 09.26 PM IST
Phoolan Devi murder: Delhi court awards life term to Sher Singh RanaThe court had on August 8 convicted Rana while it acquitted 10 other co-accused in the sensational murder of Phoolan who was then a Lok Sab...
14 Aug, 2014, 03.19 PM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Cases pending against seven candidates in AssamAltogether 7 candidates in the fray in the 3rd and final phase of Lok Sabha polls of April 24, including two sitting MPs, have cases pendin...
20 Apr, 2014, 12.44 PM IST
Trial of Italian Marines drags on as NIA Act creates legal tangleNIA Act silent on offence under Section 302 of IPC which forced agency to invoke a section with death penalty against Italian marines.
29 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
1984 Anti-Sikh Riots case: Court to pronounce verdict on April 30The case relates to anti-Sikh riots that had broken out after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 198...
16 Apr, 2013, 03.56 PM IST
Italian marines case: NIA’s Maritime Law provides for death penaltyLack of coordination among ministries came to light as the NIA got ready to charge Italian marines under a section of the maritime law.
03 Apr, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Delhi gang rape: Police dismiss reports that murder charge not in chargesheetDelhi Police today denied reports that murder charge had not been incorporated in the chargesheet of the gangrape case of a 23-year-old gir...
05 Jan, 2013, 08.43 PM IST