Wife stabs and kills husband with knife: No jail for wife as HC orders her to pay Rs 500 fine citing this exception in lawA wife who stabbed and killed her husband during a sudden argument has been spared jail time. The Telangana High Court ruled the act was co...
29 May, 2026, 02.21 PM IST
2005 'fake' encounter of gangster Sohrabuddin Shaikh: High Court upholds acquittal of 22 personsThe Bombay High Court has upheld the acquittal of 22 individuals in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case. Appeals filed ...
07 May, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
Dead end? NIA unlikely to appeal against Bombay HC order in Malegaon blast caseThe Bombay High Court has discharged four individuals in the 2006 Malegaon blast case. The court found insufficient evidence to proceed wit...
23 Apr, 2026, 11.55 PM IST
Employee cleared of bribery charges but still denied back wages; HC ruling explainedA Mumbai employee acquitted of bribery charges was denied full back wages for his suspension period. The Bombay High Court ruled that acqui...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.30 AM IST
Assam court convicts 20, acquits 25 in mob lynching case of Nilotpal Das and Abhijit NathA Nagaon court has convicted 20 individuals in the lynching of Abhijit Nath and Nilotpal Das. This verdict comes eight years after the inci...
21 Apr, 2026, 10.03 AM IST
HC convicts Amit Jogi in two-decade-old murder case, orders surrenderAmit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi, has been convicted in the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi. The Chhattisgarh H...
02 Apr, 2026, 03.37 PM IST
Victims of crime, their heirs can appeal if accused are let off: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has broadened the rights of crime victims and their legal heirs, enabling them to challenge acquittal orders. This landma...
25 Aug, 2025, 02.02 PM IST
Victims of crime, their heirs can file appeal against acquittal of accused: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has affirmed that victims of crime, including their legal heirs, possess the right to appeal against the acquittal of an ...
25 Aug, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
No attachment of properties under PMLA after acquittal in scheduled offence: Delhi HCThe court, in a decision released on Wednesday, stated that mere filing of the appeal against the acquittal in the predicate offence would ...
01 May, 2024, 04.49 PM IST
Order of acquittal ought not be interfered with lightly, says SCA bench of justices U U Lalit and S R Bhat set aside the March 2019 judgement of the Madras High Court which had restored the order convict...
06 Aug, 2022, 05.08 PM IST
2014-17: Courts acquit 3,268 people booked by CBI for graftA total of 755 persons were acquitted by courts in 184 corruption cases during 2017 (till November), Minister of State for Personnel Jitend...
27 Dec, 2017, 02.20 PM IST
Subramanian Swamy asks govt to challenge 2G scam verdictBJP leader also made reference to ex-Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa's DA case in which she along with her close aide Sasikala Natarajan was a...
21 Dec, 2017, 01.48 PM IST
Another plea against J Jayalalithaa acquittal to be heard by SCA petition raising technical faults in the acquittal of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in assets case by the Karnataka High Court
29 Jun, 2016, 09.47 PM IST
Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case: PMK welcomes DMK's decision to file appealKarunanidhi had announced that his party would move the Supreme Court against Jayalalithaa's acquittal in the disproportionate assets case.
26 May, 2015, 02.39 PM IST
- Relief for Lalu Prasad, Rabri in disproportionate assets case
SC said state govt didn't have authority to appeal in Patna HC.
01 Apr, 2010, 11.25 AM IST
- CBI aids Lalu in DA case
CBI came to the aid of RJD chief Lalu Prasad in the Supreme Court by opposing a decision of the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar to challen...
11 Mar, 2010, 08.16 AM IST
- CBI has turned Lalu-friendly given his clout in UPA: Bihar to SC
Bihar government has told SC that CBI has taken a U-turn in the disproportionate assets case against railway minister Lalu Prasad and his w...
29 Aug, 2008, 02.14 AM IST