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Calcutta HC grants interim bail to Congress' Nandigram candidateHC allowed Nandigram bypoll Congress candidate, Milan Pradhan to campaign for the bypoll, scheduled for October 6, and granted Pradhan reli...- 'I will not be silenced': Ex-Trump prosecutor Jack Smith stands by probes, hits back at RepublicansJack Smith, the former US special counsel, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding his investigations into Donald Trump. ...
- Rahul Gandhi urges youth to protest, says govt only responds under pressureRahul Gandhi urges the youth to protest against the culture of victim-blaming related to women's harassment. He emphasizes the need for saf...
- Sohrabuddin Case: 22 acquittals to be examinedThe Supreme Court has agreed to examine whether the acquittal of 22 accused in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged fake encounter case requ...
- Psychology Behind Sexual Assault: Experts explain why some men commit such crimesThe Astha Kunj gangrape case has renewed questions about why some men commit sexual assault. Psychiatrists and psychologists say there is n...
- Husband of 16-year-old Muslim girl faces POCSO case after hospital visit during her pregnancy, Delhi High Court orders marriage under personal law cannot protect himDelhi High Court has refused to quash a POCSO case against a man who married a girl aged 16 years and three months under Muslim personal la...
- Nepal ex-chief justice taken to police station; cops cite security threatCholendra Shumsher Rana was taken to a police station from his residence following a reported security threat. Police stated that he was pl...
- Sleeper buses: Allahabad HC seeks affidavit on permits, safety checks after fireThe Allahabad High Court has taken cognizance of a tragic sleeper bus fire incident on the Yamuna Expressway. Nine passengers lost their li...
- Calcutta HC sets aside relief to Congress Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan PradhanThe Calcutta High Court's division bench has overturned the previous single-bench ruling concerning Milan Pradhan. The court has instructed...
- Autonomous AI hacks raise thorny questions of legal accountabilityThe prospect of legal accountability is unclear. Lawsuits are a possibility, but some legal experts believe any criminal investigations wou...
- 'POCSO offence cannot be quashed on basis of compromise', says Delhi High CourtThe Delhi High Court held that proceedings under the POCSO Act cannot be quashed based on a compromise between a child victim or the victim...
- MHA writes to states, UTs to focus on 'counter trafficking in person' enforcing 'Naveen Nayay Sanhita'The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written to all the states and the Union Territories (UTs) to focus on "counter trafficking in person...
- Calcutta HC asks state to allow Congress' Milan Pradhan to contest Nandigram bypollCalcutta High Court has ruled that Milan Pradhan should be allowed to contest the upcoming byelection in Nandigram. Pradhan was arrested in...
- Trump ramps up noncitizen voting prosecutions ahead of midtermsThe Trump administration has intensified prosecutions of noncitizens accused of voting illegally ahead of US midterms. The Justice Departme...
- Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison in New York sex assault caseHarvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison following his retrial for sexual assault. The original conviction was overturned ...
- Delhi Court confirms earlier injunctions in Hari Shankar Tibrewal defamation caseDelhi's Rouse Avenue Court has confirmed its earlier interim injunctions in a civil defamation case concerning businessman Hari Shankar Tib...
- 'Conscientious objector can't face criminal action for refusing to sing Vande Mataram': Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that people who respectfully refuse to sing one or all stanzas of Vande Mataram on grounds of religio...
- HC asks WB govt counsel to let Cong''s Nandigram bypoll candidate to contest properly if he gets bailThe Calcutta High Court asked the West Bengal government to ensure Congress’ Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan is able to contest th...
- Calcutta HC dismisses 'sand mafioso' Tulu Mondal's revisional petition against arrest warrantThe Calcutta High Court dismissed Tulu Mondal's plea against his arrest warrant. Police seized nearly fifty crore rupees in cash and gold f...
- Delhi HC gives Kejriwal, AAP leaders four weeks to reply in contempt caseThe Delhi High Court will hear a criminal contempt case against AAP leaders on November 16. This case involves allegations of vilifying soc...
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