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Delhi HC issues notice to Police on MLA Alka Lamba’s FIR quash pleaThe Delhi High Court has issued a notice to Delhi Police regarding a plea by former MLA Alka Lamba. She seeks to quash an FIR filed against...
Aggregators may face jail term if they fail to pay gig workers welfare fund in Telangana- Draft BillTelangana is set to introduce a welfare board for gig workers. A Draft Bill proposes a fee on aggregators to fund the board. Failure to pay...
Gravity of accusation against ex-RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh grave, can attract death penalty if proved: CourtA CBI court has denied bail to former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh, citing the grave nature of accusations against him, wh...
Legal experts welcome Centre's move to replace colonial-era laws, voice reservations over naming them in HindiThe Indian government has introduced three bills to replace colonial-era laws, the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and Indian...
Telangana MLA poaching case: Court order deals blow to TRSThe accused said to be close to some top BJP leaders were arrested from a farmhouse at Moinabad on Wednesday night while they were allegedl...
Calcutta HC penalises itself Rs 1 lakh for retiring a judge who tried to improve train delaysA railway magistrate at the Sealdah court was given the punishment of compulsory retirement in 2013 for hauling up train workers for habitu...
Court to consider charge sheet against Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh on May 8The charge sheet, running into over 500 pages, claims that Singh had amassed assets worth around Rs 10 crore which were disproportionate by...
Court to consider charge sheet against Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh on April 6The charge sheet claims that the politician had amassed assets worth around Rs 10 crore which were disproportionate by 192 per cent of his ...
People losing faith in judiciary due to delayed justice: Sumitra MahajanGujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel suggested that GNLU could tie up with labour court, women court and labour departments so that students...
Shariat court has no legal status: Supreme CourtThe court passed the verdict on a PIL filed by advocate Vishwa Lochan Madam questioning the constitutional validity of Shariat courts.
Praful Patel is entitled to "own views" on Gujarat riot cases: Congress"All political parties are entitled to an opinion on political issues. Praful Patel is entitled to his own opinion," Randeep Surjewala told...
NCP's Jayant Patil, BJP oppose moves to pardon Sanjay Dutt"It was the Home department which demanded that the actor should be given stringent punishment," Patil said.
SIT to seek SC guidance on Maya Kodnani death penalty issueThe SIT has decided to seek Supreme Court's guidance on the issue of the death penalty for former minister Maya Kodnani and nine others.
Afzal Guru should have been executed much earlier: BJPQuestioning the delay in the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, BJP today said it should have happened much earlier.
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar favours reducing age of juvenile to 16
Kumar also favoured reducing the age of juvenile offenders to 16 from 18 at present in view of increasing number of crimes committed by you...
Delhi gang rape case: Eminent lawyers scoff at call for death sentenceEminent lawyers, such as Ram Jethmalani and Sushil Kumar, have scoffed at the demand for death sentence for the accuseds.
- R K Anand is guilty: SC
Talking tough on the deteriorating professional standards among lawyers, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the punishment awarded to th...