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FAIMA demands time-bound probe, strict accountability in NEET paper 'leak'The Federation of All India Medical Association demands a swift investigation into the NEET-UG exam paper leak. They seek accountability fo...
BCI urges CJI to take action against Andhra HC judge for sending young lawyer to 24-hour custodyThe Bar Council of India has approached the Chief Justice of India. This follows a disturbing incident where an Andhra Pradesh High Court j...
Tamil Nadu election results 2026: Vijay emerges as the ultimate X-factorTamil superstar Vijay's political path is unclear after his party's election debut. He opposes the DMK and ideologically the BJP. His next ...
Beant Singh assassination case: SC asks Centre to file affidavit on Rajoana's pleaThe Supreme Court has given the Centre two weeks to respond to Balwant Singh Rajoana's plea. Rajoana, convicted in the assassination of for...
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea for fixing time limit for disposal of mercy petitionsThe top court said that only thing it may consider is directing the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on time limit for placing the mercy peti...
Nirbhaya Case: Execution of the convicts deferredHe was the only convict among the four who had not exhausted his legal remedies of filing a curative petition and subsequent mercy plea wit...
Nirbhaya: SC questions death row convict's allegation of "non application of mind" on mercy pleaThe Supreme Court bench headed by Justice R Banumathi questioned one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder ca...
Nirbhaya: Convict Mukesh Kumar Singh seeks urgent hearing in SC against rejection of mercy pleaThe 32-year-old Singh's mercy plea was dismissed by President Ram Nath Kovind on January 17. Singh had moved the mercy petition after the S...
Nirbhaya's parents seek time-bound justice"Delhi snatched everything away. But we cannot hate Delhi since our state Uttar Pradesh has also been seeing such incidents.There is no pla...
Yakub Memon's plea rejected: What the Supreme Court saidReally ample time was granted after rejection of first mercy petition to prepare himself for the last and final meeting with family members...
Yakub Memon's plea: How the late-night action unfoldedDefence lawyer also cited Maharashtra prison manual to say that Yakub should get at least 7 days after rejection of his mercy petition.
Yakub Memon execution: Time line of last-ditch efforts of 1993 Mumbai blasts convictTime line of last-ditch efforts made by condemned prisoner Memon, convicted of 1993 Mumbai blasts, who was hanged in Nagpur jail this morni...
Yakub Memon's plea rejected: What the Supreme Court saidHere are some of the top observations made by the three-member bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra...
SC judge Kurian Joseph gives hope to Yakub Memon, questions court proceduresHe said that the judges who had heard Memon’s earlier review plea had been left out of the bench that heard his curative plea last week.
Mercy petitions can't be kept pending for too long: CJI P SathasivamThe CJI was speaking at a seminar on "Improving Criminal Investigation" organised by Legally Speaking Trust in collaboration with the CBI.
Government did not consult me on Bhullar, says Justice MB ShahThe Majority judgement of the Supreme Court had said government may consult presiding judge of bench under Section 432 (2) of CrPC.
Justice equals global mercyImagine a world, not as John Lennon said, ‘A world without countries and religions’ but a world so high up above the sky that it hurtles th...