National Herald case: ED's 2015 circular puts FIR under spotlightThe Delhi High Court is currently reviewing an appeal from the Enforcement Directorate linked to the National Herald case. This appeal cent...
17 Sep, 2026, 12.45 AM IST
Top Meta India officials appear again before child rights body in sexual abuse material caseThose who appeared before the child rights panel included Meta India chief Arun Srinivas. While coming out, he didn't reply to repeated med...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.02 PM IST
SC agrees to hear review pleas against 2022 verdict upholding ED powers under PMLAThe Supreme Court will hear review petitions challenging its 2022 judgment. These petitions question the Enforcement Directorate's powers u...
20 Aug, 2026, 01.59 PM IST
SC quashes case against Standard Chartered Bank over violations of FERA provisionsThe Supreme Court quashed a 23-year-old criminal complaint against Standard Chartered Bank. This decision provided relief to the bank after...
21 Jul, 2026, 09.27 PM IST
Congress moves ECI against rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan's Rajya Sabha papersA Congress delegation urged the Election Commission to reinstate Rajya Sabha nominee Meenakshi Natarajan's nomination. The party argued the...
11 Jun, 2026, 12.12 AM IST
Non-cognisable offence registered against MoS Kapil Patil for yelling at policeUnion Minister Kapil Patil has been accused of yelling at a policeman during the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra's Thane district. A non...
22 May, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Non-cognisable offence registered against ex-Cong MP for 'defamatory' remarks against PM ModiA non-cognisable offence has been filed against former Congress MP who called PM Modi a Dalal. Dhorajiya lodged the complaint at Amreli cit...
25 Dec, 2023, 04.31 PM IST
Non-cognisable offence registered against Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar for "throwing money"Meanwhile, Congress workers in Mandya said Shivakumar was only paying money to the artists, who had performed a cultural event during the p...
30 Mar, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
Serious blunders in JJ Act amendment, says Priyanka ChaturvediNotably, the Centre had amended the JJ Act 2015 through the JJ amendment Act 2021 that classifies the serious offences against the children...
19 Feb, 2022, 04.53 PM IST
Mumbai Police registers Non-Cognisable offence against lyricist Javed Akhtar over RSS remarkIn the said interview, Akhtar allegedly drew parallels between the Taliban and Hindu extremists.
04 Oct, 2021, 06.47 PM IST
Supreme Court dismisses plea to make electoral offences cognisableA bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra refused to entertain a PIL filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay that sought to make electoral offe...
27 Aug, 2018, 01.33 PM IST
'75% of people do not report crimes as cops are unfriendly'The study says management of crime statistics by police functionaries is linked to performance appraisals and this was an important reason ...
09 Nov, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
Final vetting of proposal to make bribing voters a cognisable offenceThe proposal of the Election Commission to make electoral bribery a cognizable offence under section 171B of the Indian Penal Code has been...
15 Mar, 2017, 06.53 PM IST
Most states support making poll bribery cognisable offenceAt present, bribery of voters is a non-cognisable offence under CrPC and is punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to one year, or wit...
21 Feb, 2017, 04.12 PM IST
NDA government planning to make bribery in polls a cognisable offenceCurrently, without a warrant, no house can be searched even if there is specific information that a large amount of cash is stored there.
01 Feb, 2015, 10.41 AM IST
Offence registered against Raj Thackeray for inflammatory speechA non-cognisable offence has been registered against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly giving an inflammatory speech.
19 Sep, 2014, 08.57 PM IST
- Power theft: One way ticket to jail
Power theft will soon be a cognisable offence throughout the country, thanks to an amendment being brought to the Electricity Act ’03.
17 Aug, 2006, 12.46 AM IST